¹Mu poeg, hoia mu sõnu ja pane mu käsud enesele tallele!

¹My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

²Pea mu käske, et sa jääksid elama, hoia mu õpetust kui oma silmatera!

²Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

³Seo need enesele sõrmede ümber, kirjuta need oma südamelauale!

³Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴Ütle tarkusele: 'Sa oled mu õde!' ja hüüa arukust sugulaseks,

⁴Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

⁵et see hoiaks sind võõra naise eest, võõramaa naise eest, kes räägib libedaid sõnu.

⁵that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

⁶Sest oma koja aknast, aknaavast ma vaatasin

⁶For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.

⁷ja nägin kogenematute seas, märkasin poiste hulgas arutut noormeest:

⁷I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

⁸ta käis mööda tänavat kuni selle nurgani ja sammus siis naise koja poole,

⁸passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,

⁹videvikus, kui päev jõudis õhtule, südaööl ja pimedas.

⁹in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.

¹⁰Ja vaata, naine tuli temale vastu, hooraehtes ja kavala südamega.

¹⁰Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

¹¹Ta oli rahutu ja isemeelne, ta jalad ei püsinud kodus:

¹¹She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.

¹²mõnikord oli ta tänaval, mõnikord turgudel, ja ta varitses iga nurga juures.

¹²Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.

¹³Ta haaras temast kinni, suudles teda ja ütles temale häbitu näoga:

¹³So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:

¹⁴'Ma pidin viima tänuohvreid ja ma tasusin täna oma tõotused.

¹⁴“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows.

¹⁵Seepärast ma tulin välja sulle vastu, sind otsima, ja ma leidsin su.

¹⁵Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.

¹⁶Ma katsin oma voodi vaipadega, kirju Egiptuse lõuendiga.

¹⁶I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

¹⁷Ma riputasin voodisse mürri, aaloed ja kaneeli.

¹⁸Tule, joobume kallistustest hommikuni, tundkem rõõmu armastusest!

¹⁸Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.

¹⁹Sest mu mees ei ole kodus, ta läks pikale teekonnale.

¹⁹For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.

²⁰Ta võttis rahakukru kaasa, ta tuleb koju alles täiskuu ajaks.'

²⁰He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”

²¹Ta võrgutas teda paljude meelitussõnadega, ahvatles oma libedate huultega.

²¹With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

²²Äkitselt läks mees temale järele, nagu härg, keda viiakse tappa, otsekui jalarauad meeletu karistuseks,

²²He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

²³nagu lind, kes tõttab võrku ega tea, et see maksab tema hinge, kuni nool lõhestab ta maksa.

²³Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.

²⁴Ja nüüd, pojad, kuulge mind, ja pange tähele mu suu sõnu!

²⁴Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.

²⁵Ärgu pöördugu su süda tema teedele, ära eksi tema radadele!

²⁵Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,

²⁶Sest palju on mahalööduid, keda tema on viinud langusele, rohkesti on neid, keda tema on tapnud.

²⁶for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

²⁷Tema koda on põrgutee - see viib alla surma kambritesse.

²⁷Her house is the way to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , going down to the rooms of death.