¹My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

¹Môj synu, nože pozoruj na moju múdrosť a nakloň svoje ucho k mojej umnosti,

²that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

²aby si ostríhal obozretnosť, a tvoje rty aby pozorovaly na známosť.

³For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

³Lebo rty cudzej ženy kvapkajú medom, a jej ústa sú hladšie ako olej.

⁴But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

⁴Ale jej koniec je horký jako palina; je ostrý jako dvojsečný meč.

⁵Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .

⁵Jej nohy sostupujú do smrti; jej kroky sa držia pekla.

⁶She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.

⁶Len aby nejako neuvážila cesty života, jej drahy sa túlajú; nevie, čo robí.

⁷Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

⁷Preto teraz, synovia, poslúchajte ma a neuhnite od rečí mojich úst.

⁸Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

⁸Vzdiaľ svoju cestu od nej a nepribližuj sa ku dveriam jej domu,

⁹lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

⁹aby si nedal iným svojej slávy a svojich rokov ukrutníkovi;

¹⁰lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

¹⁰aby sa nenasýtili cudzí tvojej sily, a tvoje práce aby nezostaly v dome cudzinca.

¹¹You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

¹¹A reval by si ku svojmu koncu, keď by si zničil svoje telo a svoje mäso

¹²and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

¹²a povedal by si: Ej, ako som nenávidel kázne, a moje srdce pohŕdalo káraním!

¹³neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!

¹³A nepočúval som na hlas svojich učiteľov a nenaklonil som svojho ucha k tým, ktorí ma učili.

¹⁴I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly.”

¹⁴Málo chýbalo, a bol by som býval v každom zle, prostred shromaždenia a obce.

¹⁵Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.

¹⁵Pi vodu zo svojej cisterny a tečúce vody zo svojej vlastnej studne.

¹⁶Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?

¹⁶Či sa budú rozlievať tvoje pramene ta von, po uliciach potoky vôd?

¹⁷Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.

¹⁷Nech sú pre teba pre samého a nie pre cudzích s tebou.

¹⁸Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

¹⁸Nech je tvoj prameň požehnaný, a raduj sa zo ženy svojej mladosti.

¹⁹A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

¹⁹Jako ľúbezná laň a utešená srna; nech ťa opájajú jej prsia každého času; v jej láske sa kochaj ustavične.

²⁰For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

²⁰A prečo by si sa kochal, môj synu, v cudzej a prečo by si objímal ňádra cudzozemky?

²¹For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

²¹Lebo cesty človeka sú pred očima Hospodinovými, a on váži všetky jeho stezy.

²²The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

²²Jeho vlastné neprávosti zajmú bezbožného, a uviazne v povrazoch svojho hriechu.

²³He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

²³On zomrie preto, že niet u neho kázne, a bude blúdiť v množstve svojho bláznovstva.