Again wisdom dehorteth from fornication ( carnal and spiritual ) 6. shewing that in the end sinners shall see and feel the effect of their folly: 20. which God seeth and will punish.Againe wisdom dehorteth from fornication ( carnal and spiritual ) 6. shewing that in the end sinners shal see and feele the effect of their follie: 20. which God seeth and wil punish.✦
My son, attend to my wisdom, and to my prudence incline thine ear,MY sonne, attend to my wisdom, and to my prudence incline thyne eare,✦Fili mi, attende ad sapientiam meam, et prudentiæ meæ inclina aurem tuam :
2that thou mayst keep cogitations, and thy lips preserve discipline.that thou mayst keepe cogitations, and thy lippes preserue discipline.✦ut custodias cogitationes, et disciplinam labia tua conservent. Ne attendas fallaciæ mulieris ;
3Attend not to the deceit of a woman: for the lips of an harlot are as a honeycomb distilling, and her throat nitidius: tidier; sleeker, smoother than oil.Attend not to the deceipt of a woman: for the lippes of an harlot are as a hony combe distilling, and her throte netter then oyle.✦favus enim distillans labia meretricis, et nitidius oleo guttur ejus :
4But her later ends are bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two edged sword.But her later endes are bitter as wormewood, and sharpe as a two edged sword.✦novissima autem illius amara quasi absinthium, et acuta quasi gladius biceps.
5Her feet go down into death, and her steps penetrate unto hell.Her feete goe downe into death, and her steppes penetrate vnto hel.✦Pedes ejus descendunt in mortem, et ad inferos gressus illius penetrant.
6They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unsearchable.They walke not by the path of life, her steppes are wandering, and vnsearcheable.✦Per semitam vitæ non ambulant ; vagi sunt gressus ejus et investigabiles.
7Now therefore my son hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.Now therfore my sonne heare me, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.✦Nunc ergo fili mi, audi me, et ne recedas a verbis oris mei.
8Make thy way far from her, and approach not to the doors of her house.Make thy way far from her, and aproch not to the doores of her house.✦Longe fac ab ea viam tuam, et ne appropinques foribus domus ejus.
9Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.Geue not thy honour to strangers, and thy yeres to the cruel.✦Ne des alienis honorem tuum, et annos tuos crudeli :
10Lest perhaps strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house,Lest perhaps strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in an other mans house,✦ne forte impleantur extranei viribus tuis, et labores tui sint in domo aliena,
11and thou mourn in the end, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say:and thou mourne in the end, when thou shalt haue spent thy flesh and thy bodie, and say:✦et gemas in novissimis, quando consumpseris carnes tuas et corpus tuum, et dicas :
12Why have I detested discipline, and my heart consented not to increpationibus: reproofs, rebukes,Why haue I detested discipline, and my hart consented not to reprehensions,✦Cur detestatus sum disciplinam, et increpationibus non acquievit cor meum,
13nor I heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not inclined mine ear to masters?nor I heard the voice of them that taught me, and haue not inclined mine eare to masters?nec audivi vocem docentium me, et magistris non inclinavi aurem meam ?
14I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the synagogue.I haue almost bene in al euil, in the middes of the church and of the synagoge.✦pene fui in omni malo, in medio ecclesiæ et synagogæ.
15Drink water of thine own cistern, and the streams of thy well:Drinke water of thyne owne cesterne, and the stremes of thy wel:✦Bibe aquam de cisterna tua, et fluenta putei tui ;
16Let thy fountains be derived abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters.Let thy fountaines be deriued abrode, and in the streates diuide thy waters.✦deriventur fontes tui foras, et in plateis aquas tuas divide.
17Have them alone, neither let strangers be partakers with thee.Haue them alone, neither let strangers be partakers with thee.✦Habeto eas solus, nec sint alieni participes tui.
18Let thy vena: spring, fountain, source be blessed, and rejoice with the woman of thy youth:Let thy vayne be blessed, and reioyce with the woman of thy youth:✦Sit vena tua benedicta, et lætare cum muliere adolescentiæ tuæ.
19a hind most dear, and a most grateful fawn: let her breasts inebriate thee at all time, in her love be thou delighted continually.a hinde most deare, and a most grateful fawne: let her breastes inebriate thee at al time, in her loue be thou delighted continually.✦Cerva carissima, et gratissimus hinnulus : ubera ejus inebrient te in omni tempore ; in amore ejus delectare jugiter.
20Why art thou seduced my son of a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another?Why art thou seduced my sonne of a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosome of an other?✦Quare seduceris, fili mi, ab aliena, et foveris in sinu alterius ?
21Our Lord beholdeth the ways of a man, and considereth all his steps.Our Lord beholdeth the wayes of a man, and considereth al his steppes.✦Respicit Dominus vias hominis, et omnes gressus ejus considerat.
22His own iniquities take the impious, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his sins.His owne iniquities take the impious, and he is fast bonde with the ropes of his sinnes.✦Iniquitates suas capiunt impium, et funibus peccatorum suorum constringitur.
23He shall die because he hath not had discipline, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.He shal die because he hath not had discipline, and in the multitude of his folie he shal be deceiued.✦Ipse morietur, quia non habuit disciplinam, et in multitudine stultitiæ suæ decipietur.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.