1B’ni, keep my words, and lay up my Mitzvot with you.
2Keep my Mitzvot and live, and my teaching as your Ishon Ayin.
3Bind them upon your fingers, write them upon the tablet of your heart.
4Say unto wisdom, “you are my sister”, and call understanding your kinswoman;
5That they may keep you from the harlot, from the foreign woman that makes smooth her words.
6For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
7And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;
9In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
11She is riotous and rebellious, her feet abide not in her house;
12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lies in wait at every corner.
13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said unto him,
14“Sacrifices of sh’lamim were due from me; this day have I paid my vows.
15Therefore I came forth to meet you, to seek your face, and I have found you.
16I have decked my couch with coverings, with striped cloths of the yarn of Mitzrayim.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves.
19For my husband is not at home, he is gone on a long journey;
20He has taken the bag of money with him; he will come home at the full moon.”
21With her much fair speech she causes him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she entices him away.
22He goes after her straightway, as an ox that goes to the slaughter, or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
23Till an arrow strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare and knows not that it is at the cost of his life.
24Now therefore, O you children, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25Let not your heart turn to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26For she has cast down many wounded; yes, a mighty host are all her slain.
27Her house is the way to She’ol, going down to the chambers of Mavet.
אבְּנִי שְׁמֹר אֲמָרָי; וּמִצְוֹתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּךְ.
בשְׁמֹר מִצְוֹתַי וֶחְיֵה; וְתוֹרָתִי כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינֶיךָ.
גקָשְׁרֵם עַל אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ; כָּתְבֵם עַל לוּחַ לִבֶּךָ.
דאֱמֹר לַחָכְמָה אֲחֹתִי אָתְּ; וּמֹדָע לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא.
הלִשְׁמָרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה; מִנָּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִיקָה.
וכִּי בְּחַלּוֹן בֵּיתִי בְּעַד אֶשְׁנַבִּי נִשְׁקָפְתִּי.
זוָאֵרֶא בַפְּתָאיִם אָבִינָה בַבָּנִים נַעַר חֲסַר לֵב.
חעֹבֵר בַּשּׁוּק אֵצֶל פִּנָּהּ; וְדֶרֶךְ בֵּיתָהּ יִצְעָד.
טבְּנֶשֶׁף בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם; בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה.
יוְהִנֵּה אִשָּׁה לִקְרָאתוֹ; שִׁית זוֹנָה וּנְצֻרַת לֵב.
יאהֹמִיָּה הִיא וְסֹרָרֶת; בְּבֵיתָהּ לֹא יִשְׁכְּנוּ רַגְלֶיהָ.
יבפַּעַם בַּחוּץ פַּעַם בָּרְחֹבוֹת; וְאֵצֶל כָּל פִּנָּה תֶאֱרֹב.
יגוְהֶחֱזִיקָה בּוֹ וְנָשְׁקָה לּוֹ; הֵעֵזָה פָנֶיהָ וַתֹּאמַר לוֹ.
ידזִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים עָלָי; הַיּוֹם שִׁלַּמְתִּי נְדָרָי.
טועַל כֵּן יָצָאתִי לִקְרָאתֶךָ; לְשַׁחֵר פָּנֶיךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶךָּ.
טזמַרְבַדִּים רָבַדְתִּי עַרְשִׂי; חֲטֻבוֹת אֵטוּן מִצְרָיִם.
יזנַפְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי מֹר אֲהָלִים וְקִנָּמוֹן.
יחלְכָה נִרְוֶה דֹדִים עַד הַבֹּקֶר; נִתְעַלְּסָה בָּאֳהָבִים.
יטכִּי אֵין הָאִישׁ בְּבֵיתוֹ; הָלַךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ מֵרָחוֹק.
כצְרוֹר הַכֶּסֶף לָקַח בְּיָדוֹ; לְיוֹם הַכֵּסֶא יָבֹא בֵיתוֹ.
כאהִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ; בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶנּוּ.
כבהוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ פִּתְאֹם: כְּשׁוֹר אֶל טֶבַח יָבֹא; וּכְעֶכֶס אֶל מוּסַר אֱוִיל.
כגעַד יְפַלַּח חֵץ כְּבֵדוֹ כְּמַהֵר צִפּוֹר אֶל פָּח; וְלֹא יָדַע כִּי בְנַפְשׁוֹ הוּא.
כדוְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ לִי; וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לְאִמְרֵי פִי.
כהאַל יֵשְׂטְ אֶל דְּרָכֶיהָ לִבֶּךָ; אַל תֵּתַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ.
כוכִּי רַבִּים חֲלָלִים הִפִּילָה; וַעֲצֻמִים כָּל הֲרֻגֶיהָ.
כזדַּרְכֵי שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתָהּ; יֹרְדוֹת אֶל חַדְרֵי מָוֶת.
D'var יהוה , The Word of יהוה 