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Сн~е мои прмDрость внима'и, к мои'мъ же словесемъ прилага'и твое ё^хо.

¹

My son, attend to my wisdom, and apply thine ear to my words;

²

да съхрани'ши мы'сль бл~гђ” Чю'в#ствїе же моею ё^стнђ` заповᲇдаю тебњ”

²

that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman;

³

Не внима'и ꙁлњ женњ меD бо ка'плетъ эT ё^сте'нъ жены любодњ'ици” ЈА/же въ врњмя наслажда'етъ твой горта'нь

³

for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate:

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послњ'ди же ё^бо го'рчїе жо'лчи ѓ^бря'щеши” И$зоѓ^стре'нъ па'че меча ѓ^бою^дђ ѓ^стра”

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but afterwards thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword.

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Безђмїа бо но'ѕњ ниꙁво'дятъ прилњпля'ющая^ся е'й смертїю въ а'дъ” стопы` же е^я` не ё^твержа'ются”

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For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established.

⁶

На пђти бо живо'тны не нахо'дитъ, блђ'дна же тече'нїя е^я` и^ не бл~гораꙁђ'мна”

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For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known.

⁷

Ны'нњ же сн~е послђш'аи мене, и^ не эTвръꙁи моя` словеса`”

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Now then, my son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect.

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дале'че эT нея сътвори' ти пђть твои, и^ не приближи'ся къ две'ремъ до'мђ е^я`”

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Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house:

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да не предаси и%нњмъ живота` твое^го, и^ твое^го живота` неми'лостивомъ”

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lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless:

¹⁰

да не насытяTся и%нїи ᲄвое^а крњ'пости, а^ трђ'ды же твои въ домы тђ'ждая внидђтъ”

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lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers;

¹¹

И$ раска'ешися напослњдокъ твои, внегда` ё^бо и^стрђтся пло'ти тњ'ла твое^го, и^ рече'ши

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and thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed,

¹²

ка'ко въꙁненавидњ'хъ наказа'нїе. и^ эT ѓ^бличе'нїи ё^клони'ся срDце мое,

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and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs!

¹³

и^ не послђш'аX гла'са накаꙁа'ющаго м^я, и^ къ ё^ча'щемђ м^я не прилагаX ё%ха мое^го”

¹³

I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear.

¹⁴

Въ ма'лњ быX ѕолᲆ всякомђ, посредњ цр~кве и^ со'нмища”

¹⁴

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

¹⁵

Сн~е пїи во'ды эT свои^хъ съсђ'дъ, и^ эT свои^хъ стђде'нецъ і^ и^сто'чникᲆ,

¹⁵

Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells.

¹⁶

да прелива'ются тебњ во'ды эT твое^го и^сто'чника. и^ въ твоя` пђти` да прохо'дяT твоя` во'ды,

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Let not waters out of thy fountain be spilt by thee, but let thy waters go into thy streets.

¹⁷

да бђ'дђтъ тебњ е^ді'номђ сђщђ, и^ да никтоже тђжDь причастится тебњ,

¹⁷

Let them be only thine own, and let no stranger partake with thee.

¹⁸

і^ и^сто'чникъ твое^я воды` да бђ'детъ тебњ свои” И$ весели'ся съ жено'ю ја%же эT ю'ности твое^я,

¹⁸

Let thy fountain of water be truly thine own; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

¹⁹

е^лень любви и^ жре'бя твоиX блгDтїи да бесњдђетъ тебњ. твояy да послњдђетᲆ тебњ, и^ да е^сть с тобо'ю въ вся'ко вре'мя” Въ все'и любви съпребыва'яи, и^ ё^мно'женъ бђ'деши.

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Let thy loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, and let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; for ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased.

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не мно'гъ бђ'ди тђ'ждїи, не'же ѓ^бя'тъ бђди рђка'ма не твое^а.

²⁰

Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own.

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преD ѓ^чи'ма б^о сђть бж~їима пђтїе мђж'ђ, вся же тече'нїя е^го съꙁира'етъ”

²¹

For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on all his paths.

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ꙁако'нопрестђпле'нїя б^о мђ'жа ё^лавля'ютъ, плњни'цами же грњ'хъ свои^хъ ко'ждо ꙁатяꙁа'ется”

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Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins.

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Сеи скончава'ется съ ненаказа'нными, эT мно'жества же свое^го жи'тїя и^ꙁвръжется. и^ погиба'етъ ꙁа беꙁђ'мїе”

²³

Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly.