¹

Сhне, моeй премyдрости внимaй, къ мои6мъ же словесє1мъ прилагaй ќхо твоE,

¹

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

²

да сохрани1ши мhсль бlгyю: чyвство же мои1хъ ўстeнъ заповёдаетъ тебЁ.

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 внимaй ѕлёй женЁ: мeдъ бо кaплетъ t ўстeнъ жены2 блудни1цы, ћже на врeмz наслаждaетъ тв0й гортaнь:

³

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

⁴

послэди1 же горчaе жeлчи њбрsщеши, и3 и3з8wщрeнну пaче мечA nбою1ду џстра:

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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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безyміz бо н0зэ низв0дzтъ ўпотреблsющихъ ю5 со смeртію во ѓдъ, стwпh же є3S не ўтверждaютсz:

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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.

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на пути6 бо живHтныz не нах0дитъ, заблуждє1нна же течє1ніz є3S и3 неблагораз{мна.

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

⁷

Нн7э u5бо, сhне, послyшай менE и3 не tриновє1нна сотвори2 мо‰ словесA:

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

⁸

далeче t неS сотвори2 пyть тв0й и3 не прибли1жисz ко двeремъ домHвъ є3S,

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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 предaстъ и3ны6мъ животA твоегw2, и3 твоегw2 житіS неми1лwстивымъ,

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

¹⁰

да не насhтzтсz и3нjи твоеS крёпости, твои1 же труды2 въ д0мы чужды6z вни1дутъ,

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

¹¹

и3 раскaешисz на послёдокъ тв0й, є3гдA и3стрyтсz плHти тёла твоегw2, и3 речeши:

¹¹

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

¹²

кaкw возненави1дэхъ наказaніе, и3 t њбличeній ўклони1сz сeрдце моE;

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

¹³

не послyшахъ глaса наказyющагw мS, и3 ко ўчaщему мS не прилагaхъ ќха моегw2:

¹³

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

¹⁴

вмaлэ бёхъ во всsцэмъ ѕлЁ посредЁ цRкве и3 с0нмища.

¹⁴

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

¹⁵

Сhне, пjй в0ды t свои1хъ сосyдwвъ и3 t твои1хъ кладенцє1въ и3ст0чника:

¹⁵

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

¹⁶

да преизливaютсz тебЁ в0ды t твоегw2 и3ст0чника, во тво‰ же пути6 да происх0дzтъ тво‰ в0ды.

¹⁶

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

¹⁷

Да бyдутъ тебЁ є3ди1ному и3мBніz, и3 да никт0же чyждь причасти1тсz тебЁ.

¹⁷

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

¹⁸

И#ст0чникъ твоеS воды2 да бyдетъ тебЁ тв0й, и3 весели1сz съ жен0ю, ћже t ю4ности твоеS:

¹⁸

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

¹⁹

є3лeнь любвE и3 жребS твои1хъ благодaтей да бесёдуетъ тебЁ, твоs же да пред8и1детъ тебЁ и3 да бyдетъ съ тоб0ю во всsко врeмz: въ дрyжбэ бо сеS спребывazй ўмн0женъ бyдеши.

¹⁹

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.

²⁰

Не мн0гъ бyди къ чуждeй, нижE њб8sтъ бyди њб8‰тіи не твоеS:

²⁰

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

²¹

пред8 nчи1ма бо сyть б9іима путіE мyжа, вс‰ же течє1ніz є3гw2 назирaетъ.

²¹

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

²²

Законопреступлє1ніz мyжа ўловлsютъ: плени1цами же свои1хъ грэхHвъ кjйждо затzзaетсz.

²²

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

²³

Сeй скончавaетсz съ ненакaзанными: t мн0жества же своегw2 житіS и3звeржетсz и3 погибaетъ за безyміе.

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.