16. I have spread my bed with elegant coverings,with richly colored fabric from Egypt.
17. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18. Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning,let’s delight ourselves with sexual intercourse.
19. For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance.
20. He has taken a bag of money with him;he will not return until the end of the month.”
21. She persuaded him with persuasive words;with her smooth talk she compelled him.
22. Suddenly he went after herlike an ox that goes to the slaughter,like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare
23. till an arrow pierces his liver – like a bird hurrying into a trap,and he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24. So now, sons, listen to me,and pay attention to the words I speak.
25. Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways – do not wander into her pathways;
26. for she has brought down many fatally wounded,and all those she has slain are many.
27. Her house is the way to the grave,going down to the chambers of death.