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Jewish Publication Society (1917)
JPS
The Gospel of Barnabas
GspBar
[1]My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding; [No book]
[2]That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. [No book]
[3]For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; [No book]
[4]But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. [No book]
[5]Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on the nether-world; [No book]
[6]Lest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not. [No book]
[7]Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. [No book]
[8]Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house; [No book]
[9]Lest thou give thy vigour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel; [No book]
[10]Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in the house of an alien; [No book]
[11]And thou moan, when thine end cometh, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, [No book]
[12]And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; [No book]
[13]Neither have I hearkened to the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! [No book]
[14]I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.' [No book]
[15]Drink waters out of thine own cistern, an running waters out of thine own well. [No book]
[16]Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets. [No book]
[17]Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. [No book]
[18]Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth. [No book]
[19]A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always. [No book]
[20]Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien? [No book]
[21]For the ways of man are before the eyes of ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎, and He maketh even all his paths. [No book]
[22]His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. [No book]
[23]He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall reel. [No book]
Translation: Jewish Publication Society (1917)
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Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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