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.