Proverbs 5
비가 억수로 쏟아진다. 골프가 취소된다. 꼭 치고 싶은 내가 좋아하는 동생들과의 라운드인데. 우승한 사람이 다음 달 떡을 해오는 거다. 우리 집 앞 떡집은 십여 년째 나의 단골로 아주 맛있게 하기로 유명하다. 그래서 떡 할 사람은 모두 나에게 부탁한다. 비가 와서 골프는 취소되었지만 미리 예약한 떡은 내가 출발할 시간에 정확히 맞추어 배달된다. 영양찰떡 한 박스를 받아놓고 한 개 뜯어먹으며 다다다다 자판을 두들긴다. 당분간 우리 집 아침은 이 떡이다. 손가락으로 괜찮은 말들을 읽어가니 참 좋다. 새벽이다. 우르릉 꽝꽝 천둥소리가 요란하다.
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight, 2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge. 3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; 4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.
gall 뻔뻔스러움. 분개. 울분
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. 6. She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it. 7 Now then, my sons. listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.
8 Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house, 9 lest you lose your honor to others and your dignity to one who is cruel, 10 lest strangers feast on your welth and your toil enrich the house of another.
11 At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent. 12 You will say, "How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!
discipline 규율, 훈육
spurn 퇴짜 놓다. 일축하다.
13 I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors. 14 And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God's people."
assembly 의회, 집회
15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well. 16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? 17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
cistern 물탱크
18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 A loving doe, a graceful deer - may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
doe (사슴, 토끼의) 암컷
intoxicated (술, 마약에) 취한
20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man's wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman? 21 For your ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all your paths. 22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast. 23 For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.
bosom (여자의) 가슴
wayward 다루기 힘든
ensnare 올가미에 걸려들게 하다.
folly 어리석음
(사진: 꽃 뜰)