With her manypersuasionsshe enticeshim; With her flatteringlipsshe seduceshim.
Now there camea daywhen Elishapassedoverto Shunem,wherethere was a prominentwoman,and she persuadedhim to eatfood.And so it was, as oftenas he passedby, he turnedin thereto eatfood.
They sent[messages] to me fourtimesin thismanner,and I answeredthem in the sameway.
They speakfalsehoodto oneanother;With flatteringlipsand with a doubleheartthey speak.
For the lipsof an adulteressdriphoneyAnd smootherthanoilis her speech;
To keepyou from the evilwoman,From the smoothtongueof the adulteress.
Suddenlyhe followsher As an oxgoesto the slaughter,Or as [one in] fettersto the disciplineof a fool,
That they may keepyou from an adulteress,From the foreignerwho flatterswith her words.
"And the mastersaidto the slave,'Goout into the highwaysand along the hedges,and compel[them] to comein, sothat my housemay be filled.
But they urgedHim, saying,"Staywith us, for it is [getting] towardevening,and the dayis nownearly over."SoHe wentin to staywith them.
And whenshe and her householdhad been baptized,she urgedus, saying,"Ifyou have judgedme to be faithfulto the Lord,comeinto my houseand stay."And she prevailedupon us.
For the loveof Christcontrolsus, having concludedthis,that onediedfor all,thereforealldied;
However she weptbeforehim sevendayswhiletheir feastlasted.And on the seventhdayhe toldher becauseshe pressedhim so hard.She then toldthe riddleto the sonsof her people.
But he refusedand said,"I will not eat."However, his servantstogetherwith the womanurgedhim, and he listenedto them. So he arosefrom the groundand saton the bed.
