1And often hath she sent unto me saying: Consent to fulfil my desire, and I will release thee from thy bonds, 'and I will free thee from the darkness'.
2And not even in thought did I incline unto her. For Elohim (God) loveth him who in a den of darkness combines fasting with chastity, rather than the man who in kings' chambers combines luxury with licence.
3And if a man liveth in chastity, and desireth also glory, and the El Elyon (Most High) knoweth that it is expedient for him, He bestoweth this also upon him, even as upon me.
4How often, though she were sick, did she come down 'to me' at unlooked-for times, and listened to my voice as I prayed! And when I heard her groanings I held my peace.
5'For' when I was in her house she was wont to bare her arms, and breasts, and legs, 'that I might lie with her; for she was' very beautiful, 'splendidly adorned' in order to beguile me. And Yahuah (Lord) guarded me from her devices.