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He went after her suddenly
This seems to imply that the young man took very little time to think about what he should do. Alternate translation: "He quickly decided to go after her" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
like an ox going to slaughter ... a deer caught in a trap
The naive and unsuspecting way the young man follows the adulteress is compared to the way two animals are unaware of the danger they are in. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
slaughter
This refers to killing an animal in order to eat its meat.
deer
See how you translated this word in Proverbs 5:19.