Miyambo 5
1 Mwana wanga, mvetsera bwino za nzeru zimene ndikukuwuzazi, tchera khutu ku mawu odziwitsa bwino zinthu ndikukupatsa,
My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding;
2 kuti uthe kuchita zinthu mochenjera ndi mwanzeru ndiponso kuti utetezedwe ku mayankhulidwe a mkazi wachilendo.
That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3 Pakuti mkazi wachigololo ali ndi mawu okoma ngati uchi. Zoyankhula zake ndi zosalala ngati mafuta,
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
4 koma kotsirizira kwake ngowawa ngati ndulu; ngakuthwa ngati lupanga lakuthwa konsekonse.
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on the nether-world; (Sheol h7585)
6 Iye saganizirapo za njira ya moyo; njira zake ndi zokhotakhota koma iye sadziwa izi.
Lest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not.
7 Tsopano ana inu, mundimvere; musawasiye mawu anga.
Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Uziyenda kutali ndi mkazi wotereyo, usayandikire khomo la nyumba yake,
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house;
9 kuopa kuti ungadzalanditse ulemerero wako kwa anthu ena; ndi zaka zako kwa anthu ankhanza,
Lest thou give thy vigour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
10 kapenanso alendo angadyerere chuma chako ndi phindu la ntchito yako kulemeretsa anthu ena.
Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in the house of an alien;
11 Potsiriza pa moyo wako udzabuwula, thupi lako lonse litatheratu.
And thou moan, when thine end cometh, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 Ndipo udzati, “Mayo ine, ndinkadana ndi kusunga mwambo! Mtima wanga unkanyoza chidzudzulo!
And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13 Sindinamvere aphunzitsi anga kapena alangizi anga.
Neither have I hearkened to the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14 Ine ndatsala pangʼono kuti ndiwonongeke pakati pa msonkhano wonse.”
I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.'
15 Imwa madzi a mʼchitsime chakochako, madzi abwino ochokera mʼchitsime chako.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16 Kodi akasupe ako azingosefukira mʼmisewu? Kodi mitsinje yako izingoyendayenda mʼzipata za mzinda?
Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets.
17 Mitsinjeyo ikhale ya iwe wekha, osati uyigawireko alendo.
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
18 Yehova adalitse kasupe wako, ndipo usangalale ndi mkazi wa unyamata wako.
Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.
19 Iye uja ali ngati mbalale yayikazi yokongola ndiponso ngati gwape wa maonekedwe abwino. Ukhutitsidwe ndi mawere ake nthawi zonse, ndipo utengeke ndi chikondi chake nthawi zonse.
A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.
20 Mwana wanga, nʼchifukwa chiyani ukukopeka ndi mkazi wachigololo? Bwanji ukukumbatira mkazi wachilendo?
Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?
21 Pakuti mayendedwe onse a munthu Yehova amawaona, ndipo Iye amapenyetsetsa njira zake zonse.
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He maketh even all his paths.
22 Ntchito zoyipa za munthu woyipa zimamukola yekha; zingwe za tchimo lake zimamumanga yekha.
His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
23 Iye adzafa chifukwa chosowa mwambo, adzasocheretsedwa chifukwa cha uchitsiru wake waukulu.
He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall reel.
