Ngeche 5
1 Wuoda, chik iti malongʼo ne riekona, mondo iwinj maber puonj mago mopondo,
My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding;
2 eka isik kingʼeyo pogo tiend weche kendo dhogi norit rieko.
That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3 Nimar dho jachode wacho weche mamit ka mor kich, kendo wuoyone yom maloyo moo;
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
4 to gikone okech ka kedhno kendo obith ka ligangla ma dhoge ariyo.
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 Ok opar ngangʼ yor ngima; yorene ogondore, to ok ongʼeyo kamano.
Lest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not.
7 Omiyo koro un yawuota, winjauru, kik uwe gima awachonu.
Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Bed mabor gi dhako ma kamano, kendo kik idhi machiegni gi dhoode,
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house;
9 nono to jomoko nono ema inimi tekreni maber moloyo kendo higni magi norum e lwet joma ger,
Lest thou give thy vigour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
10 nono to jomoko nono, ema nocham mwanduni kendo tichni matek nokony od ngʼat moro nono.
Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in the house of an alien;
11 To e giko mar ngimani inichur achura, ka ringri gi dendi chamore rumo.
And thou moan, when thine end cometh, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 To iniwachi niya, “Mano kaka nasin gi puonj mar rieko! Mano kaka chunya nokwedo siem mane omiya kuom gik mane atimo ma ok nikare!
And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13 Ne ok anyal winjo kendo timo weche jopuonjna, kata chiko ita ni jopuonjna.
Neither have I hearkened to the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14 Asechopo e giko mar kethruok marach e dier chokruok mangima.”
I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.'
15 Modh pi moa e dapigi iwuon, pi mamol moa e sokoni iwuon.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16 Bende ber mondo soknigi omol ka oo oko e yore mag dala, kata aoregi mag pi e kuonde chokruok manie dier dala?
Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets.
17 Ne ni gibedo magi iwuon kendo kik iriwgi gi joma galagala.
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
18 Sokoni mondo ogwedhi, kendo ibed mamor gi chiegi mane ikendo ka in wuowi.
Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.
19 Ojaber ka mwanda, kendo olongʼo ka nyakech, thundene mad romi kinde duto, mad herane omaki moloyo.
A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.
20 Wuoda, ere gima omiyo jachode dikaw paroni? Ere gima omiyo chie ngʼato nono dilombi?
Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?
21 Yore mag dhano nenore ratiro e nyim Jehova Nyasaye, kendo onono kamoro amora ma odhiyoe.
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He maketh even all his paths.
22 Timbe mamono mag ngʼama jaricho obedone obadho mamake, tonde mag richone tweye matek.
His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
23 Obiro tho nikech ok oyie mondo orieye, obayo yo nikech fupe maduongʼ.
He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall reel.
