Ngeche 7
1 Wuoda, rit wechena kendo ipand chikena e chunyi.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2 Rit chikena to ibiro bedo mangima; rit puonjna mana kaka dirit tong wangʼi.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.
3 Twegi e lith lweti kendo ndikgi e chunyi maiye.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
4 Wach ne rieko niya, “In e nyaminwa,” to luong ngʼeyo tiend wach ni watni;
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:
5 ginimi itangʼ ni dhako ma jachode, inibed mabor gi dhako mabayo kaachiel, kod wechene malombo ji.
that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
6 Ka nangʼicho oko gie dirisa mar oda,
For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,
7 ne aneno e dier joma ngʼeyogi tin, ne afwenyo e dier yawuowi matindo, rawera maonge gi rieko.
and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,
8 Ne owuotho e wangʼ yo makadho but od dhakono, kowuotho kochiko od dhakono,
passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9 ka piny ngʼiringʼiri, ka piny dwaro yuso, e kindeno ma mudho mako piny.
in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
10 Eka apoya nono dhakono nowuok mondo oromne, korwakore kaka ochot mopongʼ gi paro marach.
And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
11 En dhako ma wangʼe tek kendo maonge wichkuot, tiendene susni ma ok obed e ot;
She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:
12 sani onene e yo, to bangʼ sa matin en kuonde chokruok, kendo e kuonde mopondo duto oyudore.
now without, now in the broadways, — and she lieth in wait at every corner.
13 Omiyo nokwake mi onyodhe, gi wangʼ matek, nowachone niya:
And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
14 “An gi misango mar lalruok e oda, kawuononi asechopo singruok maga.
I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows:
15 Omiyo ne abiro mondo arom kodi, asemanyi to koro aseyudi!
therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.
16 Asepedho kitandana gi suke mokikokiko moa Misri.
I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;
17 Asekiro moo e kitandana, gin modhi mangʼeny mangʼwe ngʼar gi mane-mane kod obala ndago.
I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Bi, wadhi wayud mor mar hera nyaka piny ru, mondo wabed mamor ka wawinjo maber e hera!
Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves.
19 Chwora ok nitiere dala; osedhiyo e wuoth mabor.
For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
20 Nokawo mifukone mopongʼ gi pesa, kendo ok obi duogo dala nyaka bangʼ ndalo mogwarore.”
he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.
21 Kamano, dhakono nowuonde gi weche mamit; mi nohoye kendo odhi kode.
With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
22 Gikanyono noluwe kodhi kode mana ka rwadh bwoch mitero kar yengʼo, kata ka mwanda madonjo e obeto
He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] for the correction of the fool;
23 nyaka asere chwowe mahob chunye, kata ka winyo madhiyo e obadho ma ochikne, ka ok ongʼeyo ni ngimane ni e tho!
till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
24 Koro un yawuota winjauru, chikuru itu ne gima awacho.
And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Kik uyie mondo chunyu odhi e yorene, kata bayo e yorene.
Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:
26 Oseketho ngima ji mangʼeny, kendo osemiyo ji mathoth mak kwanre otho.
for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.
