Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Ọmọ mi, pa ọ̀rọ̀ mi mọ́, sì fi àwọn òfin mi pamọ́ sínú ọkàn rẹ.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.
Pa òfin mi mọ́, ìwọ yóò sì yè tọ́jú ẹ̀kọ́ mi bí ẹyinlójú rẹ.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
Kọ wọ́n sí ọwọ́ òsì rẹ, má ṣe fi jẹun kọ wọ́n sí inú wàláà àyà rẹ.
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:
Wí fún ọgbọ́n pé, “Ìwọ ni arábìnrin mi,” sì pe òye ní ìbátan rẹ.
5 that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
Wọn yóò pa ó mọ́ kúrò lọ́wọ́ obìnrin alágbèrè, kúrò lọ́wọ́ àjèjì obìnrin àti ọ̀rọ̀ ìtànjẹ rẹ̀.
6 For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,
Ní ojú fèrèsé ilé è mi mo wo ìta láti ojú fèrèsé.
7 and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,
Mo rí i láàrín àwọn aláìmọ̀kan mo sì kíyèsi láàrín àwọn ọ̀dọ́kùnrin, ọ̀dọ́ kan tí ó ṣe aláìgbọ́n.
8 passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
Ó ń lọ ní pópónà ní tòsí i ilé alágbèrè obìnrin náà, ó ń rìn lọ sí ọ̀nà ilé e rẹ̀.
9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
Ní ìrọ̀lẹ́ bí oòrùn ṣe ń wọ̀, bí òkùnkùn ṣe ń bo ni lára.
10 And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni obìnrin kan jáde wá láti pàdé rẹ̀, ó múra bí panṣágà pẹ̀lú ètè búburú.
11 She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:
(Ó jẹ́ aláriwo àti alágídí, ìdí rẹ̀ kì í jókòó nílé;
12 now without, now in the broadways, — and she lieth in wait at every corner.
bí ó ti ń já níhìn-ín ní ó ń já lọ́hùn ún gbogbo orígun ni ó ti ń ba ní ibùba.)
13 And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
Ó dìímú, ó sì fẹnukò ó ní ẹnu pẹ̀lú ojú díndín ó wí pé,
14 I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows:
“Mo ní ọrẹ àlàáfíà ní ilé; lónìí ni mo san ẹ̀jẹ́ mi.
15 therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.
Nítorí náà ni n o ṣe jáde wá pàdé è rẹ; mo wá ọ káàkiri mo sì ti rí ọ!
16 I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;
Mo ti tẹ́ ibùsùn mi pẹ̀lú aṣọ aláràbarà láti ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
17 I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Mo ti fi nǹkan olóòórùn dídùn sí ibùsùn mi bí i òjìá, aloe àti kinamoni.
18 Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves.
Wá, jẹ́ kí a lo ìfẹ́ papọ̀ ní kíkún títí di àárọ̀; jẹ́ kí a gbádùn ara wa pẹ̀lú ìfẹ́!
19 For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
Ọkọ ọ̀ mi ò sí nílé; ó ti lọ sí ìrìnàjò jíjìn.
20 he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.
Ó mú owó púpọ̀ lọ́wọ́ kò sì ní darí dé kí ó tó di ọ̀sán.”
21 With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
Pẹ̀lú ọ̀rọ̀ dídùn ó sì í lọ́nà; ó tàn án jẹ pẹ̀lú ẹnu dídùn.
22 He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] for the correction of the fool;
Òun sì tọ̀ ọ́ lọ lẹsẹ̀ kan náà, bí i màlúù tí ń lọ sí ibi pípa, tàbí bí àgbọ̀nrín tí ń lọ sí ibi okùn ìso.
23 till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
Títí tí ọ̀kọ̀ fi gún un ní ẹ̀dọ̀, bí ẹyẹ ṣe ń fẹ́ wọ inú okùn, láìmọ̀ pé yóò gba ẹ̀mí òun.
24 And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Nítorí náà báyìí ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi, tẹ́tí sí mi fọkàn sí nǹkan tí mo sọ.
25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:
Má ṣe jẹ́ kí ọkàn rẹ kí ó yà sí ọ̀nà rẹ̀, tàbí kí ó rìn lọ sí ipa ọ̀nà rẹ̀.
26 for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.
Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ni àwọn tí ó ti fà lulẹ̀. Ogunlọ́gọ̀ àwọn alágbára ni ó ti pa.
