Proverbs 5
1 My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence.
Mwanangu, sikiliza kwa makini hekima yangu, sikiliza vizuri maneno yangu ya busara,
2 That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.
ili uweze kutunza busara na midomo yako ihifadhi maarifa.
3 For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.
Kwa maana midomo ya mwanamke kahaba hudondoza asali, na maneno ya kinywa chake ni laini kuliko mafuta;
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.
lakini mwisho wake ni mchungu kama nyongo, mkali kama upanga ukatao kuwili.
Miguu yake hushuka kuelekea kwenye kifo; hatua zake huelekea moja kwa moja kaburini. (Sheol h7585)
6 They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.
Yeye hafikiri juu ya njia ya uzima; njia zake zimepotoka, lakini yeye hajui.
7 Now therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Sasa basi wanangu, nisikilizeni; msiache ninalowaambia.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house.
Njia zenu ziwe mbali naye, msiende karibu na mlango wa nyumba yake,
9 Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.
usije ukatoa nguvu zako nzuri kwa wengine na miaka yako kwa aliye mkatili,
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man’s house,
wageni wasije wakasherehekea utajiri wako na jitihada yako ikatajirisha nyumba ya mwanaume mwingine.
11 And thou mourn it the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say:
Mwishoni mwa maisha yako utalia kwa uchungu, wakati nyama na mwili wako vimechakaa.
12 Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,
Utasema, “Tazama jinsi gani nilivyochukia adhabu! Tazama jinsi moyo wangu ulivyodharau maonyo!
13 And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not inclined my ear to masters?
Sikuwatii walimu wangu wala kuwasikiliza wakufunzi wangu.
14 I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation.
Nimefika ukingoni mwa maangamizi kabisa katikati ya kusanyiko lote.”
15 Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well:
Kunywa maji kutoka kwenye kisima chako mwenyewe, maji yanayotiririka kutoka kwenye kisima chako mwenyewe.
16 Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters.
Je, chemchemi zako zifurike katika barabara za mji na vijito vyako vya maji viwanjani?
17 Keep them to thyself alone, neither let strangers be partakers with thee.
Na viwe vyako mwenyewe, kamwe visishirikishwe wageni.
18 Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth:
Chemchemi yako na ibarikiwe na umfurahie mke wa ujana wako.
19 Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate thee at all times; he thou delighted continually with her love.
Kulungu jike apendaye, kulungu mzuri: matiti yake na yakutosheleze siku zote, nawe utekwe daima na upendo wake.
20 Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another?
Kwa nini mwanangu, utekwe na mwanamke kahaba? Kwa nini ukumbatie kifua cha mke wa mwanaume mwingine?
21 The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.
Kwa maana njia za mtu ni wazi kabisa mbele za Bwana, naye huyapima mapito yake yote.
22 His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.
Matendo mabaya ya mtu mwovu humnasa yeye mwenyewe; kamba za dhambi yake humkamata kwa nguvu.
23 He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.
Atakufa kwa kukosa nidhamu, akipotoshwa kwa upumbavu wake mwenyewe.
