Proverbs 5
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen carefully as I explain what makes sense,
Ọmọ mi, fiyèsí ọgbọ́n mi, kí o sì dẹtí rẹ sí òye mi,
2 so you can make good decisions and protect knowledge with your lips.
kí ìwọ sì lè ní ìṣọ́ra kí ètè rẹ sì le pa ìmọ̀ mọ́.
3 For the lips of an immoral woman may taste as sweet as honey, the kisses of her mouth may be as smooth as oil,
Nítorí ètè àwọn àjèjì obìnrin a máa sun bi oyin, ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ sì kúnná ju òróró lọ.
4 but in the end what you get from her is the bitterness of wormwood and the sharp pain of being cut with a two-edged sword.
Ṣùgbọ́n ní ìgbẹ̀yìn gbẹ́yín, ó korò ju òróǹró lọ, ó mú bí idà olójú méjì.
Ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí ọ̀nà ikú ìgbésẹ̀ rẹ̀ lọ tààrà sí ibojì òkú. (Sheol h7585)
6 She doesn't follow the path that leads to life—she wanders away and doesn't even know she's lost.
Kí ìwọ má ba à já ipa ọ̀nà ìyè; ọ̀nà rẹ̀ rí pálapàla, ṣùgbọ́n kò tilẹ̀ mọ́.
7 Now, my son, listen to me; don't reject what I have taught you.
Nítorí náà, ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi, ẹ dẹtí sí mi, kí ẹ̀yin kí ó má ṣe yàgò kúrò nínú ọ̀rọ̀ tí mo sọ.
8 Stay far away from her! Don't go near the door of her house!
Rìn ní ọ̀nà tí ó jìnnà sí ti rẹ̀, má ṣe súnmọ́ ẹnu-ọ̀nà ilé rẹ̀,
9 Otherwise you'll surrender your honor to others, and your character to cruel people.
àìṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ ìwọ yóò gbé gbogbo ọlá rẹ lé ẹlòmíràn lọ́wọ́ àti ọjọ́ ayé rẹ fún ìkà ènìyàn.
10 Strangers will spend your wealth; everything you've worked for will go to someone else.
Kí a má ba à fi ọrọ̀ rẹ fún àjèjì ènìyàn, kí làálàá rẹ sì sọ ilé ẹlòmíràn di ọlọ́rọ̀.
11 When you come to the end of your life you'll moan in pain as disease destroys your body.
Ní ìgbẹ̀yìn ayé rẹ ìwọ yóò kérora, nígbà tí agbára rẹ àti ara rẹ bá ti joro tán.
12 You'll say, “How I used to hate discipline, and my mind rebelled against being corrected!
Ìwọ yóò wí pé, “Mo ti kórìíra ẹ̀kọ́ tó! Ọkàn mi ṣe wá kórìíra ìbáwí!
13 I didn't listen to what my teacher said. I didn't pay attention to my instructors.
N kò gbọ́rọ̀ sí àwọn olùkọ́ mi lẹ́nu, tàbí kí n fetí sí àwọn tí ń kọ́ mi lẹ́kọ̀ọ́.
14 Now I'm on the verge of being completely disgraced before everyone in the community.”
Mo ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ ìparun pátápátá ní àárín gbogbo àwùjọ ènìyàn.”
15 Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
Mu omi láti inú kànga tìrẹ, omi tí ń sàn láti inú kànga rẹ.
16 Why should your springs be spilled outside, your streams of water poured out in the streets?
Ó ha yẹ kí omi ìsun rẹ kún àkúnya sí ojú ọ̀nà àti odò tí ń sàn lọ sí àárín ọjà?
17 Keep them for yourselves alone. They're not for you to share with strangers.
Jẹ́ kí wọn jẹ́ tìrẹ nìkan, má ṣe ṣe àjọpín wọn pẹ̀lú àjèjì láéláé.
18 May your spring of water be blessed, and may you enjoy the wife you married when you were young.
Jẹ́ kí orísun rẹ kí ó ní ìbùkún; kí ìwọ ó sì máa yọ nínú aya ìgbà èwe rẹ.
19 May she be to you a loving deer, a graceful doe. May her breasts always be intoxicating to you; may you be drunk on her love forever.
Abo àgbọ̀nrín tó dára, ìgalà tí ó wu ni jọjọ, jẹ́ kí ọmú rẹ̀ kí ó máa fi ayọ̀ fún ọ nígbà gbogbo, kí o sì máa yọ̀ nínú ìfẹ́ rẹ̀ nígbàkígbà.
20 Why, my son, become intoxicated with an immoral woman? Why embrace the breasts of a woman who acts like a prostitute?
Ọmọ mi, èéṣe tí ìwọ ó fi máa yọ̀ nínú ìfẹ́ obìnrin panṣágà, tí ìwọ ó sì fi dì mọ́ ìyàwó ẹlòmíràn?
21 For the Lord sees everything people do, the Lord investigates everywhere they go.
Nítorí ọ̀nà ènìyàn kò fi ara sin rárá fún Olúwa Ó sì ń gbé gbogbo ọ̀nà rẹ̀ yẹ̀ wò.
22 The wicked are trapped by their evil actions; the cords of their sins tie them up.
Ìwà búburú ènìyàn búburú ni yóò mú kó bọ́ sínú okùn; okùn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ara rẹ̀ yóò sì dìímú.
23 They will die because they lack self-control, lost because of their great stupidity.
Yóò kú ní àìgba ẹ̀kọ́ ìwà òmùgọ̀ ara rẹ̀ yóò sì mú kí ó máa ṣìnà kiri.
