< Proverbs 5 >

1 My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, and incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.
Mũrũ wakwa, thikĩrĩria ũũgĩ ũyũ wakwa, tega gũtũ wega ũigue ciugo ciakwa cia ũtaũku,
2 That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.
nĩguo ũtũũrie ũbaarĩrĩri, nayo mĩromo yaku ĩtũũrie ũmenyo.
3 For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.
Nĩgũkorwo mĩromo ya mũtumia mũtharia itaataga ũũkĩ, na mĩario yake ĩnyorokete gũkĩra maguta;
4 But the end of her is bitter as wormewood, and sharpe as a two edged sworde.
no marigĩrĩrio nĩmũrũrũ ta maaĩ ma nyongo, nĩ mũũgĩ ta rũhiũ rwa njora rũrĩa rũũgĩ mbarĩ cierĩ.
5 Her feete goe downe to death, and her steps take holde on hell. (Sheol h7585)
Magũrũ make maikũrũkaga gĩkuũ-inĩ; makinya make mathiiaga merekeire o mbĩrĩra. (Sheol h7585)
6 She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them.
Ndeciiragia ũhoro wa njĩra ya muoyo; njĩra ciake nĩ njogomu, nowe ndooĩ ũguo.
7 Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.
Atĩrĩrĩ, ariũ akwa, ta thikĩrĩriai; mũtikanatiganĩrie ũrĩa ngũmwĩra.
8 Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,
Thiiagĩrai njĩra ĩrĩ kũraya nake, mũtigakuhĩrĩrie mũrango wa nyũmba yake,
9 Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:
nĩguo mũtikaheane hinya wanyu mwega kũrĩ andũ angĩ, na mĩaka yanyu kũrĩ mũndũ ũtarĩ tha,
10 Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,
nĩguo ageni matikehũũnie na ũtonga wanyu, na kĩrĩa ũnogeire gĩtongie mũciĩ wa mũndũ wa kũngĩ.
11 And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie)
Marigĩrĩrio-inĩ ma muoyo waku nĩũgacaaya, hĩndĩ ĩrĩa nyama cia mwĩrĩ waku na mwĩrĩ waku igaakorwo ithirĩte hinya.
12 And say, How haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction!
Ũkoiga atĩrĩ, “Hĩ, kaĩ nĩndathũũrire gũtaarwo-ĩ! Hĩ, kaĩ ngoro yakwa nĩyamenete kũrũithio-ĩ!
13 And haue not obeied the voyce of them that taught mee, nor enclined mine eare to them that instructed me!
Ndingĩathĩkĩire arutani akwa, kana thikĩrĩrie ataarani akwa.
14 I was almost brought into all euil in ye mids of the Congregation and assemblie.
Nĩnginyĩte hũgũrũrũ-inĩ cia mwanangĩko, ndĩ o gatagatĩ-inĩ ga kĩũngano gĩothe.”
15 Drinke the water of thy cisterne, and of the riuers out of the middes of thine owne well.
Atĩrĩrĩ, nyuuaga maaĩ ma itangi rĩaku we mwene, maaĩ marĩa mathereraga moimĩte gĩthima-inĩ gĩaku mwene.
16 Let thy fountaines flow foorth, and the riuers of waters in the streetes.
Nĩ kwagĩrĩire ithima ciaku ciunagĩre maaĩ barabara-inĩ, kana tũrũũĩ twaku tuunagĩre ihaaro-inĩ cia mũingĩ?
17 But let them bee thine, euen thine onely, and not the strangers with thee.
Nĩmagĩtũũre marĩ maku wiki, matigatuĩke maku na mũndũ wa kũngĩ o na rĩ.
18 Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.
Gĩthima gĩaku kĩrorathimwo, nawe ũkenagĩre mũtumia wa ũnini waku.
19 Let her be as the louing hinde and pleasant roe: let her brests satisfie thee at all times, and delite in her loue continually.
Athakarĩte ta thwariga ya mũgoma, akaagĩra ta gathiiya ka mũgoma: kĩiganagwo nĩ nyondo ciake hĩndĩ ciothe, ũkenagio nĩ wendo wake hĩndĩ ciothe.
20 For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?
Mũrũ wakwa, nĩ kĩĩ kĩngĩtũma ũkenio nĩ mũtumia mũtharia? Nĩ kĩĩ kĩngĩtũma ũhĩmbĩrie gĩthũri kĩa mũtumia wa mũndũ ũngĩ?
21 For the waies of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his pathes.
Nĩgũkorwo mĩthiĩre ya mũndũ nĩyonagwo nĩ Jehova, nake nĩatuĩragia njĩra ciake ciothe.
22 His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the cordes of his owne sinne.
Ciĩko njũru cia mũndũ mwaganu nĩcio imũtegaga; nga cia mehia make nĩcio imuohaga, ikamũrũmia biũ.
23 Hee shall die for fault of instruction, and shall goe astray through his great follie.
Mũndũ ũcio nĩagaakua nĩ kwaga ũtaaro, akoora nĩ ũndũ wa ũrimũ wake mũnene.

< Proverbs 5 >