Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Vinye, lé nye nyawo me ɖe asi eye nàdzra nye sededewo ɖo ɖe mewò.
2 Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye.
Lé nye sededewo me ɖe asi ekema ànɔ agbe eye dzɔ nye nufiamewo ŋuti abe wò gadaglamakui ene.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
Bla wo ɖe wò asibidɛwo ŋu eye nàŋlɔ wo ɖe wò dzi ƒe nuŋlɔkpe dzi.
4 Say unto wisdom: 'Thou art my sister', and call understanding thy kinswoman;
Gblɔ na nunya be, “Nɔvinye nyɔnu nènye.” Eye nàyɔ ƒometɔ na gɔmesese,
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.
woana nyɔnu ahasitɔ la nanɔ adzɔge na wò, eye woaɖe wò le srɔ̃nyɔnu dzego la ƒe amenublenyawo ƒe asi me.
6 For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
Mele nye xɔ ƒe fesrẽ nu, hekpɔ nu to fesrẽnuvɔ la me.
7 And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Mekpɔ ame aɖe le bebewuwo dome, mekpɔ ɖekakpui si tsi bome la le sɔhɛwo dome.
8 Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;
Ele zɔzɔm le kpɔdome, ɖo ta dzogoe si me nyɔnu la le la me; ezɔ ɖo ta afi si nyɔnu la ƒe aƒe le,
9 In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
le fiẽ me, esime anyigba nɔ tsyɔtsyɔm, eye zã do blukɔ.
10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
Tete nyɔnu aɖe do go va kpee, edo awu abe gbolo ene eye ayedzedze le mo nɛ.
11 She is riotous and rebellious, her feet abide not in her house;
Eƒe gbe le dzi dem, metsɔ ɖeke le eme na ame aɖeke o eye eƒe afɔwo gbe tɔtɔ ɖe aƒe me,
12 Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lieth in wait at every corner.
ele kpɔdome fifia, kasia egado ɖe ablɔme xoxo eye wòdea xa ɖe dzogoe ɖe sia ɖe dzi.
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said unto him:
Elé ɖekakpui la hegbugbɔ nu nɛ ŋɔnɔe eye wòɖo mo kplalaa gblɔ nɛ be,
14 'Sacrifices of peace-offerings were due from me; this day have I paid my vows.
“Ŋutifafavɔsa le aƒenye me, egbe mexe nye adzɔgbeɖefewo o,
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
eya ta medo be mava do go wò, medi wò eye meke ɖe ŋuwò!
16 I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
Meɖo aklala biɖibiɖi ƒe abadzivɔ si wode amadede vovovowoe, esi wowɔ le Egipte la ɖe nye aba dzi.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Mewu lifi, anowɔtre kple ami ʋeʋĩ vovovowo ɖe nye aba dzi,
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves.
eya ta va, míano lɔlɔ̃ wòasu mí va se ɖe ŋdi, na míatsɔ lɔlɔ̃ ado vivi ɖe mía ɖokuiwo ŋu!
19 For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
Nye aƒetɔ mele aƒe o, ezɔ mɔ didi aɖe.
20 He hath taken the bag of money with him; he will come home at the full moon.'
Etsɔ eƒe gakotoku si ga yɔ fũu la dzoe eye ne dzinu sɔ tegblẽ hafi wòagbɔ.”
21 With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.
Etsɔ amenublenya siawo blee eye wòtsɔ eƒe aɖe ŋanɛ la kplɔe trae.
22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox that goeth to the slaughter, or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
Etso zia enumake hekplɔe ɖo abe nyitsu wokplɔ yina wuwu ge alo abe zi si ɖo afɔ mɔ me ene.
23 Till an arrow strike through his liver; as a bird hasteneth to the snare — and knoweth not that it is at the cost of his life.
Va se ɖe esime aŋutrɔ naƒo ɖe eƒe aklã, abe xevie dzo ɖe kamɔ dzi eye menyae be yeƒe ku le afi ma o la ene
24 Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
eya ta azɔ la, vinyewo, miɖo tom eye miƒu to anyi ɖe nu si megblɔ la ŋu.
25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Migana miaƒe dzi natrɔ ɖe eƒe mɔwo ŋu loo, alo miatra age ɖe eƒe toƒewo o.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded; yea, a mighty host are all her slain.
Elabena ame siwo tsi esi me la sɔ gbɔ, eye ame siwo wòwu la de ha.
