Proverbs 5
1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
Ọmọ mi, fiyèsí ọgbọ́n mi, kí o sì dẹtí rẹ sí òye mi,
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
kí ìwọ sì lè ní ìṣọ́ra kí ètè rẹ sì le pa ìmọ̀ mọ́.
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Nítorí ètè àwọn àjèjì obìnrin a máa sun bi oyin, ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ sì kúnná ju òróró lọ.
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged 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 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Kí ìwọ má ba à já ipa ọ̀nà ìyè; ọ̀nà rẹ̀ rí pálapàla, ṣùgbọ́n kò tilẹ̀ mọ́.
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Nítorí náà, ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi, ẹ dẹtí sí mi, kí ẹ̀yin kí ó má ṣe yàgò kúrò nínú ọ̀rọ̀ tí mo sọ.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Rìn ní ọ̀nà tí ó jìnnà sí ti rẹ̀, má ṣe súnmọ́ ẹnu-ọ̀nà ilé rẹ̀,
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
àìṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ ìwọ yóò gbé gbogbo ọlá rẹ lé ẹlòmíràn lọ́wọ́ àti ọjọ́ ayé rẹ fún ìkà ènìyàn.
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
Kí a má ba à fi ọrọ̀ rẹ fún àjèjì ènìyàn, kí làálàá rẹ sì sọ ilé ẹlòmíràn di ọlọ́rọ̀.
11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Ní ìgbẹ̀yìn ayé rẹ ìwọ yóò kérora, nígbà tí agbára rẹ àti ara rẹ bá ti joro tán.
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Ìwọ yóò wí pé, “Mo ti kórìíra ẹ̀kọ́ tó! Ọkàn mi ṣe wá kórìíra ìbáwí!
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
N kò gbọ́rọ̀ sí àwọn olùkọ́ mi lẹ́nu, tàbí kí n fetí sí àwọn tí ń kọ́ mi lẹ́kọ̀ọ́.
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Mo ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ ìparun pátápátá ní àárín gbogbo àwùjọ ènìyàn.”
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Mu omi láti inú kànga tìrẹ, omi tí ń sàn láti inú kànga rẹ.
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters 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 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
Jẹ́ kí wọn jẹ́ tìrẹ nìkan, má ṣe ṣe àjọpín wọn pẹ̀lú àjèjì láéláé.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Jẹ́ kí orísun rẹ kí ó ní ìbùkún; kí ìwọ ó sì máa yọ nínú aya ìgbà èwe rẹ.
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
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 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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 ways of man are before the eyes of Yhwh, and he pondereth all his goings.
Nítorí ọ̀nà ènìyàn kò fi ara sin rárá fún Olúwa Ó sì ń gbé gbogbo ọ̀nà rẹ̀ yẹ̀ wò.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Ìwà búburú ènìyàn búburú ni yóò mú kó bọ́ sínú okùn; okùn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ara rẹ̀ yóò sì dìímú.
23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Yóò kú ní àìgba ẹ̀kọ́ ìwà òmùgọ̀ ara rẹ̀ yóò sì mú kí ó máa ṣìnà kiri.
