Proverbs 5
1 My son! Give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding,
Nwa m, ṅaa ntị nʼokwu amamihe m, gee ntị nʼokwu nghọta m ndị a.
2 To observe thoughtfulness, And your lips keep knowledge.
Lezie anya, ka i debe izuzu dị iche iche, ka egbugbere ọnụ gị na-echebekwa ihe ọmụma.
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth [is] smoother than oil,
Nʼihi na egbugbere ọnụ nwanyị na-akwa iko na-atọ ka mmanụ aṅụ, okwu ọnụ ya na-akwọ mụrụmụrụ karịa mmanụ.
4 And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.
Ma nʼikpeazụ, ọ na-elu ilu dịka oluilu dịkwa nkọ ka mma agha ihu abụọ.
Ụkwụ ya abụọ na-arịdaru nʼọnwụ, nzọ ụkwụ ya abụọ na-eje nʼụzọ ọkụ ala mmụọ. (Sheol h7585)
6 The path of life—lest you ponder, Her paths have moved—you do not know.
Nʼihi na ọ dịghị agbaso ụzọ kwesiri ndụ; ụzọ ya gbagọrọ agbagọ, ma ọ maghị nke a.
7 And now, you sons, listen to me, And do not turn from sayings of my mouth.
Ugbu a ụmụ m, geenụ m ntị, unu esikwala nʼokwu niile nke ọnụ m wezuga onwe unu.
8 Keep your way far from off her, And do not come near to the opening of her house,
Gbaara nwanyị dị otu a ọsọ! Ejekwala ọnụ ụzọ ụlọ ya nso,
9 Lest you give your splendor to others, And your years to the fierce,
ka ị ghara ire ugwu gị nʼebe ndị ọzọ nọ, maọbụ were ndụ gị tinye nʼaka ndị na-enweghị obi ebere.
10 Lest strangers be filled [with] your power, And your labors in the house of a stranger,
Ka ndị ọbịa ghara inwe oke oriri nʼelu akụ gị, ka ihe niile ị dọgburu onwe gị nʼọrụ ịkpata gharakwa imejupụta ụlọ onye ọzọ.
11 And you have howled in your latter end, In the consumption of your flesh and your food,
Ka ị gharakwa ịsụ ude nʼikpeazụ mgbe ọrịa ga-eripịa ọkpụkpụ gị na anụ ahụ gị.
12 And have said, “How I have hated instruction, And my heart has despised reproof,
Mgbe ị ga-asị, Lee ka m si kpọọ ịdọ aka na ntị asị! “Leekwa ka obi m si lelịa iba mba anya!
13 And I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, And have not inclined my ear to my teachers.
Egeghị m ntị nʼozizi nke ndị nkuzi m maọbụ nabata ndụmọdụ nke ndị ndụmọdụ m.
14 As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a congregation.”
Nʼihi na ugbu a, abịaruola m na mbibi nʼihu ọha mmadụ niile.”
15 Drink waters out of your own cistern, Even flowing ones out of your own well.
Ṅụọ naanị mmiri nke si nʼite mmiri gị; mmiri dị mma nke si nʼolulu mmiri gị.
16 Let your fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places streams of waters.
Gịnị mere ị ga-eji kwe ka isi mmiri gị sọọ nʼokporoụzọ, ka mmiri nke aka gị sọọ nʼama?
17 Let them be to you for yourself, And not to strangers with you.
Kwee ka ha bụrụ nke naanị gị, nke onye ọbịa na-agaghị enwe oke nʼime ya.
18 Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of your youth,
Kwere ka ịbụ nwoke gị bụrụ ngọzị nye gị; ṅụrịakwa ọṅụ nʼihi nwunye nke ị lụtara nʼokorobịa gị.
19 A doe of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy you at all times, Magnify yourself in her love continually.
Nne anụ nke na-ahụ nʼanya, dịka ele mara mma, ka ara dị ya nʼobi zuore gị, ka ịhụnanya ya na-enye gị obi ụtọ mgbe ọbụla.
20 And why do you magnify yourself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
Gịnị ka ị na-achọ nʼahụ nwanyị na-akwa iko? Gịnị mere i ji na-amaku nwunye onye ọzọ obi?
21 For the ways of each are before the eyes of YHWH, And He is pondering all his paths.
Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị na-ele gị anya, ihe niile ị na-eme ka ọ na-ahụ.
22 His own iniquities capture the wicked, And he is holden with the ropes of his sin.
Onye na-emebi iwu na-esite na mmehie ya laa onwe ya nʼiyi; mmehie ndị a bụ ụdọ nke na-ejide ya.
23 He dies without instruction, And magnifies himself in the abundance of his folly!
Ọ ga-anwụ nʼihi na ọ nabataghị ịdọ aka na ntị; ọ bụkwa nzuzu ya dufuru ya.
