Proverbs 5
1 My son, to my wisdom, attend, and, to mine understanding, incline thou thine ear:
Vinye, lé to ɖe nye nunya ŋu eye nàƒu to anyi nyuie ɖe nye sidzedze ƒe nyawo ŋu,
2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, —and, as for knowledge, that thy lips may guard it.
be nànya nu si nàwɔ eye wò nuyiwo adzra gɔmesese ɖo
3 For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;
elabena nyɔnu ahasitɔ ƒe nuyiwo le anyitsi tsyɔm, eye eƒe numenyawo zrɔ̃ wu ami
4 But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword!
gake le nuwuwu la evena wu veve eye wòɖana wu yi nuevee.
Eƒe afɔ yina ɖe tsĩeƒe ke eye eƒe afɔɖeɖewo yina ɖe yɔdo me tẽe (Sheol h7585)
6 Lest, the path of life, she should ponder, her tracks have wandered she knoweth not [whither].
Mebua ta me le ale si wòanɔ agbee ŋu kura o, eƒe toƒewo glɔ̃ gake menyae o
7 Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.
eya ta azɔ la, vinyewo, miɖo tom, migaƒo asa na nu si megblɔ na mi o.
8 Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:
Miaƒe toƒewo nete ɖa xaa tso egbɔ, migagogo eƒe aƒe ƒe agbonu o,
9 Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel:
ne menye nenema o la, miava gblẽ miaƒe ɖekakpuime ƒe ŋusẽ ɖe ame bubuwo ŋu kple miaƒe ƒewo ɖe ame vɔ̃ɖi ŋu.
10 Lest strange men, be well fed, by thy strength, and, thy toils, be in the house of the alien.
Ne menye nenema o la, amedzrowo anye avuzi le miaƒe kesinɔnuwo dzi eye nu si nète fifia kpɔ la aɖo atsyɔ̃ na ame bubu ƒe aƒe me.
11 So shalt thou grieve in thy latter end, in the failing of thy flesh and of thy healthy condition;
Le wò agbe ƒe nuwuwu la, ànɔ ŋeŋem, ne wò ŋutilã kple wò ameti blibo la vɔ le eme.
12 And thou shalt say—How I hated correction! and, reproof, my heart disdained;
Àgblɔ be, “Metsri amehehe kɔkɔkɔ! Eye nye dzi do vlo ɖɔɖɔɖo!
13 Neither hearkened I to the voice of my teachers, nor, to my instructors, inclined I mine ear:
Nyemaɖo to nye nufialawo alo aƒu to anyi ɖe nye amegãwo ŋu o.
14 Soon was I in all evil, in the midst of convocation and assembly.
Esusɔ vie donyeme nagblẽ keŋkeŋ le ameha la katã dome.”
15 Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well.
No tsi tso wò ŋutɔ wò tsiʋe me kple tsi dzidzi tso wò ŋutɔ wò vudo me.
16 Let not thy fountains, flow over, abroad, in the streets, dividings of waters:
Ɖe wòle be wò tsitsetsewo nagbagba ɖe mɔtatawo dzi kple wò tsi sisi ɖe du ƒe ablɔwo mea?
17 Let them be for thyself, alone, and not for strangers with thee.
Wonenye wò ɖeka ko tɔ, mègamae kple ame tutɔwo gbeɖe o.
18 Let thy well-spring be blessed, —and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth: —
Woayra wò vudo eye nàkpɔ dzidzɔ ɖe wò ɖekakpuimesrɔ̃ ŋu.
19 A loving hind! a graceful doe! let, her bosom, content thee at all times, and, in her love, mayst thou stray evermore.
Eyae nye zinɔ lɔlɔ̃a kple sãde dzeani la, eƒe nowo neɖi kɔ na wò ɣe sia ɣi, eye eƒe lɔlɔ̃ nede dzo mewò ɖaa.
20 Wherefore, then, shouldst thou stray, my son, with a strange woman? or embrace the bosom of a woman unknown?
Vinye, nu ka ŋuti nàƒo kpakpakpa ɖe nyɔnu ahasitɔ ŋu? Nu ka ŋuti nàlé alime na ame bubu srɔ̃?
21 For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man, —and, all his tracks, doth he consider:
Elabena ame sia ame ƒe mɔ le ƒuƒlu le Yehowa ŋkume eye wòdoa woƒe mɔwo katã kpɔ.
22 His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
Ame vɔ̃ɖi ƒe nu vɔ̃ɖi siwo wòwɔna la zua mɔ ɖenɛ, eye eƒe nu vɔ̃ zua ka blanɛ sesĩe.
23 He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.
Aku le ɖokuidzimaɖumaɖu ta eye eƒe bometsitsi gã la akplɔe atrae.
