Proverbs 5
1 My son, to my wisdom, attend, and, to mine understanding, incline thou thine ear:
Ọmọ mi, fiyèsí ọgbọ́n mi, kí o sì dẹtí rẹ sí òye mi,
2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, —and, as for knowledge, that thy lips may guard it.
kí ìwọ sì lè ní ìṣọ́ra kí ètè rẹ sì le pa ìmọ̀ mọ́.
3 For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;
Nítorí ètè àwọn àjèjì obìnrin a máa sun bi oyin, ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ sì kúnná ju òróró lọ.
4 But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged 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, the path of life, she should ponder, her tracks have wandered she knoweth not [whither].
Kí ìwọ má ba à já ipa ọ̀nà ìyè; ọ̀nà rẹ̀ rí pálapàla, ṣùgbọ́n kò tilẹ̀ mọ́.
7 Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings 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 Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:
Rìn ní ọ̀nà tí ó jìnnà sí ti rẹ̀, má ṣe súnmọ́ ẹnu-ọ̀nà ilé rẹ̀,
9 Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel:
àìṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ ìwọ yóò gbé gbogbo ọlá rẹ lé ẹlòmíràn lọ́wọ́ àti ọjọ́ ayé rẹ fún ìkà ènìyàn.
10 Lest strange men, be well fed, by thy strength, and, thy toils, be in the house of the alien.
Kí a má ba à fi ọrọ̀ rẹ fún àjèjì ènìyàn, kí làálàá rẹ sì sọ ilé ẹlòmíràn di ọlọ́rọ̀.
11 So shalt thou grieve in thy latter end, in the failing of thy flesh and of thy healthy condition;
Ní ìgbẹ̀yìn ayé rẹ ìwọ yóò kérora, nígbà tí agbára rẹ àti ara rẹ bá ti joro tán.
12 And thou shalt say—How I hated correction! and, reproof, my heart disdained;
Ìwọ yóò wí pé, “Mo ti kórìíra ẹ̀kọ́ tó! Ọkàn mi ṣe wá kórìíra ìbáwí!
13 Neither hearkened I to the voice of my teachers, nor, to my instructors, inclined I mine ear:
N kò gbọ́rọ̀ sí àwọn olùkọ́ mi lẹ́nu, tàbí kí n fetí sí àwọn tí ń kọ́ mi lẹ́kọ̀ọ́.
14 Soon was I in all evil, in the midst of convocation and assembly.
Mo ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ ìparun pátápátá ní àárín gbogbo àwùjọ ènìyàn.”
15 Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well.
Mu omi láti inú kànga tìrẹ, omi tí ń sàn láti inú kànga rẹ.
16 Let not thy fountains, flow over, abroad, in the streets, dividings of waters:
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 for thyself, alone, and not for strangers with thee.
Jẹ́ kí wọn jẹ́ tìrẹ nìkan, má ṣe ṣe àjọpín wọn pẹ̀lú àjèjì láéláé.
18 Let thy well-spring be blessed, —and get thy joy from 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 A loving hind! a graceful doe! let, her bosom, content thee at all times, and, in her love, mayst thou stray evermore.
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 Wherefore, then, shouldst thou stray, my son, with a strange woman? or embrace the bosom of a woman unknown?
Ọmọ mi, èéṣe tí ìwọ ó fi máa yọ̀ nínú ìfẹ́ obìnrin panṣágà, tí ìwọ ó sì fi dì mọ́ ìyàwó ẹlòmíràn?
21 For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man, —and, all his tracks, doth he consider:
Nítorí ọ̀nà ènìyàn kò fi ara sin rárá fún Olúwa Ó sì ń gbé gbogbo ọ̀nà rẹ̀ yẹ̀ wò.
22 His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
Ìwà búburú ènìyàn búburú ni yóò mú kó bọ́ sínú okùn; okùn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ara rẹ̀ yóò sì dìímú.
23 He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.
Yóò kú ní àìgba ẹ̀kọ́ ìwà òmùgọ̀ ara rẹ̀ yóò sì mú kí ó máa ṣìnà kiri.
