Proverbs 5
1 My son, listen carefully to some [more] wise things that I will tell you. Listen well to what I am going to teach you.
Mwana wanga, mvetsera bwino za nzeru zimene ndikukuwuzazi, tchera khutu ku mawu odziwitsa bwino zinthu ndikukupatsa,
2 If you do that, you will be able to choose wisely [what to do], and you will know [the right things] to say [MTY].
kuti uthe kuchita zinthu mochenjera ndi mwanzeru ndiponso kuti utetezedwe ku mayankhulidwe a mkazi wachilendo.
3 What an immoral woman says [to you may be] as sweet as honey, and sound smoother than olive oil [feels on your skin],
Pakuti mkazi wachigololo ali ndi mawu okoma ngati uchi. Zoyankhula zake ndi zosalala ngati mafuta,
4 but the result [of being with her] will be bitter like gall and [injure you as badly], like being cut with a sharp two-edged sword.
koma kotsirizira kwake ngowawa ngati ndulu; ngakuthwa ngati lupanga lakuthwa konsekonse.
5 If you go where she goes [MTY], you will go down to where the dead people are. Her steps will lead you straight to the grave. (Sheol h7585)
Mapazi ake amatsikira ku imfa; akamayenda ndiye kuti akupita ku manda. (Sheol h7585)
6 She is not concerned about the roads that lead to a [long] life. She walks [down] a crooked path, and she does not realize [that she is on the wrong road].
Iye saganizirapo za njira ya moyo; njira zake ndi zokhotakhota koma iye sadziwa izi.
7 So now, my sons, listen to me. (Never turn aside from/always remember) [LIT] what I am about to tell you.
Tsopano ana inu, mundimvere; musawasiye mawu anga.
8 Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses!
Uziyenda kutali ndi mkazi wotereyo, usayandikire khomo la nyumba yake,
9 If you enter the home of one of them, you will lose your (self-respect/good reputation) and [that woman’s husband] will not act mercifully toward you; he will [kill you and] take everything that you have acquired during your life!
kuopa kuti ungadzalanditse ulemerero wako kwa anthu ena; ndi zaka zako kwa anthu ankhanza,
10 Foreigners will take your money, and [all] the good things that you have worked for will (end up in their hands/become their possessions).
kapenanso alendo angadyerere chuma chako ndi phindu la ntchito yako kulemeretsa anthu ena.
11 And when you are about to die, you will groan [with severe pain] because diseases [that you have gotten from being immoral] will be destroying your body.
Potsiriza pa moyo wako udzabuwula, thupi lako lonse litatheratu.
12 Then you will say, “I hated it [when people tried to] correct me. I despised [people when they] reproved/rebuked me.
Ndipo udzati, “Mayo ine, ndinkadana ndi kusunga mwambo! Mtima wanga unkanyoza chidzudzulo!
13 I did not heed what my teachers said! I paid no attention to those who [tried to] teach me [something about my behavior].
Sindinamvere aphunzitsi anga kapena alangizi anga.
14 [Now] I am almost ruined, and I will be disgraced in public gatherings.”
Ine ndatsala pangʼono kuti ndiwonongeke pakati pa msonkhano wonse.”
15 Like a man is refreshed by drinking water from his own well [MET], enjoy [having sex] [EUP] only with your own wife.
Imwa madzi a mʼchitsime chakochako, madzi abwino ochokera mʼchitsime chako.
16 Like you would not waste good water by pouring it into the street, [you should not have sex with other women]. [MET, EUP]
Kodi akasupe ako azingosefukira mʼmisewu? Kodi mitsinje yako izingoyendayenda mʼzipata za mzinda?
17 Enjoy [having sex] only with your wife; do not [have sex with] other women.
Mitsinjeyo ikhale ya iwe wekha, osati uyigawireko alendo.
18 Let your wife be a source of great pleasure to you. (Be happy/[Enjoy sex]) with the woman whom you married when you were both young.
Yehova adalitse kasupe wako, ndipo usangalale ndi mkazi wa unyamata wako.
19 She is as pretty and graceful [as] a young female deer. Allow her breasts to always satisfy you. Allow her lovemaking to excite you.
Iye uja ali ngati mbalale yayikazi yokongola ndiponso ngati gwape wa maonekedwe abwino. Ukhutitsidwe ndi mawere ake nthawi zonse, ndipo utengeke ndi chikondi chake nthawi zonse.
20 My son, do not be [RHQ] captivated/charmed by an immoral woman! Do not fondle the breasts of another man’s wife!
Mwana wanga, nʼchifukwa chiyani ukukopeka ndi mkazi wachigololo? Bwanji ukukumbatira mkazi wachilendo?
21 [I say that] because Yahweh sees clearly everything that we do; he knows [where we are going on] the roads that we walk on.
Pakuti mayendedwe onse a munthu Yehova amawaona, ndipo Iye amapenyetsetsa njira zake zonse.
22 Evil men’s sinful desires hold them fast; their sins are [like] ropes that bind them.
Ntchito zoyipa za munthu woyipa zimamukola yekha; zingwe za tchimo lake zimamumanga yekha.
23 Evil men [will] die because they are unable to say “No” to their desires; they [will] (go astray/be lost) because of the foolish things that they do.
Iye adzafa chifukwa chosowa mwambo, adzasocheretsedwa chifukwa cha uchitsiru wake waukulu.
