Proverbs 5
1 My son, attend to my wisdom, [and] bow thy ear to my understanding:
Mwana na ngai, zala na bokebi na bwanya na ngai, mpe pesa litoyi na yo na mayele na ngai,
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.
mpo ete ozala na bososoli, mpe bibebu na yo ebomba boyebi.
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] a honey-comb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
Pamba te bibebu ya mwasi ya ndumba ebimisaka mafuta ya nzoyi, mpe lolemo na ye ezali elengi lokola mafuta;
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
kasi na suka na nyonso, azali bololo lokola masanga ya bololo, songe lokola mopanga ya minu mibale.
Makolo na ye ekokita kino na kufa, ekokende kino na mokili ya bakufi. (Sheol h7585)
6 Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, [that] thou canst not know [them].
Amitungisaka te mpo na nzela ya bomoi, alandaka nzela oyo ayebi te esika nini ekosuka.
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Sik’oyo mwana na ngai, yoka ngai, kopesa maloba na ngai mokongo te;
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
longola nzela na yo pembeni na ye mpe kopusana te liboso ya ndako na ye,
9 Lest thou give thy honor to others, and thy years to the cruel:
noki te akoya kokaba lokumu na yo epai ya bato mosusu, mpe mibu na yo epai ya moto mabe;
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors [be] in the house of a stranger;
noki te bapaya bakotonda na biloko oyo yo omoneli pasi, mpe mbuma ya mosala na yo ekokende na ndako ya mopaya;
11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
noki te okokoma kolelalela na suka tango nzoto na yo ekolemba mpe makasi na yo ekosila,
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
mpe oloba: « Mpo na nini nayinaki mateya, mpe motema na ngai eboyaki koyoka toli?
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me!
Mpo na nini nayokaki te mongongo ya balakisi na ngai mpe napesaki litoyi te epai ya bato oyo bazalaki koteya ngai?
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Etikalaki kaka moke ete nakweya na mabe ya mozindo, kati na Lingomba ya bato ya Nzambe. »
15 Drink waters out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.
Melaka mayi ya libulu na yo moko, oyo ezali kobima penza na libulu na yo.
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.
Boni, bitima na yo esopa penza mayi na libanda to miluka na yo esopa penza mayi na balabala?
17 Let them be only thy own, and not for strangers with thee.
Tika ete ezala kaka mpo na yo moko, kasi kokabola yango te na bapaya.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Tika ete etima na yo epambolama, mpe sepela na mwasi ya bolenge na yo,
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.
oyo azali lokola mbuli kitoko ya mwasi, lokola mboloko ya mafuta. Tika ete tango nyonso, mabele na ye etondisaka yo na esengo, mpe bolingo na ye elangwisaka yo!
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Mwana na ngai ya mobali, mpo na nini kokufela kolinga mwasi ya ndumba? Mpo na nini kosepela kosakana na mabele ya mwasi mosusu?
21 For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Solo, nzela ya moto ezali liboso ya Yawe, mpe ayekolaka malamu makambo nyonso oyo moto asalaka.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
Moto mabe akokangama kaka na motambo ya mabe na ye moko mpe na singa ya lisumu na ye,
23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
akokufa likolo ya bozoba, mpe liboma na ye ekobungisa ye nzela.
