Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Na-agbaso okwu m nwa m, nọgide na ya, dokwaa iwu m niile nʼime obi gị.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thy eye.
Debe iwu m ka ị dị ndụ, chee ozizi m nche dịka ọ bụ mkpụrụ anya gị.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
Kee ha na mkpịsịaka gị, deekwa ha nʼelu mbadamba nkume, bụ obi gị.
4 Say to wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
Hụ amamihe nʼanya dịka nwaagbọghọ ị hụrụ nʼanya; hụkwa inwe nghọta nʼanya dịka a ga-asị na ọ bụ nwanne gị.
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
Kwee ka ha debe gị, ka ị ghara ijekwuru nwanyị na-akwa iko, ka ị gharakwa ịṅa ntị nʼokwu ire ụtọ ya.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
Nʼihi na otu ụbọchị, esi m na oghereikuku dị nʼụlọ m lepụ anya,
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
hụ nʼetiti ndị na-enweghị uche, ahụtara m otu nwokorobịa nʼetiti ha, onye amamihe kọrọ,
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house.
ka ọ na-aga nʼụzọ dị nso ebe nkuku ụlọ nʼakụkụ ụlọ nwanyị ihere na-adịghị eme,
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
nʼoge anyasị, dịka chi na-eji, mgbe ọchịchịrị na-agbachi.
10 And behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of a harlot, and subtil of heart.
Mgbe ahụ, nwanyị ahụ pụtara zute ya. O yi uwe dịka nwanyị akwụna, jiri aghụghọ na-abịakwute ya.
11 (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
(Ọ na-eme ụzụ na-aṅaghị ntị ịnụ ihe ọbụla. Ụkwụ ya anaghị anọgide nʼụlọ ya.
12 Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Ọ na-akwụgharị ma nʼokporoụzọ ma nʼama; na-amịgharị nʼebe nzuzo niile.)
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said to him,
O weere aka ya abụọ jikụọ nwokorobịa ahụ nʼolu, sutu ya ọnụ, were ihu nke ihere na-adịghị, sị:
14 [I have] peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.
“Emezuru m nkwa niile m kwere taa, enwekwara m nri nke sitere nʼihe aja udo m chụrụ nʼụlọ m,
15 Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Ọ bụ gị ka m na-achọkwute, lee gị ka ị na-abịa.
16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.
Agbasaala m akwa mara mma nʼelu ihe ndina m, bụ akwa ọcha mara mma tụrụ ọtụtụ agwa nke e ji ogho ndị Ijipt kpaa.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Efesakwala m mmanụ isi ọma nke máá, aloos na sinamọn nʼelu nʼihe ndina m.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
Bịa, ka anyị were ịhụnanya ṅụjụbiga afọ anyị; ka anyị mee onwe anyị obi ụtọ site ugbu a ruo ụtụtụ echi.
19 For the good-man [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:
Nʼihi na di m anọghị nʼụlọ o jeela njem dị anya.
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.
O ji akpa ego juru gaa njem, abalị ole na ole ga-agafekwa tupu ọ lọta.”
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she impelled him.
Otu a ka o si jiri okwu ire ụtọ ya megharịa nwokorobịa ahụ isi tutu o kwenyere ya. O nwekwaghị ike ịnapụta onwe ya site nʼokwu nrafu nke nwanyị ahụ.
22 He goeth after her quickly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
O sooro nwanyị ahụ dịka ehi a na-adọkpụ na-aga ebe a ga-egbu ya, dịka ele nke na-aba nʼọnya,
23 Till a dart striketh through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
nke na-eche ka e were àkụ gbata ya nʼobi. Nwoke ahụ dịka nnụnụ nke na-efeba nʼọnya na-amaghị ihe na-eche ya pụrụ iwepụ ndu ya.
24 Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Geenụ ntị, ụmụ m, ma ọ bụghị naanị ige ntị, kama meekwanụ ihe m na-ekwu.
25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Ekwela ka agụụ nke obi gị chịa gị; ejela nwanyị dị otu a nso; gbaara ya ọsọ, ka ọ ghara ịnwa gị nwetakwa gị.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yes, many strong [men] have been slain by her.
Nʼihi na o mebiela ndụ ọtụtụ mmadụ, ọtụtụ mmadụ amaala nʼọnya ya.
