Proverbs 5
1 My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,
Nwa m, ṅaa ntị nʼokwu amamihe m, gee ntị nʼokwu nghọta m ndị a.
2 To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.
Lezie anya, ka i debe izuzu dị iche iche, ka egbugbere ọnụ gị na-echebekwa ihe ọmụma.
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth,
Nʼihi na egbugbere ọnụ nwanyị na-akwa iko na-atọ ka mmanụ aṅụ, okwu ọnụ ya na-akwọ mụrụmụrụ karịa mmanụ.
4 And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.
Ma nʼikpeazụ, ọ na-elu ilu dịka oluilu dịkwa nkọ ka mma agha ihu abụọ.
Ụkwụ ya abụọ na-arịdaru nʼọnwụ, nzọ ụkwụ ya abụọ na-eje nʼụzọ ọkụ ala mmụọ. (Sheol h7585)
6 The path of life — lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths — thou knowest not.
Nʼihi na ọ dịghị agbaso ụzọ kwesiri ndụ; ụzọ ya gbagọrọ agbagọ, ma ọ maghị nke a.
7 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.
Ugbu a ụmụ m, geenụ m ntị, unu esikwala nʼokwu niile nke ọnụ m wezuga onwe unu.
8 Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,
Gbaara nwanyị dị otu a ọsọ! Ejekwala ọnụ ụzọ ụlọ ya nso,
9 Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,
ka ị ghara ire ugwu gị nʼebe ndị ọzọ nọ, maọbụ were ndụ gị tinye nʼaka ndị na-enweghị obi ebere.
10 Lest strangers be filled [with] thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,
Ka ndị ọbịa ghara inwe oke oriri nʼelu akụ gị, ka ihe niile ị dọgburu onwe gị nʼọrụ ịkpata gharakwa imejupụta ụlọ onye ọzọ.
11 And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,
Ka ị gharakwa ịsụ ude nʼikpeazụ mgbe ọrịa ga-eripịa ọkpụkpụ gị na anụ ahụ gị.
12 And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,
Mgbe ị ga-asị, Lee ka m si kpọọ ịdọ aka na ntị asị! “Leekwa ka obi m si lelịa iba mba anya!
13 And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.
Egeghị m ntị nʼozizi nke ndị nkuzi m maọbụ nabata ndụmọdụ nke ndị ndụmọdụ m.
14 As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.
Nʼihi na ugbu a, abịaruola m na mbibi nʼihu ọha mmadụ niile.”
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.
Ṅụọ naanị mmiri nke si nʼite mmiri gị; mmiri dị mma nke si nʼolulu mmiri gị.
16 Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters.
Gịnị mere ị ga-eji kwe ka isi mmiri gị sọọ nʼokporoụzọ, ka mmiri nke aka gị sọọ nʼama?
17 Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.
Kwee ka ha bụrụ nke naanị gị, nke onye ọbịa na-agaghị enwe oke nʼime ya.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,
Kwere ka ịbụ nwoke gị bụrụ ngọzị nye gị; ṅụrịakwa ọṅụ nʼihi nwunye nke ị lụtara nʼokorobịa gị.
19 A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.
Nne anụ nke na-ahụ nʼanya, dịka ele mara mma, ka ara dị ya nʼobi zuore gị, ka ịhụnanya ya na-enye gị obi ụtọ mgbe ọbụla.
20 And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
Gịnị ka ị na-achọ nʼahụ nwanyị na-akwa iko? Gịnị mere i ji na-amaku nwunye onye ọzọ obi?
21 For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.
Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị na-ele gị anya, ihe niile ị na-eme ka ọ na-ahụ.
22 His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
Onye na-emebi iwu na-esite na mmehie ya laa onwe ya nʼiyi; mmehie ndị a bụ ụdọ nke na-ejide ya.
23 He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!
Ọ ga-anwụ nʼihi na ọ nabataghị ịdọ aka na ntị; ọ bụkwa nzuzu ya dufuru ya.
