Lododowo 5
1 Vinye, lé to ɖe nye nunya ŋu eye nàƒu to anyi nyuie ɖe nye sidzedze ƒe nyawo ŋu,
My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, and incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.
2 be nànya nu si nàwɔ eye wò nuyiwo adzra gɔmesese ɖo
That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.
3 elabena nyɔnu ahasitɔ ƒe nuyiwo le anyitsi tsyɔm, eye eƒe numenyawo zrɔ̃ wu ami
For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.
4 gake le nuwuwu la evena wu veve eye wòɖana wu yi nuevee.
But the end of her is bitter as wormewood, and sharpe as a two edged sworde.
Her feete goe downe to death, and her steps take holde on hell. (Sheol h7585)
6 Mebua ta me le ale si wòanɔ agbee ŋu kura o, eƒe toƒewo glɔ̃ gake menyae o
She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them.
7 eya ta azɔ la, vinyewo, miɖo tom, migaƒo asa na nu si megblɔ na mi o.
Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.
8 Miaƒe toƒewo nete ɖa xaa tso egbɔ, migagogo eƒe aƒe ƒe agbonu o,
Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,
9 ne menye nenema o la, miava gblẽ miaƒe ɖekakpuime ƒe ŋusẽ ɖe ame bubuwo ŋu kple miaƒe ƒewo ɖe ame vɔ̃ɖi ŋu.
Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:
10 Ne menye nenema o la, amedzrowo anye avuzi le miaƒe kesinɔnuwo dzi eye nu si nète fifia kpɔ la aɖo atsyɔ̃ na ame bubu ƒe aƒe me.
Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,
11 Le wò agbe ƒe nuwuwu la, ànɔ ŋeŋem, ne wò ŋutilã kple wò ameti blibo la vɔ le eme.
And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie)
12 Àgblɔ be, “Metsri amehehe kɔkɔkɔ! Eye nye dzi do vlo ɖɔɖɔɖo!
And say, How haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction!
13 Nyemaɖo to nye nufialawo alo aƒu to anyi ɖe nye amegãwo ŋu o.
And haue not obeied the voyce of them that taught mee, nor enclined mine eare to them that instructed me!
14 Esusɔ vie donyeme nagblẽ keŋkeŋ le ameha la katã dome.”
I was almost brought into all euil in ye mids of the Congregation and assemblie.
15 No tsi tso wò ŋutɔ wò tsiʋe me kple tsi dzidzi tso wò ŋutɔ wò vudo me.
Drinke the water of thy cisterne, and of the riuers out of the middes of thine owne well.
16 Ɖe wòle be wò tsitsetsewo nagbagba ɖe mɔtatawo dzi kple wò tsi sisi ɖe du ƒe ablɔwo mea?
Let thy fountaines flow foorth, and the riuers of waters in the streetes.
17 Wonenye wò ɖeka ko tɔ, mègamae kple ame tutɔwo gbeɖe o.
But let them bee thine, euen thine onely, and not the strangers with thee.
18 Woayra wò vudo eye nàkpɔ dzidzɔ ɖe wò ɖekakpuimesrɔ̃ ŋu.
Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.
19 Eyae nye zinɔ lɔlɔ̃a kple sãde dzeani la, eƒe nowo neɖi kɔ na wò ɣe sia ɣi, eye eƒe lɔlɔ̃ nede dzo mewò ɖaa.
Let her be as the louing hinde and pleasant roe: let her brests satisfie thee at all times, and delite in her loue continually.
20 Vinye, nu ka ŋuti nàƒo kpakpakpa ɖe nyɔnu ahasitɔ ŋu? Nu ka ŋuti nàlé alime na ame bubu srɔ̃?
For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?
21 Elabena ame sia ame ƒe mɔ le ƒuƒlu le Yehowa ŋkume eye wòdoa woƒe mɔwo katã kpɔ.
For the waies of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his pathes.
22 Ame vɔ̃ɖi ƒe nu vɔ̃ɖi siwo wòwɔna la zua mɔ ɖenɛ, eye eƒe nu vɔ̃ zua ka blanɛ sesĩe.
His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the cordes of his owne sinne.
23 Aku le ɖokuidzimaɖumaɖu ta eye eƒe bometsitsi gã la akplɔe atrae.
Hee shall die for fault of instruction, and shall goe astray through his great follie.
