Pwovèb 5
1 Fis mwen an, fè atansyon a sajès mwen, apiye zòrèy ou vè bon konprann mwen;
My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:
2 pou ou kab kenbe sajès e pou lèv ou ka konsève konesans.
That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.
3 Paske lèv a fanm adiltè a degoute siwo, e pale li pi dous pase lwil;
For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
4 men a lafen, li vin anmè pase kou fyèl, epi file kon yon nepe ki koupe de bò.
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. (Sheol h7585)
6 Li pa reflechi sou pa lavi a; vwa li yo pa stab; li pa rekonèt bagay sa a.
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].
7 Alò, fis mwen yo, koute mwen, e pa bliye pawòl a bouch mwen yo.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Kenbe wout ou byen lwen li, e pa pwoche toupre pòt lakay li.
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 Oswa ou va bay fòs ou a lòt yo ak ane ou yo a mechan an.
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
10 Konsa, etranje yo va ranpli ak fòs ou, e byen yo ke ou te ranmase ak swè ou, va rive lakay a yon etranje.
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger;
11 Epi ou va plenyen nan gòj lè dènye moman lavi ou rive, lè chè ou ak kò ou fin manje nèt.
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 Ou va di: “Ki jan mwen te rayi enstriksyon! Ak “Ki jan kè m te rayi repwòch!
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13 Mwen pa t koute vwa a sa yo kap enstwi m yo, ni mwen pa t panche zòrèy mwen vè mèt mwen yo.
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14 Mwen te prèt pou fini nèt nan mitan asanble a ak kongregasyon an.”
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15 Bwè dlo nan pwòp sitèn pa ou e dlo fre nan pwi pa ou.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16 Èske sous ou yo dwe dispèse nan peyi etranje, kòn vwa dlo k ap kouri nan lari yo?
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.
17 Kite yo pou ou sèl, e pa pou etranje yo avèk ou yo.
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
18 Kite fontèn dlo ou a rete beni, e rejwi ou nan madanm a jenès ou a.
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 Tankou yon sèf amourez ak yon bich elegan, kite tete li yo satisfè ou tout tan. Rete debòde nèt ak lanmou li.
[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.
20 Paske poukisa fis mwen an, ou ta dwe renmen ak yon fanm adiltè, e anbrase lestonmak a yon etranje?
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 Paske chemen a yon nonm se devan zye a SENYÈ a, e Li veye tout pa li yo.
For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
22 Pwòp inikite a mechan an va kaptire li. Li va kole nan kòd a pwòp peche pa li.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23 Li va mouri akoz mank enstriksyon, e nan grandè foli li, li va vin egare.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
