Masese 7
1 Mwana na ngai, batela mibeko na ngai mpe bomba yango malamu kati na motema na yo.
[My] son, keep my words, and hide with you my commandments. [My] son, honour the Lord, and you shall be strong; and fear none but him:
2 Batela mateya na ngai malamu, mpe okozala na bomoi; batela mibeko na ngai lokola mbuma ya liso na yo.
keep my commandments, and you shall live; and [keep] my words as the pupils of [your] eyes.
3 Lata yango na loboko na yo lokola lopete, koma yango na etando ya motema na yo.
And bind them on your fingers, and write [them] on the table of your heart.
4 Loba na Bwanya: « Ozali ndeko na ngai ya mwasi, » mpe bengaka Mayele « Moninga na ngai; »
Say that wisdom is your sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for yourself;
5 mpo ete ekoka kobatela yo liboso ya mwasi ya ndumba mpe ekoka kokebisa yo liboso ya mwasi oyo alobaka maloba ya elengi, nzokande ezali ya lokuta.
that she may keep you from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail you with flattering words.
6 Mokolo moko, nazalaki kotala wuta na madusu ya lininisa ya ndako na ngai,
For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,
7 namonaki kati na molongo ya bato oyo bazangi mayele, kati na bilenge mibali, elenge mobali moko oyo azangi penza mayele.
passing by the corner in the passages near her house,
8 Azalaki koleka na balabala, pene ya esika oyo mwasi wana ya ndumba avandaka, mpe akotaki na nzela oyo ekenda kino na ndako ya mwasi ya ndumba.
and speaking, in the dark of the evening,
9 Ezalaki na pokwa, tango moyi elimwaki, mpe molili ya butu ekomaki koya.
when there happens [to be] the stillness of night and of darkness:
10 Mpe tala, mwasi yango ya ndumba ayaki kokutana na elenge mobali, alataki penza lokola mwasi ya ndumba, mpe motema na ye etonda na mayele mabe;
and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter.
11 azalaki mwasi ya makelele makasi mpe ya mobulu, makolo na ye evandaka na ndako te,
And she is fickle, and debauched, and her feet abide not at home.
12 atalaka-talaka na bisika nyonso, tango mosusu na libanda, tango mosusu na bisika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka.
For at one time she wanders without, and at [another] time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.
13 Mwasi yango ya ndumba asimbaki elenge mobali, ayambaki ye, alaliselaki ye miso mpe alobaki na ye:
Then she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
14 « Nazalaki na niongo ya mbeka ya kozongisa matondi epai na Yawe; mpe lelo, nasili kokokisa ndayi na ngai.
I have a peace-offering; today I pay my vows:
15 Yango wana, nabimaki mpo na kokutana na yo; nazalaki koluka yo, mpe, tala, namoni yo.
therefore I came forth to meet you, desiring your face; [and] I have found you.
16 Natandi mbeto na ngai na babulangeti ya langi ya ndenge na ndenge, basala na basinga ya lino oyo ewutaka na Ejipito.
I have spread my bed with sheets, and I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt.
17 Na mbeto na ngai, nasopi malasi ya mire, ya aloe mpe ya sinamoni.
I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, and my house with cinnamon.
18 Yaka tolangwa bolingo kino na tongo, tomipesa mobimba na elengi ya bolingo,
Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; come, and let us embrace in love.
19 pamba te mobali na ngai azali na ye na ndako te, akendeki mobembo na mokili ya mosika,
For my husband is not at home, but is gone on a long journey,
20 akendeki na saki ya mbongo na maboko, akozonga na ndako te kino na tango oyo sanza engengaka. »
having taken in his hand a bundle of money: after many days he will return to his house.
21 Na nzela ya maloba na ye ya sukali, alongaki kokosa ye; na nzela ya maloba na ye ya elengi, amemaki ye.
So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from [the right path].
22 Elenge mobali alandaki ye mbala moko, lokola ngombe oyo bazali komema na bisika oyo babomaka banyama, lokola moto ya liboma oyo bakangi mpo na kobeta ye
And he followed her, being gently led on, and [that] as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
23 kino tango likonga ekotobola ye motema, lokola ndeke oyo ekeyi mbangu na motambo na kozanga koyeba ete ekeyi kokufa.
and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for [his] life.
24 Sik’oyo, mwana na ngai ya mobali, yoka ngai, pesa ngai matoyi na yo mpo na koyoka maloba ya monoko na ngai!
Now then, [my] son, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Tika ete mwasi ya boye akumba te motema na yo! Kopengwa te na banzela na ye,
Let not your heart turn aside to her ways:
26 pamba te asili kokweyisa mpe kozokisa bato ebele, mpe asili kobomisa bingambe mibali.
for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable.
