Masese 7
1 Mwana na ngai, batela mibeko na ngai mpe bomba yango malamu kati na motema na yo.
My son, heed my advice, and guard my instructions [as you would] [MET] [guard] a treasure.
2 Batela mateya na ngai malamu, mpe okozala na bomoi; batela mibeko na ngai lokola mbuma ya liso na yo.
Obey my commands, and [as a result you will] live [a good life]. Consider the things that I teach you [to be very precious]; guard them, [just] like you protect your eyes.
3 Lata yango na loboko na yo lokola lopete, koma yango na etando ya motema na yo.
Tie my commands around your fingers [in order that they will remind you to obey them]. Always keep them in mind [MET].
4 Loba na Bwanya: « Ozali ndeko na ngai ya mwasi, » mpe bengaka Mayele « Moninga na ngai; »
[Love] wisdom [like you love] your sister. Understand what is wise, [and let that be as dear to you as] members of your family.
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.
If you are wise and if you understand what is wise [PRS], you will not [sleep with] an immoral woman; you will not listen to a woman who tries to entice you [to sleep with her] by what she says.
6 Mokolo moko, nazalaki kotala wuta na madusu ya lininisa ya ndako na ngai,
One day, I was standing at the window inside my house, and I looked outside.
7 namonaki kati na molongo ya bato oyo bazangi mayele, kati na bilenge mibali, elenge mobali moko oyo azangi penza mayele.
I saw some young men who did not have good sense. Among them was a man who was very foolish.
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.
He crossed the street near [the house of] an immoral woman. He was walking along the path toward her house
9 Ezalaki na pokwa, tango moyi elimwaki, mpe molili ya butu ekomaki koya.
at twilight, when it was getting dark [DOU].
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;
Suddenly the woman came out to see/meet him. She was dressed (seductively/like a prostitute), wanting to persuade him to sleep with her.
11 azalaki mwasi ya makelele makasi mpe ya mobulu, makolo na ye evandaka na ndako te,
She was a loud talker, one who was rebellious; she [SYN] never stayed at home.
12 atalaka-talaka na bisika nyonso, tango mosusu na libanda, tango mosusu na bisika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka.
She often went into the city streets and plazas/markets, waiting to trap some man.
13 Mwasi yango ya ndumba asimbaki elenge mobali, ayambaki ye, alaliselaki ye miso mpe alobaki na ye:
[When she saw that young man], she put her arms around him and kissed him. Then without being a bit ashamed, she said,
14 « Nazalaki na niongo ya mbeka ya kozongisa matondi epai na Yawe; mpe lelo, nasili kokokisa ndayi na ngai.
“I have [some meat that is left over from] a sacrifice that I made today [to maintain fellowship with Yahweh]; I have fulfilled/done what I promised him that I would do.
15 Yango wana, nabimaki mpo na kokutana na yo; nazalaki koluka yo, mpe, tala, namoni yo.
And now I have come out to meet/see you. I was searching for you, and [now] 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 put on my bed sheets/bedspreads that were made from [very fine] linen [that were imported] {[people brought]} from Egypt.
17 Na mbeto na ngai, nasopi malasi ya mire, ya aloe mpe ya sinamoni.
I have sprinkled [sweet-smelling] perfumes on my bed— myrrh and aloes and cinnamon.
18 Yaka tolangwa bolingo kino na tongo, tomipesa mobimba na elengi ya bolingo,
Come [with me]; let us enjoy having sex until [tomorrow] morning. Let’s enjoy making love.
19 pamba te mobali na ngai azali na ye na ndako te, akendeki mobembo na mokili ya mosika,
My husband is not at home; he has gone away on a long journey.
20 akendeki na saki ya mbongo na maboko, akozonga na ndako te kino na tango oyo sanza engengaka. »
He is carrying a wallet filled with money, and he will not return until the middle of this month.”
21 Na nzela ya maloba na ye ya sukali, alongaki kokosa ye; na nzela ya maloba na ye ya elengi, amemaki ye.
[So] she persuaded him by [her] enticing/tempting words. She allured him by her smooth/sweet talk.
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 went with her immediately, like an ox that was going to where it would be slaughtered, or like a deer (OR, a fool) that is stepping into a noose/trap,
23 kino tango likonga ekotobola ye motema, lokola ndeke oyo ekeyi mbangu na motambo na kozanga koyeba ete ekeyi kokufa.
where it will remain/stay until someone shoots an arrow into its liver [and kills it]. [He was] like a bird that flew into a trap. He did not know that (it would cost him his life/he would die as a result).
24 Sik’oyo, mwana na ngai ya mobali, yoka ngai, pesa ngai matoyi na yo mpo na koyoka maloba ya monoko na ngai!
My son, listen to what I say; pay [careful] attention to my words.
25 Tika ete mwasi ya boye akumba te motema na yo! Kopengwa te na banzela na ye,
Do not allow anything to arouse/persuade you to go with an immoral woman like that. Do not go where she goes.
26 pamba te asili kokweyisa mpe kozokisa bato ebele, mpe asili kobomisa bingambe mibali.
She has caused many men to be ruined; truly, no one can count the men she has killed.
