Izaga 5
1 Ndodana yami, lalela inhlakanipho yami, beka indlebe yakho ekuqedisiseni kwami,
My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, and incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.
2 ukuze uqaphele ingqondo, lendebe zakho zigcine ulwazi.
That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.
3 Ngoba indebe zowesifazana wemzini zithonta uluju, lomlomo wakhe ubutshelezi kulamafutha.
For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.
4 Kodwa ukucina kwakhe kuyababa njengomhlonyane, kubukhali njengenkemba esika nhlangothi mbili.
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 Hlezi ulinganise indlela yempilo, imikhondo yakhe iyazulazula, kananzeleli.
She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them.
7 Ngakho-ke, bantwana, ngilalelani, lingaphambuki emazwini omlomo wami.
Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.
8 Dedisela indlela yakho khatshana laye, ungasondeli emnyango wendlu yakhe;
Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,
9 hlezi unikele udumo lwakho kwabanye, leminyaka yakho kolesihluku;
Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:
10 hlezi abezizwe bazisuthise ngamandla akho, lemitshikatshika yakho ibe sendlini yowezizweni;
Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,
11 njalo ububule ekupheleni kwakho, lapho inyama yakho lomzimba wakho sekudliwe;
And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie)
12 njalo uthi: Ngikuzonde njani ukulaywa, lenhliziyo yami yadelela ukukhuzwa!
And say, How haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction!
13 Kangizwanga-ke ilizwi labafundisi bami; kangibekanga indlebe zami kwabangifundisayo!
And haue not obeied the voyce of them that taught mee, nor enclined mine eare to them that instructed me!
14 Ngaphosa ngaba ebubini bonke phakathi kwebandla lenhlangano.
I was almost brought into all euil in ye mids of the Congregation and assemblie.
15 Natha amanzi emgodini wakho, lemifula ephuma phakathi komthombo wakho.
Drinke the water of thy cisterne, and of the riuers out of the middes of thine owne well.
16 Imithombo yakho ichitheke phandle, izifula zamanzi emidangeni.
Let thy fountaines flow foorth, and the riuers of waters in the streetes.
17 Kakube ngokwakho wedwa, kungabi ngokwabezizweni kanye lawe.
But let them bee thine, euen thine onely, and not the strangers with thee.
18 Umthombo wakho kawubusiswe; uthokoze ngomfazi wobutsha bakho;
Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.
19 impala ethandekayo kakhulu, legogo elibukekayo; amabele akhe kawakusuthise sonke isikhathi, uzule othandweni lwakhe kokuphela.
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 Kungani-ke, ndodana yami, uzule kowesifazana wemzini, ugone isifuba sowemzini?
For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?
21 Ngoba indlela zomuntu ziphambi kwamehlo eNkosi; njalo iyalinganisa yonke imikhondo yakhe.
For the waies of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his pathes.
22 Ezakhe iziphambeko zizabamba omubi, abanjwe zintambo zesono sakhe.
His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the cordes of his owne sinne.
23 Yena uzakufa ngokungalaywa, lebukhulwini bobuthutha bakhe uzaduha.
Hee shall die for fault of instruction, and shall goe astray through his great follie.
