Izaga 5
1 Ndodana yami, lalela inhlakanipho yami, beka indlebe yakho ekuqedisiseni kwami,
son: child my to/for wisdom my to listen [emph?] to/for understanding my to stretch ear your
2 ukuze uqaphele ingqondo, lendebe zakho zigcine ulwazi.
to/for to keep: guard plot and knowledge lips your to watch
3 Ngoba indebe zowesifazana wemzini zithonta uluju, lomlomo wakhe ubutshelezi kulamafutha.
for honey to drip/prophesy lips be a stranger and smooth from oil palate her
4 Kodwa ukucina kwakhe kuyababa njengomhlonyane, kubukhali njengenkemba esika nhlangothi mbili.
and end her bitter like/as wormwood sharp like/as sword lip: edge
foot her to go down death hell: Sheol step her to grasp (Sheol h7585)
6 Hlezi ulinganise indlela yempilo, imikhondo yakhe iyazulazula, kananzeleli.
way life lest to envy to shake track her not to know
7 Ngakho-ke, bantwana, ngilalelani, lingaphambuki emazwini omlomo wami.
and now son: descendant/people to hear: hear to/for me and not to turn aside: depart from word lip my
8 Dedisela indlela yakho khatshana laye, ungasondeli emnyango wendlu yakhe;
to remove from upon her way: journey your and not to present: come to(wards) entrance house: home her
9 hlezi unikele udumo lwakho kwabanye, leminyaka yakho kolesihluku;
lest to give: give to/for another splendor your and year your to/for cruel
10 hlezi abezizwe bazisuthise ngamandla akho, lemitshikatshika yakho ibe sendlini yowezizweni;
lest to satisfy be a stranger strength your and toil your in/on/with house: home foreign
11 njalo ububule ekupheleni kwakho, lapho inyama yakho lomzimba wakho sekudliwe;
and to groan in/on/with end your in/on/with to end: destroy flesh your and flesh your
12 njalo uthi: Ngikuzonde njani ukulaywa, lenhliziyo yami yadelela ukukhuzwa!
and to say how? to hate discipline and argument to spurn heart my
13 Kangizwanga-ke ilizwi labafundisi bami; kangibekanga indlebe zami kwabangifundisayo!
and not to hear: hear in/on/with voice rain/teacher my and to/for to learn: teach me not to stretch ear my
14 Ngaphosa ngaba ebubini bonke phakathi kwebandla lenhlangano.
like/as little to be in/on/with all bad: evil in/on/with midst assembly and congregation
15 Natha amanzi emgodini wakho, lemifula ephuma phakathi komthombo wakho.
to drink water from pit your and to flow from midst well your
16 Imithombo yakho ichitheke phandle, izifula zamanzi emidangeni.
to flow spring your outside [to] in/on/with street/plaza stream water
17 Kakube ngokwakho wedwa, kungabi ngokwabezizweni kanye lawe.
to be to/for you to/for alone you and nothing to/for be a stranger with you
18 Umthombo wakho kawubusiswe; uthokoze ngomfazi wobutsha bakho;
to be fountain your to bless and to rejoice from woman: wife youth your
19 impala ethandekayo kakhulu, legogo elibukekayo; amabele akhe kawakusuthise sonke isikhathi, uzule othandweni lwakhe kokuphela.
doe lover and doe favor breast her to quench you in/on/with all time in/on/with love her to wander continually
20 Kungani-ke, ndodana yami, uzule kowesifazana wemzini, ugone isifuba sowemzini?
and to/for what? to wander son: child my in/on/with be a stranger and to embrace bosom: embrace foreign
21 Ngoba indlela zomuntu ziphambi kwamehlo eNkosi; njalo iyalinganisa yonke imikhondo yakhe.
for before eye LORD way: conduct man and all track his to envy
22 Ezakhe iziphambeko zizabamba omubi, abanjwe zintambo zesono sakhe.
iniquity: crime his to capture him [obj] [the] wicked and in/on/with cord sin his to grasp
23 Yena uzakufa ngokungalaywa, lebukhulwini bobuthutha bakhe uzaduha.
he/she/it to die in/on/with nothing discipline and in/on/with abundance folly his to wander
