Zvirevo 7
1 Mwanakomana wangu, chengeta mashoko angu ugoviga mirayiro yangu mauri.
[My] son, keep my words, and hide with you my commandments. [My] son, honor the Lord, and you shall be strong; and fear none but him:
2 Chengeta mirayiro yangu ugorarama; uchengete dzidziso dzangu semboni yeziso rako.
keep my commandments, and you shall live; and [keep] my words as the pupils of [your] eyes.
3 Uzvisungirire paminwe yako; uzvinyore pahwendefa yomwoyo wako.
And bind them on your fingers, and write [them] on the table of your heart.
4 Uti kuuchenjeri, “Uri hanzvadzi yangu,” uye uti kunzwisisa ndiyo hama yako;
Say that wisdom is your sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for yourself;
5 zvichakuchengeta kure nomukadzi chifeve; kubva pamudzimai asingazvibati anokwezva namashoko ake.
that she may keep you from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail you with flattering words.
6 Napawindo remba yangu ndakatarira panze nomumagirazi.
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 Ndakaona pakati pavasina mano ndikacherechedza pakati pamajaya, rimwe jaya rakanga risina njere.
passing by the corner in the passages near her house,
8 Rakanga richidzika nomugwagwa pedyo nepakona yomukadzi uya, richifamba rakananga kumba kwake,
and speaking, in the dark of the evening,
9 panguva yorubvunzavaeni, zuva ravira, kunze kwosviba.
when there happens [to be] the stillness of night and of darkness:
10 Ipapo mukadzi akabuda kuzosangana naye, akapfeka sechifeve uye azere nounyengeri.
and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter.
11 Anotaura noruzha uye anozvikudza, tsoka dzake hadzigari pamba;
And she is fickle, and debauched, and her feet abide not at home.
12 imwe nguva ari munzira, imwe nguva ari pazvivara. Anorindira pamakona ose.
For at one time she wanders without, and at [another] time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.
13 Akamubata ndokumutsvoda, uye nechiso chisina nyadzi akati:
Then she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
14 “Ndine zvipiriso zvokuwadzana kumba kwangu; nhasi ndazadzisa mhiko dzangu.
I have a peace-offering; today I pay my vows:
15 Saka ndauya kuzosangana newe; ndanga ndichikutsvaka, zvino ndazokuwana!
therefore I came forth to meet you, desiring your face; [and] I have found you.
16 Ndawaridza mubhedha wangu machira ane mavara, anobva kuIjipiti.
I have spread my bed with sheets, and I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt.
17 Ndasasa zvinonhuhwira pamubhedha wangu, zvinoti: mura, gavakava nesinamoni.
I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, and my house with cinnamon.
18 Uya, tinwe tigute norudo kusvikira mangwanani; ngatifare zvedu norudo!
Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; come, and let us embrace in love.
19 Murume wangu haako kumba, akafamba rwendo rurefu.
For my husband is not at home, but is gone on a long journey,
20 Akatakura homwe yake izere nemari uye haangadzoki kumba kusvikira pajenaguru.”
having taken in his hand a bundle of money: after many days he will return to his house.
21 Namashoko okunyengetedza akamutsausa; akamukwezva nokutaura kwake kunonyengera.
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 Pakarepo akamutevera senzombe inoenda kundobayiwa, senondo inopinda mumusungo,
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 kusvikira museve wabaya chiropa chake, seshiri inokurumidza kupinda muugombe, asingazivi kuti zvichamuurayisa.
and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for [his] life.
24 Saka zvino, vanakomana vangu, teererai kwandiri; nyatsoteererai zvandinotaura.
Now then, [my] son, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Usarega mwoyo wako uchitsaukira kunzira dzake, kana kurasikira pamakwara ake.
Let not your heart turn aside to her ways:
26 Vazhinji vakakuvadzwa naye vakawisirwa pasi; vaakauraya vakawanda kwazvo.
for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable.
