Zvirevo 7
1 Mwanakomana wangu, chengeta mashoko angu ugoviga mirayiro yangu mauri.
My son, heed my advice, and guard my instructions [as you would] [MET] [guard] a treasure.
2 Chengeta mirayiro yangu ugorarama; uchengete dzidziso dzangu semboni yeziso rako.
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 Uzvisungirire paminwe yako; uzvinyore pahwendefa yomwoyo wako.
Tie my commands around your fingers [in order that they will remind you to obey them]. Always keep them in mind [MET].
4 Uti kuuchenjeri, “Uri hanzvadzi yangu,” uye uti kunzwisisa ndiyo hama yako;
[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 zvichakuchengeta kure nomukadzi chifeve; kubva pamudzimai asingazvibati anokwezva namashoko ake.
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 Napawindo remba yangu ndakatarira panze nomumagirazi.
One day, I was standing at the window inside my house, and I looked outside.
7 Ndakaona pakati pavasina mano ndikacherechedza pakati pamajaya, rimwe jaya rakanga risina njere.
I saw some young men who did not have good sense. Among them was a man who was very foolish.
8 Rakanga richidzika nomugwagwa pedyo nepakona yomukadzi uya, richifamba rakananga kumba kwake,
He crossed the street near [the house of] an immoral woman. He was walking along the path toward her house
9 panguva yorubvunzavaeni, zuva ravira, kunze kwosviba.
at twilight, when it was getting dark [DOU].
10 Ipapo mukadzi akabuda kuzosangana naye, akapfeka sechifeve uye azere nounyengeri.
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 Anotaura noruzha uye anozvikudza, tsoka dzake hadzigari pamba;
She was a loud talker, one who was rebellious; she [SYN] never stayed at home.
12 imwe nguva ari munzira, imwe nguva ari pazvivara. Anorindira pamakona ose.
She often went into the city streets and plazas/markets, waiting to trap some man.
13 Akamubata ndokumutsvoda, uye nechiso chisina nyadzi akati:
[When she saw that young man], she put her arms around him and kissed him. Then without being a bit ashamed, she said,
14 “Ndine zvipiriso zvokuwadzana kumba kwangu; nhasi ndazadzisa mhiko dzangu.
“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 Saka ndauya kuzosangana newe; ndanga ndichikutsvaka, zvino ndazokuwana!
And now I have come out to meet/see you. I was searching for you, and [now] I have found you!
16 Ndawaridza mubhedha wangu machira ane mavara, anobva kuIjipiti.
I have put on my bed sheets/bedspreads that were made from [very fine] linen [that were imported] {[people brought]} from Egypt.
17 Ndasasa zvinonhuhwira pamubhedha wangu, zvinoti: mura, gavakava nesinamoni.
I have sprinkled [sweet-smelling] perfumes on my bed— myrrh and aloes and cinnamon.
18 Uya, tinwe tigute norudo kusvikira mangwanani; ngatifare zvedu norudo!
Come [with me]; let us enjoy having sex until [tomorrow] morning. Let’s enjoy making love.
19 Murume wangu haako kumba, akafamba rwendo rurefu.
My husband is not at home; he has gone away on a long journey.
20 Akatakura homwe yake izere nemari uye haangadzoki kumba kusvikira pajenaguru.”
He is carrying a wallet filled with money, and he will not return until the middle of this month.”
21 Namashoko okunyengetedza akamutsausa; akamukwezva nokutaura kwake kunonyengera.
[So] she persuaded him by [her] enticing/tempting words. She allured him by her smooth/sweet talk.
22 Pakarepo akamutevera senzombe inoenda kundobayiwa, senondo inopinda mumusungo,
[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 kusvikira museve wabaya chiropa chake, seshiri inokurumidza kupinda muugombe, asingazivi kuti zvichamuurayisa.
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 Saka zvino, vanakomana vangu, teererai kwandiri; nyatsoteererai zvandinotaura.
My son, listen to what I say; pay [careful] attention to my words.
25 Usarega mwoyo wako uchitsaukira kunzira dzake, kana kurasikira pamakwara ake.
Do not allow anything to arouse/persuade you to go with an immoral woman like that. Do not go where she goes.
26 Vazhinji vakakuvadzwa naye vakawisirwa pasi; vaakauraya vakawanda kwazvo.
She has caused many men to be ruined; truly, no one can count the men she has killed.
