Mithali 5
1 Mwanangu, zingatia hekima yangu; sikiliza kwa makini ufahamu wangu,
My son, listen carefully to some [more] wise things that I will tell you. Listen well to what I am going to teach you.
2 ili ujifunze busara na midomo yako iweze kuhifadhi maarifa.
If you do that, you will be able to choose wisely [what to do], and you will know [the right things] to say [MTY].
3 Maana midomo ya malaya hutiririsha asali na kinywa chake ni laini kuliko mafuta,
What an immoral woman says [to you may be] as sweet as honey, and sound smoother than olive oil [feels on your skin],
4 lakini mwishoni anakuwa mchungu kama mnyoo, hukata kama upunga mkali.
but the result [of being with her] will be bitter like gall and [injure you as badly], like being cut with a sharp two-edged sword.
If you go where she goes [MTY], you will go down to where the dead people are. Her steps will lead you straight to the grave. (Sheol h7585)
6 Hafikirii njia ya uzima. Hatua za miguu yake hupotea, maana hajui anakwenda wapi.
She is not concerned about the roads that lead to a [long] life. She walks [down] a crooked path, and she does not realize [that she is on the wrong road].
7 Sasa, wanangu, nisikilizeni; wala msiache kusikiliza maneno ya kinywa changu.
So now, my sons, listen to me. (Never turn aside from/always remember) [LIT] what I am about to tell you.
8 Lindeni njia yenu mbali naye wala msiende karibu na mlango wa nyumba yake.
Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses!
9 Kwa njia hiyo hamtawapa wengine heshima yenu au miaka ya uzima wenu kwa mtu mkatiri;
If you enter the home of one of them, you will lose your (self-respect/good reputation) and [that woman’s husband] will not act mercifully toward you; he will [kill you and] take everything that you have acquired during your life!
10 wageni usije kufanya karamu kwa utajiri wenu; kazi mliyoifanya haitaenda katika nyumba ya wageni.
Foreigners will take your money, and [all] the good things that you have worked for will (end up in their hands/become their possessions).
11 Mwishoni mwa maisha yenu mtajuta ambapo nyama na mwili wenu vitaangamia.
And when you are about to die, you will groan [with severe pain] because diseases [that you have gotten from being immoral] will be destroying your body.
12 Nanyi mtasema, “Namna gani nilichukia fundisho na moyo wangu ulidharau sahihisho!
Then you will say, “I hated it [when people tried to] correct me. I despised [people when they] reproved/rebuked me.
13 Sikuweza kuwatii walimu wangu au kuwasikiliza walionielekeza.
I did not heed what my teachers said! I paid no attention to those who [tried to] teach me [something about my behavior].
14 Nilikuwa nimeharibika kabisa katikati ya kusanyiko, miongoni mwa makutano ya watu.”
[Now] I am almost ruined, and I will be disgraced in public gatherings.”
15 Munywe maji kutoka kwenye birika lenu mwenyewe na munywe maji yanatiririka kutoka kwenye kisima chenu.
Like a man is refreshed by drinking water from his own well [MET], enjoy [having sex] [EUP] only with your own wife.
16 Je inapaswa chemichemi yenu ifurike popote na mifereji yenu ya maji itiririke katika njia kuu?
Like you would not waste good water by pouring it into the street, [you should not have sex with other women]. [MET, EUP]
17 Yawe yenu wenyewe peke yenu wala si kwa wageni.
Enjoy [having sex] only with your wife; do not [have sex with] other women.
18 Chemichemi yako ibarikiwe na umfurahie mke wa ujana wako.
Let your wife be a source of great pleasure to you. (Be happy/[Enjoy sex]) with the woman whom you married when you were both young.
19 Maana ni ayala apendezaye na kulungu mwenye uzuri. Matiti yake na yakujaze furaha muda wote; daima na utekwe na upendo wake.
She is as pretty and graceful [as] a young female deer. Allow her breasts to always satisfy you. Allow her lovemaking to excite you.
20 Mwanangu, kwa nini uwe mateka wa malaya, kwa nini uyakumbatie matiti ya mwanamke mgeni?
My son, do not be [RHQ] captivated/charmed by an immoral woman! Do not fondle the breasts of another man’s wife!
21 Yehova huona kila kitu afanyacho mtu na huangalia mapito yake yote.
[I say that] because Yahweh sees clearly everything that we do; he knows [where we are going on] the roads that we walk on.
22 Mtu mwovu atatekwa na makosa yake mwenyewe; kamba za dhambi yake zitamnasa kwa nguvu.
Evil men’s sinful desires hold them fast; their sins are [like] ropes that bind them.
23 Atakufa kwa kukosa maonyo; atapotelea mbali kwa upumbavu wake wingi.
Evil men [will] die because they are unable to say “No” to their desires; they [will] (go astray/be lost) because of the foolish things that they do.
