Proverbs 5
1 Ọmọ mi, fiyèsí ọgbọ́n mi, kí o sì dẹtí rẹ sí òye mi,
My son, attend unto my wisdom; to my understanding incline thou thy ear:
2 kí ìwọ sì lè ní ìṣọ́ra kí ètè rẹ sì le pa ìmọ̀ mọ́.
That thou mayest observe discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3 Nítorí ètè àwọn àjèjì obìnrin a máa sun bi oyin, ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ sì kúnná ju òróró lọ.
For as of fine honey drop the lips of an adulterous woman, and smoother than oil is her palate;
4 Ṣùgbọ́n ní ìgbẹ̀yìn gbẹ́yín, ó korò ju òróǹró lọ, ó mú bí idà olójú méjì.
But her end is bitter as wormwood, it is sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death, her steps take firm hold on the nether world: (Sheol h7585)
6 Kí ìwọ má ba à já ipa ọ̀nà ìyè; ọ̀nà rẹ̀ rí pálapàla, ṣùgbọ́n kò tilẹ̀ mọ́.
So that she cannot balance the path of life; her tracks are unsteady, and she knoweth it not.
7 Nítorí náà, ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi, ẹ dẹtí sí mi, kí ẹ̀yin kí ó má ṣe yàgò kúrò nínú ọ̀rọ̀ tí mo sọ.
And now, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the sayings of my mouth.
8 Rìn ní ọ̀nà tí ó jìnnà sí ti rẹ̀, má ṣe súnmọ́ ẹnu-ọ̀nà ilé rẹ̀,
Remove far from her thy way, and come not nigh to the door of her house;
9 àìṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ ìwọ yóò gbé gbogbo ọlá rẹ lé ẹlòmíràn lọ́wọ́ àti ọjọ́ ayé rẹ fún ìkà ènìyàn.
That thou mayest not give up unto others thy vigor, and thy years unto the cruel;
10 Kí a má ba à fi ọrọ̀ rẹ fún àjèjì ènìyàn, kí làálàá rẹ sì sọ ilé ẹlòmíràn di ọlọ́rọ̀.
That strangers may not satisfy themselves with thy strength, and with thy exertions, in the house of an alien:
11 Ní ìgbẹ̀yìn ayé rẹ ìwọ yóò kérora, nígbà tí agbára rẹ àti ara rẹ bá ti joro tán.
While thou moanest at thy end, when thy flesh and thy body are coming to their end,
12 Ìwọ yóò wí pé, “Mo ti kórìíra ẹ̀kọ́ tó! Ọkàn mi ṣe wá kórìíra ìbáwí!
And thou sayest, How have I hated correction, and how hath my heart rejected reproof;
13 N kò gbọ́rọ̀ sí àwọn olùkọ́ mi lẹ́nu, tàbí kí n fetí sí àwọn tí ń kọ́ mi lẹ́kọ̀ọ́.
While I hearkened not to the voice of my instructors, and to my teachers I inclined not my ear;
14 Mo ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ ìparun pátápátá ní àárín gbogbo àwùjọ ènìyàn.”
But little more was wanting, and I had been in all [kinds of] unhappiness in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15 Mu omi láti inú kànga tìrẹ, omi tí ń sàn láti inú kànga rẹ.
Drink water out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.
16 Ó ha yẹ kí omi ìsun rẹ kún àkúnya sí ojú ọ̀nà àti odò tí ń sàn lọ sí àárín ọjà?
So will thy springs overflow abroad; and in the open streets will be thy rivulets of water;
17 Jẹ́ kí wọn jẹ́ tìrẹ nìkan, má ṣe ṣe àjọpín wọn pẹ̀lú àjèjì láéláé.
They will be thy own only, and not those of strangers with thee.
18 Jẹ́ kí orísun rẹ kí ó ní ìbùkún; kí ìwọ ó sì máa yọ nínú aya ìgbà èwe rẹ.
Thy fountain will be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth, —
19 Abo àgbọ̀nrín tó dára, ìgalà tí ó wu ni jọjọ, jẹ́ kí ọmú rẹ̀ kí ó máa fi ayọ̀ fún ọ nígbà gbogbo, kí o sì máa yọ̀ nínú ìfẹ́ rẹ̀ nígbàkígbà.
The lovely gazelle and the graceful chamois: let her bosom satisfy thee abundantly at all times; with her love be thou ravished continually.
20 Ọmọ mi, èéṣe tí ìwọ ó fi máa yọ̀ nínú ìfẹ́ obìnrin panṣágà, tí ìwọ ó sì fi dì mọ́ ìyàwó ẹlòmíràn?
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of an alien woman?
21 Nítorí ọ̀nà ènìyàn kò fi ara sin rárá fún Olúwa Ó sì ń gbé gbogbo ọ̀nà rẹ̀ yẹ̀ wò.
For before the eyes of the Lord are the ways of man, and all his tracks doth he weigh in the balance.
22 Ìwà búburú ènìyàn búburú ni yóò mú kó bọ́ sínú okùn; okùn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ara rẹ̀ yóò sì dìímú.
His own iniquities will truly catch the wicked, and with the cords of his sin will he be held firmly.
23 Yóò kú ní àìgba ẹ̀kọ́ ìwà òmùgọ̀ ara rẹ̀ yóò sì mú kí ó máa ṣìnà kiri.
He will indeed die for want of correction; and through the abundance of his folly will he sink into error.
