Proverbs 5
1 Ọmọ mi, fiyèsí ọgbọ́n mi, kí o sì dẹtí rẹ sí òye mi,
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 kí ìwọ sì lè ní ìṣọ́ra kí ètè rẹ sì le pa ìmọ̀ mọ́.
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 Nítorí ètè àwọn àjèjì obìnrin a máa sun bi oyin, ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ sì kúnná ju òróró lọ.
What an immoral woman says [to you may be] as sweet as honey, and sound smoother than olive oil [feels on your skin],
4 Ṣùgbọ́n ní ìgbẹ̀yìn gbẹ́yín, ó korò ju òróǹró lọ, ó mú bí idà olójú méjì.
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 Kí ìwọ má ba à já ipa ọ̀nà ìyè; ọ̀nà rẹ̀ rí pálapàla, ṣùgbọ́n kò tilẹ̀ mọ́.
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 Nítorí náà, ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi, ẹ dẹtí sí mi, kí ẹ̀yin kí ó má ṣe yàgò kúrò nínú ọ̀rọ̀ tí mo sọ.
So now, my sons, listen to me. (Never turn aside from/always remember) [LIT] what I am about to tell you.
8 Rìn ní ọ̀nà tí ó jìnnà sí ti rẹ̀, má ṣe súnmọ́ ẹnu-ọ̀nà ilé rẹ̀,
Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses!
9 àìṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ ìwọ yóò gbé gbogbo ọlá rẹ lé ẹlòmíràn lọ́wọ́ àti ọjọ́ ayé rẹ fún ìkà ènìyàn.
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 Kí a má ba à fi ọrọ̀ rẹ fún àjèjì ènìyàn, kí làálàá rẹ sì sọ ilé ẹlòmíràn di ọlọ́rọ̀.
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 Ní ìgbẹ̀yìn ayé rẹ ìwọ yóò kérora, nígbà tí agbára rẹ àti ara rẹ bá ti joro tán.
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 Ìwọ yóò wí pé, “Mo ti kórìíra ẹ̀kọ́ tó! Ọkàn mi ṣe wá kórìíra ìbáwí!
Then you will say, “I hated it [when people tried to] correct me. I despised [people when they] reproved/rebuked me.
13 N kò gbọ́rọ̀ sí àwọn olùkọ́ mi lẹ́nu, tàbí kí n fetí sí àwọn tí ń kọ́ mi lẹ́kọ̀ọ́.
I did not heed what my teachers said! I paid no attention to those who [tried to] teach me [something about my behavior].
14 Mo ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ ìparun pátápátá ní àárín gbogbo àwùjọ ènìyàn.”
[Now] I am almost ruined, and I will be disgraced in public gatherings.”
15 Mu omi láti inú kànga tìrẹ, omi tí ń sàn láti inú kànga rẹ.
Like a man is refreshed by drinking water from his own well [MET], enjoy [having sex] [EUP] only with your own wife.
16 Ó ha yẹ kí omi ìsun rẹ kún àkúnya sí ojú ọ̀nà àti odò tí ń sàn lọ sí àárín ọjà?
Like you would not waste good water by pouring it into the street, [you should not have sex with other women]. [MET, EUP]
17 Jẹ́ kí wọn jẹ́ tìrẹ nìkan, má ṣe ṣe àjọpín wọn pẹ̀lú àjèjì láéláé.
Enjoy [having sex] only with your wife; do not [have sex with] other women.
18 Jẹ́ kí orísun rẹ kí ó ní ìbùkún; kí ìwọ ó sì máa yọ nínú aya ìgbà èwe rẹ.
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 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.
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 Ọmọ mi, èéṣe tí ìwọ ó fi máa yọ̀ nínú ìfẹ́ obìnrin panṣágà, tí ìwọ ó sì fi dì mọ́ ìyàwó ẹlòmíràn?
My son, do not be [RHQ] captivated/charmed by an immoral woman! Do not fondle the breasts of another man’s wife!
21 Nítorí ọ̀nà ènìyàn kò fi ara sin rárá fún Olúwa Ó sì ń gbé gbogbo ọ̀nà rẹ̀ yẹ̀ wò.
[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 Ìwà búburú ènìyàn búburú ni yóò mú kó bọ́ sínú okùn; okùn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ara rẹ̀ yóò sì dìímú.
Evil men’s sinful desires hold them fast; their sins are [like] ropes that bind them.
23 Yóò kú ní àìgba ẹ̀kọ́ ìwà òmùgọ̀ ara rẹ̀ yóò sì mú kí ó máa ṣìnà kiri.
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.
