Proverbs 7
1 Ọmọ mi, pa ọ̀rọ̀ mi mọ́, sì fi àwọn òfin mi pamọ́ sínú ọkàn rẹ.
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
2 Pa òfin mi mọ́, ìwọ yóò sì yè tọ́jú ẹ̀kọ́ mi bí ẹyinlójú rẹ.
Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 Kọ wọ́n sí ọwọ́ òsì rẹ, má ṣe fi jẹun kọ wọ́n sí inú wàláà àyà rẹ.
Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Wí fún ọgbọ́n pé, “Ìwọ ni arábìnrin mi,” sì pe òye ní ìbátan rẹ.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
5 Wọn yóò pa ó mọ́ kúrò lọ́wọ́ obìnrin alágbèrè, kúrò lọ́wọ́ àjèjì obìnrin àti ọ̀rọ̀ ìtànjẹ rẹ̀.
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
6 Ní ojú fèrèsé ilé è mi mo wo ìta láti ojú fèrèsé.
For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
7 Mo rí i láàrín àwọn aláìmọ̀kan mo sì kíyèsi láàrín àwọn ọ̀dọ́kùnrin, ọ̀dọ́ kan tí ó ṣe aláìgbọ́n.
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
8 Ó ń lọ ní pópónà ní tòsí i ilé alágbèrè obìnrin náà, ó ń rìn lọ sí ọ̀nà ilé e rẹ̀.
crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
9 Ní ìrọ̀lẹ́ bí oòrùn ṣe ń wọ̀, bí òkùnkùn ṣe ń bo ni lára.
at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
10 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni obìnrin kan jáde wá láti pàdé rẹ̀, ó múra bí panṣágà pẹ̀lú ètè búburú.
Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
11 (Ó jẹ́ aláriwo àti alágídí, ìdí rẹ̀ kì í jókòó nílé;
She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
12 bí ó ti ń já níhìn-ín ní ó ń já lọ́hùn ún gbogbo orígun ni ó ti ń ba ní ibùba.)
Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
13 Ó dìímú, ó sì fẹnukò ó ní ẹnu pẹ̀lú ojú díndín ó wí pé,
She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
14 “Mo ní ọrẹ àlàáfíà ní ilé; lónìí ni mo san ẹ̀jẹ́ mi.
“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
15 Nítorí náà ni n o ṣe jáde wá pàdé è rẹ; mo wá ọ káàkiri mo sì ti rí ọ!
So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
16 Mo ti tẹ́ ibùsùn mi pẹ̀lú aṣọ aláràbarà láti ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
17 Mo ti fi nǹkan olóòórùn dídùn sí ibùsùn mi bí i òjìá, aloe àti kinamoni.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
18 Wá, jẹ́ kí a lo ìfẹ́ papọ̀ ní kíkún títí di àárọ̀; jẹ́ kí a gbádùn ara wa pẹ̀lú ìfẹ́!
Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
19 Ọkọ ọ̀ mi ò sí nílé; ó ti lọ sí ìrìnàjò jíjìn.
For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
20 Ó mú owó púpọ̀ lọ́wọ́ kò sì ní darí dé kí ó tó di ọ̀sán.”
He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
21 Pẹ̀lú ọ̀rọ̀ dídùn ó sì í lọ́nà; ó tàn án jẹ pẹ̀lú ẹnu dídùn.
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
22 Òun sì tọ̀ ọ́ lọ lẹsẹ̀ kan náà, bí i màlúù tí ń lọ sí ibi pípa, tàbí bí àgbọ̀nrín tí ń lọ sí ibi okùn ìso.
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
23 Títí tí ọ̀kọ̀ fi gún un ní ẹ̀dọ̀, bí ẹyẹ ṣe ń fẹ́ wọ inú okùn, láìmọ̀ pé yóò gba ẹ̀mí òun.
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
24 Nítorí náà báyìí ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi, tẹ́tí sí mi fọkàn sí nǹkan tí mo sọ.
Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Má ṣe jẹ́ kí ọkàn rẹ kí ó yà sí ọ̀nà rẹ̀, tàbí kí ó rìn lọ sí ipa ọ̀nà rẹ̀.
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
26 Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ni àwọn tí ó ti fà lulẹ̀. Ogunlọ́gọ̀ àwọn alágbára ni ó ti pa.
For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
