Proverbs 7
1 Ọmọ mi, pa ọ̀rọ̀ mi mọ́, sì fi àwọn òfin mi pamọ́ sínú ọkàn rẹ.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2 Pa òfin mi mọ́, ìwọ yóò sì yè tọ́jú ẹ̀kọ́ mi bí ẹyinlójú rẹ.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thy eye.
3 Kọ wọ́n sí ọwọ́ òsì rẹ, má ṣe fi jẹun kọ wọ́n sí inú wàláà àyà rẹ.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
4 Wí fún ọgbọ́n pé, “Ìwọ ni arábìnrin mi,” sì pe òye ní ìbátan rẹ.
Say to wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
5 Wọn yóò pa ó mọ́ kúrò lọ́wọ́ obìnrin alágbèrè, kúrò lọ́wọ́ àjèjì obìnrin àti ọ̀rọ̀ ìtànjẹ rẹ̀.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
6 Ní ojú fèrèsé ilé è mi mo wo ìta láti ojú fèrèsé.
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7 Mo rí i láàrín àwọn aláìmọ̀kan mo sì kíyèsi láàrín àwọn ọ̀dọ́kùnrin, ọ̀dọ́ kan tí ó ṣe aláìgbọ́n.
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8 Ó ń lọ ní pópónà ní tòsí i ilé alágbèrè obìnrin náà, ó ń rìn lọ sí ọ̀nà ilé e rẹ̀.
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house.
9 Ní ìrọ̀lẹ́ bí oòrùn ṣe ń wọ̀, bí òkùnkùn ṣe ń bo ni lára.
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
10 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni obìnrin kan jáde wá láti pàdé rẹ̀, ó múra bí panṣágà pẹ̀lú ètè búburú.
And behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of a harlot, and subtil of heart.
11 (Ó jẹ́ aláriwo àti alágídí, ìdí rẹ̀ kì í jókòó nílé;
(She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12 bí ó ti ń já níhìn-ín ní ó ń já lọ́hùn ún gbogbo orígun ni ó ti ń ba ní ibùba.)
Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
13 Ó dìímú, ó sì fẹnukò ó ní ẹnu pẹ̀lú ojú díndín ó wí pé,
So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said to him,
14 “Mo ní ọrẹ àlàáfíà ní ilé; lónìí ni mo san ẹ̀jẹ́ mi.
[I have] peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.
15 Nítorí náà ni n o ṣe jáde wá pàdé è rẹ; mo wá ọ káàkiri mo sì ti rí ọ!
Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16 Mo ti tẹ́ ibùsùn mi pẹ̀lú aṣọ aláràbarà láti ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.
17 Mo ti fi nǹkan olóòórùn dídùn sí ibùsùn mi bí i òjìá, aloe àti kinamoni.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and 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 until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19 Ọkọ ọ̀ mi ò sí nílé; ó ti lọ sí ìrìnàjò jíjìn.
For the good-man [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20 Ó mú owó púpọ̀ lọ́wọ́ kò sì ní darí dé kí ó tó di ọ̀sán.”
He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.
21 Pẹ̀lú ọ̀rọ̀ dídùn ó sì í lọ́nà; ó tàn án jẹ pẹ̀lú ẹnu dídùn.
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she impelled 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 goeth after her quickly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23 Títí tí ọ̀kọ̀ fi gún un ní ẹ̀dọ̀, bí ẹyẹ ṣe ń fẹ́ wọ inú okùn, láìmọ̀ pé yóò gba ẹ̀mí òun.
Till a dart striketh through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
24 Nítorí náà báyìí ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi, tẹ́tí sí mi fọkàn sí nǹkan tí mo sọ.
Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children, 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.
Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26 Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ni àwọn tí ó ti fà lulẹ̀. Ogunlọ́gọ̀ àwọn alágbára ni ó ti pa.
For she hath cast down many wounded: yes, many strong [men] have been slain by her.
