Proverbs 7
1 Ọmọ mi, pa ọ̀rọ̀ mi mọ́, sì fi àwọn òfin mi pamọ́ sínú ọkàn rẹ.
My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
2 Pa òfin mi mọ́, ìwọ yóò sì yè tọ́jú ẹ̀kọ́ mi bí ẹyinlójú rẹ.
Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.
3 Kọ wọ́n sí ọwọ́ òsì rẹ, má ṣe fi jẹun kọ wọ́n sí inú wàláà àyà rẹ.
Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.
4 Wí fún ọgbọ́n pé, “Ìwọ ni arábìnrin mi,” sì pe òye ní ìbátan rẹ.
Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou [art].' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!'
5 Wọn yóò pa ó mọ́ kúrò lọ́wọ́ obìnrin alágbèrè, kúrò lọ́wọ́ àjèjì obìnrin àti ọ̀rọ̀ ìtànjẹ rẹ̀.
To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
6 Ní ojú fèrèsé ilé è mi mo wo ìta láti ojú fèrèsé.
For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,
7 Mo rí i láàrín àwọn aláìmọ̀kan mo sì kíyèsi láàrín àwọn ọ̀dọ́kùnrin, ọ̀dọ́ kan tí ó ṣe aláìgbọ́n.
And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
8 Ó ń lọ ní pópónà ní tòsí i ilé alágbèrè obìnrin náà, ó ń rìn lọ sí ọ̀nà ilé e rẹ̀.
Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step,
9 Ní ìrọ̀lẹ́ bí oòrùn ṣe ń wọ̀, bí òkùnkùn ṣe ń bo ni lára.
In the twilight — in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
10 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni obìnrin kan jáde wá láti pàdé rẹ̀, ó múra bí panṣágà pẹ̀lú ètè búburú.
And, lo, a woman to meet him — (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,
11 (Ó jẹ́ aláriwo àti alágídí, ìdí rẹ̀ kì í jókòó nílé;
Noisy she [is], and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.
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 an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) —
13 Ó dìímú, ó sì fẹnukò ó ní ẹnu pẹ̀lú ojú díndín ó wí pé,
And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,
14 “Mo ní ọrẹ àlàáfíà ní ilé; lónìí ni mo san ẹ̀jẹ́ mi.
'Sacrifices of peace-offerings [are] by me, To-day I have completed 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 have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.
16 Mo ti tẹ́ ibùsùn mi pẹ̀lú aṣọ aláràbarà láti ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
[With] ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works — cotton of Egypt.
17 Mo ti fi nǹkan olóòórùn dídùn sí ibùsùn mi bí i òjìá, aloe àti kinamoni.
I sprinkled my bed — 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, we are filled [with] loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.
19 Ọkọ ọ̀ mi ò sí nílé; ó ti lọ sí ìrìnàjò jíjìn.
For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey.
20 Ó mú owó púpọ̀ lọ́wọ́ kò sì ní darí dé kí ó tó di ọ̀sán.”
A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'
21 Pẹ̀lú ọ̀rọ̀ dídùn ó sì í lọ́nà; ó tàn án jẹ pẹ̀lú ẹnu dídùn.
She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth 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 is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,
23 Títí tí ọ̀kọ̀ fi gún un ní ẹ̀dọ̀, bí ẹyẹ ṣe ń fẹ́ wọ inú okùn, láìmọ̀ pé yóò gba ẹ̀mí òun.
Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it [is] for its life.
24 Nítorí náà báyìí ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi, tẹ́tí sí mi fọkàn sí nǹkan tí mo sọ.
And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings 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 turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,
26 Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ni àwọn tí ó ti fà lulẹ̀. Ogunlọ́gọ̀ àwọn alágbára ni ó ti pa.
For many [are] the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty [are] all her slain ones.
