Proverbs 5 - Listen Online

¹ ỌMỌ mi, fiyesi ọgbọ́n mi, ki o si dẹti rẹ si oye mi.

¹ My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

² Lati ma pa ironu mọ́, ati ki ète rẹ ki o le ma pa ìmọ mọ́.

² That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

³ Nitori ti ète awọn ajeji obinrin a ma kán bi oyin, ẹnu rẹ̀ si kunna ju ororo lọ:

³ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

⁴ Ṣugbọn igbẹhin rẹ̀ koro bi idápa, o si mú bi idà olojumeji.

⁴ But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

⁵ Ẹsẹ rẹ̀ nsọkalẹ lọ sinu ikú, ìrin-ẹsẹ rẹ̀ de ipo-okú.

⁵ Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

⁶ Ki iwọ má ba ja ipa-ọ̀na ìye, ipa-ọ̀na rẹ̀ a ma yi sihin yi sọhun, on kò si mọ̀.

⁶ Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

⁷ Njẹ gbọ́ temi nisisiyi, ẹnyin ọmọ, ki ẹnyin ki o máṣe yà kuro li ọ̀rọ ẹnu mi.

⁷ Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

⁸ Takete kuro lọdọ rẹ̀, má si ṣe sunmọ eti ilẹkun ile rẹ̀:

⁸ Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

⁹ Ki iwọ ki o má ba fi ọlá rẹ fun ẹlomiran, ati ọdun rẹ fun ẹni-ìka;

⁹ Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

¹⁰ Ki a má ba fi ọrọ̀ rẹ fun ajeji enia; ki ère-iṣẹ ọwọ rẹ ki o má ba wà ni ile alejo.

¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

¹¹ Iwọ a si ma kãnu ni ikẹhin rẹ̀, nigbati ẹran-ara ati ara rẹ ba parun.

¹¹ And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

¹² Iwọ a si wipe, emi ha ti korira ẹkọ́ to, ti aiya mi si gàn ìbawi:

¹² And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

¹³ Ti emi kò gbà ohùn awọn olukọ́ mi gbọ́, tabi ki emi dẹti mi silẹ si awọn ti nkọ́ mi.

¹³ And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

¹⁴ Emi fẹrẹ wà ninu ibi patapata larin awujọ, ati ni ijọ.

¹⁴ I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

¹⁵ Mu omi lati inu kudu rẹ, ati omi ti nṣàn lati inu kanga rẹ.

¹⁵ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

¹⁶ Jẹ ki isun rẹ ki o ṣàn kakiri, ati awọn odò omi ni ita.

¹⁶ Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

¹⁷ Ki nwọn ki o jẹ kiki tirẹ, ki o má ṣe ti awọn ajeji pẹlu rẹ.

¹⁷ Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

¹⁸ Jẹ ki orisun rẹ ki o ni ibukun: ki iwọ ki o si ma yọ̀ tiwọ ti aya ìgba-èwe rẹ.

¹⁸ Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

¹⁹ Bi abo agbọnrin daradara ati abo igalà, jẹ ki ọmu rẹ̀ ki o ma fi ayọ̀ kún ọ nigbagbogbo; ki o si ma yọ̀ gidigidi ninu ifẹ rẹ̀ nigbakugba.

¹⁹ Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

²⁰ Ọmọ mi, ẽṣe ti iwọ o fi ma yọ̀ ninu ifẹ ajeji obinrin, ti iwọ o fi gbá aiya ajeji obinrin mọra?

²⁰ And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

²¹ Nitoripe ọ̀na enia mbẹ niwaju Oluwa, o si nṣiwọ̀n irin wọn gbogbo.

²¹ For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

²² Ẹ̀ṣẹ ẹni-buburu ni yio mu ontikararẹ̀, okùn ẹ̀ṣẹ ara rẹ̀ yio si dì i mu.

²² His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

²³ Yio kú li aigbà ẹkọ́, ati ninu ọ̀pọlọpọ were rẹ̀ yio si ma ṣina kiri.

²³ He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.