Engero 5
Endagaano Enkadde nʼEndagaano Empya
Okulabula ku Bwenzi
5 (A)Mutabani, ossangayo omwoyo eri ebiragiro byange,
era owulirizanga bulungi ebigambo byange eby’amagezi,
2 olyoke oyige okusalawo okw’amagezi,
era akamwa ko kavengamu eby’obutegevu.
3 (B)Kubanga emimwa gy’omukazi omwenzi gitonnya omubisi gw’enjuki,
n’ebigambo bye biweweevu okusinga omuzigo;
4 (C)naye enkomerero ya byonna, akaawa ng’omususa
era asala ng’ekitala eky’obwogi obubiri.
5 (D)Ebigere bye bituuka mu kufa,
ebisinde bye biraga emagombe.
6 (E)Tafaayo ku kkubo lya bulamu,
amakubo ge gaakyamakyama dda, naye nga takimanyi.
7 (F)Kaakano, batabani bange mumpulirize,
temuvanga ku bigambo bya kamwa kange.
8 (G)Mwewalenga omukazi oyo
era temusembereranga luggi lwa nnyumba ye;
9 si kulwa nga mufiirwa ekitiibwa kyammwe,
n’okumalira ebiseera byammwe ku oyo alina ettima,
10 ate si kulwa nga b’otolina ky’obamanyiiko bakwavuwaza,
n’amaanyi go n’ogamalira ku maka g’omulala.
11 Ku nkomerero y’obulamu bwo olisinda,
ennyama yo n’omubiri gwo nga biweddewo.
12 (H)Oligamba nti, “Nga nakyawa okulabulwa,
n’omutima gwange ne gukyawa okunenyezebwa,
13 era ne sigondera ddoboozi ly’abasomesa bange,
wadde okussaayo omwoyo eri abo abampanga amagezi.
14 Ntuuse ku njegoyego z’okuzikirira
nga ndi wakati mu kuŋŋaaniro ly’ekibiina.”
Obuvunaanyizibwa n’Essanyu mu Bufumbo
15 Onoonywanga amazzi ag’omu kidiba kyo,
n’amazzi agava mu luzzi lwo goonoonywanga.
16 Ensulo zo zisaanye okukulukutira mu nguudo,
n’enzizi zo mu bifo ebigazi eby’omu kibuga?
17 Leka bibeere bibyo wekka,
bireme kugabanibwako b’otomanyiiko n’akamu.
18 (I)Kale leka ensulo yo ebeere n’omukisa,
era osanyuke ne mukazi wo ow’omu buvubuka bwo.
19 (J)Ng’ennangaazi eyeeyagaza n’empeewo esanyusa,
leka okusuuta kwe kukumalenga ennaku zonna era naye akwetoloozenga okwagala kwe.
20 Lwaki mwana wange osendebwasendebwa omukazi omwenzi,
n’ogwa mu kifuba ky’omukazi w’omusajja omulala?
Proverbs 5
New American Standard Bible
Pitfalls of Immorality
5 My son, (A)pay attention to my wisdom,
(B)Incline your ear to my understanding,
2 So that you may (C)maintain discretion
And your (D)lips may comply with knowledge.
3 For the lips of an [a](E)adulteress (F)drip honey,
And her [b]speech is (G)smoother than oil;
4 But in the end she is (H)bitter as wormwood,
(I)Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet (J)go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.
6 [c]She does not ponder the (K)path of life;
Her ways are (L)unstable, she (M)does not know it.
7 (N)Now then, my sons, listen to me
And (O)do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
8 (P)Keep your way far from her,
And do not go near the (Q)door of her house,
9 Otherwise you will give your vigor to others,
And your years to the cruel one;
10 And strangers will be filled with your strength,
And your hard-earned possessions will go to the house of a foreigner;
11 And you will groan [d]in [e]the end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
12 And you say, “How I (R)hated instruction!
And my heart (S)disdainfully rejected rebuke!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my (T)teachers,
Nor incline my ear to my instructors!
14 I was almost in total ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
And [f]fresh water from your own well.
16 Should your (U)springs overflow into the street,
Streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
And not for strangers with you.
18 Let your (V)fountain be blessed,
And (W)rejoice in the (X)wife of your youth.
19 Like a loving (Y)doe and a graceful mountain goat,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be [g]exhilarated always with her love.
20 For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an [h](Z)adulteress,
And embrace the breasts of a (AA)foreigner?
21 For the (AB)ways of everyone are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He (AC)observes all his paths.
22 His (AD)own wrongdoings will trap the wicked,
And he will be held by the ropes of his sin.
23 He will (AE)die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:3 Lit strange woman
- Proverbs 5:3 Lit palate
- Proverbs 5:6 Lit That she not watch
- Proverbs 5:11 Or at
- Proverbs 5:11 Lit your end
- Proverbs 5:15 Lit flowing
- Proverbs 5:19 Lit intoxicated
- Proverbs 5:20 Lit strange woman
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