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 King James Version
The Peril of Adultery
5 My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
[a]Lend your ear to my understanding,
2 That you may [b]preserve discretion,
And your lips (A)may keep knowledge.
3 (B)For the lips of [c]an immoral woman drip honey,
And her mouth is (C)smoother than oil;
4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death,
(D)Her steps lay hold of [d]hell.
6 Lest you ponder her path of life—
Her ways are unstable;
You do not know them.
7 Therefore hear me now, my children,
And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove your way far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house,
9 Lest you give your [e]honor to others,
And your years to the cruel one;
10 Lest aliens be filled with your [f]wealth,
And your labors go to the house of a foreigner;
11 And you mourn at last,
When your flesh and your body are consumed,
12 And say:
“How I have hated instruction,
And my heart despised correction!
13 I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
14 I was on the verge of total ruin,
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
And running water from your own well.
16 Should your fountains be dispersed abroad,
[g]Streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be only your own,
And not for strangers with you.
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice with (E)the wife of your youth.
19 (F)As a loving deer and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
And always be [h]enraptured with her love.
20 For why should you, my son, be enraptured by (G)an immoral woman,
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?
21 (H)For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He [i]ponders all his paths.
22 (I)His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
23 (J)He shall die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:1 Lit. Bow
- Proverbs 5:2 appreciate good judgment
- Proverbs 5:3 Lit. a strange
- Proverbs 5:5 Or Sheol
- Proverbs 5:9 vigor
- Proverbs 5:10 Lit. strength
- Proverbs 5:16 Channels
- Proverbs 5:19 Lit. intoxicated
- Proverbs 5:21 observes, lit. weighs
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