1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: 5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
6¶ For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,7.7 the youths: Heb. the sons 8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:7.9 in the evening: Heb. in the evening of days 10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) 13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,7.13 with…: Heb. she strengthened her face and said 14I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.7.14 I have…: Heb. Peace offerings are upon me 15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. 17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. 19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.7.20 with…: Heb. in his hand7.20 the day…: or, the new moon 21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. 22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;7.22 straightway: Heb. suddenly 23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
24¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Emitawaana Egiva mu Kukwana Omukazi Omwenzi
17:1 Nge 1:8; 2:1Mutabani nyweeza ebigambo byange,
era okuumenga ebiragiro byange.
27:2 Nge 4:4Kwata ebiragiro byange obeere mulamu,
n’amateeka gange ogakuume ng’emmunye y’eriiso lyo;
37:3 Ma 6:8; Nge 3:3togalekanga kuva mu ngalo zo,
gawandiike ku mutima gwo.
4Amagezi gatwalire ddala nga mwannyoko,
n’okutegeera, ng’owooluganda ow’omu kika kyo.
57:5 nny 21; Yob 31:9; Nge 2:16; 6:24Binaakuwonyanga omukazi omwenzi,
omukazi omutambuze awaanawaana n’ebigambo ebisendasenda.
6Lumu nnali nnyimiridde
ku ddirisa ly’ennyumba yange.
77:7 Nge 1:22; 6:32Ne ndaba mu bavubuka abatoototo,
omulenzi atalina magezi,
8ng’ayita mu luguudo okumpi n’akafo k’omukazi omwenzi,
n’akwata ekkubo eridda ku nnyumba y’omukazi oyo,
97:9 Yob 24:15olw’eggulo ng’obudde buzibye,
ekizikiza nga kikutte.
10Awo omukazi n’ajja okumusisinkana
ng’ayambadde nga malaaya, ng’ajjudde ebirowoozo eby’obukaba mu mutima gwe.
117:11 Nge 9:13; 1Ti 5:13Omukazi omukalukalu,
atambulatambula ennyo atabeerako waka,
127:12 Nge 8:1-36; 23:26-28wuuyo mu luguudo, wuuyo mu bifo ebikuŋŋaanirwamu,
mu buli kafo konna ng’ateega!
137:13 a Lub 39:12 b Nge 1:20N’amuvumbagira, n’amunywegera
era ng’amutunuulidde nkaliriza n’amaaso agatatya n’amugamba nti:
147:14 Lv 7:11-18“Nnina ssaddaaka ez’ebiweebwayo olw’emirembe,
leero ntukiriza obweyamo bwange.
15Noolwekyo nzize okukusisinkana,
mbadde njagala nnyo okukulaba, era kaakano nkusanze.
16Obuliri bwange mbwaze bulungi
n’engoye eza linena ava mu Misiri.
177:17 a Es 1:6; Is 57:7; Ez 23:41; Am 6:4 b Lub 37:25Mbukubye n’akaloosa,
n’omugavu, n’obubaane, ne kinamoni, ne kalifuuwa.
187:18 Lub 39:7Jjangu tuwoomerwe omukwano okutuusa obudde okukya;
leka twesanyuse ffembi mu mukwano.
19Kubanga baze taliiyo eka;
yatambula olugendo luwanvu:
20Yagenda n’ensawo y’ensimbi;
era alikomawo nga wayiseewo wiiki bbiri.”
217:21 Nge 5:3Yamusendasenda n’ebigambo ebisikiriza;
n’amuwabya n’ebigambo ebiwoomerera.
227:22 Yob 18:10Amangwago omuvubuka n’amugoberera
ng’ente etwalibwa okuttibwa
obanga empeewo egwa mu mutego,
237:23 a Yob 15:22; 16:13 b Nge 6:26; Mub 7:26; 9:12okutuusa akasaale lwe kafumita ekibumba kyayo,
ng’akanyonyi bwe kanguwa okugwa mu mutego,
so tamanyi ng’alifiirwa obulamu bwe.
247:24 Nge 1:8-9; 5:7; 8:32Kaakano nno batabani bange mumpulirize,
era musseeyo nnyo omwoyo eri ebigambo byange.
257:25 Nge 5:7-8Temukkiriza mitima gyammwe kugoberera bigambo bye;
temukkiriza bigere byammwe kukyamira mu makubo ge.
26Kubanga bangi bazikiridde,
ddala ab’amaanyi bangi bagudde.
277:27 Nge 2:18; 5:5; 9:18; Kub 22:15Ennyumba ye, lye kkubo eridda emagombe,
nga likka mu bisenge eby’okufa.
