Proverbs 5

5 ¹My pikin, hear my wisdom well; put ear well well listen to my understanding, ²so that you go fit keep sense-and-caution, and your lips go hold knowledge tight, ³Because di lips of di woman wey dem forbid dey drip honey, and her mouth smooth pass oil, ⁴but for di end she bitter like poison, sharp like sword wey get two mouth. ⁵Her leg dey go down enter death; her step dey grab di grave. ^a a v5 Sheol: di Hebrew word for di place of di dead people — di grave, di world wey person no dey see for down. ⁶She no dey think about di road wey dey give life; her way dey waka anyhow, and she no even know.

⁷So now, my pikins, hear me, and no turn comot from di words wey my mouth talk. ⁸Make your way stay far from am, and no go near di door of her house, ⁹so that you no go give your honour to oda people and your years to person wey wicked, ¹⁰so that strangers no go chop belleful of your strength, and di work wey you sweat for no go enter house of stranger, ¹¹and for your end you go dey groan, wen your flesh and your body don finish, ¹²and you go talk say, “See how I hate discipline, and my heart look correction with bad eye! ¹³I no hear di voice of my teachers or listen to di people wey teach me. ¹⁴I don almost enter complete ruin for di middle of di whole gathering wey dem gather.”

¹⁵Drink water from your own well, water wey dey flow from your own spring. ¹⁶Abi your spring go pour comot for di streets, your water wey dey run for di public square? ¹⁷Make dem be your own alone, and no share am with strangers. ¹⁸Make blessing dey your fountain, and make you dey rejoice with di wife of your young days, ¹⁹one doe wey get love, one deer wey fine. Make her love satisfy you all di time; make her love hold you captive continually. ²⁰Why then, my pikin, you go let woman wey dem forbid hold you captive and you go hug anoda man im wife?

²¹Because man im ways dey before di eyes of our Papa, and He dey check all di man im paths well well. ²²Di wicked people, na their own bad-bad work go catch dem, and di rope of their sin go tie dem tight. ²³He go die because discipline no dey, and he go waka comot from road because of him plenty foolishness.