Proverbs 2
1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;
O anake, naho iantofa’o o fivolakoo vaho akafi’o añ’ova’o ao o lilikoo,
2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;
naho añilaña’o sofiñe ty hihitse, naho anokilaña’o troke ty hilala,
3 Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;
naho kaihe’o ty fitsikarahañe, naho pazahe’o ty faharendrehañe
4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;
naho itsoeha’o hoe volafoty ikodebea’o hoe vara mikafitse:
5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
Le ho rendre’o ty fañeveñañ’ am’ Iehovà vaho hitendreke ty fahafohinañe an’Andrianañahare.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
Fa manolo-kihitse t’Iehovà boak’am-palie’e ao ty hilala naho ty faharendrehañe.
7 He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;
Añaja’e hihitse maharongatse amo vantañeo, fikalan-dRe amo mpañavelo an-kahitiañeo,
8 He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.
arova’e o lalan-katòo, naho ambena’e ty lala’ o noro’eo.
9 Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.
Le ho fohi’o ty havantañañe naho ty hatò, naho ty hamiràñe, vaho ze lalañe soa;
10 For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;
Hizilik’ añ’ova’o ao ty hihitse, naho hahafale ty tro’o ty hilala;
11 Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;
Hañambeñ’ azo ty filieram-batañe, hijilova’ ty faharendrehañe;
12 Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;
hasita’e ami’ty lalan-karatiañe, amy t’indaty mivolam-bìlañe,
13 Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;
amo miveve boak’ amo lalan-kahitiañeoo, hijarabajaraba amo lalan-kaieñeo,
14 Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;
amo mirebek’ ami’ty hatsivokarañeo, naho mifale ami’ty hamengohan- karatiañeo,
15 Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:
ie mikelokeloke an-dia, vaho miridrike an-dalañe;
16 To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;
Hamotsots’azo ami’ty tsimirirañe, ami’ty karapilo mitsiriry an-drehake,
17 Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:
i namorintseñe ty valin-katorà’ey, vaho mandikoke i fañinan’ Añahare’ey.
18 For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:
Migodroñe mb’am-pihomahañe ao ty akiba’e, minday mb’an-kavilasy ao o lala’eo;
19 Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:
Le lia’e tsy mimpoly ze miheo mb’ama’e ao, tsy ho taka’e ka o lalan-kaveloñeo.
20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.
Aa le handenà’o ty lala’ o soao, naho hifahara’o o lala’ o vantañeoo.
21 For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.
Fa hitoboke amy taney o vañoñeo, vaho himoneñe ao o malio-tahiñeo;
22 But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.
Fe haitoañe amy taney o lo-tserekeo, vaho ho voroteñe o mpamañahio.
