Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
O anake, ambeno o entakoo, vaho akafiro ama’o ao o fepèkoo;
2 Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
Fejaño o lilikoo vaho miveloma, naho i Fañòhakoy manahake ty sainte maso’o;
3 Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Arohizo an-drambon-taña’o, sokiro an-takelan-tro’o.
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
Anò ty hoe ty hihitse; Rahavaveko irehe; vaho tokavo ty hoe: Rañetse, ty hilala,
5 that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
hikalaña’ iareo azo tsy ho ami’ty tsimirirañe, tsy ho amy ambahiny malama firehakey.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
Izaho an-dalan-keden-akibako ao nitilihitse an-tsingarakarake,
7 I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
naho nisamba añivo’ o trentrañeo, nijiloveko an-teñateña’ o gaon-dahio, ty ajalahy tsy aman-dron-doha,
8 crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
nitsake ty lalañe mioza an-kotso’e mb’eo, vaho nikopile mb’an-dalan-tsileke mb’añ’akiba’e mb’eo,
9 at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
am-palipalitsieñe, ie ni-hariva ty andro, amy haien-kaleñe nimoromoroñey.
10 Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
Le heheke ty rakemba mifanalaka ama’e, mihamiñe hoe tsimirirañe, hakalitahañe ty an-tro’e ao.
11 She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
Ie mitazataza naho miola, tsy mimoneñe añ’akiba’e ao o tombo’eo;
12 Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
mbore an-dalañey, mbore an-kiririsa, mijeke amy ze atao fitsileañe.
13 She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
Fejañe’e i lahiy naho orofa’e vaho anoe’e ty hoe an-tarehe miriñake:
14 “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
Amako ty soron-kanintsiñe vaho navahako anindroany o nifantàkoo;
15 So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
aa le niakatse iraho hifañaoñan-tika, hitsoehako ty tarehe’o; heheke te tendreke.
16 I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
Fa nilafihako i tihikoy, an-deny maviabiake boak’ e Mitsraime.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
Fa namitsezako rame ty fandreako, voñem-bahoñe naho romba.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
Antao ito higenoke ty hatea ampara’ te porea’ ty maraindray; antato hifalefale an-katea.
19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
Tsy añ’anjomba ao ty valiko, fa nifokofoko añe,
20 He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
Ninday drala an-koroñe, vaho tsy himpoly naho tsy zava-volañe.
21 With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
An-tsiriry maro ty anigiha’e; an-tsoñi’e mamolavola ty anjira’e aze.
22 He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
Orihe’ i ajalahiy amy zao, misìtse mb’eo hoe añombe ho lentañe, hoe ty gege an-dongòke ho liloveñe,
23 until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
ampara’ te trofahañ’ ana-pale ty ate’e; hoe kibo mibororoñe mb’am-palàñe mb’eo, amoea’e t’ie famoeam-piay.
24 Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Ie amy zao ry anakoo, tsanoño iraho, vaho tsendreño ty entam-bavako.
25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
Ko ado’o hivio mb’an-dala’e mb’eo ty tro’o; ko mandifike mb’añ’oloñolo’e mb’eo;
26 For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
amy te maro ty tsinipo’e nifotsake, vaho tsifotofoto o navetra’eo.
