Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,
Mwana na ngai, soki ondimi maloba na ngai mpe obateli kati na motema na yo mibeko na ngai;
2 so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;
soki opesi litoyi na yo na maloba ya bwanya mpe okabi motema na yo na makambo ya mayele;
3 yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;
soki obeleli mayele mpe ogangi epai ya bososoli;
4 if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
soki oluki yango penza ndenge balukaka palata to bomengo oyo ebombama,
5 then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
okososola solo soki kotosa Yawe elakisi nini mpe okozwa boyebi ya Nzambe.
6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
Pamba te Yawe nde apesaka bwanya, mpe maloba ya monoko na Ye epesaka mayele mpe bososoli.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [he] is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
Abongiselaka bato ya sembo elonga mpe azali nguba ya bato oyo batambolaka na bosembo.
8 guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones.
Pamba te abatelaka bayengebene mpe nzela ya bato oyo batosaka Ye.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path.
Boye, okososola likambo nini ezali solo, alima, sembo: nzela nyonso oyo ememaka na bolamu.
10 When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,
Pamba te bwanya ekokota kati na motema na yo mpe boyebi ekosepelisa molimo na yo.
11 discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:
Bososoli ekobatela yo, mpe mayele ekobomba yo
12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;
mpo na kobikisa yo na nzela mabe, na moto oyo alobaka makambo ezanga tina,
13 [from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
na bato oyo batikaka nzela ya sembo mpo na kolanda nzela ya molili,
14 who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil;
na bato oyo basepelaka kosala mabe, na bato oyo bazalaka na esengo ya kokota na bozindo ya mabe,
15 whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:
na bato oyo nzela na bango etengama-tengama mpe etamboli na bango etonda na mobulu.
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;
Bwanya ekobikisa yo lisusu liboso ya mwasi mopaya, liboso ya mwasi oyo atonda na maloba ya sukali,
17 who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
oyo akima mobali na ye ya bolenge mpe abosana boyokani oyo asalaki elongo na Nzambe na ye;
18 — for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;
pamba te ndako na ye ememaka na kufa, mpe nzela na ye ememaka na mboka ya bakufi.
19 none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:
Moto moko te oyo akotaka epai na ye azongaka mpe amonaka lisusu nzela ya bomoi.
20 — that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Boye, okotambola na nzela ya bato malamu mpe okolanda nzela ya bato ya sembo.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;
Pamba te bato ya sembo bakovanda na mokili, mpe bato oyo bazangi pamela bakotikala kati na yango;
22 but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it.
kasi bato mabe bakokufa na mokili mpe bakolongola bango kati na mokili ya bato ya songisongi.
