Proverbs 1
1 The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
Masese ya Salomo, mwana mobali ya Davidi, mokonzi ya Isalaele:
2 To know wisdom, and instruction:
mpo na koyeba bwanya, kozwa mateya mpe kososola maloba ya mayele;
3 To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
mpo na kozwa mateya ya bwanya oyo epesaka bizaleli ya sembo, ya boyengebene mpe makambo ya alima;
4 To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.
mpo na kopesa mayele epai ya bazoba, mpe boyebi epai ya bilenge.
5 A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.
Tika ete moto ya bwanya ayoka yango, mpe akobakisa bwanya na ye, bongo moto ya mayele akoyeba mayele ya kotambolisa bato;
6 He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.
mpo na kososola masese mpe sambole, maloba ya bwanya mpe kolimbola makambo.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Kotosa Yawe ezali mosisa ya mayele; bato oyo bazangi mayele batiolaka bwanya mpe toli.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Mwana na ngai ya mobali, yoka toli ya tata na yo, mpe kobwaka te mateya ya mama na yo;
9 That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
Pamba te ekozala lokola ekoti ya ngolu na moto na yo, mpe lokola mayaka ya kitoko na kingo na yo.
10 My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
Mwana na ngai ya mobali, soki bato ya masumu balingi kokweyisa yo, komitika te.
11 If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:
Soki balobi na yo: « Yaka elongo na biso, tika ete tosala motambo mpo na koboma bato, tokosepela mpo na kokanga moto oyo ayebi likambo te!
12 Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. (Sheol h7585)
Ndenge mokili ya bakufi esalaka, tokomela ye ya bomoi, tokomela ye mobimba lokola bato oyo bakitaka na libulu ya kufa; (Sheol h7585)
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.
tokozwa biloko ya talo ya ndenge na ndenge, mpe tokotondisa bandako na biso na bomengo ya bitumba;
14 Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.
okozwa ndambo na yo epai na biso, pamba te biso nyonso tokosangisa biloko na biso esika moko; »
15 My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.
mwana na ngai ya mobali, kokende elongo na bango te, longola makolo na yo na nzela na bango;
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
pamba te makolo na bango ekimaka mbangu mpo na kolanda mabe, mpe bapotaka mbangu mpo na kosopa makila.
17 But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.
Solo, ezali pamba kotia monyama liboso ya miso ya bikelamu nyonso oyo ezali na mapapu.
18 And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
Kasi bango, batiaka mitambo mpo na kosopa makila na bango moko, bamilukelaka pasi na bomoi na bango.
19 So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
Moto oyo alukaka kozwa bomengo na nzela ya lokuta asukaka kaka bongo, mpe bomengo yango ebomaka kaka ye moko.
20 Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Bwanya azali koganga na libanda, atomboli mongongo na ye na bisika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka;
21 At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:
azali koganga na bisika ya loyenge mpe azali koloba liboso ya ekuke ya engumba:
22 O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?
« Yo moto oyo ozangi mayele, kino tango nini okolinga bozoba na yo? Kino tango nini batioli bakokoba kosepela kotiola? Mpe bino bazoba, kino tango nini bokokoba koyina mayele?
23 Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.
Soki boyoki makebisi na Ngai, nakosopela bino Molimo na Ngai mpe nakososolisa bino maloba na Ngai.
24 Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.
Kasi lokola bosundolaki Ngai tango nazalaki kobelela mpe moto moko te asalaki keba tango natandaki loboko,
25 You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.
lokola bobwakaki toli na Ngai mpe boboyaki kondima pamela na Ngai,
26 I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.
Ngai mpe nakoseka bino tango pasi ekoyela bino, nakotiola bino tango minyoko ekokomela bino,
27 When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:
tango minyoko ekokomela bino na pwasa lokola mvula ya kake makasi, tango somo ekoyela bino lokola ekumbaki, tango mawa mpe somo ekokomela bino.
28 Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me:
Bakoganga epai na Ngai, kasi nakoyanola bango te; bakoluka Ngai na ngonga ya malamu, kasi bakomona Ngai te.
29 Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,
Lokola bayinaki boyebi mpe baponaki te nzela ya kotosa Yawe,
30 Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
lokola baboyaki kondima toli na Ngai mpe batiolaki pamela na Ngai,
31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.
bakolia mbuma ya etamboli na bango mpe bakotonda na mabongisi ya mitema na bango moko.
32 The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Pamba te kotomboka ya bato oyo bazangi mayele ekoboma bango, mpe bozangi bokebi ya bato oyo bazangi mayele ekoboma kaka bango moko;
33 But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.
kasi moto oyo ayokaka Ngai akovanda na kimia mpe akobanga mabe moko te. »
