Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee;
Ndodana yami, nxa usamukela amazwi ami ugcine imilayo yami ngaphakathi kwakho,
2 So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, and thy heart incline to discernment;
uvule indlebe yakho izwe ukuhlakanipha unikele inhliziyo yakho ukuthi izwisise,
3 Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment;
njalo nxa ucela ukuqedisisa ukhalela kakhulu ukuzwisisa,
4 If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
futhi ukudingisisa njengokudinga isiliva ukuphenye njengento eligugu efihliweyo,
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
lapho-ke uzakuzwisisa ukumesaba uThixo njalo uluzuze ulwazi lukaNkulunkulu.
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom, out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment;
Ngoba uThixo uyapha ukuhlakanipha, emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma ulwazi lokuqedisisa.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
Abaqotho ubapha ukunqoba, ulihawu lalabo abahamba bengasoleki,
8 That He may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of His godly ones.
ngoba uyayilinda indlela yabalungileyo avikele ukuhamba kwabathembekileyo bakhe.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity, yea, every good path.
Yikho uzazwisisa lokho okulungileyo lokuqondileyo lokufaneleyo zonke izindlela ezinhle.
10 For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
Ngoba ukuhlakanipha kuzangena enhliziyweni yakho, lolwazi lube mnandi emphefumulweni wakho.
11 Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;
Ukwazi ukukhetha kuzakuvikela, lokuzwisisa kuzakulinda.
12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
Ukuhlakanipha kuzakusindisa ezindleleni zabantu ababi, abantu abamazwi abolileyo,
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
abatshiya izindlela eziqondileyo, bahambe ngezindlela ezilamathunzi,
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
abathokoza ngokwenza okubi bajabule ngokungcola kokubi,
15 Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths;
abandlela zabo zitshekile lokuhamba kwabo kakuqondakali.
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;
Kuzakukhulula njalo koyisiphingikazi, lasemfazini olamazwi akhohlisayo,
17 That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
osetshiye indoda yakhe yobutsha bakhe wadela isifungo asenza phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
18 For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades;
Ngoba indlu yakhe iholela ekufeni lezindlela zakhe zidonsela kwabafileyo.
19 None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto the paths of life;
Kakho ongena kuye obuyayo kumbe aphinde azuze izindlela zokuphila.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Ngakho uzahamba ezindleleni zabantu abalungileyo walele emikhondweni yabaqondileyo.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the whole-hearted shall remain in it.
Ngoba abaqotho bazahlala elizweni, labangasolekiyo bazasala kulo;
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it.
kodwa izigangi zizasuswa elizweni, labangathembekanga bazakhutshwa kulo.
