Proverbs 2
1 My son, if you will receive my words, and hide my commandments with you;
Fis mwen an, si ou resevwa pawòl mwen yo, e gade kòmandman mwen yo nan kè ou,
2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
e fè zòrèy ou atantif a sajès; e enkline zòrèy ou vè bon konprann,
3 Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding;
wi, si ou leve vwa w pou sajès; e leve vwa ou vè bon konprann;
4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
si ou chache li kon ajan, e fè rechèch dèyè li kon trezò ki kache;
5 Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
nan lè sa a, ou va dekouvri lakrent SENYÈ a, e dekouvri konesans Bondye a.
6 For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Paske, SENYÈ a bay sajès. Nan bouch Li, soti konesans ak bon konprann.
7 He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Li mete sajès nan depo pou moun dwat la. Li se boukliye pou sila ki mache ak entegrite yo,
8 He keeps the paths of judgment, and preserves the way of his saints.
Ka p veye chemen lajistis yo, e pwoteje chemen a fidèl Li yo.
9 Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yes, every good path.
Konsa, ou va dekouvri ladwati ak jistis, e menm egalite avèk tout bon chemen yo.
10 When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul;
Paske, sajès va antre nan kè ou, e konesans va fè ou alèz jis rive nan nanm ou.
11 Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:
Bon konprann va pwoteje ou, konesans va veye sou ou,
12 To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks fraudulent things;
pou pwoteje ou kont chemen mal la, kont lòm ki pale bagay pèvès yo.
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Kont sila ki kite chemen ladwati yo pou mache nan chemen fènwa yo;
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
ki pran plezi nan fè sa ki mal e rejwi nan mechanste mal la.
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they fraudulent in their paths:
Chemen a sila ki vin kwochi yo e ki vin gaye kò yo nan tout sa yo fè.
16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatters with her words;
Pou delivre ou soti nan men fanm etranje a, soti nan men fanm adiltè ki flate ak pawòl li;
17 Which forsakes the guide of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God.
ki kite konpanyen jenès li a, e ki bliye akò a Bondye li;
18 For her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead.
paske lakay li mennen a lanmò e tras a pla pye li yo rive kote mò yo.
19 None that go to her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
Pèsòn ki ale kote li menm, pa retounen ankò, ni yo pa jwenn pa lavi.
20 That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Akoz sa a, ou va mache nan chemen a sila ki bon yo, e swiv tras a moun ladwati yo.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Paske moun dwat yo va viv nan peyi a, e sila ki san tò yo va rete ladann;
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
men mechan yo va koupe retire nèt de peyi a, e moun trèt yo va dechouke de li.
