Proverbs 2
1 My son, if you accept my sayings, And lay up my commands with you,
Mwana na ngai, soki ondimi maloba na ngai mpe obateli kati na motema na yo mibeko na ngai;
2 To cause your ear to attend to wisdom, You incline your heart to understanding,
soki opesi litoyi na yo na maloba ya bwanya mpe okabi motema na yo na makambo ya mayele;
3 For if you call for intelligence, [And] give forth your voice for intelligence,
soki obeleli mayele mpe ogangi epai ya bososoli;
4 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as hid treasures,
soki oluki yango penza ndenge balukaka palata to bomengo oyo ebombama,
5 Then you understand the fear of YHWH, And you find the knowledge of God.
okososola solo soki kotosa Yawe elakisi nini mpe okozwa boyebi ya Nzambe.
6 For YHWH gives wisdom, Knowledge and understanding from His mouth.
Pamba te Yawe nde apesaka bwanya, mpe maloba ya monoko na Ye epesaka mayele mpe bososoli.
7 Even to lay up substance for the upright, A shield for those walking uprightly.
Abongiselaka bato ya sembo elonga mpe azali nguba ya bato oyo batambolaka na bosembo.
8 To keep the paths of judgment, And He preserves the way of His saints.
Pamba te abatelaka bayengebene mpe nzela ya bato oyo batosaka Ye.
9 Then you understand righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness—every good path.
Boye, okososola likambo nini ezali solo, alima, sembo: nzela nyonso oyo ememaka na bolamu.
10 For wisdom comes into your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
Pamba te bwanya ekokota kati na motema na yo mpe boyebi ekosepelisa molimo na yo.
11 Thoughtfulness watches over you, Understanding keeps you,
Bososoli ekobatela yo, mpe mayele ekobomba yo
12 To deliver you from an evil way, From any speaking contrary things,
mpo na kobikisa yo na nzela mabe, na moto oyo alobaka makambo ezanga tina,
13 Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,
na bato oyo batikaka nzela ya sembo mpo na kolanda nzela ya molili,
14 Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in [the] contrariness of the wicked,
na bato oyo basepelaka kosala mabe, na bato oyo bazalaka na esengo ya kokota na bozindo ya mabe,
15 Whose paths [are] crooked, Indeed, they are perverted in their ways.
na bato oyo nzela na bango etengama-tengama mpe etamboli na bango etonda na mobulu.
16 To deliver you from the strange woman, From the stranger who has made her sayings smooth,
Bwanya ekobikisa yo lisusu liboso ya mwasi mopaya, liboso ya mwasi oyo atonda na maloba ya sukali,
17 Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And has forgotten 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 has inclined to death, And her paths to Rephaim.
pamba te ndako na ye ememaka na kufa, mpe nzela na ye ememaka na mboka ya bakufi.
19 None going in to her return, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Moto moko te oyo akotaka epai na ye azongaka mpe amonaka lisusu nzela ya bomoi.
20 That you go 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 inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
Pamba te bato ya sembo bakovanda na mokili, mpe bato oyo bazangi pamela bakotikala kati na yango;
22 And the wicked are cut off from the earth, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!
kasi bato mabe bakokufa na mokili mpe bakolongola bango kati na mokili ya bato ya songisongi.
