Proverbs 2
1 My son, if you accept my sayings, And lay up my commands with you,
Ọmọ mi, bí ìwọ bá gba ọ̀rọ̀ mi, tí ìwọ sì pa òfin mi mọ́ sí inú rẹ,
2 To cause your ear to attend to wisdom, You incline your heart to understanding,
tí ìwọ dẹtí rẹ sílẹ̀ sí ọgbọ́n tí ìwọ sì fi ọkàn rẹ sí òye,
3 For if you call for intelligence, [And] give forth your voice for intelligence,
àní, bí ìwọ bá ké tọ ìmọ̀ lẹ́yìn, tí ìwọ sì gbé ohùn rẹ sókè fún òye
4 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as hid treasures,
bí ìwọ bá ṣàfẹ́rí rẹ̀ bí i fàdákà tí ìwọ sì wa kiri bí ìṣúra tí a fi pamọ́.
5 Then you understand the fear of YHWH, And you find the knowledge of God.
Nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò bẹ̀rù Olúwa, ìwọ yóò sì rí ìmọ̀ Ọlọ́run.
6 For YHWH gives wisdom, Knowledge and understanding from His mouth.
Nítorí Olúwa ni ó ń fún ni ní ọgbọ́n, láti ẹnu rẹ̀ sì ni ìmọ̀ àti òye ti ń wá.
7 Even to lay up substance for the upright, A shield for those walking uprightly.
Ó to ìgbàlà fún àwọn olódodo, Òun ni asà fún àwọn tí ń rìn déédé,
8 To keep the paths of judgment, And He preserves the way of His saints.
Ó pa ipa ọ̀nà ìdájọ́ mọ́ Ó sì ń pa ọ̀nà àwọn àyànfẹ́ rẹ̀ mọ́.
9 Then you understand righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness—every good path.
Nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò mọ òdodo àti ìdájọ́, àti àìṣègbè—gbogbo ipa ọ̀nà rere.
10 For wisdom comes into your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
Nítorí ọgbọ́n yóò wọ inú ọkàn rẹ ìmọ̀ yóò sì jẹ́ ìtura fún ọkàn rẹ.
11 Thoughtfulness watches over you, Understanding keeps you,
Ìmòye yóò pa ọ mọ́ òye yóò sì máa ṣọ́ ọ.
12 To deliver you from an evil way, From any speaking contrary things,
Ọgbọ́n yóò gbà ọ́ là kúrò ní ọ̀nà àwọn ènìyàn búburú, lọ́dọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn tí ọrọ̀ ọ wọn jẹ́ àyídáyidà,
13 Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,
ẹni tí ó kúrò ní ọ̀nà ìdúró ṣinṣin láti rìn ní ọ̀nà tí ó ṣókùnkùn,
14 Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in [the] contrariness of the wicked,
ẹni tí ó yọ̀ nínú ṣíṣe búburú, tí ó ṣe inú dídùn sí àyídáyidà àwọn ènìyàn ibi,
15 Whose paths [are] crooked, Indeed, they are perverted in their ways.
ọ̀nà ẹni tí ó wọ́ tí wọ́n sì jẹ́ alárékérekè ní ọ̀nà wọn.
16 To deliver you from the strange woman, From the stranger who has made her sayings smooth,
Yóò gba ìwọ pẹ̀lú là kúrò lọ́wọ́ àwọn àjèjì obìnrin, àní, lọ́wọ́ obìnrin àjèjì tí ń fi ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ̀ tannijẹ,
17 Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And has forgotten the covenant of her God.
ẹni tí ó ti kọ ọkọ àkọ́fẹ́ ìgbà èwe rẹ̀ sílẹ̀ tí ó sì gbàgbé májẹ̀mú tí ó ti dá níwájú Ọlọ́run rẹ̀.
18 For her house has inclined to death, And her paths to Rephaim.
Nítorí ilé rẹ̀ jẹ́ ọ̀nà sí ikú ipa ọ̀nà rẹ̀ sọ́dọ̀ àwọn òkú.
19 None going in to her return, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Kò sẹ́ni tó lọ sọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ tí ó padà bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọn kì í dé ọ̀nà ìyè.
20 That you go in the way of the good, And keep the paths of the righteous.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ yóò rìn ní ọ̀nà àwọn ènìyàn rere kí ìwọ kí ó sì pa ọ̀nà àwọn olódodo mọ́.
21 For the upright inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
Nítorí ẹni dídúró ṣinṣin yóò gbé ní ilé náà àwọn aláìlẹ́gàn sì ni yóò máa wà nínú rẹ̀.
22 And the wicked are cut off from the earth, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!
Ṣùgbọ́n a ó ké ènìyàn búburú kúrò lórí ilẹ̀ náà a ó sì fa àwọn aláìṣòótọ́ tu kúrò lórí rẹ̀.
