Proverbs 2
1 O son my if you will receive words my and commandments my you will treasure with you.
Ọmọ mi, bí ìwọ bá gba ọ̀rọ̀ mi, tí ìwọ sì pa òfin mi mọ́ sí inú rẹ,
2 To make attend to wisdom ear your you will incline heart your to understanding.
tí ìwọ dẹtí rẹ sílẹ̀ sí ọgbọ́n tí ìwọ sì fi ọkàn rẹ sí òye,
3 That except to discernment you will call to understanding you will give voice your.
àní, bí ìwọ bá ké tọ ìmọ̀ lẹ́yìn, tí ìwọ sì gbé ohùn rẹ sókè fún òye
4 If you will seek it like silver and like treasures you will search for it.
bí ìwọ bá ṣàfẹ́rí rẹ̀ bí i fàdákà tí ìwọ sì wa kiri bí ìṣúra tí a fi pamọ́.
5 Then you will discern [the] fear of Yahweh and [the] knowledge of God you will find.
Nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò bẹ̀rù Olúwa, ìwọ yóò sì rí ìmọ̀ Ọlọ́run.
6 For Yahweh he gives wisdom from mouth his knowledge and understanding.
Nítorí Olúwa ni ó ń fún ni ní ọgbọ́n, láti ẹnu rẹ̀ sì ni ìmọ̀ àti òye ti ń wá.
7 (He stores up *Q(K)*) for upright [people] success a shield to [those who] walk of integrity.
Ó to ìgbàlà fún àwọn olódodo, Òun ni asà fún àwọn tí ń rìn déédé,
8 To guard [the] paths of justice and [the] way of (faithful [people] his *Q(K)*) he will preserve.
Ó pa ipa ọ̀nà ìdájọ́ mọ́ Ó sì ń pa ọ̀nà àwọn àyànfẹ́ rẹ̀ mọ́.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and uprightness every course of good.
Nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò mọ òdodo àti ìdájọ́, àti àìṣègbè—gbogbo ipa ọ̀nà rere.
10 For it will come wisdom in heart your and knowledge to self your it will be pleasant.
Nítorí ọgbọ́n yóò wọ inú ọkàn rẹ ìmọ̀ yóò sì jẹ́ ìtura fún ọkàn rẹ.
11 Discretion it will watch over you understanding it will preserve you.
Ìmòye yóò pa ọ mọ́ òye yóò sì máa ṣọ́ ọ.
12 To deliver you from a way evil from anyone [who] speaks perverse things.
Ọgbọ́n yóò gbà ọ́ là kúrò ní ọ̀nà àwọn ènìyàn búburú, lọ́dọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn tí ọrọ̀ ọ wọn jẹ́ àyídáyidà,
13 Those [who] leave paths of uprightness to walk in [the] ways of darkness.
ẹni tí ó kúrò ní ọ̀nà ìdúró ṣinṣin láti rìn ní ọ̀nà tí ó ṣókùnkùn,
14 The [ones] joyful to do evil they exult in perverse things of evil.
ẹni tí ó yọ̀ nínú ṣíṣe búburú, tí ó ṣe inú dídùn sí àyídáyidà àwọn ènìyàn ibi,
15 Who paths their [are] twisted and [who are] crooked in tracks their.
ọ̀nà ẹni tí ó wọ́ tí wọ́n sì jẹ́ alárékérekè ní ọ̀nà wọn.
16 To deliver you from a woman strange from a foreign [woman] [who] words her she makes smooth.
Yóò gba ìwọ pẹ̀lú là kúrò lọ́wọ́ àwọn àjèjì obìnrin, àní, lọ́wọ́ obìnrin àjèjì tí ń fi ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ̀ tannijẹ,
17 Who leaves [the] close friend of youth her and [the] covenant of God her she forgets.
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 she sank down to death house her and to [the] shades tracks her.
Nítorí ilé rẹ̀ jẹ́ ọ̀nà sí ikú ipa ọ̀nà rẹ̀ sọ́dọ̀ àwọn òkú.
19 All [those who] go to her not they return! and not they reach [the] paths of life.
Kò sẹ́ni tó lọ sọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ tí ó padà bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọn kì í dé ọ̀nà ìyè.
20 So that you may walk in [the] way of good [people] and [the] paths of righteous [people] you will keep.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ yóò rìn ní ọ̀nà àwọn ènìyàn rere kí ìwọ kí ó sì pa ọ̀nà àwọn olódodo mọ́.
21 For upright [people] (they will dwell *L(bah)*) [the] land and blameless [people] they will remain in it.
Nítorí ẹni dídúró ṣinṣin yóò gbé ní ilé náà àwọn aláìlẹ́gàn sì ni yóò máa wà nínú rẹ̀.
22 And wicked [people] from [the] land they will be cut off and treacherous [people] they will be torn away from it.
Ṣùgbọ́n a ó ké ènìyàn búburú kúrò lórí ilẹ̀ náà a ó sì fa àwọn aláìṣòótọ́ tu kúrò lórí rẹ̀.
