Masese 2
1 Mwana na ngai, soki ondimi maloba na ngai mpe obateli kati na motema na yo mibeko na ngai;
son: child my if to take: recieve word my and commandment my to treasure with you
2 soki opesi litoyi na yo na maloba ya bwanya mpe okabi motema na yo na makambo ya mayele;
to/for to listen to/for wisdom ear your to stretch heart your to/for understanding
3 soki obeleli mayele mpe ogangi epai ya bososoli;
that if: except if: except to/for understanding to call: call out to/for understanding to give: cry out voice your
4 soki oluki yango penza ndenge balukaka palata to bomengo oyo ebombama,
if to seek her like/as silver: money and like/as treasure to search her
5 okososola solo soki kotosa Yawe elakisi nini mpe okozwa boyebi ya Nzambe.
then to understand fear LORD and knowledge God to find
6 Pamba te Yawe nde apesaka bwanya, mpe maloba ya monoko na Ye epesaka mayele mpe bososoli.
for LORD to give: give wisdom from lip his knowledge and understanding
7 Abongiselaka bato ya sembo elonga mpe azali nguba ya bato oyo batambolaka na bosembo.
(to treasure *Q(K)*) to/for upright wisdom shield to/for to go: walk integrity
8 Pamba te abatelaka bayengebene mpe nzela ya bato oyo batosaka Ye.
to/for to watch way justice and way: journey (pious his *Q(K)*) to keep: guard
9 Boye, okososola likambo nini ezali solo, alima, sembo: nzela nyonso oyo ememaka na bolamu.
then to understand righteousness and justice and uprightness all track good
10 Pamba te bwanya ekokota kati na motema na yo mpe boyebi ekosepelisa molimo na yo.
for to come (in): come wisdom in/on/with heart your and knowledge to/for soul your be pleasant
11 Bososoli ekobatela yo, mpe mayele ekobomba yo
plot to keep: guard upon you understanding to watch you
12 mpo na kobikisa yo na nzela mabe, na moto oyo alobaka makambo ezanga tina,
to/for to rescue you from way: conduct bad: evil from man: anyone to speak: speak perversity
13 na bato oyo batikaka nzela ya sembo mpo na kolanda nzela ya molili,
[the] to leave: forsake way uprightness to/for to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct darkness
14 na bato oyo basepelaka kosala mabe, na bato oyo bazalaka na esengo ya kokota na bozindo ya mabe,
[the] glad to/for to make: do bad: evil to rejoice in/on/with perversity bad: evil
15 na bato oyo nzela na bango etengama-tengama mpe etamboli na bango etonda na mobulu.
which way their twisted and be devious in/on/with track their
16 Bwanya ekobikisa yo lisusu liboso ya mwasi mopaya, liboso ya mwasi oyo atonda na maloba ya sukali,
to/for to rescue you from woman be a stranger from foreign word her to smooth
17 oyo akima mobali na ye ya bolenge mpe abosana boyokani oyo asalaki elongo na Nzambe na ye;
[the] to leave: forsake tame youth her and [obj] covenant God her to forget
18 pamba te ndako na ye ememaka na kufa, mpe nzela na ye ememaka na mboka ya bakufi.
for to sink to(wards) death house: home her and to(wards) shade track her
19 Moto moko te oyo akotaka epai na ye azongaka mpe amonaka lisusu nzela ya bomoi.
all to come (in): come her not to return: return [emph?] and not to overtake way life
20 Boye, okotambola na nzela ya bato malamu mpe okolanda nzela ya bato ya sembo.
because to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct pleasant and way righteous to keep: obey
21 Pamba te bato ya sembo bakovanda na mokili, mpe bato oyo bazangi pamela bakotikala kati na yango;
for upright (to dwell *L(bah)*) land: country/planet and unblemished: blameless to remain in/on/with her
22 kasi bato mabe bakokufa na mokili mpe bakolongola bango kati na mokili ya bato ya songisongi.
and wicked from land: country/planet to cut: eliminate and to act treacherously to pull from her
