Ohabolana 23
1 Raha mipetraka hiara-komana amin’ ny mpanapaka ianao, Dia hevero tsara izay eo anatrehanao,
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;
2 Ka andraso antsy ny tendanao, Raha dia liana loatra ianao.
and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
3 Aza mitsiriritra ny hanim-piny, Fa hani-mamitaka izany.
Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
4 Aza manasa-tena hanan-karena, Aza entina amin’ izany ny fahendrenao.
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
5 Moa hampanarahinao azy va ny masonao, nefa tsy ao intsony izy? Fa maniry elatra tokoa izy Ka manidina toy ny voromahery ho eny amin’ ny lanitra.
wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.
6 Aza homana ny mofon’ izay ratsy fijery, Ary aza mitsiriritra ny hanim-piny;
Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.
7 Fa tahaka ny heviny ao am-pony ihany no toetrany: Hoy izy aminao: Mihinàna, misotroa; Kanjo tsy sitrany ianao.
For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.
8 Izay sombiny kely voatelinao aza dia mbola haloanao, Ka ho very foana ny teny mahafinaritra nataonao.
Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.
9 Aza miteny amin’ny adala; Fa hohamavoiny foana ny fahendren’ ny teninao.
Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10 Aza manakisaka ny fari-tany ela, Ary aza manitatra mankamin’ ny sahan’ ny kamboty;
Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11 Fa mahery ny Mpanavotra azy, Izy no hisolo vava azy amin’ ny adiny aminao.
for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.
12 Ampiekeo famaizana ny fonao, Sy tenim-pahalalana ny sofinao.
Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Aza tsy manafay zanaka, Fa tsy dia ho faty izy tsy akory na dia asianao ny hazo aza;
Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
14 Raha mamely azy amin’ ny hazo ianao, Dia ho voavonjinao tsy ho any amin’ ny fiainan-tsi-hita ny fanahiny. (Sheol h7585)
thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
15 Anaka, raha hendry ny fonao, Dia ho faly koa ny foko, dia ny foko;
My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;
16 Eny, ho ravoravo ny fanahiko, Raha miteny marina ny molotrao.
and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.
17 Aoka tsy hialona ny mpanota ny fonao; Fa matahora an’ i Jehovah mandritra ny andro;
Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
18 Fa raha mbola hisy koa ny farany, Dia tsy ho foana ny fanantenanao.
for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Mihainoa ianao, anaka, ka hendre, Ary ampizory amin’ ny lalana ny fonao.
Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.
20 Aza misakaiza amin’ izay mpiboboka divay Sy izay fatra-pitia hena;
Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
21 Fa halahelo izay mpiboboka sy izay fatra-pitia hena; Ary ny fitiavan-torimaso mampitafy voro-damba.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
22 Maneke ny rainao izay niteraka anao. Ary aza manamavo ny reninao, saingy efa antitra izy.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Vidio ny marina, ka aza amidy, Dia ny fahendrena sy ny fananarana ary ny fahazavan-tsaina.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
24 Hifaly dia hifaly ny rain’ ny marina, Ary izay miteraka zaza hendry hanampifaliana aminy.
The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:
25 Aoka ho faly ny rainao sy ny reninao, Eny, aoka ho ravoravo ny reninao izay niteraka anao.
let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
26 Anaka, atolory ahy ny fonao, Ary aoka ny masonao ho faly mijery ny lalako;
My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 Fa ny vehivavy jejo dia hady lalina, Ary ny vahiny janga lavaka etỳ;
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 Eny, manotrika toy ny jiolahy ireny Ary mahamaro ny olona mpivadika.
She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
29 An’ iza ny Indrisy? An’ iza ny Endrey? An’ iza ny fifandirana? An’ iza ny fitolokoana? An’ iza ny ratra tsy ahoan-tsy ahoana? An’ iza ny maso mivoara-mena?
Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?
30 An’ izay mikikitra amin’ ny divay, Eny, an’ izay mandeha hanandrana divay voaharoharo zavatra.
— They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
31 Aza mijery ny divay noho ny hamenany Sy ny fanganohanony eo anaty gilasy Ary ny fikoriany mahafinaritra;
Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
32 Fa amin’ ny farany dia hanaikitra toy ny bibilava izy Ary hanindrona toy ny menarana.
at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Koa ny masonao dia hijery vehivavy jejo, Ary ny fonao hieritreri-dratsy.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;
34 Eny, ho sahala amin’ izay mandry ao amin’ ny ranomasina ianao Sady ho tahaka izay mandry eo an-tendron’ ny andrin-tsambo.
and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:
35 Nokapohiny aho, hoy ianao, fa tsy reko naharary ahy, Nandalasiny aho, fa tsy tsaroako; Rahoviana ange aho no hifoha mba hitadiavako azy indray?
— “They have smitten me, [and] I am not sore; they have beaten me, [and] I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.”
