Ohabolana 5

1 Anaka, tandremo ny fahendreko, Ary atongilano ny sofinao ho amin’ ny fahalalako,

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow your ear to my understanding:

2 Hiheveranao tsara ny fisainana mazava Sy hitandreman’ ny molotrao ny fahalalana.

That you may regard discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge.

3 Fa ny molotry ny vehivavy jejo dia mitete toy ny tantely avy amin’ ny tohotra, Ary ny vavany dia malama noho ny diloilo;

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

4 Nefa ny farany mangidy tahaka ny hazo mahafaty Ary maranitra hoatra ny sabatra roa lela.

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

5 Ny tongony midìna ho any amin’ ny fahafatesana, Ary ny diany mizotra ho any amin’ ny fiainan-tsi-hita. (Sheol h7585)

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. (Sheol h7585)

6 Tsy mahazo mandia ny lalan’ aina mihitsy izy, Fa manjenjena, ka tsy fantany akory izay halehany.

Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that you can not know them.

7 Koa mihainoa ahy, ry zanaka, Ary aza miala amin’ ny teny aloaky ny vavako.

Hear me now therefore, O all of you children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

8 Ampanalaviro azy ny alehanao, Ary aza manakaiky ny varavaran’ ny tranony;

Remove your way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

9 Fandrao omenao ho an’ ny sasany ny voninahitrao, Ary ny taonanao ho an’ izay lozabe;

Lest you give your honour unto others, and your years unto the cruel:

10 Fandrao hivokisan’ ny vahiny ny fanananao; Ary izay nisasaranao ho tonga ao an-tranon’ ny vahiny;

Lest strangers be filled with your wealth; and your labours be in the house of a stranger;

11 Ka dia hitoloko ianao any am-parany, Raha mihalevona ny nofonao sy ny tenanao;

And you mourn at the last, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

12 Dia hanao hoe ianao: Nahoana re no nankahala famaizana aho? Ary nahoana no naniratsira fanaranana ny foko,

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

13 Ka tsy nihaino ny tenin’ ny mpanoro hevitra ahy, Ary tsy nanongilana ny sofiko hihaino ny mpampianatra ahy?

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

14 Efa saiky azon’ ny ratsy rehetra aho Tao amin’ ny fiangonana sy ny fivoriana.

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

15 Misotroa rano avy amin’ ny lavaka famorian-dranonao ihany Sy rano miboiboika avy amin’ ny fantsakanao.

Drink waters out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well.

16 Hipasaka eny ivelany va ny rano avy amin’ ny loharanonao, Ary eny an-dalambe ny rano velonao?

Let your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

17 Aoka ho anao irery ihany izany, Fa aza iombonana amin’ ny hafa.

Let them be only your own, and not strangers' with you.

18 Aoka hotahina ny loharanonao, Ary mifalia amin’ ny vadin’ ny fahatanoranao.

Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth.

19 Fa dieravavy mahate-ho-tia sy osi-dia tsara bika izy, Dia aoka ny tratrany no hahafeno fifaliana anao mandrakariva, Ary aoka ho feno faharavoravoana lalandava amin’ ny fitiavany ianao.

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be you ravished always with her love.

20 Nahoana ianao, anaka, no ho renoka amin’ ny fitiavana vehivavy jejo Ka hanohona ny tratran’ ny vahiny janga?

And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

21 Fa eo imason’ i Jehovah ny alehan’ ny olona, Ary ny diany rehetra dia dinihiny avokoa.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his activities.

22 Ny heloky ny ratsy fanahy dia mahazo ny tenany ihany, Ary ny kofehin’ ny fahotany no itanana azy

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.

23 Maty noho ny tsi-fahazoany famaizana izy, Eny, mikorapaka noho ny haben’ ny fahadalany.

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.