Ohabolana 5

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

My son, attend to my wisdom, [and] bow thy ear to my understanding:

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

That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy 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] a honey-comb, 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 thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, [that] thou canst not know [them].

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

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

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

Remove thy 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 thou give thy honor to others, and thy years to the cruel:

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

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors [be] in the house of a stranger;

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

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy 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 my 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 thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.

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

Let thy 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 thy own, and not for strangers with thee.

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

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy 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 thee at all times; and be thou 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 wilt thou, 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 pondereth all his goings.

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.