Ohabolana 7
1 Anaka, tandremo ny teniko, Ary raketo ao aminao ny didiko.
My son, heed my advice, and guard my instructions [as you would] [MET] [guard] a treasure.
2 Tandremo ny didiko, dia ho velona ianao; Ary tandremo toy ny anakandriamasonao ny lalàko.
Obey my commands, and [as a result you will] live [a good life]. Consider the things that I teach you [to be very precious]; guard them, [just] like you protect your eyes.
3 Afehezo eo amin’ ny rantsan-tananao izy, Soraty ao amin’ ny fonao tahaka ny amin’ ny vato fisaka izy.
Tie my commands around your fingers [in order that they will remind you to obey them]. Always keep them in mind [MET].
4 Ny fahendrena dia ilazao hoe: Anabaviko ianao; Ary ny fahafantarana dia antsoy hoe: Sakaiza mahazatra ianao;
[Love] wisdom [like you love] your sister. Understand what is wise, [and let that be as dear to you as] members of your family.
5 Mba hiarovana anao amin’ ny vehivavy jejo, Dia amin’ ny vahiny janga izay manao teny mandrobo.
If you are wise and if you understand what is wise [PRS], you will not [sleep with] an immoral woman; you will not listen to a woman who tries to entice you [to sleep with her] by what she says.
6 Fa teo amin’ ny varavarankelin’ ny tranoko, Dia teo amin’ ny makarakara, no nitsirihako,
One day, I was standing at the window inside my house, and I looked outside.
7 Ka nahita anankiray tamin’ ny kely saina aho, Eny, nandinika ny tovolahy aho ka nahita zazalahy anankiray tsy ampy saina,
I saw some young men who did not have good sense. Among them was a man who was very foolish.
8 Izay nandeha tamin’ ny lalana akaikin’ ny zoron-tranon’ ny vehivavy janga Sy nizotra nankany an-tranony,
He crossed the street near [the house of] an immoral woman. He was walking along the path toward her house
9 Nony takariva ilay somambisamby iny Sy tamin’ ny alina efa maizina dia maizina.
at twilight, when it was getting dark [DOU].
10 Dia, indro, nisy vehivavy nitsena azy Sady manao fitafin’ ny janga no mifetsy am-po,
Suddenly the woman came out to see/meet him. She was dressed (seductively/like a prostitute), wanting to persuade him to sleep with her.
11 Sady vavàna no maditra, Tsy mahajanona ao an-tranony ny tongony;
She was a loud talker, one who was rebellious; she [SYN] never stayed at home.
12 Fa vetivety mby eny an-dalam-be izy, ary vetivety mby eny an-tsena, Ary mamitsaka eny an-joron-trano rehetra eny izy.
She often went into the city streets and plazas/markets, waiting to trap some man.
13 Ka dia nisavika ilay tovolahy izy ka nanoroka azy Sady nisolantsolana taminy ka nilaza hoe:
[When she saw that young man], she put her arms around him and kissed him. Then without being a bit ashamed, she said,
14 Efa nivoady hanatitra fanati-pihavanana aho; Ary androany no nanefako ny voadiko.
“I have [some meat that is left over from] a sacrifice that I made today [to maintain fellowship with Yahweh]; I have fulfilled/done what I promised him that I would do.
15 Koa dia nivoaka hitsena anao aho, Mba hitady fatratra ny tarehinao, ka dia nahita anao tokoa.
And now I have come out to meet/see you. I was searching for you, and [now] I have found you!
16 Ny fandriako efa nasiako firakotra tsara, Dia lambam-pandriana misoratsoratra voafoly hatrany Egypta.
I have put on my bed sheets/bedspreads that were made from [very fine] linen [that were imported] {[people brought]} from Egypt.
17 Efa norarahako zava-manitra ny fandriako, Dia miora sy hazomanitra ary havozo manitra.
I have sprinkled [sweet-smelling] perfumes on my bed— myrrh and aloes and cinnamon.
18 Andeha, aoka isika hivoky fitia ambara-pahamarain’ ny andro, Aoka ho feno fahafinaretana amin’ ny fitiavana isika.
Come [with me]; let us enjoy having sex until [tomorrow] morning. Let’s enjoy making love.
19 Fa tsy ao an-trano ny lehilahy, Fa lasa nivahiny lavitra izy;
My husband is not at home; he has gone away on a long journey.
20 Ny kitampom-bola dia nentiny any an-tànany, Ka tsy mbola hody izy mandra-pahafenon’ ny volana.
He is carrying a wallet filled with money, and he will not return until the middle of this month.”
21 Tamin’ ny teny maro no nampanekeny azy, Tamin’ ny fandroboan’ ny molony no nitaomany azy,
[So] she persuaded him by [her] enticing/tempting words. She allured him by her smooth/sweet talk.
22 Ka dia nandeha nanaraka azy niaraka tamin’ izay ilay zatovo, Tahaka ny omby entina hovonoina, Ary tahaka ny adala hogadrana,
[And] he went with her immediately, like an ox that was going to where it would be slaughtered, or like a deer (OR, a fool) that is stepping into a noose/trap,
23 Ambara-piboroaky ny lefom-pohy amin’ ny atiny, Ary tahaka ny vorona mipaoka ny fandrika, Fa tsy fantany hahafaty ny ainy izany.
where it will remain/stay until someone shoots an arrow into its liver [and kills it]. [He was] like a bird that flew into a trap. He did not know that (it would cost him his life/he would die as a result).
24 Koa mihainoa ahy ianareo, anaka, Ary tandremo ny teny aloaky ny vavako.
My son, listen to what I say; pay [careful] attention to my words.
25 Aoka tsy hivily ho any amin’ ny lalany ny fonareo, Ary aza mania ho amin’ ny alehany.
Do not allow anything to arouse/persuade you to go with an immoral woman like that. Do not go where she goes.
26 Fa betsaka no naripany ka maty; Ary maro be no efa matiny.
She has caused many men to be ruined; truly, no one can count the men she has killed.
