Ohabolana 2
1 O anake, naho iantofa’o o fivolakoo vaho akafi’o añ’ova’o ao o lilikoo,
My son, if thou will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee,
2 naho añilaña’o sofiñe ty hihitse, naho anokilaña’o troke ty hilala,
so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding,
3 naho kaihe’o ty fitsikarahañe, naho pazahe’o ty faharendrehañe
yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding,
4 naho itsoeha’o hoe volafoty ikodebea’o hoe vara mikafitse:
if thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,
5 Le ho rendre’o ty fañeveñañ’ am’ Iehovà vaho hitendreke ty fahafohinañe an’Andrianañahare.
then thou shall understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
6 Fa manolo-kihitse t’Iehovà boak’am-palie’e ao ty hilala naho ty faharendrehañe.
For Jehovah gives wisdom. Out of his mouth is knowledge and understanding.
7 Añaja’e hihitse maharongatse amo vantañeo, fikalan-dRe amo mpañavelo an-kahitiañeo,
He lays up sound wisdom for the upright, a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 arova’e o lalan-katòo, naho ambena’e ty lala’ o noro’eo.
that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his sanctified.
9 Le ho fohi’o ty havantañañe naho ty hatò, naho ty hamiràñe, vaho ze lalañe soa;
Then thou shall understand righteousness and justice and equity, yea, every good path.
10 Hizilik’ añ’ova’o ao ty hihitse, naho hahafale ty tro’o ty hilala;
For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to thy soul,
11 Hañambeñ’ azo ty filieram-batañe, hijilova’ ty faharendrehañe;
discretion shall watch over thee, understanding shall keep thee,
12 hasita’e ami’ty lalan-karatiañe, amy t’indaty mivolam-bìlañe,
to deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
13 amo miveve boak’ amo lalan-kahitiañeoo, hijarabajaraba amo lalan-kaieñeo,
who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 amo mirebek’ ami’ty hatsivokarañeo, naho mifale ami’ty hamengohan- karatiañeo,
who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15 ie mikelokeloke an-dia, vaho miridrike an-dalañe;
who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
16 Hamotsots’azo ami’ty tsimirirañe, ami’ty karapilo mitsiriry an-drehake,
to deliver thee from the interloping woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words,
17 i namorintseñe ty valin-katorà’ey, vaho mandikoke i fañinan’ Añahare’ey.
who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God
18 Migodroñe mb’am-pihomahañe ao ty akiba’e, minday mb’an-kavilasy ao o lala’eo;
(for her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead;
19 Le lia’e tsy mimpoly ze miheo mb’ama’e ao, tsy ho taka’e ka o lalan-kaveloñeo.
none who go to her return again, nor do they attain to the paths of life),
20 Aa le handenà’o ty lala’ o soao, naho hifahara’o o lala’ o vantañeoo.
that thou may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 Fa hitoboke amy taney o vañoñeo, vaho himoneñe ao o malio-tahiñeo;
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22 Fe haitoañe amy taney o lo-tserekeo, vaho ho voroteñe o mpamañahio.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.
