Izaga 2

1 Ndodana yami, uba usemukela amazwi ami, ugcine kuwe imilayo yami,

son: child my if to take: recieve word my and commandment my to treasure with you

2 ukuthi wenze indlebe yakho ilalele inhlakanipho, uthobise inhliziyo yakho ekuqedisiseni,

to/for to listen to/for wisdom ear your to stretch heart your to/for understanding

3 yebo, uba ukhalela ukuqedisisa, ukhuphele ilizwi lakho ekuzwisiseni,

that if: except if: except to/for understanding to call: call out to/for understanding to give: cry out voice your

4 uba ukudinga njengesiliva, ukuphenye njengezimpahla eziligugu ezifihliweyo,

if to seek her like/as silver: money and like/as treasure to search her

5 khona uzaqedisisa ukuyesaba iNkosi, uthole ulwazi lukaNkulunkulu.

then to understand fear LORD and knowledge God to find

6 Ngoba iNkosi inika inhlakanipho; ulwazi lokuqedisisa kuvela emlonyeni wayo.

for LORD to give: give wisdom from lip his knowledge and understanding

7 Iyababekela abaqotho inhlakanipho eqotho; iyisihlangu kubo abahamba ngokuqonda,

(to treasure *Q(K)*) to/for upright wisdom shield to/for to go: walk integrity

8 ukugcina indlela zesahlulelo; izalondoloza indlela zabangcwele bayo.

to/for to watch way justice and way: journey (pious his *Q(K)*) to keep: guard

9 Khona uzaqedisisa ukulunga, lesahlulelo, lokuqonda; yonke indlela elungileyo.

then to understand righteousness and justice and uprightness all track good

10 Lapho inhlakanipho izangena enhliziyweni yakho, lolwazi lube mnandi emphefumulweni wakho;

for to come (in): come wisdom in/on/with heart your and knowledge to/for soul your be pleasant

11 ingqondo izakugcina, ukuqedisisa kukulondoloze;

plot to keep: guard upon you understanding to watch you

12 ukukophula endleleni embi, emuntwini okhuluma izinto eziphambeneyo;

to/for to rescue you from way: conduct bad: evil from man: anyone to speak: speak perversity

13 abatshiya indlela zobuqotho, ukuze bahambe ngendlela zobumnyama;

[the] to leave: forsake way uprightness to/for to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct darkness

14 abathokoza ngokwenza okubi, bejabula ekuphambukeni komubi;

[the] glad to/for to make: do bad: evil to rejoice in/on/with perversity bad: evil

15 abandlela zabo ziphambene, begobile emikhondweni yabo;

which way their twisted and be devious in/on/with track their

16 ukukophula kowesifazana wemzini, kowezizwe okhohlisa ngamazwi akhe;

to/for to rescue you from woman be a stranger from foreign word her to smooth

17 otshiya umngane wobutsha bakhe, ekhohlwa isivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu wakhe;

[the] to leave: forsake tame youth her and [obj] covenant God her to forget

18 ngoba indlu yakhe itshonela ekufeni, lemikhondo yakhe emimoyeni efileyo.

for to sink to(wards) death house: home her and to(wards) shade track her

19 Bonke abangena kuye kabayikubuya, njalo kabayikufinyelela endleleni zempilo.

all to come (in): come her not to return: return [emph?] and not to overtake way life

20 Ukuze uhambe endleleni yabalungileyo, ugcine imikhondo yamalungisa.

because to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct pleasant and way righteous to keep: obey

21 Ngoba abaqotho bazahlala elizweni, labapheleleyo basale kulo;

for upright (to dwell *L(bah)*) land: country/planet and unblemished: blameless to remain in/on/with her

22 kodwa abakhohlakeleyo bazaqunywa basuswe elizweni, labaphambekayo badatshulwe basuswe kulo.

and wicked from land: country/planet to cut: eliminate and to act treacherously to pull from her