¹My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

¹[Fananarana tsy hijejojejo] Anaka, tandremo ny fahendreko, Ary atongilano ny sofinao ho amin'ny fahalalako,

²That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

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

³For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

³Fa ny molotry ny vehivavy jejo dia mitete toy ny tantely avy amin'ny tohotra, Ary ny vavany dia malama noho ny diloilo;[Heb. vehivavy tsy vadiny]

⁴But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

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

⁵Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

⁵Ny tongony midina ho any amin'ny fahafatesana, Ary ny diany mizotra ho any amin'ny fiainan-tsi-hita. [Heb. Sheola]

⁶Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

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

⁷Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

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

⁸Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

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

⁹Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

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

¹⁰Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

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

¹¹And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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

¹²And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

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

¹³And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

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

¹⁴I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

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

¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

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

¹⁶Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

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

¹⁷Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

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

¹⁸Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

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

¹⁹Let 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.

¹⁹Fa 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.

²⁰And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

²⁰Nahoana ianao, anaka, no ho renoka amin'ny fitiavana vehivavy jejo Ka hanohona ny tratran'ny vahiny janga? [Heb. vehivavy tsy vadiny]

²¹For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

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

²²His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

²²Ny heloky ny ratsy fanahy dia mahazo ny tenany ihany, Ary ny kofehin'ny fahotany no itanana azyMaty noho ny tsi-fahazoany famaizana izy, Eny, mikorapaka noho ny haben'ny fahadalany.

²³He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

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