¹Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.

¹Ny mizana mandainga dia fahavetavetana eo imason'i Jehovah; Fa ny vato marina no ankasitrahany.

²Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom.

²Raha tonga ny fiavonavonana, dia tonga koa ny fahafaham-baraka; Fa ao amin'ny manetry tena no misy fahendrena.

³The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.

³Ny fahitsian'ny mahitsy no mitarika azy; Fa ny faharatsian'ny mpivadika mahatonga fandringanana amin'ny tenany.

⁴Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

⁴Ny harena dia tsy mahasoa amin'ny andro fahatezerana; Fa ny fahamarinana no mamonjy tsy ho azon'ny fahafatesana.

⁵The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

⁵Ny fahamarinan'ny marina mandamina ny alehany; Fa ny ratsy fanahy lavon'ny haratsiany ihany.

⁶The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

⁶Ny fahamarinan'ny mahitsy mamonjy azy; Fa ny mpivadika dia voafandriky ny filàny.

⁷In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.

⁷Raha maty ny ratsy fanahy, dia foana ny fanantenany, Eny, foana ny fanantenan'ny mpanao ratsy. [Na: mahery]

⁸The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.

⁸Ny marina dia vonjena amin'ny fahoriana; Fa ho avy kosa ny ratsy fanahy hisolo azy.

⁹With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

⁹Ny vavan'ny mpihatsaravelatsihy no animbany ny namany; Fa ny fahalalana no hanafahana ny marina. [Na: ratsy fanahy][Na: Ny fahalalan'ny marina no hanafahana ny namany]

¹⁰In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.

¹⁰Raha miadana ny marina, dia ravoravo ny tanàna; Fa raha ringana ny ratsy fanahy, dia velona ny hoby.

¹¹By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.

¹¹Ny fisaoran'ny marina no isandratan'ny tanàna; Fa ny vavan'ny ratsy fanahy no aharavany.[Na: Ny fitahiana avy amin']

¹²Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

¹²Tsy ampy saina izay manamavo ny namany; Fa izay hendry dia mangina.

¹³A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.

¹³Izay mandehandeha manaratsy dia manambara ny hevitra afenina; Fa ny olona mahatoky tsy mba tia lazalaza.

¹⁴Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.

¹⁴Raha tsy misy mpitondra, dia rava ny firenena; Fa handry fahizay, raha maro ny mpanolo-tsaina.

¹⁵Evil [one] suffereth when he hath been surety [for] a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

¹⁵Hahita loza tokoa ny mianto-bahiny: Fa mitoetra tsy manana ahiahy ny tsy tia antoka.

¹⁶A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible [men] retain riches.

¹⁶Ny vehivavy tsara tarehy mahazo dera; Ary ny mpanao an-keriny mahazo harena.

¹⁷A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

¹⁷Ny olona mamindra fo dia mahazo soa ho an'ny tenany; Fa ny lozabe dia todin'ny halozany.

¹⁸The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness — a true reward.

¹⁸Ny ratsy fanahy dia mahazo valiny tsy mahasoa; Fa izay mamafy fahamarinana no mahazo izay tena tambiny tokoa.

¹⁹Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil — for his own death.

¹⁹Ny tena fahamarinana dia mamantana any amin'ny fiainana; Fa izay fatra-panaraka ny ratsy dia iharan'ny fahafatesana.

²⁰An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.

²⁰Fahavetavetana eo imason'i Jehovah ny meloka am-po; Fa ankasitrahany kosa izay mandeha tsy misy tsiny.

²¹Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.

²¹Azo itompoana tokoa fa tsy maintsy hampijalina ny ratsy fanahy; Fa ny taranaky ny marina no hovonjena.[Na: Azo ifandraisan-tanana fa; na: Hatramin'ny taranaka fara mandimby dia]

²²A ring of gold in the nose of a sow — A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.

²²Toy ny kavim-bolamena eo amin'ny oron-kisoa Ny vehivavy tsara tarehy tsy manam-pahendrena.[Na: efa niala tamin'ny fahendrena]

²³The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.

²³Ny soa ihany no irin'ny marina; Fa fahatezerana no fanantenan'ny ratsy fanahy.

²⁴There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

²⁴Misy mahafoy, nefa mitombo fananana ihany; Ary misy fatra-pahihitra loatra, nefa tonga malahelo ihany.[Heb. mamafy][Na: mihazona ny hareny]

²⁵A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.

²⁵Izay manisy soa olona hohatavezina; Ary izay mandena dia mba holemana kosa. [Heb. Ary izay mampisotro dia mba hampisotroina kosa]

²⁶Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling.

²⁶Izay tsy mamoaka ny variny dia ozonin'ny olona; Fa saotra no ho amin'ny lohan'izay mivarotra.

²⁷Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil — it meeteth him.

²⁷Izay fatra-pikatsaka ny tsara no mitady ny mahafinaritra; Fa izay mitady ny ratsy dia hiharan'izany.

²⁸Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

²⁸Izay matoky ny hareny dia ho lavo; Fa ny marina ho tahaka ny ravina maitso.

²⁹Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant [is] the fool to the wise of heart.

²⁹Izay mampidi-doza amin'ny ankohonany dia mandova ny rivotra; Ary ny adala dia tonga mpanompon'ny hendry.

³⁰The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise.

³⁰Ny vokatry ny marina dia hazon'aina, Ary ny hendry dia mahataona olona.Indro, ny marina aza dia valiana etỳ an-tany, Koa mainka fa ny ratsy fanahy sy ny mpanota!

³¹Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

³¹Indro, ny marina aza dia valiana etỳ an-tany, Koa mainka fa ny ratsy fanahy sy ny mpanota!