¹My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

¹[Ny tsy mahamety ny miantoka olona sy ny hakamoana sy ny fitaka sy ny avonavona; ary ny zavatra fito loha izay halan'i Jehovah] Anaka, raha niantoka ny namanao ianao Ary nandray tanana hiantoka ny hafa,

²Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

²Ka voafandriky ny teny naloaky ny vavanao ianao Sady voasingotry ny teny naloaky ny vavanao,

³Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

³Dia izao no ataovy, anaka, ka afaho ny tenanao (Satria efa mby eo an-tanan'ny namanao ianao): Andeha mihohoka sy mifona mafy amin'ny namanao.

⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,

⁴Aza avela hatory akory ny masonao, Ary aza avela hilondolondo ny hodimasonao.

⁵Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.

⁵Afaho ny tenanao toy ny gazela miala amin'izay mihazona azy, Ary toy ny voron-kely miala amin'ny tanan'ny mpamandrika.[Izahao 2 Sam. ii.18]

⁶Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

⁶Mandehana any amin'ny vitsika, ry ilay malaina; Diniho ny fanaony, ka mba hendre;

⁷Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler,

⁷Tsy manana komandy ireny, Na mpifehy, na mpanapaka,

⁸She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.

⁸Nefa mamory ny haniny raha fahavaratra izy, Ary manangona ny fihinany amin'ny fararano.

⁹Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

⁹Mandra-pahoviana no mbola handry ihany ianao, ry ilay malaina? Rahoviana no hifoha amin'ny torimasonao ianao?

¹⁰A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,

¹⁰Mbola hatory kely ihany, mbola ho renoka kely ihany, Ary mbola hanohon-tanana kely hatory,

¹¹And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

¹¹Dia ho tonga toy ny lehilahy mimaona hamely ny alahelonao, Ary ny fahantranao ho toy ny jiolahy.

¹²A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking [with] perverseness of mouth,

¹²Ny olona tena ratsy fanahy sy mpanao ratsy Dia ilay mandehandeha manao vava ratsy,

¹³Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,

¹³Izay mami-maso sy manao famantarana amin'ny tongony Ary manao baiko amin'ny rantsan-tànany;

¹⁴Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.

¹⁴Fahafetsena no ao am-pony, Mihevi-dratsy mandrakariva izy Sady mamafy ady.

¹⁵Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken — and no healing.

¹⁵Ary noho izany dia ho avy tampoka kosa ny loza hanjo azy; Ho torotoro tampoka izy, ka tsy hisy fahasitranana.

¹⁶These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.

¹⁶Izao enina izao no halan'i Jehovah, Eny, fito no ataony ho fahavetavetana:

¹⁷Eyes high — tongues false — And hands shedding innocent blood —

¹⁷Ny maso miavonavona, ny lela fandainga, Ary ny tanana mandatsa-drà marina,

¹⁸A heart devising thoughts of vanity — Feet hasting to run to evil —

¹⁸Ny fo mamoron-tsain-dratsy, Ny tongotra malaky mihazakazaka hanao ratsy,

¹⁹A false witness [who] doth breathe out lies — And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

¹⁹Ny mamoaka lainga ho vavolombelona tsy marina, Ary ny mamafy ady ao amin'ny rahalahy.

²⁰Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

²⁰[Fananarana hankatò tsara ny ana-dray aman-dreny mba hifady ny fifangajangana] Anaka, tandremo ny didin-drainao, Ary aza mahafoy ny lalàn-dreninao.

²¹Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.

²¹Afatory amin'ny fonao mandrakariva ireo, Ary afehezo eo am-bozonao,

²²In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked — it talketh [with] thee.

²²Raha mandeha ianao, dia hitari-dalana anao ireo; Raha mandry ianao, dia hiambina anao; Ary raha mifoha ianao, dia hamelona eritreritra anao.

²³For a lamp [is] the command, And the law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,

²³Fa jiro ny didy, ary fanazavana ny lalàna, Ary lalan'aina ny anatra famaizana,

²⁴To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

²⁴Hiarovana anao amin'ny vehivavy ratsy fanahy, Ary amin'ny fandroboan'ny lelan'ny vahiny janga. [Heb. lelam-bahiny]

²⁵Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

²⁵Aoka ny fonao tsy haniry ny hatsaran-tarehiny; Ary aoka tsy hahazo anao amin'ny hodimasony izy.

²⁶For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

²⁶Fa noho ny vehivavy mpijangajanga no mila tsy hananan'ny lehilahy sombi-mofo, Ary ny amin'ny vadin'ny olona no mihaza ny aina soa.

²⁷Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?

²⁷Mahatondra afo ao an-tratran'akanjony va ny olona, Ka tsy ho may ny akanjony?

²⁸Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?

²⁸Misy mahadia vain'afo va, Ka tsy ho may ny tongony?

²⁹So [is] he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.

²⁹Dia toy izany izay mankamin'ny vadin'ny namany; Tsy maintsy hampijalina izay mikasika azy.

³⁰They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,

³⁰Tsy avelan'ny olona ho afa-maina ny mpangalatra, Raha maka zavatra hahavoky ny tenany izy, na dia noana aza;

³¹And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth.

³¹Fa raha azo izy, dia hampanoneriny fito heny Ka hanome ny fananana rehetra ao an-tranony.[Na: Ny olona tsy manome tsiny ny mpangalatra, noana; Nefa]

³²He who committeth adultery [with] a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

³²Izay mijangajanga amin'ny vehivavy dia tsy ampy saina; Izay ta-hanimba tena no manao izany.

³³A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away,

³³Voakapoka sy afa-baraka izy Ary tsy ho afaka amin'ny tondro-molotra.

³⁴For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance.

³⁴Fa ny fahasaro-piaro dia mampirehitra ny fahatezeran-dehilahy, Koa tsy hamindra fo izy amin'ny andro hamaliany.Tsy handray vola ho enti-manalady akory izy, Ary tsy hety, na dia omenao fanambatambazana be aza.[Heb. avotra]

³⁵He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!

³⁵Tsy handray vola ho enti-manalady akory izy, Ary tsy hety, na dia omenao fanambatambazana be aza.[Heb. avotra]