¹My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,

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,

²thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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

³Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with 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, nor slumber to thine eyelids:

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

⁵deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the 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 to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:

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

⁷which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

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

⁸provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.

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

⁹How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of 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 folding of the hands to rest!

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

¹¹So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

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

¹²A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;

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

¹³he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

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

¹⁴deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.

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

¹⁵Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.

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

¹⁶These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

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

¹⁷haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;

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

¹⁸a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;

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

¹⁹a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.

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

²⁰My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching 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 continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:

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

²²when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk 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 the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

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

²⁴to keep thee from the 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]

²⁵Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;

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

²⁶for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.

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.

²⁷Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?

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

²⁸Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

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

²⁹So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

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

³⁰They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy 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 if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

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]

³²Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

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

³³A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

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

³⁴For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the 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 will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest [thy] gifts.

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