¹Anaka, tandremo ny teniko, Ary raketo ao aminao ny didiko.

¹My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

²Tandremo ny didiko, dia ho velona ianao; Ary tandremo toy ny anakandriamasonao ny lalàko.

²Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.

³Afehezo eo amin'ny rantsan-tananao izy, Soraty ao amin'ny fonao tahaka ny amin'ny vato fisaka izy.

³Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.

⁴Ny fahendrena dia ilazao hoe: Anabaviko ianao; Ary ny fahafantarana dia antsoy hoe: Sakaiza mahazatra ianao;

⁴Say to wisdom, `My sister Thou [art].` And cry to understanding, `Kinswoman!`

⁵Mba hiarovana anao amin'ny vehivavy jejo, Dia amin'ny vahiny janga izay manao teny mandrobo.[Heb. vehivavy tsy vadinao]

⁵To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

⁶Fa teo amin'ny varavarankelin'ny tranoko, Dia teo amin'ny makarakara, no nitsirihako,

⁶For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,

⁷Ka nahita anankiray tamin'ny kely saina aho, Eny, nandinika ny tovolahy aho ka nahita zazalahy anankiray tsy ampy saina,

⁷And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,

⁸Izay nandeha tamin'ny lalana akaikin'ny zoron-tranon'ny vehivavy janga Sy nizotra nankany an-tranony,

⁸Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step,

⁹Nony takariva ilay somambisamby iny Sy tamin'ny alina efa maizina dia maizina.

⁹In the twilight — in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.

¹⁰Dia, indro, nisy vehivavy nitsena azy Sady manao fitafin'ny janga no mifetsy am-po,

¹⁰And, lo, a woman to meet him — (A harlot`s dress, and watchful of heart,

¹¹Sady vavàna no maditra, Tsy mahajanona ao an-tranony ny tongony;

¹¹Noisy she [is], and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.

¹²Fa vetivety mby eny an-dalam-be izy, ary vetivety mby eny an-tsena, Ary mamitsaka eny an-joron-trano rehetra eny izy.

¹²Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) —

¹³Ka dia nisavika ilay tovolahy izy ka nanoroka azy Sady nisolantsolana taminy ka nilaza hoe:

¹³And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,

¹⁴Efa nivoady hanatitra fanati-pihavanana aho; Ary androany no nanefako ny voadiko.

¹⁴`Sacrifices of peace-offerings [are] by me, To-day I have completed my vows.

¹⁵Koa dia nivoaka hitsena anao aho, Mba hitady fatratra ny tarehinao, ka dia nahita anao tokoa.

¹⁵Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.

¹⁶Ny fandriako efa nasiako firakotra tsara, Dia lambam-pandriana misoratsoratra voafoly hatrany Egypta.

¹⁶[With] ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works — cotton of Egypt.

¹⁷Efa norarahako zava-manitra ny fandriako, Dia miora sy hazomanitra ary havozo manitra.[Heb. ahalima]

¹⁷I sprinkled my bed — myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

¹⁸Andeha, aoka isika hivoky fitia ambara-pahamarain'ny andro, Aoka ho feno fahafinaretana amin'ny fitiavana isika.

¹⁸Come, we are filled [with] loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.

¹⁹Fa tsy ao an-trano ny lehilahy, Fa lasa nivahiny lavitra izy;

¹⁹For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey.

²⁰Ny kitampom-bola dia nentiny any an-tànany, Ka tsy mbola hody izy mandra-pahafenon'ny volana.

²⁰A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.`

²¹Tamin'ny teny maro no nampanekeny azy, Tamin'ny fandroboan'ny molony no nitaomany azy,

²¹She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

²²Ka dia nandeha nanaraka azy niaraka tamin'izay ilay zatovo, Tahaka ny omby entina hovonoina, Ary tahaka ny adala hogadrana, [Na: Na iza na iza mandeha manaraka azy dia][Heb. tahaka ny gadra ho famaizana ny adala]

²²He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

²³Ambara-piboroaky ny lefom-pohy amin'ny atiny, Ary tahaka ny vorona mipaoka ny fandrika, Fa tsy fantany hahafaty ny ainy izany.

²³Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it [is] for its life.

²⁴Koa mihainoa ahy ianareo, anaka, Ary tandremo ny teny aloaky ny vavako.

²⁴And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.

²⁵Aoka tsy hivily ho any amin'ny lalany ny fonareo, Ary aza mania ho amin'ny alehany.

²⁵Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

²⁶Fa betsaka no naripany ka maty; Ary maro be no efa matiny.Ny tranony dia lalana mankany amin'ny fiainan-tsi-hita, Eny, midina ho any amin'ny efi-tranon'ny fahafatesana.[Heb. Sheola]

²⁶For many [are] the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty [are] all her slain ones.

²⁷Ny tranony dia lalana mankany amin'ny fiainan-tsi-hita, Eny, midina ho any amin'ny efi-tranon'ny fahafatesana.[Heb. Sheola]

²⁷The ways of Sheol — her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!