Wisdom and Bad Friends
1 My child, you must follow
and treasure my teachings
and my instructions.
2 Keep in tune with wisdom
and think what it means
to have common sense.
3 Beg as loud as you can
for good common sense.
4 Search for wisdom
as you would search for silver
or hidden treasure.
5 Then you will understand
what it means to respect
and to know the Lord God.
6 All wisdom comes from the Lord,
and so do common sense
and understanding.
7 God gives helpful advice
to everyone who obeys him
and protects those
who live as they should.
8 God sees that justice is done,
and he watches over everyone
who is faithful to him.
9 With wisdom you will learn
what is right
and honest and fair.
10 Wisdom will control your mind,
and you will be pleased
with knowledge.
11 Sound judgment and good sense
will watch over you.
12 Wisdom will protect you
from evil schemes
and from those liars
13 who turned from doing good
to live in the darkness.
14 Most of all they enjoy
being mean and deceitful.
15 They are dishonest themselves,
and so are all their deeds.
Wisdom and Sexual Purity
16 Wisdom will protect you
from the smooth talk
of a sinful woman,
17 who breaks her wedding vows
and leaves the man she married
when she was young.
18 The road to her house leads
down
to the dark world
of the dead.
19 Visit her, and you will never
find the road to life again.
20 Follow the example
of good people
and live an honest life.
21 If you are honest and innocent,
you will keep your land;
22 if you do wrong
and can never be trusted,
you will be rooted out.
Oiimati younongo noyeendunge
1 Omumwange, ove ngeenge ho tambula eendjovo dange noipango yange ho i tuvikile mwoove, 2 opo u pakalekele omatwi oye okupwilikina ounongo nokulemena omutima woye keendunge; 3 heeno, ngeenge ho ifana omayele, ho yelulile ondaka yoye keendunge, 4 ngeenge to di kongo ngaashi oshisiliveli ndele to di shitilile ngaashi omamona a holekwa, 5 opo nee to ka uda ko etilo lokutila Omwene nokumona eshiivo lokushiiva Kalunga. 6 Osheshi Omwene ta yandje ounongo, mokanya kaye tamu di eshiivo neendunge, 7 ovanashili Ye ote va tuvikilile ekwafo, Oye oshikelelifo shaava hava ende vehe noshipo. 8 Osheshi Ye ota pashukile omalila ouyuki ndele ta amene ondjila yovayuki vaye.
9 Osho nee to ka uda ko ouyuki neyukifo noshili, heeno, ondjila keshe youwa. 10 Osheshi ounongo tau ke uya momutima woye, neshiivo tali ka kala ounyenye komwenyo woye. 11 To ka amenwa kokulungama, ndele to ka diininwa keendunge 12 u xupifwe mondjila yovanawii, okovanhu hava popi oinima yongaho, 13 ovo va efa omalila ouyuki, va ende neendjila domulaulu, 14 ovo hava hafele oilonga ii, hava nyakukilwa omakengelelo ovanawii, 15 omalila avo a ngolyoka, ava hava yapuka mo meendjila davo; 16 opo a xupifwe momukainhu wovanhu, omuholi woipala, ou te likwatele neendjovo daye, 17 ou a efa kaume komounyasha waye, ndele ta dimbwa ehangano laKalunga kaye. 18 Osheshi eumbo laye tali endamene kefyo, nomalila aye okovakwamhungu. 19 Aveshe ava hava i ko kuye, itava aluka, itave uya vali komalila omwenyo.
20 Opo u ende nondjila yaava vawa ndele to dulu okudiinina omalila ovayuki. 21 Osheshi ovanashili tava ka nangala oshilongo, naava vehe noshipo tava ka kala mo. 22 Ndelenee ovahenakalunga tava ka dudwa mo moshilongo, novaliteeki tava ka kufwa mo musho.
