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.
The Rewards of Wisdom
1 My child, learn what I teach you and never forget what I tell you to do. 2 Listen to what is wise and try to understand it. 3 Yes, beg for knowledge; plead for insight. 4 Look for it as hard as you would for silver or some hidden treasure. 5 If you do, you will know what it means to fear the Lord and you will succeed in learning about God. 6 It is the Lord who gives wisdom; from him come knowledge and understanding. 7 He provides help and protection for those who are righteous and honest. 8 He protects those who treat others fairly, and guards those who are devoted to him.
9 If you listen to me, you will know what is right, just, and fair. You will know what you should do. 10 You will become wise, and your knowledge will give you pleasure. 11 Your insight and understanding will protect you 12 and prevent you from doing the wrong thing. They will keep you away from people who stir up trouble by what they say— 13 those who have abandoned a righteous life to live in the darkness of sin, 14 those who find pleasure in doing wrong and who enjoy senseless evil, 15 unreliable people who cannot be trusted.
16 You will be able to resist any immoral woman who tries to seduce you with her smooth talk, 17 who is faithless to her own husband and forgets her sacred vows. 18 If you go to her house, you are traveling the road to death. To go there is to approach the world of the dead. 19 No one who visits her ever comes back. He never returns to the road to life. 20 So you must follow the example of good people and live a righteous life. 21 Righteous people—people of integrity—will live in this land of ours. 22 But God will snatch the wicked from the land and pull sinners out of it like plants from the ground.
