Mga Kawikaan 2

1Anak ko, kung iyong tatanggapin ang aking mga salita, at tataglayin mo ang aking mga utos; 2Na anopa't iyong ikikiling ang iyong pakinig sa karunungan, at ihihilig mo ang iyong puso sa pagunawa; 3Oo, kung ikaw ay dadaing ng pagbubulay, at itataas mo ang iyong tinig sa pagunawa; 4Kung iyong hahanapin siya na parang pilak, at sasaliksikin mo siyang parang kayamanang natatago. 5Kung magkagayo'y iyong mauunawa ang pagkatakot sa Panginoon, at masusumpungan mo ang kaalaman ng Dios. 6Sapagka't ang Panginoon ay nagbibigay ng karunungan, sa kaniyang bibig nanggagaling ang kaalaman at kaunawaan: 7Kaniyang pinapagtataglay ang matuwid ng magaling na karunungan, siya'y kalasag sa nagsisilakad sa pagtatapat; 8Upang kaniyang mabantayan ang mga landas ng kahatulan, at maingatan ang daan ng kaniyang mga banal. 9Kung magkagayo'y mauunawa mo ang katuwiran at ang kahatulan, at ang karampatan, oo, bawa't mabuting landas. 10Sapagka't karunungan ay papasok sa iyong puso, at kaalaman ay magiging ligaya sa iyong kaluluwa; 11Kabaitan ay magbabantay sa iyo, pagkaunawa ay magiingat sa iyo: 12Upang iligtas ka sa daan ng kasamaan, sa mga taong nagsisipagsalita ng mga masamang bagay; 13Na nagpapabaya ng mga landas ng katuwiran, upang magsilakad sa mga daan ng kadiliman; 14Na nangagagalak na magsigawa ng kasamaan, at nangaaaliw sa mga karayaan ng kasamaan, 15Na mga liko sa kanilang mga lakad, at mga suwail sa kanilang mga landas: 16Upang iligtas ka sa masamang babae, sa makatuwid baga'y sa di kilala na nanghahalina ng kaniyang mga salita; 17Na nagpapabaya sa kaibigan ng kaniyang kabataan, at lumilimot ng tipan ng kaniyang Dios: 18Sapagka't ang kaniyang bahay ay kumikiling sa kamatayan, at ang kaniyang mga landas na sa patay: 19Walang naparoroon sa kaniya na bumabalik uli, ni kanila mang tinatamo ang mga landas ng buhay: 20Upang ikaw ay makalakad ng lakad ng mabubuting tao, at maingatan ang mga landas ng matuwid. 21Sapagka't ang matuwid ay tatahan sa lupain, at ang sakdal ay mamamalagi roon. 22Nguni't ang masama ay mahihiwalay sa lupain, at silang nagsisigawang may karayaan ay mangabubunot.

1My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you; 2So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; 3Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; 4If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures: 5then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God. 6For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. 7He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity; 8that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints. 9Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path. 10For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. 11Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you, 12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things; 13who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil; 15who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths: 16To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words; 17who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God: 18for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits. 19None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life: 20that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. 21For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it. 22But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

1Mijn zoon! zo gij mijn redenen aanneemt, en mijn geboden bij u weglegt; 2Om uw oren naar wijsheid te doen opmerken; zo gij uw hart tot verstandigheid neigt; 3Ja, zo gij tot het verstand roept, uw stem verheft tot de verstandigheid; 4Zo gij haar zoekt als zilver, en naspeurt als verborgen schatten; 5Dan zult gij de vreze des HEEREN verstaan, en zult de kennis van God vinden. 6Want de HEERE geeft wijsheid; uit Zijn mond komt kennis en verstand. 7Hij legt weg voor de oprechten een bestendig wezen; Hij is een Schild dengenen, die oprechtelijk wandelen; 8Opdat zij de paden des rechts houden; en Hij zal den weg Zijner gunstgenoten bewaren. 9Dan zult gij verstaan gerechtigheid, en recht, en billijkheden, en alle goed pad. 10Als de wijsheid in uw hart zal gekomen zijn, en de wetenschap voor uw ziel zal liefelijk zijn; 11Zo zal de bedachtzaamheid over u de wacht houden, de verstandigheid zal u behoeden; 12Om u te redden van den kwaden weg, van den man, die verkeerdheden spreekt; 13Van degenen, die de paden der oprechtheid verlaten, om te gaan in de wegen der duisternis; 14Die blijde zijn in het kwaad doen, zich verheugen in de verkeerdheden des kwaden; 15Welker paden verkeerd zijn, en afwijkende in hun sporen; 16Om u te redden van de vreemde vrouw, van de onbekende, die met haar redenen vleit; 17Die den leidsman harer jonkheid verlaat, en het verbond haars Gods vergeet; 18Want haar huis helt naar den dood, en haar paden naar de overledenen. 19Allen die tot haar ingaan, zullen niet wederkomen, en zullen de paden des levens niet aantreffen; 20Opdat gij wandelt op den weg der goeden, en houdt de paden der rechtvaardigen. 21Want de vromen zullen de aarde bewonen, en de oprechten zullen daarin overblijven; 22Maar de goddelozen zullen van de aarde uitgeroeid worden, en de trouwelozen zullen er van uitgerukt worden.