Proverbs 4
1 Hear, all of you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Ku saurara’ya’yana ga koyarwar mahaifinku; ku mai da hankali, ku sami fahimi.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake all of you not my law.
Ina ba ku sahihiyar koyarwa, saboda haka kada ku ƙyale koyarwata.
3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Sa’ad da nake yaro a gidan mahaifina, yaro kaɗai kuma na mahaifiyata,
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
ya koya mini ya ce, “Ka riƙe kalmomina da dukan zuciyarka; ka kiyaye umarnaina za ka kuwa rayu.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Ka nemi hikima, ka nemi fahimi; kada ka manta da kalmomina ko ka kauce daga gare su.
6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve you: love her, and she shall keep you.
Kada ka ƙyale hikima, za tă kuwa tsare ka; ka ƙaunace ta, za tă kuwa lura da kai.
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding.
Hikima ce mafi girma duka; saboda haka ka nemi hikima. Ko da za tă ci duk abin da kake da shi, ka dai nemi fahimi.
8 Exalt her, and she shall promote you: she shall bring you to honour, when you do embrace her.
Ka ƙaunace ta, za tă ɗaukaka ka; ka rungume ta, za tă kuwa girmama ka.
9 She shall give to your head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to you.
Za tă zama kayan ado da za su inganta kanka tă kuma zamar maka rawanin ɗaukaka.”
10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many.
Ka saurara, ɗana, ka yarda da abin da na faɗa, shekarun rayuwarka kuwa za su zama masu yawa.
11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.
Na bishe ka a hanyar hikima na kuma jagorance ka a miƙaƙƙun hanyoyi.
12 When you go, your steps shall not be straitened; and when you run, you shall not stumble.
Sa’ad da kake tafiya, ba abin da zai sa ka tuntuɓe; sa’ad da kake gudu, ba za ka fāɗi ba.
13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life.
Ka riƙe umarni, kada ka bari yă kuɓuce; ka tsare shi sosai, gama ranka ne.
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Kada ka sa ƙafa a kan hanyar mugaye kada ka bi gurbin mugaye.
15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Ka guji mugunta, kada ka yi tafiya a kanta; juya daga gare ta ka yi tafiyarka.
16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Mugaye ba sa iya barci, sai sun aikata mugunta; ba su barci sai sun cuci wani.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Mugunta da ta’adi kamar ci da sha suke a gare su.
18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
Hanyar adali kamar fitowar rana ce, sai ƙara haske take yi, har ta kai tsaka.
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Amma hanyar mugaye kamar zurfin duhu ne; ba sa sanin abin da ya sa suke tuntuɓe.
20 My son, attend to my words; incline your ear unto my sayings.
Ɗana, ka kula da abin da nake faɗa, ka saurara sosai ga kalmomina.
21 Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.
Kada ka bari su rabu da kai, ka kiyaye su a cikin zuciyarka;
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
gama rai ne ga waɗanda suke nemansu da kuma lafiya ga dukan jikin mutum.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Fiye da kome duka, ka tsare zuciyarka, gama maɓulɓulan ruwan rijiyar rai ne.
24 Put away from you a perverse mouth, and perverse lips put far from you.
Ka kau da muguwar magana daga bakinka; ka yi nesa da magana marar kyau daga leɓunanka.
25 Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids look straight before you.
Bari idanunka su dubi gaba sosai, ka kafa idanunka kai tsaye a gabanka.
26 Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.
Ka san inda ƙafafunka suke takawa ka bi hanyoyin da suke daram kawai.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove your foot from evil.
Kada ka kauce dama ko hagu; ka kiyaye ƙafarka daga mugunta.
