Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Mũrũ wakwa, ũngĩtĩkĩra ciugo ciakwa, na ũige maathani makwa ta mũthiithũ thĩinĩ waku,
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;
nakuo gũtũ gwaku ũgũtegere ũũgĩ, na werekerie ngoro yaku kũgĩa na ũmenyi,
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;
na ũngĩgaakayũrũrũka na ũhooe gũkũũrana maũndũ, na wĩtane wanĩrĩire ũheo ũtaũku,
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;
na ũngĩkawetha ta betha, na ũũcarie ta kĩgĩĩna kĩhithe-rĩ,
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũgataũkĩrwo nĩ ũhoro wa gwĩtigĩra Jehova, na ũgĩe na ũmenyo wa Ngai.
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.
Nĩgũkorwo Jehova aheanaga ũũgĩ, na kanua gake koimaga ũmenyo na ũtaũku.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Andũ arĩa arũngĩrĩru amaigĩire ũhootani, nĩwe ngo ya arĩa matarĩ ũcuuke mĩthiĩre-inĩ yao,
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
nĩgũkorwo nĩarangagĩra njĩra cia arĩa marũmagĩrĩra kĩhooto, na akagitĩra njĩra ya andũ ake arĩa ehokeku.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũgakũũrana maũndũ marĩa magĩrĩire, na ma kĩhooto, na marĩa mega: ũgĩkũũrane njĩra o yothe njega.
10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Nĩgũkorwo ũũgĩ nĩũgatoonya ngoro yaku, naguo ũmenyo ũkenagie muoyo waku.
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
ũgereri nĩũrĩkũgitagĩra, naguo ũtaũku ũkũrangagĩre.
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things;
Ũũgĩ nĩũgakũhonokia kuuma njĩra-inĩ cia andũ arĩa aaganu, ũkũhonokie kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa maaragia maũndũ ma waganu,
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
o arĩa matigaga njĩra iria nũngĩrĩru, magathiĩra njĩra cia nduma,
14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
arĩa makenaga magĩĩka ũũru, na magakenagio nĩ ũũru wa waganu,
15 Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:
na no-o arĩa njĩra ciao ciogomete, na mĩthiĩre yao ĩrĩ ya ungumania.
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
Ũũgĩ nĩũgakũhonokia kuuma harĩ mũtumia ũrĩa mũtharia, ũkũhonokie harĩ ngʼenyũ ya mũtumia na ciugo ciake cia kũheenereria andũ,
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
ũcio ũtigĩte mũratawe wa ũnini wake, na agatiganĩria kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa aarĩkanĩire na mũthuuriwe arĩ mbere ya Ngai.
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Nĩgũkorwo nyũmba yake ĩroragia andũ gĩkuũ-inĩ, nacio njĩra ciake ikamerekeria kũrĩ maroho ma arĩa akuũ.
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũthiiaga harĩ we agacooka, kana akegwatĩra njĩra cia muoyo.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.
No rĩrĩ, wee nĩũrĩthiiaga na mĩthiĩre ya andũ arĩa ega, na ũgeragĩre njĩra cia arĩa athingu.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Nĩgũkorwo andũ arĩa arũngĩrĩru nĩo magaatũũra bũrũri-inĩ, na arĩa matarĩ ũcuuke nĩo magaatigara kuo;
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
no rĩrĩ, andũ arĩa aaganu nĩmakeeherio bũrũri-inĩ, nao arĩa matarĩ ehokeku nĩmakamunywo maingatwo kuo.
