Proverbs 2
1 O son my if you will receive words my and commandments my you will treasure with you.
Mũrũ wakwa, ũngĩtĩkĩra ciugo ciakwa, na ũige maathani makwa ta mũthiithũ thĩinĩ waku,
2 To make attend to wisdom ear your you will incline heart your to understanding.
nakuo gũtũ gwaku ũgũtegere ũũgĩ, na werekerie ngoro yaku kũgĩa na ũmenyi,
3 That except to discernment you will call to understanding you will give voice your.
na ũngĩgaakayũrũrũka na ũhooe gũkũũrana maũndũ, na wĩtane wanĩrĩire ũheo ũtaũku,
4 If you will seek it like silver and like treasures you will search for it.
na ũngĩkawetha ta betha, na ũũcarie ta kĩgĩĩna kĩhithe-rĩ,
5 Then you will discern [the] fear of Yahweh and [the] knowledge of God you will find.
hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũgataũkĩrwo nĩ ũhoro wa gwĩtigĩra Jehova, na ũgĩe na ũmenyo wa Ngai.
6 For Yahweh he gives wisdom from mouth his knowledge and understanding.
Nĩgũkorwo Jehova aheanaga ũũgĩ, na kanua gake koimaga ũmenyo na ũtaũku.
7 (He stores up *Q(K)*) for upright [people] success a shield to [those who] walk of integrity.
Andũ arĩa arũngĩrĩru amaigĩire ũhootani, nĩwe ngo ya arĩa matarĩ ũcuuke mĩthiĩre-inĩ yao,
8 To guard [the] paths of justice and [the] way of (faithful [people] his *Q(K)*) he will preserve.
nĩgũkorwo nĩarangagĩra njĩra cia arĩa marũmagĩrĩra kĩhooto, na akagitĩra njĩra ya andũ ake arĩa ehokeku.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and uprightness every course of good.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũgakũũrana maũndũ marĩa magĩrĩire, na ma kĩhooto, na marĩa mega: ũgĩkũũrane njĩra o yothe njega.
10 For it will come wisdom in heart your and knowledge to self your it will be pleasant.
Nĩgũkorwo ũũgĩ nĩũgatoonya ngoro yaku, naguo ũmenyo ũkenagie muoyo waku.
11 Discretion it will watch over you understanding it will preserve you.
ũgereri nĩũrĩkũgitagĩra, naguo ũtaũku ũkũrangagĩre.
12 To deliver you from a way evil from anyone [who] speaks perverse things.
Ũũgĩ nĩũgakũhonokia kuuma njĩra-inĩ cia andũ arĩa aaganu, ũkũhonokie kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa maaragia maũndũ ma waganu,
13 Those [who] leave paths of uprightness to walk in [the] ways of darkness.
o arĩa matigaga njĩra iria nũngĩrĩru, magathiĩra njĩra cia nduma,
14 The [ones] joyful to do evil they exult in perverse things of evil.
arĩa makenaga magĩĩka ũũru, na magakenagio nĩ ũũru wa waganu,
15 Who paths their [are] twisted and [who are] crooked in tracks their.
na no-o arĩa njĩra ciao ciogomete, na mĩthiĩre yao ĩrĩ ya ungumania.
16 To deliver you from a woman strange from a foreign [woman] [who] words her she makes smooth.
Ũũgĩ nĩũgakũhonokia kuuma harĩ mũtumia ũrĩa mũtharia, ũkũhonokie harĩ ngʼenyũ ya mũtumia na ciugo ciake cia kũheenereria andũ,
17 Who leaves [the] close friend of youth her and [the] covenant of God her she forgets.
ũcio ũtigĩte mũratawe wa ũnini wake, na agatiganĩria kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa aarĩkanĩire na mũthuuriwe arĩ mbere ya Ngai.
18 For she sank down to death house her and to [the] shades tracks her.
Nĩgũkorwo nyũmba yake ĩroragia andũ gĩkuũ-inĩ, nacio njĩra ciake ikamerekeria kũrĩ maroho ma arĩa akuũ.
19 All [those who] go to her not they return! and not they reach [the] paths of life.
Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũthiiaga harĩ we agacooka, kana akegwatĩra njĩra cia muoyo.
20 So that you may walk in [the] way of good [people] and [the] paths of righteous [people] you will keep.
No rĩrĩ, wee nĩũrĩthiiaga na mĩthiĩre ya andũ arĩa ega, na ũgeragĩre njĩra cia arĩa athingu.
21 For upright [people] (they will dwell *L(bah)*) [the] land and blameless [people] they will remain in it.
Nĩgũkorwo andũ arĩa arũngĩrĩru nĩo magaatũũra bũrũri-inĩ, na arĩa matarĩ ũcuuke nĩo magaatigara kuo;
22 And wicked [people] from [the] land they will be cut off and treacherous [people] they will be torn away from it.
no rĩrĩ, andũ arĩa aaganu nĩmakeeherio bũrũri-inĩ, nao arĩa matarĩ ehokeku nĩmakamunywo maingatwo kuo.
