Proverbs 8
1 ¿ Not wisdom does she call out and understanding does she give forth? voice her.
Ọ bụ na amamihe adịghị eti mkpu? Ọ bụ na nghọta anaghị eme ka olu ya daa ụda?
2 At [the] top of [the] heights on [the] way between [the] pathways she stations herself.
Ọ na-eguzo nʼelu ebe niile dị elu nʼokporoụzọ, nʼagbata ụzọ niile.
3 To [the] side of [the] gates to [the] opening of [the] town [the] entrance of [the] doorways they cry aloud.
Nʼọnụ ụzọ nke obodo niile na nʼọnụ ụzọ ụlọ niile ka ọ nọ na-eti mkpu,
4 To you O people I call and voice my [is] to [the] children of humankind.
ọ na-asị, “Ụmụ mmadụ geenụ m ntị; ọ bụ unu ndị dị ndụ ka m na-agwa okwu.
5 Understand O naive people prudence and O fools understand heart.
Unu ndị na-enweghị uche, nweenụ uche zuruoke; unu ndị nzuzu, nweenụ nghọta.
6 Listen for princely things I will speak and [the] utterance of lips my [will be] uprightness.
Geenụ m ntị, nʼihi na enwere m okwu dị mkpa m ga-agwa unu; Ihe ọbụla m kwuru bụ ihe ziri ezi,
7 For truth it will utter palate my and [is] an abomination of lips my wickedness.
Ọnụ m na-ekwu eziokwu nʼihi na akpọrọ m okwu ụgha asị.
8 [are] Righteousness all [the] words of mouth my there not among them [is] a twisted [thing] and a distorted [thing].
Ndụmọdụ m zuruoke, ọ dịkwa mma. Ihe ọjọọ ọbụla adịghị nʼime ya.
9 All of them [are] right to the discerning [person] and upright to [those who] find knowledge.
Nʼebe onye nwetara nghọta nọ, okwu m doro anya; nʼebe ndị chọtara ihe ọmụma nọ, okwu m ziri ezi.
10 Take discipline my and may not [you take] silver and knowledge more than gold chosen.
Họrọ ịdọ aka na ntị m karịa ọlaọcha họrọkwa ihe ọmụma karịa ọlaedo dị ezi mma.”
11 For [is] good wisdom more than jewels and all pleasures not they compare with it.
Amamihe dị mkpa karịa nkume rubi dị oke ọnụahịa. Ọ dịkwaghị ihe a ga-eji tụnyere ya.
12 I wisdom I dwell prudence and knowledge of discretion I find.
“Mụ onwe m bụ amamihe na ezi nghọta na-agakọta. Enwere m ọmụma ihe na ezi izuzu.
13 [the] fear of Yahweh [is] to hate evil pride and arrogance - and a way evil and a mouth of perversities I hate.
Ịtụ egwu Onyenwe anyị bụ ịkpọ ihe ọjọọ asị. Akpọrọ m nganga na mpako, omume ọjọọ nakwa okwu gbagọrọ agbagọ asị.
14 [belong] to Me counsel and sound wisdom I [am] understanding [belongs] to me strength.
Ndụmọdụ na ezi nghọta bụ nke m; enwekwara m ọmụma ihe na ike.
15 By me kings they reign and rulers they enact righteousness.
Site na m ka ndị eze ji achị, ọ bụ m na-eme ka ndị na-achị achị mee iwu ziri ezi.
16 By me princes they rule and noble [people] all judges of (righteousness. *L(H)*)
Site na m ka ndị eze ji achị bụ ndịisi niile na-achị nʼụwa.
17 I ([those who] love me *Q(K)*) I love and [those who] earnestly seek me they find me.
Ndị niile hụrụ m nʼanya ka m na-ahụ nʼanya. Ndị niile na-achọ m aghakwaghị ịchọta m.
18 Wealth and honor [are] with me wealth enduring and righteousness.
Ana m ekenye ụba na nsọpụrụ, na ikpe ziri ezi na ezi omume.
19 [is] good Fruit my more than gold and more than pure gold and gain my more than silver chosen.
Onyinye m na-enye dị mma karịa ọlaọcha, ọ karịkwara ọlaedo.
20 In [the] path of righteousness I walk in [the] midst of [the] pathways of justice.
Ana m aga ije nʼụzọ ezi omume, nʼokporoụzọ ikpe ziri ezi.
21 To give as an inheritance [those who] love me - substance and treasuries their I fill.
Ndị niile hụrụ m nʼanya, na-eketa akụnụba. Ana m emejupụtakwa ụlọakụ ha.
22 Yahweh he created me [the] beginning of way his [the] beginning of works his from then.
“Onyenwe anyị kpụrụ m dịka mmalite ụzọ ya, tupu o bido ike ihe ọbụla ọzọ.
23 From long ago I was installed from [the] beginning from [the] beginnings of [the] earth.
Site nʼebighị ebi gara aga ka m dị; adịkwa m adị tupu e kee ụwa.
24 When there not [were] [the] deeps I was brought forth when there not [were] springs abounding of water.
Anọ m na-adị tupu e kee ogbu mmiri, tupu isi iyi ọbụla agbapụta mmiri nʼelu ụwa,
25 Before mountains they were planted before [the] hills I was brought forth.
tupu e kee ugwu ukwu na ugwu nta.
26 Until not he had made [the] earth and [the] open places and [the] first of [the] dusts of [the] world.
E, amụọla m rịị tupu Chineke ekee ụwa na osisi niile, na aja niile dị nʼime ya.
27 When established he [the] heavens [was] there I when marked out he a circle on [the] surface of [the] deep.
Anọ m ya mgbe o doziri mbara eluigwe nʼọnọdụ ya, mgbe ọ tụsara ha nʼelu ogbu mmiri niile;
28 When made firm he [the] clouds above when became strong [the] springs of [the] deep.
mgbe o hiwere mbara eluigwe, mgbe o mere ka isi iyi niile nke ogbu mmiri dị ike,
29 When set he for the sea - limit its and [the] waters not they will transgress mouth his when marked out he [the] foundations of [the] earth.
mgbe ọ kpara oke nye osimiri ebe ọ ga-akwụsị, ka mmiri ya ghara ịgafe iwu ya, mgbe ọ kara akara ebe a tọrọ ntọala nke ụwa.
30 And I was beside him an artisan and I was delight day - day playing before him at every time.
Oge ahụ niile ka m na-anọ nʼakụkụ ya dịka onye ǹka. Ihe banyere m na-atọkwa ya ụtọ; ana m egwuri egwu nʼihu ya.
31 Playing in [the] world of earth his and delight my [were] with [the] children of humankind.
Ihe niile o kere tọkwara m ụtọ, ụwa niile na ụmụ mmadụ!
32 And therefore O children listen to me and how blessed! [are those who] ways my they observe.
“Nʼihi ya, ụmụ m ndị ikom, geenụ m ntị; nʼihi na ndị niile na-eso ụzọ m na-enwe ọṅụ.
33 Listen to correction and act wisely and may not you neglect [it].
Gee ntị na ndụmọdụ m ka ị bụrụ onye maara ihe, agbakụtakwala ndụmọdụ m azụ.
34 How blessed! [is] a person [who] listens to me by keeping watch at doors my day - day by watching [the] doorposts of doorways my.
Ngọzị dịrị mmadụ ahụ na-aṅa ntị nʼokwu m, onye na-anọ na nche nʼọnụ ụzọ m ụbọchị niile, onye na-anọ na-echere m nʼọnụ ụzọ ụlọ m;
35 For [one who] finds me (he finds *Q(K)*) life and he obtained favor from Yahweh.
nʼihi na onye ọbụla chọtara m chọtara ndụ; ọ natakwala ihuọma nʼebe Onyenwe anyị nọ.
36 And [one who] misses me [is] doing wrong to self his all [those who] hate me they love death.
Ma onye na-enweghị ike chọta m na-emerụ onwe ya ahụ; ndị niile kpọrọ m asị hụrụ ọnwụ nʼanya.”
