Proverbs 8
1 It is as if wisdom, with great understanding [of many things], is calling [PRS] out [to people].
Ọ bụ na amamihe adịghị eti mkpu? Ọ bụ na nghọta anaghị eme ka olu ya daa ụda?
2 Wisdom stands on hilltops and at crossroads.
Ọ na-eguzo nʼelu ebe niile dị elu nʼokporoụzọ, nʼagbata ụzọ niile.
3 [Wisdom also stands] at the city gates and shouts loudly,
Nʼọnụ ụzọ nke obodo niile na nʼọnụ ụzọ ụlọ niile ka ọ nọ na-eti mkpu,
4 “I am calling to everyone! I am shouting loudly to all people!
ọ na-asị, “Ụmụ mmadụ geenụ m ntị; ọ bụ unu ndị dị ndụ ka m na-agwa okwu.
5 You people who do not know how to do things that are smart to do, get sound judgment; you foolish people, get good understanding!
Unu ndị na-enweghị uche, nweenụ uche zuruoke; unu ndị nzuzu, nweenụ nghọta.
6 Listen to me, because I have some excellent/important things to say. What I say is what is fair/right.
Geenụ m ntị, nʼihi na enwere m okwu dị mkpa m ga-agwa unu; Ihe ọbụla m kwuru bụ ihe ziri ezi,
7 I speak what is true; I detest speaking [MTY] what is false/deceptive.
Ọnụ m na-ekwu eziokwu nʼihi na akpọrọ m okwu ụgha asị.
8 Everything that I say is honest; there is nothing that I say that deceives [people].
Ndụmọdụ m zuruoke, ọ dịkwa mma. Ihe ọjọọ ọbụla adịghị nʼime ya.
9 My words are clear to those who have good sense; those who are wise know that what I say is right.
Nʼebe onye nwetara nghọta nọ, okwu m doro anya; nʼebe ndị chọtara ihe ọmụma nọ, okwu m ziri ezi.
10 [If someone offers you the kind of teaching I give] or offers you silver, choose my teaching. [If he offers to show you how to be wise] or offers you gold, choose to know how to be wise,
Họrọ ịdọ aka na ntị m karịa ọlaọcha họrọkwa ihe ọmụma karịa ọlaedo dị ezi mma.”
11 because wisdom is more valuable than jewels. Nothing that you desire [is as valuable] as being wise.
Amamihe dị mkpa karịa nkume rubi dị oke ọnụahịa. Ọ dịkwaghị ihe a ga-eji tụnyere ya.
12 I, wisdom, and understanding of what is smart to do, cannot be separated. We are like two people who live in the same house. I know how to be wise and how to make smart decisions.
“Mụ onwe m bụ amamihe na ezi nghọta na-agakọta. Enwere m ọmụma ihe na ezi izuzu.
13 [All the people] who revere Yahweh hate evil. I, wisdom, hate [people who are] proud and [people] who think they are more important [than others]. I hate [people who] behave in an evil way and those who say things to deceive [others].
Ịtụ egwu Onyenwe anyị bụ ịkpọ ihe ọjọọ asị. Akpọrọ m nganga na mpako, omume ọjọọ nakwa okwu gbagọrọ agbagọ asị.
14 I give [people] good advice and I enable them to do things that are wise. I understand how things really are, and I am strong.
Ndụmọdụ na ezi nghọta bụ nke m; enwekwara m ọmụma ihe na ike.
15 When kings are wise, they rule [well]; and when rulers are wise, they make laws that are just/fair.
Site na m ka ndị eze ji achị, ọ bụ m na-eme ka ndị na-achị achị mee iwu ziri ezi.
16 Rulers govern their people with the help of me, wisdom, and those who have authority decide things fairly/just with my help.
Site na m ka ndị eze ji achị bụ ndịisi niile na-achị nʼụwa.
17 I, [wisdom], love [all] those who love me, and [all] those who truly seek me [will] find me.
Ndị niile hụrụ m nʼanya ka m na-ahụ nʼanya. Ndị niile na-achọ m aghakwaghị ịchọta m.
18 I enable [people] to become rich and to be honored; [I enable them to have] wealth that will last and to be successful.
Ana m ekenye ụba na nsọpụrụ, na ikpe ziri ezi na ezi omume.
19 What I can give people is more valuable than fine/pure gold and the best silver.
Onyinye m na-enye dị mma karịa ọlaọcha, ọ karịkwara ọlaedo.
20 I always do what is righteous and just/fair.
Ana m aga ije nʼụzọ ezi omume, nʼokporoụzọ ikpe ziri ezi.
21 I give wealth to those who love me; I fill their houses with valuable things.
Ndị niile hụrụ m nʼanya, na-eketa akụnụba. Ana m emejupụtakwa ụlọakụ ha.
22 Yahweh created me, [wisdom], when he began [to create the world]; he created me [to do my work] before he created anything else.
“Onyenwe anyị kpụrụ m dịka mmalite ụzọ ya, tupu o bido ike ihe ọbụla ọzọ.
23 He appointed me long ago, before he created the earth.
Site nʼebighị ebi gara aga ka m dị; adịkwa m adị tupu e kee ụwa.
24 I was born before the oceans were [created], when there were no springs from which water flowed.
Anọ m na-adị tupu e kee ogbu mmiri, tupu isi iyi ọbụla agbapụta mmiri nʼelu ụwa,
25 I was born before the hills and mountains were formed;
tupu e kee ugwu ukwu na ugwu nta.
26 [I, wisdom], was born before Yahweh made the earth, before he made the fields and the soil on the earth.
E, amụọla m rịị tupu Chineke ekee ụwa na osisi niile, na aja niile dị nʼime ya.
27 I was there when Yahweh put the sky in place, when he marked the place [in the distance] where the sky and the oceans [seem to] come together.
Anọ m ya mgbe o doziri mbara eluigwe nʼọnọdụ ya, mgbe ọ tụsara ha nʼelu ogbu mmiri niile;
28 I was there when Yahweh put the clouds above [the earth] and when he caused the water that is inside the earth to be secure.
mgbe o hiwere mbara eluigwe, mgbe o mere ka isi iyi niile nke ogbu mmiri dị ike,
29 I was there when he fixed a boundary for the seas, so that the water in the seas would not go past those boundaries, and when he put down the foundations which support 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 I was at the side of Yahweh, the master worker (OR, as though I was his child). I caused him to be happy every day, and I was always rejoicing when I was with him.
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 I was delighted with the world that he created; I was happy with the people whom he created, too.
Ihe niile o kere tọkwara m ụtọ, ụwa niile na ụmụ mmadụ!
32 So, [you people who are like] my sons, listen to me. [I am] pleased with [all] those who obey my teachings.
“Nʼihi ya, ụmụ m ndị ikom, geenụ m ntị; nʼihi na ndị niile na-eso ụzọ m na-enwe ọṅụ.
33 Listen [carefully] to what I teach you and become wise. Do not reject my teaching!
Gee ntị na ndụmọdụ m ka ị bụrụ onye maara ihe, agbakụtakwala ndụmọdụ m azụ.
34 [I am] pleased with those who listen to me, those who are outside my house every day, waiting [for me to come out].
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 Those who find me will have [a long] life, and Yahweh [will] be pleased with them.
nʼihi na onye ọbụla chọtara m chọtara ndụ; ọ natakwala ihuọma nʼebe Onyenwe anyị nọ.
36 But those who stray away from me [just] harm themselves. All those who hate me, [it is as though] [IRO] they are loving death.”
Ma onye na-enweghị ike chọta m na-emerụ onwe ya ahụ; ndị niile kpọrọ m asị hụrụ ọnwụ nʼanya.”
