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