Thimo 2

1 Mũrũ wakwa, ũngĩtĩkĩra ciugo ciakwa, na ũige maathani makwa ta mũthiithũ thĩinĩ waku,

[My] son, if you will receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with you;

2 nakuo gũtũ gwaku ũgũtegere ũũgĩ, na werekerie ngoro yaku kũgĩa na ũmenyi,

your ear shall listen to wisdom; you shall also apply your heart to understanding, and shall apply it to the instruction of your son.

3 na ũngĩgaakayũrũrũka na ũhooe gũkũũrana maũndũ, na wĩtane wanĩrĩire ũheo ũtaũku,

For it you shall call to wisdom, and utter your voice for understanding;

4 na ũngĩkawetha ta betha, na ũũcarie ta kĩgĩĩna kĩhithe-rĩ,

and if you shall seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;

5 hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũgataũkĩrwo nĩ ũhoro wa gwĩtigĩra Jehova, na ũgĩe na ũmenyo wa Ngai.

then shall you understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

6 Nĩgũkorwo Jehova aheanaga ũũgĩ, na kanua gake koimaga ũmenyo na ũtaũku.

For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence [come] knowledge and understanding,

7 Andũ arĩa arũngĩrĩru amaigĩire ũhootani, nĩwe ngo ya arĩa matarĩ ũcuuke mĩthiĩre-inĩ yao,

and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way;

8 nĩgũkorwo nĩarangagĩra njĩra cia arĩa marũmagĩrĩra kĩhooto, na akagitĩra njĩra ya andũ ake arĩa ehokeku.

that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him.

9 Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũgakũũrana maũndũ marĩa magĩrĩire, na ma kĩhooto, na marĩa mega: ũgĩkũũrane njĩra o yothe njega.

Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgment; and shall direct all your course aright.

10 Nĩgũkorwo ũũgĩ nĩũgatoonya ngoro yaku, naguo ũmenyo ũkenagie muoyo waku.

For if wisdom shall come into your understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to your soul,

11 ũgereri nĩũrĩkũgitagĩra, naguo ũtaũku ũkũrangagĩre.

good counsel shall guard you, and holy understanding shall keep you;

12 Ũũgĩ nĩũgakũhonokia kuuma njĩra-inĩ cia andũ arĩa aaganu, ũkũhonokie kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa maaragia maũndũ ma waganu,

to deliver you from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.

13 o arĩa matigaga njĩra iria nũngĩrĩru, magathiĩra njĩra cia nduma,

Alas [for those] who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness;

14 arĩa makenaga magĩĩka ũũru, na magakenagio nĩ ũũru wa waganu,

who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness;

15 na no-o arĩa njĩra ciao ciogomete, na mĩthiĩre yao ĩrĩ ya ungumania.

whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding;

16 Ũũgĩ nĩũgakũhonokia kuuma harĩ mũtumia ũrĩa mũtharia, ũkũhonokie harĩ ngʼenyũ ya mũtumia na ciugo ciake cia kũheenereria andũ,

to remove you far from the straight way, and to estrange you from a righteous purpose. [My] son, let not evil counsel overtake you,

17 ũcio ũtigĩte mũratawe wa ũnini wake, na agatiganĩria kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa aarĩkanĩire na mũthuuriwe arĩ mbere ya Ngai.

[of her] who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God.

18 Nĩgũkorwo nyũmba yake ĩroragia andũ gĩkuũ-inĩ, nacio njĩra ciake ikamerekeria kũrĩ maroho ma arĩa akuũ.

For she has fixed her house near death, and [guided] her wheels near Hades with the giants.

19 Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũthiiaga harĩ we agacooka, kana akegwatĩra njĩra cia muoyo.

None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they are not apprehended of the years of life.

20 No rĩrĩ, wee nĩũrĩthiiaga na mĩthiĩre ya andũ arĩa ega, na ũgeragĩre njĩra cia arĩa athingu.

For had they gone in good paths, they would have found the paths of righteousness easy.

21 Nĩgũkorwo andũ arĩa arũngĩrĩru nĩo magaatũũra bũrũri-inĩ, na arĩa matarĩ ũcuuke nĩo magaatigara kuo;

For the upright shall dwell in the earth, and the holy shall be left behind in it.

22 no rĩrĩ, andũ arĩa aaganu nĩmakeeherio bũrũri-inĩ, nao arĩa matarĩ ehokeku nĩmakamunywo maingatwo kuo.

The paths of the ungodly shall perish out of the earth, and transgressors shall be driven away from it.