Thimo 8
1 Githĩ ũũgĩ ndareetana? Githĩ ũtaũku ndaranĩrĩra na mũgambo wake?
Doth not, wisdom, cry aloud? and, understanding, send forth her voice?
2 Njĩra-inĩ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru, na magomano-inĩ ma njĩra-rĩ, nĩho ũũgĩ arũgamĩte;
At the top of the high places above the way, at the place where paths meet, she taketh her stand:
3 ningĩ hakuhĩ na ihingo iria cierekeire itũũra inene, o hau matoonyero-inĩ-rĩ, nĩho araanĩrĩra akoiga atĩrĩ:
Beside the gates, at the entrance of the city, —at the going in of the openings, she shouteth: —
4 “Inyuĩ andũ nĩ inyuĩ ndĩreeta; ndĩraanĩrĩra na mũgambo wakwa kũrĩ andũ othe a thĩ.
Unto you, O men, I call, and, my voice, is unto the sons of men;
5 Inyuĩ arĩa mũtarĩ na ũũgĩ, gĩai na ũbaarĩrĩri, inyuĩ arĩa akĩĩgu, gĩai na ũtaũku.
Understand, ye simple ones, shrewdness, and, ye dullards understand sense;
6 Thikĩrĩriai, nĩgũkorwo ndĩ na maũndũ ma bata ngwaria; ngũtumũra mĩromo yakwa njarie maũndũ marĩa magĩrĩire.
Hear, for, princely things, will I speak, and the opening of my lips shall be of equity;
7 Kanua gakwa kaaragia ũhoro wa ma, nĩgũkorwo mĩromo yakwa nĩĩthũire waganu mũno ta kĩndũ kĩrĩ magigi.
For, faithfulness, shall my mouth softly utter, but, the abomination of my lips, shall be lawlessness;
8 Ciugo ciothe cia kanua gakwa nĩ cia ũthingu; gũtirĩ o na kiugo kĩmwe gĩacio kĩogomu kana gĩa kũhĩtithania.
In righteousness, shall be all the sayings of my mouth, nothing therein, shall be crafty or perverse;
9 Kũrĩ arĩa makũũranaga maũndũ ciugo ciothe nĩciagĩrĩire; itirĩ mahĩtia kũrĩ arĩa marĩ na ũmenyo.
All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge.
10 Thuurai mataaro makwa handũ ha betha, mũthuure ũmenyo handũ ha thahabu ĩrĩa njega mũno,
Receive my correction, and not silver, and knowledge, rather than choicest gold.
11 nĩgũkorwo ũũgĩ nĩ wa goro gũkĩra ruru iria ndune, na gũtirĩ kĩndũ ũngĩĩrirĩria kĩngĩringithanio naguo.
For better is wisdom, than ornaments of coral, and, no delightful things, can equal her.
12 “Niĩ ũũgĩ-rĩ, ndũũranagia na ũbaarĩrĩri; nĩndĩgwatĩire ũmenyo o na gũthugunda maũndũ mega.
I, wisdom, inhabit shrewdness, —and, the knowledge of sagacious things, I gain.
13 Gwĩtigĩra Jehova nĩgũthũũra ũũru; nĩthũire mwĩtĩĩo na mwĩtũũgĩrio, na mĩtugo mĩũru na mĩario ya waganu.
The reverence of Yahweh, is to hate wickedness: pride, arrogance, and the way of wickedness; And a mouth of perverse things, do I hate.
14 Kĩrĩra na ũũgĩ wa gũkũũrana maũndũ nĩ ciakwa; niĩ ndĩ na ũtaũku, na ndĩ na ũhoti.
Mine, are counsel, and effective working, I, am understanding, mine, is valour:
15 Athamaki mathamakaga nĩ ũndũ wa hinya wakwa nao aathani magathondeka mawatho ma kĩhooto;
By me, kings reign, and dignitaries decree righteousness;
16 anene mathamakaga nĩ ũndũ wa hinya wakwa, o ũndũ ũmwe na arĩa othe marĩ igweta arĩa maathanaga gũkũ thĩ.
By me, rulers govern, and nobles—all the righteous judges:
17 Nĩnyendete arĩa manyendete, nao arĩa manjaragia na kĩyo nĩmanyonaga.
I love, them who love me, and, they who diligently seek me, find me:
18 Ũtonga na gĩtĩĩo cionekaga harĩ niĩ, o hamwe na ũtonga wa gũtũũra, na ũgaacĩru.
Riches and honour, are with me, lordly wealth, and righteousness;
19 Maciaro makwa nĩ mega gũkĩra thahabu ĩrĩa therie; uumithio wakwa nĩũkĩrĩte betha ĩrĩa njega.
Better is my fruit, than gold—yea fine gold, and mine increase, than choice silver;
20 Niĩ thiiaga na njĩra ya ũthingu, ngathiĩra o njĩra-inĩ cia kĩhooto,
In the way of righteousness, I march along, in the middle of the paths of justice:
21 ngĩheaga andũ arĩa manyendete ũtonga, na ngaiyũragia igĩĩna ciao.
That I may cause them who love me to inherit substance, and, their treasuries, I may fill.
22 “Jehova aanyũmbire o kĩambĩrĩria-inĩ kĩa wĩra wake, mbere ya mawĩra make ma tene;
Yahweh, had constituted me the beginning of his way, before his works, at the commencement of that time;
23 ndaathuurirwo kuuma tene wa tene, kuuma o kĩambĩrĩria, thĩ ĩtarĩ yagĩa.
At the outset of the ages, had I been established, in advance of the antiquities of the earth;
24 Rĩrĩa gũtaagĩte maria manene-rĩ, nĩguo ndaciarirwo, o hĩndĩ ĩrĩa gũtaarĩ matherũkĩro maiyũrĩte maaĩ;
When there was no resounding deep, I had been brought forth, when there were no fountains, abounding with water;
25 ndaciarirwo irĩma itanahaandwo harĩa irĩ, na tũrĩma tũtanagĩa,
Ere yet the mountains had been settled, before the hills, had I been brought forth;
26 we atanoomba thĩ kana ithaka ciayo, o na kana rũkũngũ o ruothe rwa thĩ.
Or ever he had made the land and the wastes, or the top of the dry parts of the world:
27 Niĩ ndaarĩ o kuo hĩndĩ ĩrĩa aathondekire igũrũ na akĩrĩiga handũ ha rĩo, hĩndĩ ĩrĩa eekĩrire rũkiriri rwa kũrĩa kũriku,
When he prepared the heavens, there, was I! When he decreed a vault upon the face of the resounding deep;
28 rĩrĩa aahaandire matu kũu igũrũ, na akĩrũmia ithima cia kũrĩa kũriku wega,
When he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the resounding deep, waxed strong;
29 rĩrĩa eekĩrire mũhaka wa iria nĩguo maaĩ matikanae kwagarara watho wake, na rĩrĩa aahandire mĩthingi ya thĩ.
When he fixed for the sea its bound, that, the waters, should not go beyond his bidding, when he decreed the foundations of the earth: —
30 Hĩndĩ ĩyo ndaarĩ o hakuhĩ nake ndĩ ta mũbundi mũũgĩ. Ndaaiyũrĩtwo nĩ gĩkeno mũthenya o mũthenya, na ngakenaga hĩndĩ ciothe ndĩ mbere yake,
Then became I beside him, a firm and sure worker, then became I filled with delight, day by day, exulting before him on every occasion;
31 ngakenagĩra thĩ yake yothe, na ngakenagio nĩ andũ othe a thĩ.
Exulting in the fruitful land of his earth, Yea, my fulness of delight, was with the sons of men.
32 “Atĩrĩrĩ ariũ akwa, ta thikĩrĩriai; kũrathimwo nĩ arĩa marũmagia njĩra ciakwa.
Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, for how happy are they who, to my ways, pay regard!
33 Ta thikĩrĩriai mataaro makwa nĩguo mũhĩge; mũtikamarege.
Hear ye correction, and be wise, and do not neglect.
34 Kũrathimwo nĩ mũndũ ũrĩa ũnjiguaga, agacũthagĩrĩria mĩrango-inĩ yakwa o mũthenya, akanjetagĩrĩra hingĩro-inĩ cia mĩrango yakwa.
How happy the man that doth hearken to me, —keeping guard at my doors, day by day, watching at the posts of my gates;
35 Nĩgũkorwo ũrĩa wothe ũgĩte na niĩ nĩ muoyo agĩte naguo, nake akagĩa na agetĩkĩrĩka harĩ Jehova.
For, he that findeth me, findeth life, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh;
36 No ũrĩa wothe ũhĩtanĩtie na niĩ nĩ ũũru eĩkaga; nao arĩa othe maathũire nĩ gĩkuũ mendete.”
But, he that misseth me, wrongeth his own soul, all who hate me, love death.
