< Karin Magana 4 >
1 Ku saurara’ya’yana ga koyarwar mahaifinku; ku mai da hankali, ku sami fahimi.
to hear: hear son: descendant/people discipline: instruction father and to listen to/for to know understanding
2 Ina ba ku sahihiyar koyarwa, saboda haka kada ku ƙyale koyarwata.
for teaching pleasant to give: give to/for you instruction my not to leave: neglect
3 Sa’ad da nake yaro a gidan mahaifina, yaro kaɗai kuma na mahaifiyata,
for son: child to be to/for father my tender and only to/for face mother my
4 ya koya mini ya ce, “Ka riƙe kalmomina da dukan zuciyarka; ka kiyaye umarnaina za ka kuwa rayu.
and to show me and to say to/for me to grasp word my heart your to keep: obey commandment my and to live
5 Ka nemi hikima, ka nemi fahimi; kada ka manta da kalmomina ko ka kauce daga gare su.
to buy wisdom to buy understanding not to forget and not to stretch from word lip my
6 Kada ka ƙyale hikima, za tă kuwa tsare ka; ka ƙaunace ta, za tă kuwa lura da kai.
not to leave: forsake her and to keep: obey you to love: lover her and to watch you
7 Hikima ce mafi girma duka; saboda haka ka nemi hikima. Ko da za tă ci duk abin da kake da shi, ka dai nemi fahimi.
first: beginning wisdom to buy wisdom and in/on/with all acquisition your to buy understanding
8 Ka ƙaunace ta, za tă ɗaukaka ka; ka rungume ta, za tă kuwa girmama ka.
to build her and to exalt you to honor: honour you for to embrace her
9 Za tă zama kayan ado da za su inganta kanka tă kuma zamar maka rawanin ɗaukaka.”
to give: put to/for head your wreath favor crown beauty to deliver you
10 Ka saurara, ɗana, ka yarda da abin da na faɗa, shekarun rayuwarka kuwa za su zama masu yawa.
to hear: hear son: child my and to take: recieve word my and to multiply to/for you year life
11 Na bishe ka a hanyar hikima na kuma jagorance ka a miƙaƙƙun hanyoyi.
in/on/with way: conduct wisdom to show you to tread you in/on/with track uprightness
12 Sa’ad da kake tafiya, ba abin da zai sa ka tuntuɓe; sa’ad da kake gudu, ba za ka fāɗi ba.
in/on/with to go: walk you not be distressed step your and if to run: run not to stumble
13 Ka riƙe umarni, kada ka bari yă kuɓuce; ka tsare shi sosai, gama ranka ne.
to strengthen: hold in/on/with discipline: instruction not to slacken to watch her for he/she/it life your
14 Kada ka sa ƙafa a kan hanyar mugaye kada ka bi gurbin mugaye.
in/on/with way wicked not to come (in): come and not to bless in/on/with way: conduct bad: evil
15 Ka guji mugunta, kada ka yi tafiya a kanta; juya daga gare ta ka yi tafiyarka.
to neglect him not to pass in/on/with him to turn aside from upon him and to pass
16 Mugaye ba sa iya barci, sai sun aikata mugunta; ba su barci sai sun cuci wani.
for not to sleep if: until not be evil and to plunder sleep their if: until not (to stumble *Q(K)*)
17 Mugunta da ta’adi kamar ci da sha suke a gare su.
for to feed on food: bread wickedness and wine violence to drink
18 Hanyar adali kamar fitowar rana ce, sai ƙara haske take yi, har ta kai tsaka.
and way righteous like/as light brightness to go: continue and to light till to establish: prepare [the] day
19 Amma hanyar mugaye kamar zurfin duhu ne; ba sa sanin abin da ya sa suke tuntuɓe.
way: conduct wicked like/as darkness not to know in/on/with what? to stumble
20 Ɗana, ka kula da abin da nake faɗa, ka saurara sosai ga kalmomina.
son: child my to/for word my to listen [emph?] to/for word my to stretch ear your
21 Kada ka bari su rabu da kai, ka kiyaye su a cikin zuciyarka;
not be devious from eye: seeing your to keep: obey them in/on/with midst heart your
22 gama rai ne ga waɗanda suke nemansu da kuma lafiya ga dukan jikin mutum.
for life they(masc.) to/for to find them and to/for all flesh his healing
23 Fiye da kome duka, ka tsare zuciyarka, gama maɓulɓulan ruwan rijiyar rai ne.
from all custody to watch heart your for from him outgoing life
24 Ka kau da muguwar magana daga bakinka; ka yi nesa da magana marar kyau daga leɓunanka.
to turn aside: remove from you crookedness lip: word and perversity lip: words to remove from you
25 Bari idanunka su dubi gaba sosai, ka kafa idanunka kai tsaye a gabanka.
eye your to/for before to look and eyelid your to smooth before you
26 Ka san inda ƙafafunka suke takawa ka bi hanyoyin da suke daram kawai.
to envy track foot your and all way: conduct your to establish: establish
27 Kada ka kauce dama ko hagu; ka kiyaye ƙafarka daga mugunta.
not to stretch right and left to turn aside: depart foot your from bad: evil