Karin Magana 8
1 Hikima ba ta yin kira ne? Fahimi ba ya tā da muryarsa ne?
It is as if wisdom, with great understanding [of many things], is calling [PRS] out [to people].
2 A ƙwanƙoli a kan hanya, inda hanyoyi suka haɗu, ta ɗauki matsayinta;
Wisdom stands on hilltops and at crossroads.
3 kusa da ƙofofin shiga cikin birni, a mashigai, ta tā da murya,
[Wisdom also stands] at the city gates and shouts loudly,
4 “Gare ku, ya mutane, nake kira; na tā da muryata ga dukan’yan adam.
“I am calling to everyone! I am shouting loudly to all people!
5 Ku da kuke marasa azanci, ku yi hankali; ku da kuke wawaye, ku nemi fahimi.
You people who do not know how to do things that are smart to do, get sound judgment; you foolish people, get good understanding!
6 Ku saurara, gama ina da abubuwa masu darajan da zan faɗa; na buɗe leɓunana don in faɗa abin da yake daidai.
Listen to me, because I have some excellent/important things to say. What I say is what is fair/right.
7 Bakina yana magana abin da yake gaskiya, gama leɓunana sun ƙi mugunta.
I speak what is true; I detest speaking [MTY] what is false/deceptive.
8 Dukan kalmomin bakina suna da adalci; babu waninsu da ya karkace ko kuwa ƙarya ne.
Everything that I say is honest; there is nothing that I say that deceives [people].
9 Ga mai tunani dukansu daidai ne; ba su da laifi ga waɗanda suke da sani.
My words are clear to those who have good sense; those who are wise know that what I say is right.
10 Ku zaɓi umarnina a maimakon azurfa, sani a maimakon zinariya zalla,
[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,
11 gama hikima ta fi lu’ulu’ai daraja, kuma ba abin da kake sha’awa da za a kwatanta da ita.
because wisdom is more valuable than jewels. Nothing that you desire [is as valuable] as being wise.
12 “Ni, hikima, ina zama tare da hankali; ina da sani da iya rarrabewa.
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.
13 Jin tsoron Ubangiji shi ne ƙin mugunta; ina ƙin girman kai da fariya, halin mugunta da kuma muguwar magana.
[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].
14 Shawara da yin tunani mai kyau nawa ne; ina da fahimi da kuma iko.
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.
15 Ta wurina sarakuna suke mulki masu mulki kuma suke yin dokokin da suke da adalci;
When kings are wise, they rule [well]; and when rulers are wise, they make laws that are just/fair.
16 ta wurina sarakuna suke mulki, da kuma dukan manyan mutanen da suke mulkin duniya.
Rulers govern their people with the help of me, wisdom, and those who have authority decide things fairly/just with my help.
17 Ina ƙaunar waɗanda suke ƙaunata, kuma waɗanda suke nemana sukan same ni.
I, [wisdom], love [all] those who love me, and [all] those who truly seek me [will] find me.
18 Tare da ni akwai wadata da girmamawa, dukiya da wadata masu dawwama.
I enable [people] to become rich and to be honored; [I enable them to have] wealth that will last and to be successful.
19 ’Ya’yan itacena sun fi zinariya zalla; amfanin gonar da nake bayar ya fi azurfa mafi kyau.
What I can give people is more valuable than fine/pure gold and the best silver.
20 Ina tafiya a hanyar adalci, a kan hanyoyin gaskiya,
I always do what is righteous and just/fair.
21 ina ba da wadata ga waɗanda suke ƙaunata ina sa wuraren ajiyarsu su cika.
I give wealth to those who love me; I fill their houses with valuable things.
22 “Ubangiji ya kawo ni a matsayi na farko na ayyukansa, kafin ayyukansa na tuntuni;
Yahweh created me, [wisdom], when he began [to create the world]; he created me [to do my work] before he created anything else.
23 an naɗa ni tun fil azal, daga farko, kafin duniya ta kasance.
He appointed me long ago, before he created the earth.
24 Sa’ad da babu tekuna, aka haife ni, sa’ad da babu maɓulɓulai masu ruwa;
I was born before the oceans were [created], when there were no springs from which water flowed.
25 kafin a kafa duwatsu a wurarensu, kafin tuddai ma, an haife ni,
I was born before the hills and mountains were formed;
26 kafin ya yi duniya ko gonaki ko wata ƙurar duniya.
[I, wisdom], was born before Yahweh made the earth, before he made the fields and the soil on the earth.
27 Ina nan sa’ad da ya kafa sammai a wurarensu, sa’ad da ya shata sararin sama a kan fuskar zurfafa,
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.
28 sa’ad da ya kafa gizagizai a bisa ya kuma kafa maɓulɓulan zurfafa daram,
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.
29 sa’ad da ya ba wa teku iyakarsa domin kada ruwaye su zarce umarninsa, da kuma sa’ad da ya shata tussan duniya.
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.
30 A lokacin ni ne mai tsara abubuwa a gefensa. Na cika da murna kowace rana, kullum ina farin ciki a gabansa,
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.
31 ina farin ciki da dukan duniyarsa ina murna da’yan adam.
I was delighted with the world that he created; I was happy with the people whom he created, too.
32 “Yanzu fa,’ya’yana, ku saurare ni; masu albarka ne waɗanda suke kiyaye hanyoyina.
So, [you people who are like] my sons, listen to me. [I am] pleased with [all] those who obey my teachings.
33 Ku saurari umarnina ku kuma zama masu hikima; kada ku ƙyale ta.
Listen [carefully] to what I teach you and become wise. Do not reject my teaching!
34 Mai albarka ne wanda ya saurare ni; yana tsaro kullum a ƙofofina, yana jira a ƙofar shigata.
[I am] pleased with those who listen to me, those who are outside my house every day, waiting [for me to come out].
35 Gama duk wanda ya same ni ya sami rai zai kuma sami tagomashi daga Ubangiji.
Those who find me will have [a long] life, and Yahweh [will] be pleased with them.
36 Amma duk wanda ya kāsa samuna ya cuci kansa; dukan waɗanda suke ƙina suna ƙaunar mutuwa ke nan.”
But those who stray away from me [just] harm themselves. All those who hate me, [it is as though] [IRO] they are loving death.”
