Ilu 2
1 Nwa m, ọ bụrụ na ị nabata okwu ọnụ m niile zobekwa iwu m niile nʼime obi gị,
My son, if you will receive my words, and hide my commandments with you;
2 tọọ ntị gị nʼala nye amamihe, wepụta obi gị inwe nghọta.
So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
3 E, ọ bụrụ na ọ bụ ihe ọmụma ka ị na-akpọku, ọ bụrụkwa na ọ bụ nghọta ka ị na-eweliri olu gị,
Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding;
4 ọ bụrụ na ị na-achọ ya dịka i si achọ ọlaọcha maọbụ akụ nke zoro ezo,
If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
5 mgbe ahụ, ị ga-aghọtakwa ihe bụ ịtụ egwu Onyenwe anyị chọtakwa ihe ọmụma nke Chineke.
Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6 Nʼihi na ọ bụ Onyenwe anyị na-enye amamihe; nʼebe ọ nọ ka nghọta na ihe ọmụma na-esi abịa.
For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7 Ọ na-edebere ndị ụzọ ha ziri ezi nzube ọganihu, ọ bụ ọta nye ndị na-eje ije nʼizuoke.
He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8 Ọ na-echebekwa ụzọ nke ndị na-eme ezi ihe na-agbaso, na-elekọtakwa ụzọ nke ndị hụrụ ya nʼanya na-agbaso.
He keeps the paths of judgment, and preserves the way of his saints.
9 Mgbe ahụ ka ị ga-aghọta ihe ziri ezi na ihe dị mma na ezi ụzọ niile.
Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yes, every good path.
10 Nʼihi na amamihe ga-enwe ọnọdụ nʼime obi gị, ihe ọmụma ga-adịkwa mkpụrụobi gị ụtọ.
When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul;
11 Izuzu zuruoke ga-echebe gị, nghọta ga na-eche gị nche.
Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:
12 Amamihe ga-azọpụta gị site nʼụzọ ndị mmehie, sitekwa na mmadụ ndị okwu ha jọrọ njọ,
To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks fraudulent things;
13 ndị hapụrụ ụzọ niile ziri ezi nke Chineke na-agbaso ụzọ niile nke ọchịchịrị,
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 ndị na-aṅụrị ọṅụ nʼihe ọjọọ, nʼihi na mmehie ha na-atọ ha ụtọ.
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
15 Ihe ọbụla ha na-eme gbagọrọ agbagọ, jọọkwa njọ.
Whose ways are crooked, and they fraudulent in their paths:
16 Ọ bụ naanị amamihe ga-anapụta gị nʼaka nwanyị akwụna, na nwanyị na-abụghị nwunye gị nke na-ekwu okwu nrafu.
To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatters with her words;
17 Onye na-ahapụ di ọ lụrụ nʼagbọghọ, nke chefuru ọgbụgba ndụ ọ gbara nʼihu Chineke.
Which forsakes the guide of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God.
18 Ụlọ nwanyị dị otu a dị nʼokporoụzọ nke na-eduba nʼọnwụ na nʼọkụ ala mmụọ. (questioned)
For her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead.
19 Ndị ikom niile banyere nʼụlọ ha na-ala nʼiyi. Ha adịghị alọtakwa nʼokporoụzọ nke na-eduba na ndụ.
None that go to her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20 Nʼihi nke a, ị ga-aga ije nʼụzọ ndị ezi omume, debekwa ụkwụ gị nʼokporoụzọ niile nke ndị ezi omume,
That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 nʼihi na ọ bụ naanị ndị ziri ezi ga-ebi nʼala ahụ, ndị na-enweghị ịta ụta ga-afọdụkwa nʼime ya.
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22 Ma ndị na-emebi iwu ka a ga-ebipụ site nʼala ahụ, ọ bụkwa ndị na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi ka a ga-ewezuga na ya.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
