Maahmaahyadii 2

1 Wiilkaygiiyow, haddaad erayadayda aqbashid, Oo aad amarradayda qalbigaaga ku haysatid,

My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

2 Si aad dhegta xigmadda ugu dhigtid, Oo aad qalbigaagana waxgarashada ugu qabatid;

So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

3 Haddaad wax-kala-garashada ka daba qaylisid, Oo aad codkaaga waxgarashada kor ugu qaaddid;

Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

4 Haddaad iyada u raadisid sida lacagta oo kale, Oo aad u doondoontid sida maal qarsoon,

If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

5 Markaas waxaad garan doontaa Rabbiga ka cabsashadiisa, Oo waxaad heli doontaa aqoonta Ilaah.

Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

6 Waayo, Rabbigu isagaa bixiya xigmadda, Oo afkiisa waxaa ka soo baxa aqoonta iyo waxgarashada.

For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

7 Isagu kuwa xaqa ah xigmad buu u kaydiyaa, Oo kuwa daacadnimada u socdana waa u gaashaan.

He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

8 Isagu wuxuu dhawraa waddooyinka garta, Oo wuxuu xannaaneeyaa jidka quduusiintiisa.

He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.

9 Markaasaad garan doontaa xaqnimada, iyo garta, Iyo caaddilnimada, iyo jid kasta oo wanaagsan.

Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

10 Waayo, waxaa qalbigaaga soo geli doonta xigmadda, Oo aqoontuna waxay ka farxin doontaa naftaada;

For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

11 Digtoonaanta baa ku xanaanayn doonta, Oo waxaa ku dhawri doonta waxgarashada,

Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

12 Si lagaaga samatabbixiyo jidka kan sharka ah, Iyo dadka waxyaalaha qalloocan ku hadla,

Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

13 Oo qummanaanta waddooyinkeeda ka taga, Si ay jidadka gudcurka ugu socdaan,

Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;

14 Oo ay ku reyreeyaan inay xumaan falaan, Oo ay qalloocnaanta kan sharkaa ku farxaan;

Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;

15 Oo jidadkoodu maroorsan yihiin, Oo waddooyinkooduna qalloocan yihiin,

Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

16 In lagaa samatabbixiyo naagta qalaad, Xataa naagta qalaad oo hadalladeeda kugu sasabata,

To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

17 Taasoo ka tagta horseedkii yaraanteeda, Oo illowda axdigii Ilaaheeda;

Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

18 Waayo, gurigeedu wuxuu ku foororaa dhimasho, Oo waddooyinkeeduna waxay ku dhaadhacaan kuwii dhintay.

For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

19 Kuwa iyada u gala midkoodna sooma noqdo, Oo waddooyinka noloshana ma ay helaan.

Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

20 Waa inaad ku socotid jidka dadka wanaagsan, Oo aad dhawrtid waddooyinka kuwa xaqa ah.

So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

21 Waayo, kuwa qummanu dhulkay fadhiyi doonaan, Oo kuwa kaamilka ahuna way sii joogi doonaan.

For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

22 Laakiinse kuwa sharkaa waa laga gooyn doonaa dhulka, Oo khaayinnadana waa laga rujin doonaa.

But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.