Maahmaahyadii 2

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

My son, if you would accept my words, and conceal my commandments within you,

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

so that your ears may listen to wisdom, then bend your heart in order to know prudence.

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

For if you would call upon wisdom and bend your heart to prudence,

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

if you will seek her like money, and dig for her as if for treasure,

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

then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and you will discover the knowledge of God.

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

For the Lord bestows wisdom, and out of his mouth, prudence and knowledge.

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

He will preserve the salvation of the righteous, and he will protect those who walk in simplicity:

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

serving the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of sanctity.

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

Then you shall understand justice and judgment, and equity, and every good path.

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

If wisdom is to enter into your heart, and if knowledge is to become pleasing to your soul,

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

then counsel must guard you, and prudence must serve you,

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

so that you may be rescued from the evil way, and from the man who speaks perversities,

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

from those who leave the straight path to walk in dark ways,

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

who rejoice when they have done evil, and who exult in the most wicked things.

15 Oo jidadkoodu maroorsan yihiin, Oo waddooyinkooduna qalloocan yihiin,

Their ways are perverse, and their steps are infamous.

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

So may you be rescued from the foreign woman, and from the outsider, who softens her speech,

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

and who leaves behind the Guide of her youth,

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

and who has forgotten the covenant of her God. For her household inclines toward death, and her paths toward Hell. (questioned)

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

All those who enter to her will not return again, nor will they take hold of the paths of life.

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

So may you walk in the good way, and keep to the difficult paths of the just.

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

For those who are upright shall live upon the earth, and the simple shall continue upon it.

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

Yet truly, the impious shall perish from the earth, and those who act unjustly shall be taken away from it.