Maahmaahyadii 8
1 Haddaba xigmaddu sow ma dhawaaqin? Waxgarashaduna codkeedii sow kor uma qaadin?
Doth not wisdom cry aloud, And understanding put forth her voice?
2 Waxay taagan tahay meelaha sarreeya Oo jidka agtiisa ah, meesha waddooyinku ku kulmaan.
Upon the top of the high places, By the wayside, In the cross-ways, She taketh her station.
3 Oo waxay ka qaylisaa irdaha agtooda, Meesha magaalada laga soo galo, Iyo meesha albaabbada laga soo galoba.
By the side of the gates, In the entrance of the city, In the approaches to the doors, she crieth aloud.
4 Nimanyahow, idinkaan idiin dhawaaqayaa, Oo codkayguna wuxuu u yeedhayaa binu-aadmiga.
“To you, O men! do I call, And my voice is to the sons of men!
5 Garaadlaawayaashow, miyir lahaada, Nacasyadoy, waxgarasho qalbiga ku haysta.
O ye simple ones! learn wisdom, And ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart!
6 I maqla, waayo, waxaan ku hadlayaa waxyaalo wanaagsan, Oo waxaan bushimaha u kala qaadayaa waxyaalo qumman.
Hear, for I speak excellent things, And my lips utter that which is right.
7 Maxaa yeelay, afkaygu run buu ku hadlayaa; Oo bushimahayguna shar bay karhaan.
For my mouth speaketh truth, And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 Erayada afkayga oo dhammi waa xaq, Oo innaba wax qalloocan ama maroorsan lagama helo.
All the words of my mouth are in uprightness; There is nothing crooked or deceitful in them;
9 Iyagu dhammaantood waa u cad yihiin kii wax garanaya, Oo waana u qumman yihiin kuwa aqoonta hela.
They are all plain to the man of understanding, And right to those who find knowledge.
10 Edbintayda qaata, lacagse ha qaadanina, Oo aqoontana ka hor doorta dahabka saafiga ah.
Receive my instruction, and not silver. And knowledge rather than choice gold!
11 Waayo, xigmaddu waa ka sii wanaagsan tahay luulka, Oo wax alla waxa la damci karo oo dhanna iyada lalama simi karo.
For wisdom is better than pearls, And no precious things are to be compared with her.
12 Anigoo xigmad ahu, waxaan la fadhiyaa miyir, Oo waxaan helaa aqoon iyo digtoonaan.
“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out the knowledge of sagacious counsels.
13 Rabbiga ka cabsashadiisu waa in sharka la naco. Kibirka, iyo madaxweynaanta, iyo jidka sharka, Iyo afka qalloocan ayaan anigu necbahay.
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, And the deceitful mouth, do I hate.
14 Talo iyo xigmad anigaa iska leh, Oo waxaan ahay waxgarasho, xoogna waan leeyahay.
Counsel is mine, and sound reason; I am understanding; I have strength.
15 Boqorradu gacantayday wax ku xukumaan, Oo amiirraduna amarkaygay garta ku gooyaan.
By me kings reign, And princes decree justice.
16 Taliyayaasha iyo saraakiisha iyo weliba xaakinnada dunida oo dhammuna Anigay wax iigu taliyaan.
By me princes rule, And nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
17 Anigu kuwa i jecel waan jeclahay, Oo kuwa aad iyo aad ii doonaana way i heli doonaan.
I love them that love me, And they who seek me early shall find me.
18 Anigaa iska leh taajirnimo iyo sharaf. Iyo weliba maal raagaya iyo xaqnimoba.
Riches and honor are with me; Yea, durable riches and prosperity.
19 Midhahaygu way ka sii wanaagsan yihiin dahab, haah, oo xataa dahab aad u wanaagsan way ka sii wanaagsan yihiin, Oo waxa ii kordhaana way ka sii wanaagsan yihiin lacag la doortay.
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold. And my revenue than choice silver.
20 Anigu waxaan ku socdaa jidka xaqnimada, Iyo waddooyinka garta dhexdooda,
I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of equity.
21 Si aan kuwa i jecel uga dhigo inay maal dhaxlaan, Oo aan khasnadahooda ugu buuxiyo.
I cause those who love me to possess substance; Yea, I fill their treasuries.
22 Rabbigu wuxuu i lahaan jiray bilowgii jidkiisa Iyo shuqulladiisii hore ka hor.
“The LORD created me, the firstling of his course, Before his works, of old;
23 Aniga aakhirada hore waa lay taagay, waxaan jiray bilowgii ugu horreeyey, Ama intaan dunidu jirin ka hor.
I was anointed from everlasting, From the beginning, even before the earth was made.
24 Anigu waxaan dhashay intaan moolal jirin ka hor, Iyo intaanay jirin ilo biyo ka buuxaan.
When as yet there were no deeps, I was brought forth. When there were no springs, abounding with water.
25 Intaan la qotomin buuraha Iyo kuraha ka hor ayaan anigu dhashay,
Before the mountains were settled, Yea, before the hills, I was brought forth;
26 Intaanuu isagu samayn dhulka iyo berrimmada, Amase ciiddii dunida ugu horraysay.
Ere yet he had made the land and the wastes, And the first of the clods of the earth.
27 Markuu samooyinka hagaajiyey anigu waan joogay, Markuu xariijinta ku wareejiyey moolka dushiisa,
When he framed the heavens, I was there; When he drew a circle upon the face of the deep;
28 Markuu cirka sare taagay, Markii ilaha moolku xoog yeesheen,
When he made firm the sky above, And the fountains of the deep rushed forth;
29 Markuu badda xad u yeelay Si aan biyuhu amarkiisa ugu xadgudbin, Markuu aasaaskii dhulka dhigay,
When he gave to the sea its bounds, that the waters should not pass their border; When he marked out the foundations of the earth, —
30 Markaas anigu isagaan dhinac joogay, anigoo ah sidii hawlhoggaamiye, Oo anigu maalin kasta faraxiisaan ahaa, Oo mar kasta hortiisaan ku rayrayn jiray;
Then was I by him as a master-builder; I was his delight day by day, Exulting before him at all times;
31 Waxaan ku rayrayn jiray inta dhulkiisa la degay, Oo waxaan ku farxi jiray binu-aadmiga.
Exulting in the habitable part of his earth, And my delight was with the sons of men.
32 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed, wiilashoy, bal i maqla; Waayo, waxaa barakaysan kuwa jidadkayga xajiya.
“Now, therefore, ye children, hearken to me! For happy are they who keep my ways!
33 Edbinta dhegaysta, oo caqli yeesha, Oo ha diidina.
Hear instruction, and be wise! Yea, reject it not!
34 Waxaa barakaysan ninka i maqla, Oo maalin kasta irdahayga igu dhawra, Oo albaabbadayda igu suga.
Happy the man who hearkeneth to me, Who watcheth day by day at my gates, Who waiteth at the posts of my doors;
35 Waayo, ku alla kii i helaa wuxuu helaa nolol, Oo Rabbiguna raalli buu ka ahaan doonaa.
For he that findeth me findeth life, And obtaineth favor from the LORD;
36 Laakiinse kii igu dembaabaa naftiisuu wax yeelaa, Kuwa aniga i neceb oo dhammu waxay jecel yihiin dhimasho.
But he who misseth me doeth violence to himself; All they who hate me love death.”
