¹My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

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

²So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

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

³Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

³Haddaad waxkalagarashada ka daba qaylisid, Oo aad codkaaga waxgarashada kor ugu qaaddid;

⁴If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

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

⁵Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

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

⁶For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

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

⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

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

⁸He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

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

⁹Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

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

¹⁰When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

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

¹¹Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

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

¹²To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

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

¹³Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

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

¹⁴Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

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

¹⁵Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

¹⁵Oo jidadkoodu maroorsan yihiin, Oo waddooyinkooduna qalloocan yihiin,

¹⁶To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

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

¹⁷Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

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

¹⁸For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

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

¹⁹None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

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

²⁰That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

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

²¹For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

²¹Waayo, kuwa qummanu dhulkay fadhiyi doonaan, Oo kuwa kaamilka ahuna way sii joogi doonaan.Laakiinse kuwa sharkaa waa laga gooyn doonaa dhulka, Oo khaayinnadana waa laga rujin doonaa.

²²But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

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