¹My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you;

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

²So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

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

³Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

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

⁴If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

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

⁵then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” .

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

⁶For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

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

⁷He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;

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

⁸that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

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

⁹Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

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

¹⁰For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

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

¹¹Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

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

¹²to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

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

¹³who forsake 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 perverseness of evil;

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

¹⁵who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:

¹⁵Oo jidadkoodu maroorsan yihiin, Oo waddooyinkooduna qalloocan yihiin,

¹⁶To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

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

¹⁷who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:

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

¹⁸for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead.

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

¹⁹None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

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

²⁰that you may 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 will dwell in the land. The perfect will 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 will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

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