¹My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

¹Wiilkaygiiyow, xigmaddayda dhegayso, Oo waxgarashadaydana dhegta u dhig;

²that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

²Si aad digtoonaan u dhawrtid, Oo ay bushimahaaguna aqoon u xejiyaan.

³For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

³Waayo, naagta qalaad bushimaheedu waxay daadiyaan malab, Oo afkeeduna saliid buu ka sii macaan yahay,

⁴But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

⁴Laakiinse aakhirkeedu wuxuu u qadhaadh yahay sida geed dacareed oo kale, Wuuna af badan yahay sida seef laba af leh.

⁵Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .

⁵Cagaheedu dhimashay ku dhaadhacaan, Oo tallaabooyinkeeduna waxay u jeedaan xagga She'ool,

⁶She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.

⁶Waddada nolosha iyadu aad uguma fiirsato. Jidadkeedu waa leexleexdaan, oo garan kari maysid,

⁷Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

⁷Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed, wiilashoy, bal i maqla, Oo erayada afkayga ha ka tegina.

⁸Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

⁸Jidkaaga ka fogee iyada, Oo albaabka gurigeeda ha u dhowaan,

⁹lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

⁹Si aanad sharaftaada kuwa kale u siin, Oo aanad sannadahaaga kuwa caloosha adag u siin,

¹⁰lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

¹⁰Si aan shisheeyayaal maalkaaga uga dhergin; Oo aanay wixii aad u hawshootay guri ajnabi u gelin,

¹¹You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

¹¹Si aanad ugu dambaysta u barooran, Markay hilibkaaga iyo jidhkaaguba baabba'aan,

¹²and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

¹²Oo aad tidhaahdaan, Sidee baan edbin u nebcaaday, Oo qalbigayguna canaantii u quudhsaday!

¹³neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!

¹³Codkii macallimiintaydii ma aan addeecin, Oo dhegtana uma aan dhigin kuwii wax i baray!

¹⁴I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly.”

¹⁴Anigu waxaan u dhowaa inaan shar kasta falo Anigoo ku dhex jira shirka iyo ururka.

¹⁵Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.

¹⁵Berkeddaada biyo ka cab, Oo ceelkaagana biyo qulqulaya ka cab.

¹⁶Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?

¹⁶Ma hagaag baa in ilahaagu dibadda u daataan. Oo ay durdurraduna dariiqyada maraan?

¹⁷Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.

¹⁷Iyagu ha ahaadeen kuwaaga oo keliya, Oo yaanay u ahaan shisheeyayaal adiga kula jira.

¹⁸Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

¹⁸Ishaadu ha barakaysnaato, Oo naagtaadii aad yaraanta ku guursatay ku faraxsanow.

¹⁹A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

¹⁹Iyadu ha kuu ahaato sida deerada jacaylka badan iyo sida cawsha quruxsan, Goor walbana naasaheedu ha ku deeqeen Oo had iyo goorna jacaylkeeda ku faraxsanow.

²⁰For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

²⁰Haddaba wiilkaygiiyow, bal maxaad naag qalaad ugu faraxsanaanaysaa, Maxaadse naag shisheeye ah naasaheeda u qabsanaysaa?

²¹For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

²¹Waayo, jidadka dadku waxay hor yaalliin indhaha Rabbiga Oo isagaa fiiriya waddooyinkiisa oo dhan.

²²The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

²²Kan sharka leh waxaa qabsan doonta xumaantiisa, Oo waxaa isaga lagu soo xidhi doonaa xadhkaha dembigiisa.Wuxuu u dhiman doonaa edbinla'aanta, Oo isagu wuxuu ku dhex amban doonaa badnaanta nacasnimadiisa.

²³He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

²³Wuxuu u dhiman doonaa edbinla'aanta, Oo isagu wuxuu ku dhex amban doonaa badnaanta nacasnimadiisa.