¹My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;

¹Wiilkaygiiyow, haddaad deriskaaga dammiin u noqotid, Ama haddaad shisheeye gacanta dhaar ugu dhiibtid,

²You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

²Markaas waxaa lagugu dabay erayada afkaaga, Oo waxaa lagugu qabtay erayada afkaaga.

³Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

³Haddaba, wiilkaygiiyow, bal waxan samee oo isa samatabbixi, Waayo, gacantii deriskaagii waad gashay; U tag, oo is-hoosaysii, oo deriskaaga bari.

⁴Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

⁴Indhahaaga hurdo ha isugu keenin, Oo indhahaaga daboolkoodana lulo ha isugu qaban.

⁵Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

⁵Isu samatabbixi sida cawl gacanta ugaadhsadaha uga baxsato, Iyo sida shimbir gacanta shimbirdabaha uga baxsato.

⁶Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

⁶Kaaga caajiska ahow, bal qudhaanjada u tag, Oo bal jidadkeeda u fiirso oo caqli yeelo,

⁷Iyadoo aan lahayn madaxweyne, Sirkaal iyo taliye toona,

⁸provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

⁸Ayay guga cuntadeeda soo diyaarsataa, Oo quudkeedana waxay soo urursataa wakhtiga beeraha la goosto.

⁹How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

⁹Haddaba kaaga caajiska ahow, ilaa goormaad hurdaysaa? Goormaadse hurdadaada ka toosaysaa?

¹⁰A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

¹⁰Weliba, in yar baad seexataa, in yar baad lulootaa, Oo in yar baad gacmaha hurdo aawadeed u laabataa,

¹¹so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

¹¹Hadda caydhinimadaadu waxay u iman doontaa sida mid dad dhaca, Oo baahidaaduna waxay u iman doontaa sida nin hub wata.

¹²A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

¹²Qofkii waxmatare ah, iyo ninkii sharrow ahuba, Wuxuu ku socdaa af qalloocan;

¹³who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;

¹³Indhihiisuu ku baaqaa, oo cagihiisuu ku hadlaa, Oo faruhuu wax ku baraa;

¹⁴in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

¹⁴Qalbigiisa qalloocnaan baa ku jirta, had iyo goorna wuxuu ku fikiraa shar, Oo wuxuu beeraa muran.

¹⁵Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

¹⁵Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed masiibadiisu degdeg bay u iman doontaa, Oo dhaqso buu u jabi doonaa, dawona ma leh.

¹⁶There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

¹⁶Waxaa jira lix waxyaalood oo uu Rabbigu neceb yahay, Haah, toddoba ayaa naftiisu aad u karahdaa,

¹⁷haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

¹⁷Waana indho kibir badan, carrab been sheega, Iyo gacmo dhiig aan eed lahayn daadiya,

¹⁸a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

¹⁸Qalbi male shar ah hindisa, Iyo cago xumaan ku degdega,

¹⁹a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

¹⁹Markhaati been ah oo been sheega, Iyo kii muran dad walaalo ah ku dhex beera.

²⁰My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

²⁰Wiilkaygiiyow, qaynuunka aabbahaa xaji, Oo amarka hooyadaana ha ka tegin.

²¹Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

²¹Had iyo goorba qalbiga ku sido, Oo qoortana ku xidho.

²²When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

²²Markaad socotid wuu ku hoggaamin doonaa, Oo markaad seexatidna wuu ku dhawri doonaa, Markaad toostidna wuu kula hadli doonaa.

²³For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

²³Waayo, qaynuunku waa laambad, amarkuna waa iftiin, Oo canaanashada edbintuna waa jidkii nolosha,

²⁴to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.

²⁴Inay kaa dhawraan naagta sharka ah, Iyo sasabashada carrabka naagta qalaad.

²⁵Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

²⁵Quruxdeeda qalbigaaga ha ka damcin, Oo yaanay indhaheeda daboolkooda kugu sasaban.

²⁶For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

²⁶Waayo, naag dhillo ah aawadeed waxaa nin la gaadhsiiyaa go' kibis ah, Oo dhilladuna waxay ugaadhsataa nafta qaaligaa.

²⁷Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

²⁷Miyuu nin laabta dab ku qaadi karaa, Iyadoo aan dharkiisu guban?

²⁸Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

²⁸Miyuu mid dhuxul kulul ku kor socon karaa, Iyadoo aan cagihiisu guban?

²⁹So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

²⁹Haddaba sidaas oo kaluu noqdaa kii naagta deriskiisa u tagaa, Oo ku alla kii iyada taabtaaba ma taqsiir la'aan doono.

³⁰Men don’t despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

³⁰Dadku tuug ma quudhsadaan hadduu wax xado Inuu naftiisa dhergiyo markuu gaajoodo,

³¹but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

³¹Laakiinse haddii isaga la qabto waa inuu toddoba jibbaar u magdhabaa, Waa inuu ku bixiyaa waxa gurigiisa yaal oo dhan.

³²He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

³²Kii naag ka sinaystaa wuu caqli daranyahay, Oo kii sidaas yeelaa naftiisuu halligaa.

³³He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.

³³Oo wuxuu heli doonaa dhaawacyo iyo sharafdarro; Oo ceebtiisana lama tirtiri doono innaba.

³⁴For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.

³⁴Waayo, hinaaso waa nin cadhadiis. Maalinta aarsashadana isagu ma tudhi doono.Isagu innaba mag kaa qaadan maayo, oo sinaba kuula heshiin maayo, In kastoo aad hadiyado badan siisid.

³⁵He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.

³⁵Isagu innaba mag kaa qaadan maayo, oo sinaba kuula heshiin maayo, In kastoo aad hadiyado badan siisid.