Empeera y’Okunoonya Amagezi
1Mwana wange, bw’onookwatanga ebigambo byange,
n’otereka ebiragiro byange mu bulamu bwo,
22:2 Nge 22:17era n’ossaayo omwoyo eri amagezi,
era n’ossa omutima gwo eri okutegeera,
3ddala ddala singa oyaayaanira okumanya
era n’oyimusa eddoboozi lyo osabe okutegeera,
42:4 Yob 3:21; Nge 3:14; Mat 13:44bw’onooganoonyanga nga ffeeza,
era n’oganoonyanga ng’ekyobugagga ekyakwekebwa,
52:5 Nge 1:7awo w’olitegeerera okutya Mukama,
era n’ovumbula okumanya Katonda.
62:6 1Bk 3:9, 12; Yak 1:5Kubanga Mukama awa amagezi;
era mu kamwa ke muvaamu okumanya n’okutegeera.
72:7 a Nge 30:5-6 b Zab 84:11Mukama aterekera abatuukirivu amagezi amalungi,
era aba ngabo y’abo abatambulira mu bugolokofu.
82:8 1Sa 2:9; Zab 66:9Abatambuliza mu makubo ag’obwenkanya,
era bw’atyo Mukama akuuma ekkubo ly’abatukuvu be.
9Olwo lw’olitegeera obutuukirivu, amazima n’obwenkanya;
weewaawo buli kkubo eddungi.
102:10 Nge 14:33Kubanga amagezi galiyingira mu mutima gwo,
n’okumanya kulisanyusa omwoyo gwo.
112:11 Nge 4:6; 6:22Okwesalirawo obulungi kunaakulabiriranga
n’okutegeera kunaakukuumanga:
12Amagezi ganaakuwonyanga ekkubo ly’omubi,
n’abantu aboogera eby’obugwagwa,
132:13 Nge 4:19; Yk 3:19abaleka amakubo ag’obutuukirivu
ne batambulira mu makubo ag’ekizikiza,
142:14 Nge 10:23; Yer 11:15abasanyukira okukola ebikolwa ebibi,
abanyumirwa eby’obusirusiru,
152:15 a Zab 125:5 b Nge 21:8abantu abo be b’amakubo amakyamu,
era abakujjukujju mu ngeri zaabwe.
162:16 Nge 5:1-6; 6:20-29; 7:5-27Amagezi Mukama g’awa ge gokka agajja okukuwonya ekkubo ly’omukazi omwenzi,
n’okukuwonya ebigambo bye ebisendasenda,
172:17 Mal 2:14eyaleka bba ow’omu buvubuka bwe
era eyeerabira endagaano gye yakola mu maaso ga Katonda we.
182:18 Nge 7:27Kubanga ennyumba ye ekka mu kufa,
n’amakubo ge galaga eri abafu.
192:19 Mub 7:26Tewali n’omu agenda ewuwe adda
wadde okufunirayo amakubo g’obulamu.
20Kale tambuliranga mu kkubo ly’abo abatya Katonda
era onywerere mu makubo g’abatuukirivu.
212:21 Zab 37:29Kubanga abatuukirivu balituula mu nsi,
era abo abagolokofu baligisigalamu.
222:22 a Yob 18:17; Zab 37:38 b Ma 28:63; Nge 10:30Naye abakozi b’ebibi balifiirwa ebirungi eby’ensi,
n’abatali beesigwa balizikirizibwa.
Good Things Come From Wisdom
1My son, accept my words.
Store up my commands inside you.
2Let your ears listen to wisdom.
Apply your heart to understanding.
3Call out for the ability to be wise.
Cry out for understanding.
4Look for it as you would look for silver.
Search for it as you would search for hidden treasure.
5Then you will understand how to have respect for the Lord.
You will find out how to know God.
6The Lord gives wisdom.
Knowledge and understanding come from his mouth.
7He stores up success for honest people.
He is like a shield to those who live without blame.
8He guards the path of those who are honest.
He watches over the way of his faithful ones.
9You will understand what is right and honest and fair.
You will understand the right way to live.
10Your heart will become wise.
Your mind will delight in knowledge.
11Good sense will keep you safe.
Understanding will guard you.
12Wisdom will save you from the ways of evil men.
It will save you from men who twist their words.
13Men like that have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways.
14They take delight in doing what is wrong.
They take joy in twisting everything around.
15Their paths are crooked.
Their ways are not straight.
16Wisdom will save you from a woman who commits adultery.
It will save you from a sinful woman and her tempting words.
17She has left the man she married when she was young.
She has broken the promise she made in front of God.
18Surely her house leads down to death.
Her paths lead to the spirits of the dead.
19No one who goes to her comes back
or reaches the paths of life.
20You will walk in the ways of good people.
You will follow the paths of those who do right.
21Honest people will live in the land.
Those who are without blame will remain in it.
22But sinners will be cut off from the land.
Those who aren’t faithful will be torn away from it.
