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.
Uumithio wa Ũũgĩ Mũtũũrĩre-inĩ
12:1 Thim 1:8Mũrũ wakwa, ũngĩtĩkĩra ciugo ciakwa,
na ũige maathani makwa ta mũthiithũ thĩinĩ waku,
2nakuo gũtũ gwaku ũgũtegere ũũgĩ,
na werekerie ngoro yaku kũgĩa na ũmenyi,
32:3 Jak 1:5na ũngĩgaakayũrũrũka na ũhooe gũkũũrana maũndũ,
na wĩtane wanĩrĩire ũheo ũtaũku,
42:4 Ayub 3:21; Math 13:44na ũngĩkawetha ta betha,
na ũũcarie ta kĩgĩĩna kĩhithe-rĩ,
5hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũgataũkĩrwo nĩ ũhoro wa gwĩtigĩra Jehova,
na ũgĩe na ũmenyo wa Ngai.
6Nĩgũkorwo Jehova aheanaga ũũgĩ,
na kanua gake koimaga ũmenyo na ũtaũku.
72:7 Kĩam 15:1; Thab 84:11Andũ arĩa arũngĩrĩru amaigĩire ũhootani,
nĩwe ngo ya arĩa matarĩ ũcuuke mĩthiĩre-inĩ yao,
82:8 1Sam 2:9nĩgũkorwo nĩarangagĩra njĩra cia arĩa marũmagĩrĩra kĩhooto,
na akagitĩra njĩra ya andũ ake arĩa ehokeku.
92:9 Gũcook 1:16Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũgakũũrana maũndũ marĩa magĩrĩire,
na ma kĩhooto, na marĩa mega: ũgĩkũũrane njĩra o yothe njega.
10Nĩgũkorwo ũũgĩ nĩũgatoonya ngoro yaku,
naguo ũmenyo ũkenagie muoyo waku.
112:11 Thim 4:6ũgereri nĩũrĩkũgitagĩra,
naguo ũtaũku ũkũrangagĩre.
12Ũũgĩ nĩũgakũhonokia kuuma njĩra-inĩ cia andũ arĩa aaganu,
ũkũhonokie kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa maaragia maũndũ ma waganu,
132:13 Thim 4:19o arĩa matigaga njĩra iria nũngĩrĩru,
magathiĩra njĩra cia nduma,
14arĩa makenaga magĩĩka ũũru,
na magakenagio nĩ ũũru wa waganu,
152:15 Thab 125:5na no-o arĩa njĩra ciao ciogomete,
na mĩthiĩre yao ĩrĩ ya ungumania.
16Ũũgĩ nĩũgakũhonokia kuuma harĩ mũtumia ũrĩa mũtharia,
ũkũhonokie harĩ ngʼenyũ ya mũtumia na ciugo ciake cia kũheenereria andũ,
172:17 Mal 2:17ũcio ũtigĩte mũratawe wa ũnini wake,
na agatiganĩria kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa aarĩkanĩire na mũthuuriwe arĩ mbere ya Ngai.
182:18 Thim 7:27; 9:18Nĩgũkorwo nyũmba yake ĩroragia andũ gĩkuũ-inĩ,
nacio njĩra ciake ikamerekeria kũrĩ maroho ma arĩa akuũ.
192:19 Thim 3:16; Koh 7:26Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũthiiaga harĩ we agacooka,
kana akegwatĩra njĩra cia muoyo.
20No rĩrĩ, wee nĩũrĩthiiaga na mĩthiĩre ya andũ arĩa ega,
na ũgeragĩre njĩra cia arĩa athingu.
212:21 Thab 37:29Nĩgũkorwo andũ arĩa arũngĩrĩru nĩo magaatũũra bũrũri-inĩ,
na arĩa matarĩ ũcuuke nĩo magaatigara kuo;
222:22 Thab 5:4; Ayub 18:17no rĩrĩ, andũ arĩa aaganu nĩmakeeherio bũrũri-inĩ,
nao arĩa matarĩ ehokeku nĩmakamunywo maingatwo kuo.
