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Faa'iidada Kale Ee Xigmadda

Wiilkaygiiyow, waxbariddayda ha illoobin,
Laakiin qalbigaagu amarradayda ha hayo,
Waayo, iyagu waxay kuu kordhin doonaan
Maalmo badan iyo cimri dheer iyo nabad.
Naxariista iyo runtu yaanay kaa tegin,
Iyaga qoorta ku xidh,
Oo looxa qalbigaaga ku qor,
Sidaasaad Ilaah iyo dadka hortooda
Nicmo iyo sharaf uga heli doontaa.
Qalbigaaga dhammaantii Rabbiga ku aamin,
Oo waxgarashadaadana ha isku hallayn.
Jidadkaaga oo dhan isaga ku qiro,
Oo isna waddooyinkaaguu toosin doonaa.
Ha isla weynaan;
Rabbiga ka cabso; oo sharka ka fogow.
Taasu waxay xundhurtaada u noqon doontaa caafimaad,
Oo lafahaagana waxay u noqon doontaa dhuux.
Rabbiga ku murwee maalkaaga
Iyo midhaha ugu horreeya waxa kuu kordha oo dhan;
10 Sidaasay maqsinnadaadu barwaaqo uga buuxsami doonaan,
Macsarooyinkaaguna waxay la buuxdhaafi doonaan khamri cusub.
11 Wiilkaygiiyow, Rabbiga edbintiisa ha quudhsan,
Oo canaantiisana ha ka daalin,
12 Waayo, Rabbigu ninkuu jecel yahay wuu canaantaa
Sida aabbe u canaanto wiilkii uu ku faraxsan yahay.
13 Waxaa barakaysan ninkii xigmadda hela,
Iyo ninkii waxgarashada mulkiya.
14 Waayo, baayacmushtarigeedu waa ka sii wanaagsan yahay baayacmushtariga lacagta,
Oo faa'iidadeeduna waa ka sii wanaagsan tahay dahabka saafiga ah.
15 Way ka sii qaalisan tahay luulka,
Oo waxaad jeclaan kartid oo dhanna iyada lalama simo.
16 Gacanteeda midig waxaa ku jira cimri dheeri;
Gacanteeda bidixna waxaa ku jira hodonnimo iyo sharaf.
17 Jidadkeedu waa jidad farxadeed,
Oo waddooyinkeeda oo dhammuna waa nabad.
18 Kuwii iyada qabsada waxay u tahay geed nololeed;
Oo waxaa barakaysan ku alla kii iyada xajista.
19 Rabbigu wuxuu dhulka ku aasaasay xigmadda,
Oo samooyinkana wuxuu ku dhisay waxgarashada.
20 Aqoontiisa ayaa moolalku ku dillaaceen,
Oo cirkuna wuxuu soo daadiyaa sayax.
21 Wiilkaygiiyow, waxyaalahanu yaanay indhahaaga ka tegin.
Xigmadda iyo digtoonaanta xajiso.
22 Sidaasay naftaada nolol ugu noqon doonaan,
Qoortaadana nimco.
23 Markaasaad jidkaaga ammaan ku mari doontaa,
Oo cagtaaduna ma turunturoon doonto.
24 Markaad jiifsatidna ma cabsan doontid;
Haah, waad jiifsan doontaa, oo hurdadaaduna way kuu macaanaan doontaa.
25 Ha ka baqin cabsi kedis ah,
Iyo baabbi'inta kuwa sharka leh toona markii ay timaado.
26 Waayo, Rabbigu wuxuu kuu ahaan doonaa Kan aad ku kalsoonaan karto.
Oo cagtaadana wuu dhawri doonaa si aan loo qabsan.
27 Wanaag ha u diidin kuwa uu ku habboon yahay in loo sameeyo,
Markaad awood u leedahay inaad u samayso.
28 Deriskaaga ha ku odhan, Tag oo soo noqo,
Berri baan ku siin doonaaye,
Haddii aad markaas haysid.
29 Deriskaaga innaba xumaan ha u fikirin,
Maxaa yeelay, isagu nabadgelyo buu kuu ag fadhiyaa.
30 Ninna sababla'aan ha kula diririn,
Haddaanu xumaan kugu samayn.
31 Ha ka hinaasin nin dadka dulmiya,
Oo jidadkiisana midnaba ha dooran.
32 Maxaa yeelay, kuwa qalloocanu waa u karaahiyo Rabbiga,
Laakiinse wuxuu sir la leeyahay kuwa qumman.
33 Rabbigu wuxuu inkaaraa guriga kii shar leh,
Laakiinse rugta kuwa xaqa ah wuu barakeeyaa.
34 Hubaal kuwa wax quudhsada ayuu isagu quudhsadaa,
Kuwa is-hoosaysiiyase nicmuu siiyaa.
35 Kuwa xigmadda leh waxay dhaxli doonaan sharaf,
Laakiinse nacasyadu waxay u dallici doonaan ceeb.

Wisdom Bestows Well-Being

My son,(A) do not forget my teaching,(B)
    but keep my commands in your heart,
for they will prolong your life many years(C)
    and bring you peace and prosperity.(D)

Let love and faithfulness(E) never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(F)
Then you will win favor and a good name
    in the sight of God and man.(G)

Trust in the Lord(H) with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths(I) straight.[a](J)

Do not be wise in your own eyes;(K)
    fear the Lord(L) and shun evil.(M)
This will bring health to your body(N)
    and nourishment to your bones.(O)

Honor the Lord with your wealth,
    with the firstfruits(P) of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled(Q) to overflowing,
    and your vats will brim over with new wine.(R)

11 My son,(S) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,(T)
    and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,(U)
    as a father the son he delights in.[b](V)

13 Blessed are those who find wisdom,
    those who gain understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver
    and yields better returns than gold.(W)
15 She is more precious than rubies;(X)
    nothing you desire can compare with her.(Y)
16 Long life is in her right hand;(Z)
    in her left hand are riches and honor.(AA)
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
    and all her paths are peace.(AB)
18 She is a tree of life(AC) to those who take hold of her;
    those who hold her fast will be blessed.(AD)

19 By wisdom(AE) the Lord laid the earth’s foundations,(AF)
    by understanding he set the heavens(AG) in place;
20 by his knowledge the watery depths were divided,
    and the clouds let drop the dew.

21 My son,(AH) do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight,(AI)
    preserve sound judgment and discretion;
22 they will be life for you,(AJ)
    an ornament to grace your neck.(AK)
23 Then you will go on your way in safety,(AL)
    and your foot will not stumble.(AM)
24 When you lie down,(AN) you will not be afraid;(AO)
    when you lie down, your sleep(AP) will be sweet.
25 Have no fear of sudden disaster
    or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26 for the Lord will be at your side(AQ)
    and will keep your foot(AR) from being snared.(AS)

27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in your power to act.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”—
    when you already have it with you.(AT)
29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
    who lives trustfully near you.(AU)
30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason—
    when they have done you no harm.

31 Do not envy(AV) the violent
    or choose any of their ways.

32 For the Lord detests the perverse(AW)
    but takes the upright into his confidence.(AX)
33 The Lord’s curse(AY) is on the house of the wicked,(AZ)
    but he blesses the home of the righteous.(BA)
34 He mocks(BB) proud mockers(BC)
    but shows favor to the humble(BD) and oppressed.
35 The wise inherit honor,
    but fools get only shame.

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:6 Or will direct your paths
  2. Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:

12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.