Proverbs 2

1 My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

1 Mwanangu, kama utayakubali maneno yangu na kuyaweka akiba maagizo yangu ndani mwako,

2 if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

2 kutega sikio lako kwenye hekima na kuweka moyo wako katika ufahamu,

3 if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

3 na kama ukiita busara na kuita kwa sauti ufahamu,

4 if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

4 na kama utaitafuta kama fedha na kuitafuta sana kama hazina iliyofichwa,

5 then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

5 ndipo utakapoelewa kumcha Bwana na kupata maarifa ya Mungu.

6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

6 Kwa maana Bwana hutoa hekima, na kinywani mwake hutoka maarifa na ufahamu.

7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

7 Anahifadhi ushindi kwa ajili ya mwadilifu, yeye ni ngao kwa wale wasio na lawama,

8 to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.

8 kwa kuwa hulinda mwenendo wa mwenye haki na kuhifadhi njia ya waaminifu wake.

9 Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.

9 Ndipo utafahamu lipi lililo kweli na haki na sawa: yaani kila njia nzuri.

10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.

10 Kwa maana hekima itaingia moyoni mwako, nayo maarifa yataifurahisha nafsi yako.

11 Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

11 Busara itakuhifadhi na ufahamu utakulinda.

12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,

12 Hekima itakuokoa kutoka njia za waovu, kutoka kwa watu ambao maneno yao yamepotoka,

13 from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,

13 wale waachao mapito yaliyonyooka wakatembea katika njia za giza,

14 from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

14 wale wapendao kutenda mabaya na kufurahia upotovu wa ubaya,

15 whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.

15 ambao mapito yao yamepotoka na ambao ni wapotovu katika njia zao.

16 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

16 Itakuokoa pia kutokana na mwanamke kahaba, kutokana na mke aliyepotoka mwenye maneno ya kushawishi kutenda ubaya,

17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

17 aliyemwacha mwenzi wa ujana wake na kupuuza agano alilofanya mbele ya Mungu.

18 For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

18 Kwa maana nyumba yake huelekea kwenye kifo na mapito yake kwenye roho za waliokufa.

19 None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

19 Hakuna yeyote aendaye kwake akarudi, au kufikia mapito ya uzima.

20 So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

20 Hivyo utatembea katika njia za watu wema na kushikamana na mapito ya wenye haki.

21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

21 Kwa maana wanyofu wataishi katika nchi, nao wasio na lawama watabakia ndani yake.

22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

22 Bali waovu watakatiliwa mbali kutoka nchi, nao wasio waaminifu watangʼolewa kutoka humo.