| 1. | vd; kfNd> eP cd; nrtpia Qhdj;jpw;Fr; rha;j;J> cd; ,Ujaj;ijg; Gj;jpf;F mikag;gz;Zk;nghUl;L> |
| | MY SON, if you will receive my words and treasure up my commandments within you, |
| 2. | eP vd; thh;j;ijfis Vw;Wf;nfhz;L> vd; fl;lisfis cd;dplj;jpy; gj;jpug;gLj;jp> |
| | Making your ear attentive to skillful and godly Wisdom and inclining and directing your heart and mind to understanding [applying all your powers to the quest for it]; |
| 3. | Qhdj;ij th vd;W $g;gpl;L> Gj;jpiar; rj;jkpl;L mioj;J> |
| | Yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, |
| 4. | mij nts;spiag;Nghy; ehb> Gijay;fisj; NjLfpwJNghy; NjLthahfpy;> |
| | If you seek [Wisdom] as for silver and search for skillful and godly Wisdom as for hidden treasures, |
| 5. | mg;nghOJ fh;j;jUf;Fg; gag;gLjy; ,d;dnjd;W eP czh;e;J> Njtid mwpAk; mwpitf; fz;liltha;. |
| | Then you will understand the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of [our omniscient] God. |
| 6. | fh;j;jh; Qhdj;ijj; jUfpwhh;@ mth; thapdpd;W mwpTk; Gj;jpAk; tUk;. |
| | For the Lord gives skillful and godly Wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. |
| 7. | mth; ePjpkhd;fSf;nfd;W nka;Q;Qhdj;ij itj;Jitj;jpUf;fpwhh;;@ cj;jkkha; elf;fpwth;fSf;F mth; NflfkhapUf;fpwhh;. |
| | He hides away sound and godly Wisdom and stores it for the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him); He is a shield to those who walk uprightly and in integrity, |
| 8. | mth; epahaj;jpd; newpfisj; jw;fhj;J> jk;Kila ghpRj;jthd;fspd; ghijiaf; fhg;ghw;Wfpwhh;. |
| | That He may guard the paths of justice; yes, He preserves the way of His saints. |
| 9. | mg;nghOJ ePjpiaAk;> epahaj;ijAk;> epjhdj;ijAk;> rfy ey;topfisAk; mwpe;Jnfhs;Stha;. |
| | Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and fair dealing [in every area and relation]; yes, you will understand every good path. |
| 10. | Qhdk; cd; ,Ujaj;jpy; gpuNtrpj;J> mwpT cd; Mj;JkhTf;F ,d;gkhapUf;Fk;NghJ> |
| | For skillful and godly Wisdom shall enter into your heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to you. |
| 11. | ey;Nahrid cd;idf; fhg;ghw;Wk;> Gj;jp cd;idg; ghJfhf;Fk;. |
| | Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you, |
| 12. | mjpdhy; eP Jd;khh;f;fDila topf;Fk;> khWghL NgRfpw kD\Df;Fk;> |
| | To deliver you from the way of evil and the evil men, from men who speak perverse things and are liars, |
| 13. | me;jfhu topfspy; elf;f ePjpnewpfis tpl;L> |
| | Men who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, |
| 14. | jPiknra;a kfpo;e;J> Jd;khh;f;fUila khWghLfspy; fsp$Ufpwth;fSf;Fk;> |
| | Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perverseness of evil, |
| 15. | khWghlhd ghijfspYk; Nfhzyhd topfspYk; elf;fpwth;fSf;Fk; eP jg;Gtpf;fg;gLtha;. |
| | Who are crooked in their ways, wayward and devious in their paths. |
| 16. | jd; ,stajpd; ehafid tpl;L> jd; NjtDila cld;gbf;ifia kwe;J> |
| | [Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you] to deliver you from the alien woman, from the outsider with her flattering words, |
| 17. | ,r;rfkhd thh;j;ijfisg;NgRk; me;epa ngz;zhfpa gu];jphPf;Fk; jg;Gtpf;fg;gLtha;. |
| | Who forsakes the husband and guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. |
| 18. | mtSila tPL kuzj;Jf;Fk;> mtSila ghijfs; khpj;Njhhplj;jpw;Fk; rha;fpwJ. |
| | For her house sinks down to death and her paths to the spirits [of the dead]. |
| 19. | mtsplj;jpy; Nghfpwth;fspy; xUtUk; jpUk;Gfpwjpy;iy> [Ptghijfspy; te;J NrUfpwJkpy;iy. |
| | None who go to her return again, neither do they attain or regain the paths of life. |
| 20. | Mjyhy; eP ey;yth;fspd; topapNy ele;J> ePjpkhd;fspd; ghijfisf; fhj;Jf;nfhs;thahf. |
| | So may you walk in the way of good men, and keep to the paths of the [consistently] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God). |
| 21. | nrt;itahdth;fs; G+kpapNy thrk;gz;Zthh;fs;@ cj;jkh;fs; mjpNy jq;fpapUg;ghh;fs;. |
| | For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the men of integrity, blameless and complete [in God's sight], shall remain in it; |
| 22. | Jd;khh;f;fNuh G+kpapypUe;J mWg;Gz;LNghthh;fs;@ JNuhfpfs; mjpy; ,uhjgbf;F eph;%ykhthh;fs;. |
| | But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the treacherous shall be rooted out of it. |