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Digniin Ka Gees Ah Gogoldhaafka

Wiilkaygiiyow, xigmaddayda dhegayso,
Oo waxgarashadaydana dhegta u dhig;
Si aad digtoonaan u dhawrtid,
Oo ay bushimahaaguna aqoon u xejiyaan.
Waayo, naagta qalaad bushimaheedu waxay daadiyaan malab,
Oo afkeeduna saliid buu ka sii macaan yahay,
Laakiinse aakhirkeedu wuxuu u qadhaadh yahay sida geed dacareed oo kale,
Wuuna af badan yahay sida seef laba af leh.
Cagaheedu dhimashay ku dhaadhacaan,
Oo tallaabooyinkeeduna waxay u jeedaan xagga She'ool,
Waddada nolosha iyadu aad uguma fiirsato.
Jidadkeedu waa leexleexdaan, oo garan kari maysid,
Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed, wiilashoy, bal i maqla,
Oo erayada afkayga ha ka tegina.
Jidkaaga ka fogee iyada,
Oo albaabka gurigeeda ha u dhowaan,
Si aanad sharaftaada kuwa kale u siin,
Oo aanad sannadahaaga kuwa caloosha adag u siin,
10 Si aan shisheeyayaal maalkaaga uga dhergin;
Oo aanay wixii aad u hawshootay guri ajnabi u gelin,
11 Si aanad ugu dambaysta u barooran,
Markay hilibkaaga iyo jidhkaaguba baabba'aan,
12 Oo aad tidhaahdaan, Sidee baan edbin u nebcaaday,
Oo qalbigayguna canaantii u quudhsaday!
13 Codkii macallimiintaydii ma aan addeecin,
Oo dhegtana uma aan dhigin kuwii wax i baray!
14 Anigu waxaan u dhowaa inaan shar kasta falo
Anigoo ku dhex jira shirka iyo ururka.
15 Berkeddaada biyo ka cab,
Oo ceelkaagana biyo qulqulaya ka cab.
16 Ma hagaag baa in ilahaagu dibadda u daataan.
Oo ay durdurraduna dariiqyada maraan?
17 Iyagu ha ahaadeen kuwaaga oo keliya,
Oo yaanay u ahaan shisheeyayaal adiga kula jira.
18 Ishaadu ha barakaysnaato,
Oo naagtaadii aad yaraanta ku guursatay ku faraxsanow.
19 Iyadu ha kuu ahaato sida deerada jacaylka badan iyo sida cawsha quruxsan,
Goor walbana naasaheedu ha ku deeqeen
Oo had iyo goorna jacaylkeeda ku faraxsanow.
20 Haddaba wiilkaygiiyow, bal maxaad naag qalaad ugu faraxsanaanaysaa,
Maxaadse naag shisheeye ah naasaheeda u qabsanaysaa?
21 Waayo, jidadka dadku waxay hor yaalliin indhaha Rabbiga
Oo isagaa fiiriya waddooyinkiisa oo dhan.
22 Kan sharka leh waxaa qabsan doonta xumaantiisa,
Oo waxaa isaga lagu soo xidhi doonaa xadhkaha dembigiisa.
23 Wuxuu u dhiman doonaa edbinla'aanta,
Oo isagu wuxuu ku dhex amban doonaa badnaanta nacasnimadiisa.

Warning Against Adultery

My son,(A) pay attention to my wisdom,
    turn your ear to my words(B) of insight,
that you may maintain discretion
    and your lips may preserve knowledge.
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;(C)
but in the end she is bitter as gall,(D)
    sharp as a double-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death;
    her steps lead straight to the grave.(E)
She gives no thought to the way of life;
    her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.(F)

Now then, my sons, listen(G) to me;
    do not turn aside from what I say.
Keep to a path far from her,(H)
    do not go near the door of her house,
lest you lose your honor to others
    and your dignity[a] to one who is cruel,
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.(I)
11 At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.
12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    How my heart spurned correction!(J)
13 I would not obey my teachers
    or turn my ear to my instructors.
14 And I was soon in serious trouble(K)
    in the assembly of God’s people.”(L)

15 Drink water from your own cistern,
    running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets,
    your streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
    never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain(M) be blessed,
    and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.(N)
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer(O)
    may her breasts satisfy you always,
    may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

21 For your ways are in full view(P) of the Lord,
    and he examines(Q) all your paths.(R)
22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;(S)
    the cords of their sins hold them fast.(T)
23 For lack of discipline they will die,(U)
    led astray by their own great folly.(V)

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:9 Or years