Je! Ni nini hofu ya Bwana?

Je! Ni nini hofu ya Bwana? Hofu ya Mungu ni mwanzo wa hekima,
Na ujuzi wa mtakatifu ni ufahamu

Hofu ya Mungu ni mwanzo wa hekima:
a good understanding have all they that do the Lord’s commandments:
His praise endures for ever

Hofu ya Mungu ni mwanzo wa maarifa:
lakini wapumbavu hudharau hekima na mafundisho

Hofu ya Mungu ni mafundisho ya hekima; na kabla ya heshima ni unyenyekevu

Hofu ya Mungu ni kuchukia uovu: Kiburi, na kiburi, Na njia mbaya,
na mdomo wa froward, does God hates

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever:
the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, Kuondoka kutoka kwenye mtego wa kifo

Hofu ya Mungu inaelekea kwenye maisha: na yule aliye nayo atadumu kwa kuridhika;
Hatakuja kutembelewa na mtu mwovu

The fear of the Lord prolongs days:
but the years of the wicked shall be shortened

Hofu ya Mungu ni kubwa:
and his children shall have a place of refuge

Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith
Kwa rehema na ukweli uovu hutakaswa:
na kwa hofu ya BWANA watu huondoka kutoka kwa uovu

Kwa unyenyekevu na hofu ya Bwana ni utajiri, na heshima, na maisha

Usiwaonee wivu wenye dhambi moyo wako:
Lakini uwe katika hofu ya Bwana siku nzima.
Kwa hakika kuna mwisho; na matarajio yako hayatakatwa