It Pays To Work Hard
1 Be generous, and someday
you will be rewarded.
2 Share what you have
with seven or eight others,
because you never know
when disaster may strike.
3 Rain clouds always bring rain;
trees always stay
wherever they fall.
4 If you worry about the weather
and don't plant seeds,
you won't harvest a crop.
5 No one can explain how a baby breathes before it is born. So how can anyone explain what God does? After all, God created everything.
6 Plant your seeds early in the morning and keep working in the field until dark. Who knows? Your work might pay off, and your seeds might produce.
Youth and Old Age
7 Nothing on earth is more beautiful than the morning sun. 8 Even if you have a very long life, you should try to enjoy each day, because darkness will come and will last a long time. Nothing makes sense.
9 Be cheerful and enjoy life while you are young! Do what you want and find pleasure in what you see. But don't forget that God will judge you for everything you do.
10 Rid yourself of all worry and pain, because the wonderful moments of youth quickly disappear.
Zojiwa pezhugwi kwe vula
1 Posela zojiwa zwizo mu vula,
ngobe unowozwiwana shule kwe mazhuba.
2 Kobela bali kutendeka,
kene bali zhanakadzi dumbu,
ngobe autoziba bubi
gunga shingikala mu shango.
3 Ha makole ali zhele vula,
anoitebulila mu shango,
ne nti ha ungawila ku burwa kene bunandzwa,
pa unowila unolala ipapo.
4 Iye unogala akalingilila phepo sekwa inothama aatodzwala,
ne unoziba makole e vula sekwa anothama aangavune.
5 Se usingazibe kuti meya inozha tjini ku mafupa a muntumbu we nkadzi wakazwisenga, ndizo autoziba mishingo ye Ndzimu wakabumba zwithu zose.
6 Dzwala mbewu iyo mangwanana ne madekwana usiletje shinga, ngobe autoziba kuti inowokula ndiyipi eyi kene eya kene dzose dzowomela. 7 Tjedza tjakanaka, kwakanaka ku mesho kulinga zhuba. 8 Iko ha nthu etjila kwe makole manjinji, ngaashathe tjibaka tjose itjetjo, koga azibe kuti mazhuba e zhalima anowobe manji. Kose kunozha madatha.
Gumbuludzo ku batjetjana
9 Pembela iwe nzhuzha mu buzhuzha gugo, uletje moyo uwo ukushathise mu mazhuba e butjetjana gugo, tobela zila ye tjinoda moyo uwo ne zwinobong'wa ne mesho awo. Koga ziba kuti mu zwithu zose izwezwi Ndzimu unowokusumikilisa. 10 Dusa kudziyidzika mu nkumbulo uwo, usundile kutjena zogwadza kudwa pa mbili uwo, ngobe butjetjana ne buzhuzha madatha.