1 Nshayi unotjilila mu malebeswa
unoyita pa nthu unolebela ntome ngono ali tjilengwe.
2 Akuzonaka kuti nthu ashaye luzibo,
ne nthu unoyenda eyendisa unoleya zila.
3 Ha bulengwe gwe nthu gu tjinya zila iye,
moyo uwe unogwadzila Yahwe.
4 Fumwa inozhisa bazwalani batshwa banjinji,
koga nshayi unosiyiwa nge nzwalani.
5 Ntendeki we manyepkhwa aatowoletjiwa asalobgwa shamu,
ne unoleba manyepkhwa aatowoletjedziwa.
6 Banjinji banozwizwadzanya ne nthu una mamo,
kakale mmwe ne mmwe nzwalani we nthu unopa zwipo.
7 Nshayi unobengiwa ne bana ba tate babe bose,
ngono bazwalani babe ibo banowoyendila kule naye kungapani!
Unodzobalebesa, koga abatoshako hwa.
8 Iye unowana butjenjedu unozwida,
iye unobhata hwisiso unowodwililambeli.
9 Ntendeki we manyepkhwa aatowoletjiwa asalogwa shamu,
ne unoleba manyepkhwa unowoloba.
10 Akutofanila kuti tjilengwe tjitjilile mu ipepkhwe,
koga se nlanda aangabe she we bakololo ba mambo.
11 Nkumbulo wakalulwama unothama nthu kasigwadze moyo tjinyolotjo,
ngono gudzo laanalo loyita kuti asibe ne hanya ne jinyo.
12 Kugwadzamoyo kwa mambo konga tjibombo tje shumba,
koga ludo gugwe gonga khawa mu bushwa.
13 Tjilengwe tje mwana tjo lengudza tate batjo,
ne nkadzi unoda zhoba unonga vula ye midumbi.
14 Dzing'umba ne fumwa ithaka inodwa kuna botate,
koga nkadzi wakatjenjela unodwa kuna Yahwe.
15 Busimbe golonga nthu mu hwope hwulu,
ne simbe inowofa nge zhala.
16 Iye unolondolodza nlayo unolondolodza butjilo gugwe,
iye unolingila dama pasi unowofa.
17 Iye una buthu ku bashayi unobigisa kuna Yahwe,
ngobe unonlipila nshingo uwe wakanaka.
18 Laya mwana uwo kutjina kugalabgwe,
usilonge luboko mu lufu gugwe.
19 Nthu una moywana unowolipila jinyo lile,
ngoti ha unsunungula unowobgwilulula kakale.
20 Teedza gumbuludzo uamutjile zwidiyo,
kuti ndizo kubupelo ube wakatjenjela.
21 Nkumbulo we nthu unoluka maano manjinji,
koga kuda kwa Yahwe ndiko kunowoshingikala.
22 Tjinoshakika mu nthu hwugalikabgwe,
ne nshayi unopinda nyepi.
23 Kutja Yahwe kokwebela ku butjilo,
na iye unago ugedzikane,
aanga hwigwe nge tjimwe tjakabipa.
24 Simbe inolonga luboko gwayo mu ndilo,
kakale ikakongwa ku gubgwiliza ku nlomo.
25 Loba ndadi, ndizo usinamano unowozwidiya butjenjedu;
tjemela nthu una kuhwisisa, unowowana butjenjedu.
26 Iye una phipiti na tate babe ebe etata mmeyabe munzi
unobhatisa shoni kunogwadza.
27 Nkololo wangu ha uletja kuteedza ndayo,
unobe e fupatila matama e luzibo.
28 Ntendeki usina nshingo unodadila kutambunuka,
ne nlomo mbiimbi unomidza mbipo.
29 Kusumikilisiwa kwakalindila badadi,
ne shamu ye ikamba yakalindila zwilengwe.
It's Wise To Be Patient
1 It's better to be poor
and live right
than to be a stupid liar.
2 Willingness and stupidity
don't go well together.
If you are too eager,
you will miss the road.
3 We are ruined
by our own stupidity,
though we blame the Lord.
4 The rich have many friends;
the poor have none.
5 Dishonest witnesses and liars
won't escape punishment.
6 Everyone tries to be friends
of those who can help them.
7 If you are poor,
your own relatives reject you,
and your friends are worse.
When you really need them,
they are not there.
8 Do yourself a favor
by having good sense—
you will be glad you did.
9 Dishonest witnesses and liars
will be destroyed.
10 It isn't right for a fool
to live in luxury
or for a slave to rule
in place of a king.
11 It's wise to be patient
and show what you are like
by forgiving others.
12 An angry king roars
like a lion,
but when a king is pleased,
it's like dew on the crops.
13 Foolish children bring disgrace
to their fathers.
A nagging wife goes on and on
like the drip, drip, drip
of the rain.
14 You may inherit all you own
from your parents,
but a sensible wife
is a gift from the Lord.
15 If you are lazy
and sleep your time away,
you will starve.
16 Obey the Lord's teachings
and you will live—
disobey and you will die.
17 Caring for the poor
is lending to the Lord,
and you will be well repaid.
18 Correct your children
before it's too late;
if you don't punish them,
trouble will come their way.
19 People with bad tempers
are always in trouble,
and they need help
over and over again.
20 Pay attention to advice
and accept correction,
so you can live sensibly.
21 We may make a lot of plans,
but the Lord will do
what he has decided.
22 What matters most is loyalty.
It's better to be poor
than to be a liar.
23 Showing respect to the Lord
brings true life—
if you do it, you can relax
without fear of danger.
24 Some people are too lazy
to lift a hand
to feed themselves.
25 Stupid fools learn good sense
by seeing others punished;
a sensible person learns
by being corrected.
26 Disgraceful children
rob their father
and chase their mother away.
27 If you stop learning,
you will forget
what you already know.
28 A lying witness makes fun
of the court system,
and criminals think crime
is really delicious.
29 A stupid fool should expect
to be punished.