Proverbs 27
1 Boast not for tomorrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.
Ungazincomi ngosuku lwakusasa, ngoba kawazi ukuthi usuku luzazalani.
2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.
Owemzini kakudumise, njalo hatshi umlomo wakho; owezizwe, njalo hatshi indebe zakho.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
Ilitshe linzima, letshebetshebe liyasinda, kodwa ulaka lwesithutha lunzima kulakho kokubili.
4 Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
Ulaka lulolunya, lentukuthelo iyisikhukhula; kodwa ngubani ongema phambi komona?
5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Kungcono ukukhuzwa ngokusobala kulothando lwensitha.
6 Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
Amanxeba omngane athembekile, kodwa ukwanga kwesitha kuyakhohlisa.
7 A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
Umphefumulo osuthiyo unyathelela phansi uhlanga loluju, kodwa kumphefumulo olambileyo konke okubabayo kumnandi.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
Njengenyoni eduha isuka esidlekeni sayo unjalo umuntu oduha esuka endaweni yakhe.
9 Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
Amafutha lempepha kuthokozisa inhliziyo; kunjalo ubumnandi bomngane womuntu ngenxa yeseluleko somphefumulo.
10 Thy own friend, and thy father’s friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother’s house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.
Ungadeli umngane wakho lomngane kayihlo; njalo ungangeni endlini yomfowenu ngosuku lwencithakalo yakho; kungcono umakhelwane oseduze kulomfowenu okhatshana.
11 Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.
Hlakanipha, ndodana yami, uthokozise inhliziyo yami, ukuze ngibe lempendulo kongisolayo.
12 The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
Okhaliphileyo uyabona ububi acatshe, kodwa abangelalwazi bayaqhubeka bajeziswe.
13 Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
Thatha isigqoko soyisibambiso ngenxa yowemzini, umthathele isibambiso ngenxa yowesifazana wezizwe.
14 He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.
Obusisa umngane wakhe ngelizwi elikhulu evuka ekuseni kakhulu, kuzathiwa yisiqalekiso kuye.
15 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
Ukuchophelela ngosuku lwezulu eliqhubekayo lowesifazana oxabanayo kuyafanana.
16 He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.
Omfihlayo ufihla umoya, lamagcobo ahlangana lesandla sakhe sokunene.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Insimbi ilolwa ngensimbi; ngokunjalo umuntu ulola ubuso bomngane wakhe.
18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.
Olondoloza isihlahla somkhiwa uzakudla isithelo saso; lolinda inkosi yakhe uzadunyiswa.
19 As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so-the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.
Njengemanzini ubuso busebusweni, ngokunjalo inhliziyo yomuntu isemuntwini.
Isihogo lencithakalo kakusuthi, ngokunjalo amehlo omuntu kawasuthi. (Sheol h7585)
21 As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.
Imbiza yokucenga ngeyesiliva, lesithando ngesegolide; kunjalo umuntu ngokokudunyiswa kwakhe.
22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.
Lanxa ugiga isithutha ngomgigo engigeni phakathi kwengqoloyi, ubuthutha baso kabuyikusuka kuso.
23 Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:
Yazi lokwazi isimo sezimvu zakho, beka inhliziyo yakho kumihlambi yakho,
24 For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.
ngoba inotho kayisiyaphakade; kumbe umqhele ube sesizukulwaneni lesizukulwana yini?
25 The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.
Utshani buyasuswa, lohlaza lubonakale, kubuthwe lemibhida yezintaba.
26 Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.
Amawundlu angawezigqoko zakho, lezimpongo ziyintengo yesiqinti.
27 Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.
Kuzakuba lochago lwezimbuzi olwanele ukudla kwakho lokudla kwendlu yakho lempilo yencekukazi zakho.
