Proverbs 23
1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:
Ngati ukhala pansi kuti udye pamodzi ndi wolamulira, uyangʼane bwino zimene zili pamaso pako,
2 And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite.
ngati ndiwe munthu wadyera udziletse kuti usaonetse dyera lakolo.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful food.
Usasirire zakudya zake, pakuti zimenezo ndi zakudya zachinyengo.
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.
Usadzitopetse wekha ndi kufuna chuma, ukhale ndi nzeru ya kudziretsa.
5 Will you set your eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Ukangoti wachipeza chumacho uwona posachedwa kuti palibepo. Chumacho chimachita ngati chamera mapiko mwadzidzidzi ndi kuwuluka kunka kumwamba ngati chiwombankhanga.
6 Eat you not the bread of him that has an evil eye, neither desire you his dainty meats:
Usadye chakudya cha munthu waumbombo, usalakalake zakudya zake zokoma;
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you.
paja iye ndi munthu amene nthawi zonse amaganizira za mtengo wake ngakhale amati kwa iwe, “Idya ndi kumwa,” koma sakondweretsedwa nawe.
8 The morsel which you have eaten shall you vomit up, and lose your sweet words.
Udzasanza zimene wadyazo ndipo mawu ako woyamikira adzapita pachabe.
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Usayankhule munthu wopusa akumva, pakuti adzanyoza mawu ako anzeru.
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Usasunthe mwala wa mʼmalire akalekale kapena kulowerera mʼminda ya ana amasiye,
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with you.
paja Mpulumutsi wawo ndi wamphamvu; iye adzawateteza pa milandu yawo kutsutsana nawe.
12 Apply your heart unto instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Mtima wako uzikhala pa malangizo ndipo makutu ako azimvetsera mawu a chidziwitso.
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beat him with the rod, he shall not die.
Usaleke kumulangiza mwana; ngati umulanga ndi chikwapu sadzafa.
Ukamukwapula ndi tsatsa udzapulumutsa moyo wake. (Sheol h7585)
15 My son, if your heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Mwana wanga, ngati mtima wako ukhala wanzeru, inenso mtima wanga udzakondwera.
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.
Mtima wanga udzakondwera pamene ndidzakumva ukuyankhula zolungama.
17 Let not your heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Mtima wako usachite nsanje ndi anthu ochimwa, koma uziopa Yehova tsiku ndi tsiku.
18 For surely there is an end; and your expectation shall not be cut off.
Ndithu za mʼtsogolo zilipo ndipo chiyembekezo chakocho sichidzalephereka.
19 Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.
Tamvera mwana wanga, ndipo ukhale wanzeru, mtima wako uwuyendetse mʼnjira yabwino.
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Usakhale pakati pa anthu amene amaledzera kapena pakati pa anthu amene amadya nyama mwadyera.
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Paja anthu oledzera ndi adyera amadzakhala amphawi ndipo aulesi adzavala sanza.
22 Hearken unto your father that brings forth you, and despise not your mother when she is old.
Mvera abambo ako amene anakubala, usanyoze amayi ako pamene akalamba.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Gula choonadi ndipo usachigulitse; ugulenso nzeru, mwambo ndiponso kumvetsa zinthu bwino.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that bring forths a wise child shall have joy of him.
Abambo a munthu wolungama ali ndi chimwemwe chachikulu; Wobala mwana wanzeru adzakondwera naye.
25 Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she that bare you shall rejoice.
Abambo ndi amayi ako asangalale; amene anakubereka akondwere!
26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
Mwana wanga, undikhulupirire ndipo maso ako apenyetsetse njira zanga.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Paja mkazi wachiwerewere ali ngati dzenje lozama; ndipo mkazi woyendayenda ali ngati chitsime chopapatiza.
28 She also lies in wait as for a prey, and increases the transgressors among men.
Amabisala ngati mbala yachifwamba, ndipo amuna amakhala osakhulupirika chifukwa cha iyeyu.
29 Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has babbling? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes?
Ndani ali ndi tsoka? Ndani ali ndi chisoni? Ndani ali pa mkangano? Ndani ali ndi madandawulo? Ndani ali ndi zipsera zosadziwika uko zachokera? Ndani ali ndi maso ofiira?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Ndi amene amakhalitsa pa mowa, amene amapita nalawa vinyo osakanizidwa.
31 Look not you upon the wine when it is red, when it gives his colour in the cup, when it moves itself aright.
Usatengeke mtima ndi kufiira kwa vinyo, pamene akuwira mʼchikho pamene akumweka bwino!
32 At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
Potsiriza pake amaluma ngati njoka, ndipo amajompha ngati mphiri.
33 your eyes shall behold strange women, and your heart shall utter perverse things.
Maso ako adzaona zinthu zachilendo ndipo maganizo ndi mawu ako adzakhala osokonekera.
34 Yea, you shall be as he that lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lies upon the top of a mast.
Udzakhala ngati munthu amene ali gone pakati pa nyanja, kapena ngati munthu wogona pa msonga ya mlongoti ya ngalawa.
35 They have stricken me, shall you say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Iwe udzanena kuti, “Anandimenya, koma sindinapwetekedwe! Andimenya koma sindinamve kanthu! Kodi ndidzuka nthawi yanji? Ndiye ndifunefunenso vinyo wina.”
