Proverbs 20
1 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Waini museki uye doro mupopoti; ani naani anotsauswa nazvo haana kuchenjera.
2 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
Kutsamwa kwamambo kwakafanana nokuomba kweshumba; uyo anomutsamwisa anotadzira upenyu hwake.
3 [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Munhu achakudzwa kana akagara kure nokukakavara, asi benzi rimwe nerimwe rinokurumidza kupopota.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
Simbe hairimi mumwaka wokurima; saka panguva yokukohwa anotsvaka asi hapana chaanowana.
5 Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Zvinangwa zvomwoyo womunhu imvura yakadzika, asi munhu akachenjera achaichera.
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Vanhu vazhinji vanoti vane rudo rusingagumi, asi munhu akatendeka angawanikwa kupiko?
7 The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
Munhu akarurama anorarama upenyu hwakanaka; vana vake vanomutevera vakaropafadzwa.
8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Kana mambo achinge agara pachigaro chake kuti atonge, anopepeta zvakaipa zvose nameso ake.
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Ndiani angati, “Ndakachengeta mwoyo wangu wakachena; ndakachena uye handina zvivi”?
10 Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
Zviereso zvakasiyana nezvipimo zvakasiyana Jehovha anozvivenga zvose.
11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.
Kunyange mwana anozivikanwa nezvaanoita, kuti tsika dzake dzakanaka uye kuti dzakarurama here.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Nzeve dzinonzwa nameso anoona, Jehovha ndiye akazviita zvose zviri zviviri.
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Usafarira kurara kana kuti uchava murombo; svinudza meso ako ipapo uchava nezvokudya zvakawanda.
14 [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
“Hazvina kunaka, hazvina kunaka!” ndizvo zvinotaura mutengi; ipapo hoyo oenda achizvirumbidza pamusoro pezvaatenga.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
Goridhe riripo, uye matombo anokosha amarubhi azere, asi miromo inotaura zivo ndicho chinhu chinokosha chisipo.
16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Mutorerei nguo yake, uyo anoitira mutorwa rubatso; itorei sorubatso kana azviitira mukadzi asingazvibati.
17 Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Zvokudya zvakawanikwa nokunyengera zvinonaka kumunhu, asi achapedzisira ava nomukanwa mazara jecha.
18 [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Ita urongwa nokutsvaga mazano; kana uchironga hondo, tsvaka kutungamirirwa.
19 He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Guhwa rinoputsa chivimbo; saka furatira munhu anotaurisa.
20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Kana munhu akatuka baba vake kana mai vake, mwenje wake uchadzimwa parima guru.
21 An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Nhaka yakakurumidza kuwanikwa pakutanga haingaropafadzwi pamagumo ayo.
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Usati, “Ndichatsiva zvawanditadzira izvi!” Mirira Jehovha, uye iye achakubatsira.
23 Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.
Jehovha anovenga zviereso zvinosiyana, uye zviero zvinonyengera hazvimufadzi.
24 Man’s goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Kufamba kwomunhu kunotungamirirwa naJehovha. Zvino munhu anganzwisisa sei nzira yake?
25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Musungo kumunhu kuti akumikidze chimwe chinhu nokukurumidza uye ozorangarira mhiko dzake pava paya.
26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Mambo akachenjera anopepeta zvakaipa; anofambisa vhiri rokupura pamusoro pavo.
27 The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Mwenje waJehovha unonzvera mweya womunhu; unonzvera zviri mukatikati make.
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
Rudo nokutendeka zvinochengetedza mambo; kubudikidza norudo chigaro chake chinosimbiswa.
29 The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.
Kukudzwa kwamajaya ndiro simba ravo, bvudzi jena kubwinya kwavakwegura.
30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Kurohwa nokukuvadzwa zvinobvisa zvakaipa, uye kurohwa neshamhu kunovaka munhu womukati.
