Proverbs 11
1 False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable to him.
UThixo uyazenyanya izilinganiso zokudlelezela, kodwa uthokoza ngezilinganiso eziqondileyo.
2 Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.
Nxa kungena ukuzigqaja kungena lokweyisa, kodwa ukuzithoba kuhamba lenhlakanipho.
3 When a just man dies he leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.
Ubuqotho kwabaqondileyo buyabakhokhela, kodwa abangathembekanga babulawa yibumenemene babo.
4 [Possessions will not profit in a day of wrath, but righteousness will deliver from death. ]
Inotho kayisizi lutho ngosuku lweziphithiphithi kodwa ukulunga kuyaphephisa ekufeni.
5 Righteousness traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.
Ukulunga kwabangelacala kuqondisa indlela yabo, kodwa ababi bawiswa yibubi babo.
6 The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.
Ukulunga kwabaqondileyo kuyabakhulula, kodwa abangathembekanga bagwenxwa yizinkanuko zabo ezimbi.
7 At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes.
Umuntu omubi angafa ithemba lakhe liyaphela; konke abesithi uzakuzuza ngamandla akhe kuphelela ezeni.
8 A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.
Umuntu olungileyo uyakhululwa enkathazweni, kusuke kuyewela komubi.
9 In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: but the understanding of righteous men is prosperous.
Ngomlomo wakhe umuntu ongakholwayo uyamchitha umakhelwane, kodwa ngolwazi abalungileyo bayaphepha.
10 In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers: but by the mouth of ungodly men it is overthrown.
Nxa kuphumelela abalungileyo umuzi uyathokoza; nxa kusifa omubi kuba lokujabula.
11 [At the blessing of the upright a city shall be exalted. ]
Ngokubusiswa ngabalungileyo omubi ubalodumo, kodwa ngomlomo wezigangi uyachitheka.
12 A man void of understanding sneers at [his fellow] citizens: but a sensible man is quiet.
Umuntu ongelangqondo weyisa umakhelwane wakhe, kodwa umuntu ozwisisayo uthiba ulimi lwakhe.
13 A double-tongued man discloses the [secret] counsels of an assembly: but he that is faithful in spirit conceals matters.
Onyeyayo wehluleka ukuvala isifuba sakhe, kodwa othembekileyo uyayigcina imfihlo.
14 They that have no guidance fall like leaves: but in much counsel there is safety.
Isizwe esingelabukhokheli obuqondileyo siyachitheka, kodwa ngobunengi babeluleki siyanqoba.
15 A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man: and he hates the sound of safety.
Lowo okhuphela omunye umuntu isibambiso uzahlupheka, kodwa owalayo ukupha isibambiso uvikelekile.
16 A gracious wife brings glory to her husband: but a woman hating righteousness is a theme of dishonor. The slothful come to lack: but the diligent support themselves with wealth.
Umfazi olomusa uyahlonitshwa, kodwa amadoda alesihluku azuza inotho kuphela.
17 A merciful man does good to his own soul: but the merciless destroys his own body.
Umuntu olomusa uyazisiza, kodwa umuntu ololunya uyazilimaza.
18 An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth.
Umuntu omubi uhola umvuzo wobuqili, kodwa lowo ohlanyela ukulunga uvuna umvuzo omuhle.
19 A righteous son is born for life: but the persecution of the ungodly [ends] in death.
Lowo omiyo ekulungeni uzuza ukuphila, kodwa oxotshana lobubi uya ekufeni.
20 Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him.
UThixo uyabazonda abantu abalenhliziyo embi, kodwa uyathokoza ngalabo abandlela zabo zilungile.
21 He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness he shall receive a faithful reward.
Kodwa yazi lokhu, ababi bazajeziswa kodwa abalungileyo bazahlala bekhululekile.
22 As an ornament in a swine's snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded women.
Njengesongo legolide lifakwe emakhaleni engulube, unjalo umfazi omuhle kodwa ongelambeko.
23 All the desire of the righteous is good: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
Izifiso zabalungileyo zizuza okuhle kodwa ithemba lababi liphelela osizini.
24 There are [some] who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are [some] also who gather, [yet] have less.
Ophayo ngesihle uyazuza okunengi kulakuqala, lowo ogodlayo ungenelwa yibuyanga.
25 Every sincere soul is blessed: but a passionate man is not graceful.
Lowo ophayo uzaphumelela; owonga abanye laye uzakongiwa.
26 May he that hoards corn leave it to the nation: but blessing be on the head of him that gives [it].
Abantu bayamqalekisa lowo ogodla amabele, kodwa izibusiso zingumqhele walowo ovuma ukuwathengisa.
27 He that devises good [counsels] seeks good favor: but [as for] him that seeks after evil, [evil] shall overtake him.
Lowo odinga ukulunga uzuza umusa, kodwa okubi kwehlela lowo okudingayo.
28 He that trusts in wealth shall fall; but he that helps righteous men shall rise.
Othembele enothweni yakhe uzakuwa; kodwa olungileyo uzaphila njengehlamvu eliluhlaza.
29 He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise man.
Olethela abendlu yakhe uhlupho ilifa lakhe yize, lesihawu sizakuba yinceku yohlakaniphileyo.
30 Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; but the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time.
Izithelo zolungileyo ziyisihlahla sokuphila, njalo lowo ozuza imiphefumulo uhlakaniphile.
31 If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Nxa abalungileyo bezuza ukujeziswa emhlabeni pho kuzakuba njani kwabangakholwayo labayizoni!
