Proverbs 6
1 My son! If you have been guarantor for your friend, Have struck your hand for a stranger,
Mũrũ wakwa, ũngĩkorwo ũigĩte kĩndũ gĩa kũrũgamĩrĩra thiirĩ wa mũndũ wa itũũra rĩaku, ũkorwo atĩ nĩwe ũtuĩkĩte wa kũmũrĩhĩra thiirĩ harĩ mũndũ ũngĩ-rĩ,
2 Have been snared with sayings of your mouth, Have been captured with sayings of your mouth,
ũngĩkorwo ũtegeetwo nĩ ũrĩa uugĩte, ũkagwatithio nĩ ciugo cia kanua gaku-rĩ,
3 Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For you have come into the hand of your friend. Go, trample on yourself, and strengthen your friend,
gĩĩke atĩrĩ, mũrũ wakwa, nĩguo wĩteithũre, kuona atĩ nĩũgwĩte moko-inĩ ma mũndũ wa itũũra rĩaku: Thiĩ wĩnyiihie wee mwene; mũthaithe mũno akuohere.
4 Do not give sleep to your eyes, And slumber to your eyelids,
Ndũkareke maitho maku mone toro, kana ũreke imone ciaku icũnge.
5 Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Wĩteithũre o ta ũrĩa thwariga ĩĩteithũraga kuuma moko-inĩ ma mũguĩmi, o na kana ta ũrĩa nyoni ĩĩteithũraga kuuma mũtego-inĩ wa mũtegi.
6 Go to the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
Thiĩ harĩ thigiriri, wee kĩgũũta gĩkĩ; ũcũũranie mĩtugo yayo nĩguo ũũhĩge!
7 Which has no captain, overseer, and ruler,
Ndĩrĩ mũnene, kana mũmĩrũgamĩrĩri, o na kana mũmĩathi,
8 She prepares her bread in summer, She has gathered her food in harvest.
no nĩĩigagĩra mũthiithũ wa irio hĩndĩ ya riũa, na ĩgacookanĩrĩria irio ciayo hĩndĩ ya magetha.
9 Until when, O slothful one, do you lie? When do you arise from your sleep?
Ũgũkoma hau nginya-rĩ, wee kĩgũũta gĩkĩ? Ũrĩũkĩra rĩ, ũtige toro waku?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,
Komakoma gatoro kanini, na ũcũngacũnge hanini, na ũkũnje moko hanini nĩguo ũhurũke;
11 And your poverty has come as a traveler, And your want as an armed man.
atĩrĩ, ũthĩĩni ũgaagũkorerera ta mũitũ, ũkorererwo nĩ wagi ũhaana ta mũndũ wĩohete indo cia mbaara.
12 A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking [with] perverseness of mouth,
Mũndũ kĩmaramari na mwaganu-rĩ, ũrĩa ũthiiaga akĩaragia ndeto itarĩ nũngĩrĩru,
13 Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,
ũcio uunagĩra andũ riitho, na akaheenereria andũ na makinya make, o na akaheneria andũ na ciara ciake-rĩ,
14 Contrariness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, He sends forth contentions.
ũcio ũthugundaga ũũru arĩ na maheeni ngoro-inĩ yake: ũcio hĩndĩ ciothe ahuraga maũndũ ma nyamũkano.
15 Therefore his calamity comes suddenly, He is broken instantly—and no healing.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũtino ũkaamũhubanĩria o rĩmwe aterĩgĩrĩire; mwanangĩko ũtarĩ kĩhonia nĩũkamũniina biũ.
16 These six has YHWH hated, Indeed, seven [are] abominations to His soul:
Kũrĩ maũndũ matandatũ mathũirwo nĩ Jehova, ĩĩ, o na nĩ mũgwanja marĩa onaga marĩ magigi, nĩmo:
17 High eyes, False tongues, And hands shedding innocent blood,
maitho ma mwĩtĩĩo, na rũrĩmĩ rũrĩa rũheenanagia, na moko marĩa maitaga thakame ya andũ matehĩtie,
18 A heart devising thoughts of vanity, Feet hastening to run to evil,
na ngoro ĩrĩa ĩthugundaga maũndũ ma waganu, na magũrũ marĩa matengʼeraga gũthiĩ gwĩka ũũru,
19 A false witness [who] breathes out lies, And one sending forth contentions between brothers.
na mũira ũtarĩ wa ma ũrĩa ũthothoraga ndeto cia maheeni, o na mũndũ ũrĩa ũrehaga nyamũkano gatagatĩ ka andũ a nyina ũmwe.
20 Keep, my son, the command of your father, And do not leave the law of your mother.
Mũrũ wakwa, tũũra ũrũmĩtie maathani ma thoguo, na ndũgatirike ũrutani wa maitũguo.
21 Bind them on your heart continually, Tie them on your neck.
Moherere ngoro-inĩ yaku nginya tene; makundĩke marigiicĩrie ngingo yaku.
22 In your going up and down, it leads you, In your lying down, it watches over you, And you have awoken—it talks [with] you.
Rĩrĩa ũgũthiĩ-rĩ, nĩmarĩgũtongoragia; wakoma-rĩ, nĩmarĩkũmenyagĩrĩra; na rĩrĩa warahũka-rĩ, nĩmarĩkwaragĩria.
23 For the command [is] a lamp, And the Law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,
Nĩgũkorwo maathani maya nĩ tawa, na ũrutani ũyũ nĩ ũtheri, namo mataaro ma kũrũnga mũndũ-rĩ, nĩmo njĩra ya muoyo,
24 To preserve you from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
magakweheragia harĩ mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio mwaganu, na magakũhonokia kuuma kũrĩ rũrĩmĩ rũnyoroku rwa mũtumia ũcio ngʼenyũ.
25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, And do not let her take you with her eyelids.
Ndũkerirĩrie ũthaka wake ngoro-inĩ yaku, kana ũreke akũguucĩrĩrie na maitho make,
26 For a harlot consumes to a cake of bread, And an adulteress hunts the precious soul.
nĩgũkorwo mũmaraya atũmaga mũndũ athĩĩne nginya ahooyage kenyũ ka mũgate, na mũtumia mũtharia aguĩmaga muoyo waku guo mwene.
27 Does a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burned?
Mũndũ no atahĩre mwaki gĩthũri-inĩ gĩake, na nguo ciake itihĩe?
28 Does a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?
Mũndũ no agerere igũrũ rĩa makara marĩ na mwaki, na makinya make matihĩe?
29 So [is] he who has gone in to the wife of his neighbor, None who touches her is innocent.
Ũguo no taguo mũndũ ũrĩa ũkomaga na mũtumia wa mũndũ ũngĩ atariĩ; gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩmũhutia na ndaherithio.
30 They do not despise the thief, When he steals to fill his soul when he is hungry,
Andũ matimenaga mũici angĩkorwo aiyĩte nĩguo eniinĩre ngʼaragu rĩrĩa arĩ mũhũũtu.
31 And being found he repays sevenfold, He gives all the substance of his house.
No rĩrĩ, angĩnyiitwo-rĩ, no nginya arĩhe maita mũgwanja, o na angĩkorwo ekũrĩha na ũtonga wa nyũmba yake wothe.
32 He who commits adultery [with] a woman lacks heart, He who does it is destroying his soul.
No mũndũ ũrĩa ũtharagia nĩagĩte wĩciirio; ũrĩa wothe wĩkaga ũguo nĩwe mwene wĩyanangaga.
33 He finds a stroke and shame, And his reproach is not wiped away,
Nguraro na kwĩnyararithia nĩcio igai rĩake, na cio thoni icio ciake gũtirĩ hĩndĩ igaathario ithire;
34 For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, And he does not spare in a day of vengeance.
nĩgũkorwo ũiru nĩguo warahũraga mangʼũrĩ ma mũthuuri, na ndakaigua tha akĩĩrĩhĩria.
35 He does not accept the appearance of any atonement, Indeed, he does not consent, Though you multiply bribes!
Ndagetĩkĩra irĩhi o na rĩrĩkũ; nĩakaarega ihaki o na rĩrĩ inene atĩa.
