Ecclesiastes 7
1 A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.
Zita rakanaka rinopfuura mafuta anonhuhwira zvakanaka kwazvo, uye zuva rokufa rinopfuura zuva rokuzvarwa.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
Zviri nani kuenda kuimba yokuchema pano kuenda kuimba yamabiko, nokuti rufu ndiwo mugumo womunhu wose; vapenyu ngavazviise izvi pamwoyo.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
Kusuwa kunopfuura kuseka, nokuti chiso chinopunyaira chakanakira mwoyo.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Mwoyo womuchenjeri uri mumba yokuchema, asi mwoyo yamapenzi iri kuimba yamafaro.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Zviri nani kuteerera kutsiura kwomunhu akachenjera, pano kuteerera rwiyo rwamapenzi.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
Sokuputika kweminzwa pasi pehari, ndizvo zvakaita kuseka kwamapenzi. Naizvozviwo hazvina maturo.
7 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
Udzvinyiriri hunoshandura muchenjeri achiva benzi, uye fufuro inosvibisa mwoyo.
8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Magumo echinhu anopfuura mavambo acho, uye mwoyo murefu unopfuura kuzvikudza.
9 Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Usakurumidza kutsamwa pamweya wako nokuti kutsamwa kunogara muchipfuva chamapenzi.
10 Do not say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.
Usati, “Sei mazuva akare ari nani kupfuura azvino?” Nokuti hazvina kuchenjera kubvunza mibvunzo yakadaro.
11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
Uchenjeri chinhu chakanaka senhaka, uye hunobatsira avo vanoona zuva.
12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Uchenjeri hunodzivirira sokudzivirira kunoita mari, asi kunakisa kworuzivo ndokuku: kuti uchenjeri hunochengetedza upenyu hwomunhu anahwo.
13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
Cherechedza zvakaitwa naMwari: Ndiani angatwasanudza zvaakagonyanisa?
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
Kana zvinhu zvakanaka, fara; asi kana nguva dzakaipa, rangarira kuti: Mwari ndiye akaita izvozvo zvose zviri zviviri. Naizvozvo, munhu haagoni kuziva chinhu pamusoro peramangwana rake.
15 All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
Muupenyu hwangu husina maturo ndakaona zvose izvi: akarurama achiparara mukururama kwake, nowakaipa achirarama nguva refu mukuipa kwake.
16 Do not be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
Usava munhu akanyanyisa kururama, kana munhu akanyanyisa kuchenjera, uchazviparadzireiko?
17 Do not be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
Usava munhu akanyanyisa kuipa, uye usava benzi. Ungada kufa nguva yako isati yakwana?
18 It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.
Zvakanaka kubatisisa chimwe chinhu, uye usingaregedzi chimwe chacho chichienda. Munhu anotya Mwari acharega kuita zvinopfurikidza mwero.
19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
Uchenjeri hunoita kuti mumwe munhu akachenjera ave nesimba guru kupfuura vatariri gumi vari muguta.
20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.
Hapana munhu akarurama panyika, anoita zvakanaka uye asingatadzi.
21 Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
Usava nehanya namashoko ose anotaurwa navanhu, zvichida ungangonzwa muranda wako achikutuka,
22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
nokuti unoziva mumwoyo mako kuti nguva zhinji iwe pachako wakambotuka vamwe.
23 All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, "I will be wise;" but it was far from me.
Zvose izvi ndakazviedza nouchenjeri ndikati, “Ndakazvipira kuva munhu akachenjera,” asi izvi zvaiva kure neni.
24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
Chii zvacho chingava uchenjeri, chiri kure kwazvo uye chakadzama, ndiani angachiwana?
25 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
Saka ndakashandura pfungwa dzangu ndikatanga kutsvaka kunzwisisa, kuti ndiongorore uye nditsvakisise uchenjeri nourongwa hwezvinhu, uye kuti ndinzwisise upenzi hwokuipa nomupengo hwoupenzi.
26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
Ndakawana chinhu chinovava kupfuura rufu, mukadzi anova musungo, mwoyo wake uri hunza uye maoko ake ari ngetani. Munhu anofadza Mwari achapunyuka kwaari, asi mutadzi achabatwa naye.
27 Look, this have I found, says the Preacher, one to another, to find out the scheme;
Muparidzi anoti, “Tarira, izvi ndizvo zvandakawana: “Ndichisanganisa chimwe nechimwe kuti ndiwane marongerwo ezvinhu,
28 which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
pandakanga ndichiri kutsvaka asi ndisina chandinowana, ndakawana murume mumwe chete akarurama pakati pechiuru, asi handina kuwana mukadzi mumwe chete akarurama pakati pavo vose.
29 Look, this only have I found, that God made humankind upright, but they search for many schemes.
Chinhu ichi chete ndicho chandakawana chokuti: Mwari akaita vanhu vakarurama, asi vanhu vakaenda kundotsvaka mano mazhinji.”
