Proverbs 18
1 to/for desire to seek to separate in/on/with all wisdom to quarrel
Ozehlukanisayo udinga okuloyisekayo kwakhe; ufohlela inhlakanipho yonke.
2 not to delight in fool in/on/with understanding that if: except if: except in/on/with to reveal: reveal heart his
Isithutha kasithokozi ekuqedisiseni, kodwa ukuze inhliziyo yaso iziveze.
3 in/on/with to come (in): come wicked to come (in): come also contempt and with dishonor reproach
Lapho okhohlakeleyo esiza, kuza lokudelela, njalo kanye lenhloni, ihlazo.
4 water deep word lip man torrent: river to bubble fountain wisdom
Amazwi omlomo womuntu angamanzi azikileyo; umthombo wenhlakanipho uyisifula esigobhozayo.
5 to lift: kindness face: kindness wicked not pleasant to/for to stretch righteous in/on/with justice
Kakulunganga ukwemukela ubuso bokhohlakeleyo, ukuphambula olungileyo kusahlulelo.
6 lips fool to come (in): come in/on/with strife and lip his to/for blow to call: call to
Indebe zesithutha zingena enkanini, lomlomo waso ubiza imivimvinya.
7 lip fool terror to/for him and lips his snare soul his
Umlomo wesithutha uyintshabalalo yaso, lendebe zaso zingumjibila womphefumulo waso.
8 word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
Amazwi onyeyayo anjengezibondlo ezehlela kokungaphakathi kwesisu.
9 also to slacken in/on/with work his brother: male-sibling he/she/it to/for master: [master of] destruction
Lolivila emsebenzini wakhe ungumfowabo womchithi.
10 tower strength name LORD in/on/with him to run: run righteous and to exalt
Ibizo leNkosi lingumphotshongo oqinileyo; olungileyo uzagijimela kuwo amiswe phezulu evikelekile.
11 substance rich town strength his and like/as wall to exalt in/on/with figure his
Inotho yesinothi ingumuzi waso oqinileyo, lanjengomthangala ophakemeyo ekucabangeni kwaso.
12 to/for face: before breaking to exult heart man and to/for face: before glory humility
Mandulo kokubhujiswa inhliziyo yomuntu iyaziphakamisa, njalo mandulo kodumo kulokuthobeka.
13 to return: reply word: speaking in/on/with before to hear: hear folly he/she/it to/for him and shame
Ophendula indaba engakezwa, kuyibuwula kuye, lehlazo.
14 spirit man to sustain sickness his and spirit stricken who? to lift: bear her
Umoya womuntu uzasekela ukugula kwakhe, kodwa umoya owephukileyo, ngubani ongawuthwala?
15 heart to understand to buy knowledge and ear wise to seek knowledge
Inhliziyo yoqedisisayo izuza ulwazi, lendlebe yabahlakaniphileyo idinga ulwazi.
16 gift man to enlarge to/for him and to/for face: before great: large to lead him
Isipho somuntu siyamvulela ngokubanzi, simkhokhelela phambi kwabakhulu.
17 righteous [the] first in/on/with strife his (and to come (in): come *Q(K)*) neighbor his and to search him
Ongowokuqala ecaleni lakhe ubonakala elungile, kodwa umakhelwane wakhe ufika amhlole.
18 contention to cease [the] allotted and between mighty to separate
Inkatho iqeda izingxabano, yehlukanise phakathi kwabalamandla.
19 brother: male-sibling to transgress from town strength (and contention *Q(K)*) like/as bar citadel: fortress
Umzalwane owoniweyo wedlula umuzi oqinileyo, lengxabano zinjengomgoqo wenqaba.
20 from fruit lip man to satisfy belly: abdomen his produce lips his to satisfy
Isisu somuntu siyasuthiswa yizithelo zomlomo wakhe, uzasuthiswa yinzuzo yendebe zakhe.
21 death and life in/on/with hand: power tongue and to love: lover her to eat fruit her
Ukufa lempilo kusesandleni solimi; labaluthandayo bazakudla isithelo salo.
22 to find woman: wife to find good and to promote acceptance from LORD
Othole umfazi uthole okuhle, uzuze umusa eNkosini.
23 supplication to speak: speak be poor and rich to answer strong
Umyanga uyakhuluma ngokuncenga, kodwa isinothi siphendula izinto ezilukhuni.
24 man neighbor to/for to shatter and there to love: friend cleaving from brother: male-sibling
Umuntu wabangane abanengi uzachitheka, kodwa kulomngane onamathela kuleselamani.
