Proverbs 22
1 to choose name from riches many from silver: money and from gold favor pleasant
Ibizo elihle likhethekile kulenotho enengi; isisa esihle kulesiliva njalo kulegolide.
2 rich and be poor to meet to make all their LORD
Onothileyo lomyanga bayahlangana; iNkosi yabenza bonke.
3 prudent to see: see distress: harm (and to hide *Q(K)*) and simple to pass and to fine
Ohlakaniphileyo ubona ububi acatshe, kodwa abangelalwazi bayaqhubeka babesebejeziswa.
4 consequence humility fear LORD riches and glory and life
Umvuzo wokuthobeka lokwesaba iNkosi kuyinotho lodumo lempilo.
5 thorn snare in/on/with way: conduct twisted to keep: guard soul his to remove from them
Ameva lemijibila kusendleleni yabaphambeneyo; ogcina umphefumulo wakhe uzakuba khatshana labo.
6 to dedicate to/for youth upon lip: word way: conduct his also for be old not to turn aside: depart from her
Fundisa umntwana endleleni angahamba ngayo; ngitsho esemdala kayikuphambuka kuyo.
7 rich in/on/with be poor to rule and servant/slave to borrow to/for man to borrow
Onothileyo ubusa abayanga, lomeboleki uyisigqili somebolekisi.
8 to sow injustice (to reap *Q(k)*) evil: trouble and tribe: staff fury his to end: expend
Ohlanyela ukonakala uzavuna ukuhlupheka, lentonga yolaka lwakhe izaphela.
9 pleasant eye he/she/it to bless for to give: give from food: bread his to/for poor
Olelihlo elilokuhle yena uzabusiswa, ngoba unikile okwesinkwa sakhe kumyanga.
10 to drive out: drive out to mock and to come out: come strife and to cease judgment and dishonor
Xotsha isideleli, kuzaphuma lenkani, yebo, ingxabano lehlazo kuzaphela.
11 to love: lover (pure *Q(K)*) heart favor lip: words his neighbor his king
Othanda ukuhlanzeka kwenhliziyo, ngenxa yesisa sendebe zakhe, inkosi ingumgane wakhe.
12 eye LORD to watch knowledge and to pervert word to act treacherously
Amehlo eNkosi alondoloza ulwazi, kodwa izachitha amazwi abangathembekanga.
13 to say sluggish lion in/on/with outside in/on/with midst street/plaza to murder
Ivila lithi: Kulesilwane ngaphandle; ngizabulawa phakathi kwezitalada.
14 pit deep lip be a stranger be indignant LORD (to fall: fall *Q(k)*) there
Umlomo wabesifazana bemzini ungumgodi otshonayo; lowo iNkosi emthukutheleleyo uzawela khona.
15 folly to conspire in/on/with heart youth tribe: staff discipline to remove her from him
Ubuthutha bubotshelwe enhliziyweni yomntwana; uswazi lokuqondisa luzabususela khatshana laye.
16 to oppress poor to/for to multiply to/for him to give: give to/for rich surely to/for need
Ocindezela umyanga ukwandisa alakho, opha onothileyo, isibili uzakuba ngoswelayo.
17 to stretch ear your and to hear: hear word wise and heart your to set: make to/for knowledge my
Beka indlebe yakho, uzwe amazwi abahlakaniphileyo, umise inhliziyo yakho elwazini lami.
18 for pleasant for to keep: guard them in/on/with belly: body your to establish: prepare together upon lips your
Ngoba kumnandi uba uwalondoloza emibilini yakho; azahlala elungile kanyekanye endebeni zakho.
19 to/for to be in/on/with LORD confidence your to know you [the] day also you(m. s.)
Ukuze ithemba lakho libe seNkosini, ngikwazisile wona lamuhla, ngitsho wena.
20 not to write to/for you (officer *Q(K)*) in/on/with counsel and knowledge
Kangikubhalelanga yini izinto ezinhle kakhulu kuzeluleko lelwazini?
21 to/for to know you truth word truth: true to/for to return: reply word truth: true to/for to send: depart you
Ukukwazisa ukuqiniseka kwamazwi eqiniso, ukuze ubuyisele amazwi eqiniso kulabo abakuthumileyo.
22 not to plunder poor for poor he/she/it and not to crush afflicted in/on/with gate
Ungamphangi umyanga ngoba engumyanga, njalo ungamchobozi oswelayo esangweni.
23 for LORD to contend strife their and to rob [obj] to rob them soul: life
Ngoba iNkosi izamela udaba lwabo, iphange umphefumulo wababaphangayo.
24 not to accompany with master: men face: anger and with man rage not to come (in): come
Ungahlanganyeli lomuntu ololaka, ungahambisani lomuntu othukuthelayo,
25 lest to teach/learn (way his *Q(K)*) and to take: recieve snare to/for soul: myself your
hlezi ufunde indlela zakhe, wemukele umjibila emphefumulweni wakho.
26 not to be in/on/with to blow palm in/on/with to pledge loan
Ungabi phakathi kwababambana izandla, phakathi kwabayizibambiso ngezikwelede.
27 if nothing to/for you to/for to complete to/for what? to take: take bed your from underneath: under you
Uba ungelakho okokuhlawula, kungani ezathatha umbheda wakho ngaphansi kwakho?
28 not to remove border: boundary forever: antiquity which to make father your
Ungatshedisi isikhonkwane esidala somngcele, oyihlo abasenzayo.
29 to see man quick in/on/with work his to/for face: before king to stand not to stand to/for face: before obscure
Uyambona yini umuntu oyingcitshi emsebenzini wakhe? Uzazimisa phambi kwamakhosi; kayikuzimisa phambi kwabantukazana.
