Proverbs 28
1 to flee and nothing to pursue wicked and righteous like/as lion to trust
Mtu mwovu hukimbia ingawa hakuna yeyote anayemfukuza, bali wenye haki ni wajasiri kama simba.
2 in/on/with transgression land: country/planet many ruler her and in/on/with man to understand to know right to prolong
Wakati nchi inapokuwa na uasi, inakuwa na viongozi wengi, bali mwenye ufahamu na maarifa hudumisha utaratibu.
3 great man be poor and to oppress poor rain to prostatrate and nothing food
Mtu maskini amwoneaye yeye aliye maskini zaidi ni kama mvua ya dhoruba isiyosaza mazao.
4 to leave: forsake instruction to boast: praise wicked and to keep: obey instruction to stir up in/on/with them
Wale waiachao sheria huwasifu waovu, bali wale waishikao sheria huwapinga.
5 human bad: evil not to understand justice and to seek LORD to understand all
Watu wabaya hawaelewi haki, bali wale wamtafutao Bwana wanaielewa kikamilifu.
6 pleasant be poor to go: walk in/on/with integrity his from twisted way: conduct and he/she/it rich
Afadhali maskini ambaye mwenendo wake hauna lawama kuliko tajiri ambaye njia zake ni potovu.
7 to watch instruction son: child to understand and to accompany be vile be humiliated father his
Yeye ashikaye sheria ni mwana mwenye ufahamu, bali rafiki wa walafi humwaibisha baba yake.
8 to multiply substance his in/on/with interest (and increment *Q(K)*) to/for be gracious poor to gather him
Yeye aongezaye utajiri wake kwa riba kubwa mno hukusanya kwa ajili ya mwingine, ambaye atawahurumia maskini.
9 to turn aside: depart ear his from to hear: hear instruction also prayer his abomination
Kama mtu yeyote akikataa kusikia sheria, hata maombi yake ni chukizo.
10 to wander upright in/on/with way: conduct bad: evil in/on/with pit his he/she/it to fall: fall and unblemished: blameless to inherit good
Yeye ambaye humwongoza mwenye haki kwenye mapito mabaya, ataanguka kwenye mtego wake mwenyewe, bali wasio na lawama watapokea urithi mwema.
11 wise in/on/with eye his man rich and poor to understand to search him
Mtu tajiri anaweza kuwa na hekima machoni pake mwenyewe, bali mtu maskini mwenye ufahamu atamfichua.
12 in/on/with to rejoice righteous many beauty and in/on/with to arise: rise wicked to search man
Mwenye haki ashindapo, kuna furaha kubwa, bali waovu watawalapo, watu hujificha.
13 to cover transgression his not to prosper and to give thanks and to leave: forsake to have compassion
Yeye afichaye dhambi zake hatafanikiwa, bali yeyote aziungamaye na kuziacha hupata rehema.
14 blessed man to dread continually and to harden heart his to fall: fall in/on/with distress: harm
Amebarikiwa mtu ambaye siku zote humcha Bwana, bali yeye afanyaye moyo wake kuwa mgumu huangukia kwenye taabu.
15 lion to groan and bear to rush to rule wicked upon people poor
Kama simba angurumaye au dubu ashambuliaye, ndivyo alivyo mtu mwovu atawalaye wanyonge.
16 leader lacking understanding and many oppression (to hate *Q(K)*) unjust-gain to prolong day
Mtawala dhalimu hana akili, bali yeye achukiaye mapato ya udhalimu atafurahia maisha marefu.
17 man to oppress in/on/with blood soul: person till pit to flee not to grasp in/on/with him
Mtu mwenye kusumbuliwa na hatia ya kuua atakuwa mtoro mpaka kufa; mtu yeyote na asimsaidie.
18 to go: walk unblemished: blameless to save and to twist way: conduct to fall: fall in/on/with one
Yeye ambaye mwenendo wake hauna lawama hulindwa salama, bali yeye ambaye njia zake ni potovu ataanguka ghafula.
19 to serve: labour land: soil his to satisfy food: bread and to pursue worthless to satisfy poverty
Yeye alimaye shamba lake atakuwa na chakula tele, bali yule afuataye mambo ya upuzi atakuwa na umaskini wa kumtosha.
20 man faithfulness many blessing and to hasten to/for to enrich not to clear
Mtu mwaminifu atabarikiwa sana, bali yeye atamaniye kupata utajiri kwa haraka hataacha kuadhibiwa.
21 to recognize face: kindness not pleasant and upon morsel food: bread to transgress great man
Kuonyesha upendeleo si vizuri, hata hivyo mtu atafanya kosa kwa kipande cha mkate.
22 to dismay to/for substance man bad: evil eye: appearance and not to know for poverty to come (in): come him
Mtu mchoyo ana tamaa ya kupata utajiri, naye hana habari kuwa umaskini unamngojea.
23 to rebuke man backwards me favor to find from to smooth tongue
Yeye amkemeaye mtu mwishoni hupata kibali zaidi, kuliko mwenye maneno ya kusifu isivyostahili.
24 to plunder father his and mother his and to say nothing transgression companion he/she/it to/for man to ruin
Yeye amwibiaye babaye au mamaye na kusema, “Si kosa,” yeye ni mwenzi wa yule aharibuye.
25 broad: arrogant soul: person to stir up strife and to trust upon LORD to prosper
Mtu mwenye tamaa huchochea fitina, bali yule amtegemeaye Bwana atafanikiwa.
26 to trust in/on/with heart his he/she/it fool and to go: walk in/on/with wisdom he/she/it to escape
Yeye ajitumainiaye mwenyewe ni mpumbavu, bali yeye atembeaye katika hekima hulindwa salama.
27 to give: give to/for be poor nothing need and to conceal eye his many curse
Yeye ampaye maskini hatapungukiwa na kitu chochote, bali yeye awafumbiaye maskini macho hupata laana nyingi.
28 in/on/with to arise: rise wicked to hide man and in/on/with to perish they to multiply righteous
Wakati waovu watawalapo, watu huenda mafichoni, bali waovu wanapoangamia, wenye haki hufanikiwa.
