Proverbs 6
1 My son, if someone has borrowed money from a friend or a stranger, and if you have promised that you will pay the money back if that person is unable to pay back the money he borrowed,
Mwanakomana wangu, kana uchinge waita rubatso kumuvakidzani wako, kana uchinge waita mhiko nokumbunda noruoko rwako kuno mumwe,
2 you may be trapped by what you have agreed to do, [because if the one who borrowed the money is not able to pay it back, you will have to pay it]. What you have said that you will do will be like a snare to you.
kana uchinge wasungwa nokuda kwezvawakataura, wabatwa namashoko omuromo wako,
3 So, my son, I will tell you what you should do to escape from your difficulty, so that the moneylender does not get control over your [wealth: ] Humbly go to your friend and plead with him [to cancel the agreement]!
ipapo ita izvi, mwanakomana wangu, kuti uzvisunungure, sezvo wawira mumaoko omuvakidzani wako! Enda undozvininipisa; ukumbire zvikuru kumuvakidzani wako!
4 Do not wait until tomorrow; [go immediately]! Do not rest until you [go and talk with him].
Usatendera meso ako hope, usatendera meso ako kutsumwaira.
5 Save yourself, like a deer that escapes from a deer hunter [or] like a bird that flees from a bird hunter.
Zvipukunyutse, semhara kubva paruoko rwomuvhimi, seshiri kubva paugombe hwomuteyi.
6 You lazy individual, learn something from [watching] the ants. Become wise from observing what they do.
Enda kusvosve, iwe simbe; cherechedza nzira dzaro ugova wakachenjera!
7 They do not have a king or a governor or any [other] person who rules them [and forces them to work],
Harina mutungamiri, mutariri kana mutongi,
8 [but] they work hard [all] during the summer, gathering and storing food to eat during the winter.
asi rinochengeta zvokudya zvaro muzhizha, uye rinounganidza zvokudya zvaro pakukohwa.
9 [But], you lazy loafer, how long will you [continue to] sleep [RHQ]? Are you never going to get up from sleeping [and go to work]?
Uchasvika riniko wakarara ipapo, iwe simbe? Uchamuka riniko kubva pahope dzako?
10 You sleep a for a little time; [you say, “I will take] just a short nap.” You lie down and fold/lay your hands [across your chest] and rest;
Kumbovata zvishomanana, kumbotsumwaira zvishomanana, kumbopeta maoko zvishomanana kuti ndizorore.
11 and suddenly you will become poor. It will be as though a bandit suddenly comes and takes all that you have.
Naizvozvo urombo huchauya kwauri segororo, uye kushayiwa somurwi akashonga nhumbi dzokurwa.
12 [I will describe for you what] worthless and evil people [are like]. They constantly lie;
Munhu asina maturo uye anoita zvakaipa, anofamba-famba achitaura zvakaora,
13 by winking their eyes and moving their feet and making signs with their fingers, they signal [to their friends what they are intending/planning to do].
anochonya nameso ake, anonongedzera netsoka dzake, uye anodudzira neminwe yake,
14 They plan to do evil things. They constantly cause strife/trouble.
anoronga zvakaipa nounyengeri mumwoyo make, iyeyo anogaromutsa kupesana.
15 But disasters will hit them suddenly; they will be crushed/ruined and nothing will be able to heal them.
Naizvozvo njodzi ichamuwira munguva shoma shoma; achaparadzwa nokukurumidza, pasina chingamubatsira.
16 There are six, [maybe] seven, kinds of people that Yahweh hates. [They are]:
Pane zvinhu zvitanhatu zvakavengwa naJehovha, zvinomwe zvinomunyangadza zvinoti:
17 People who show by their eyes that they are very proud; people who lie [MTY]; people [SYN] who kill others [SYN] who have done nothing wrong;
meso anozvikudza, rurimi runoreva nhema, maoko anodeura ropa risina mhosva,
18 people who plan to do evil deeds; people [SYN] who run quickly to do wrong things;
mwoyo unoronga mano akaipa, tsoka dzinokurumidza kumhanyira muzvakaipa,
19 people who easily tell lies in court; and people who cause strife between family members.
chapupu chenhema chinodurura nhema, uye munhu anomutsa kupesana pakati pehama.
20 My son, obey my commands, and do not ignore what your mother has taught you.
Mwanakomana wangu, chengetedza mirayiro yababa vako, uye usarasa kudzidzisa kwamai vako.
21 Remember the things that we have said. Those things should be [like a beautiful necklace] around your neck.
Zvisungirire pamwoyo wako nokusingaperi; uzvishonge pamutsipa wako.
22 [If you follow our advice, it will be as though] what we have taught you [PRS] will lead you, wherever you go. When you sleep, they will protect you. And when you wake up in the morning, they will teach/instruct you.
Paunofamba zvichakutungamirira; paucharara, zvichakurinda; pauchamuka, zvichataura newe.
23 These commands and what we teach you [will be like] a lamp to light your path [MET]. When we rebuke you and correct/punish you, we will be showing you the road to having [a good] life.
Nokuti mirayiro iyi ndiyo mwenje kwauri, dzidziso iyi ndiyo chiedza, uye kudzora kwokurayira ndiko nzira youpenyu,
24 Heeding [PRS] these commands and things that we have taught you will enable you to keep away from immoral women and from [listening to] the enticing words of an adulterous woman.
kunokuchengetedza pamukadzi asingazvibati, kubva parurimi runonyengera rwomudzimai asingazvibati.
25 [Even] if such a woman is beautiful and has lovely eyes, do not desire to go with her. Do not let her persuade you to go with her (with her eyes/by the way she looks at you).
Usachiva runako rwake mumwoyo mako, kana kumurega achikubata namaziso ake,
26 [Do not forget that] you can hire a prostitute for only a loaf of bread, but [if you sleep with] another man’s wife, (it may cost you/you may lose) your life.
nokuti chifeve chinokuderedza kusvikira wafanana nechingwa, uye mukadzi womumwe asi ari chifeve anoendesa upenyu hwako chaihwo kurufu.
27 Can you carry hot coals in your pocket and not be burned [RHQ]?
Ko, munhu angaisa moto pamakumbo ake, nguo dzake dzikasatsva here?
28 Can you walk on burning coals and not scorch/burn your feet?
Ko, munhu angafamba pamazimbe anopisa, tsoka dzake dzikasatsva here?
29 [No]! And in the same way, anyone who (sleeps with/has sex with) another man’s wife will [suffer for doing that]. [He will certainly] [LIT] be punished severely.
Ndizvo zvakaita uyo anorara nomudzimai womumwe murume; hapana angabate mukadzi iyeyo akasarangwa.
30 We do not despise a thief if he steals some food because he is very hungry.
Vanhu havazvidzi mbavha kana ikaba kuti ipedze nzara yayo painenge yoziya.
31 But [if he steals something and then] is caught [by the police], he will have to pay back (seven times as much as/much more than) he stole. He may need to sell everything that is in his house [to get enough money to pay it back].
Asi kana akabatwa, anofanira kuripa kakapetwa kanomwe, kunyange zvichimutorera pfuma yose yeimba yake.
32 [But] a man who commits adultery with some woman is very foolish, [because] he is destroying his own self/soul [by what he is doing].
Asi munhu anoita upombwe, anoshayiwa njere; ani naani anozviita anozviparadza iye pachake.
33 [That woman’s husband] will wound him badly, and [other people] will despise him. His shame will never end.
Kurohwa nokunyadziswa ndiwo mugove wake, uye kunyadziswa kwake hakungatongobviswi;
34 Because that woman’s husband will (be jealous/not want anyone else to sleep with her), he will become furious, and when he gets revenge, he will not act mercifully [toward the man who slept with his wife].
nokuti godo rinomutsa hasha dzomurume, uye haanganzwiri tsitsi kana otsiva.
35 And he will not accept any bribe/money, even if it is a big bribe, to (appease him/cause him to stop being angry).
Haangagamuchiri muripo upi zvawo; acharamba fufuro, kunyange rakakura sei.
