Proverbs 27
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Ungazincomi ngelakusasa, ngoba kawukwazi ukuthi liza lithweleni.
2 Let someone else praise you and not your own mouth; a stranger and not your own lips.
Yekela omunye akudumise, hatshi owakho umlomo; akube ngomunye, kungabi ngezakho izindebe.
3 Consider the heaviness of a stone and the weight of sand— the provocation of a fool is heavier than both.
Ilitshe liyasinda, itshebetshebe ngumthwalo onzima, kodwa ukucatshulwa yisiwula kunzima okudlula kokubili.
4 There is the cruelty of rage and the flood of anger, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Ulaka lulolunya lentukuthelo iyagabha, kambe ngubani ongema phambi komhawu na?
5 Better is an open rebuke than hidden love.
Kungcono ukuthukwa obala kulokuthandwa ngokufihlakeleyo.
6 Faithful are the wounds caused by a friend, but an enemy may kiss you profusely.
Ukulinyazwa ngumngane kakwesabeki, kodwa isitha sikwanga sedlulise amalawulo.
7 A person who has eaten to the full rejects even a honeycomb, but to the hungry person, every bitter thing is sweet.
Osuthiyo kathakazeleli uluju oluvela ekhekhebeni, kodwa kolambileyo lokubabayo kunambitheka mnandi.
8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest is a man who strays from where he lives.
Njengenyoni elahleka esidlekeni sayo, unjalo umuntu otshiya umuzi wakhe.
9 Perfume and incense make the heart rejoice, but the sweetness of a friend comes from his sincere counsel.
Amakha lempepha kuletha intokozo enhliziyweni, lobumnandi bomngane busuka ezelulekweni zakhe eziqinileyo.
10 Do not forsake your friend and your friend's father, and do not go to your brother's house on the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is nearby than a brother who is far away.
Ungadeli umngane wakho lomngane kayihlo, futhi ungayi endlini yomfowenu nxa wehlelwe yizinhlupheko ungcono umakhelwane eduze kolomfowenu okhatshana.
11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart rejoice; then I will give back an answer to the one who mocks me.
Hlakanipha, ndodana, ulethe intokozo enhliziyweni yami; lapho ngizakwazi ukumphendula ongeyisayo.
12 A prudent man sees trouble and hides himself, but the naive people go on and suffer because of it.
Umuntu olengqondo uthi ebona ingozi acatshe, kodwa isithutha siyaphikelela singena enkathazweni.
13 Take a garment of one who has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an immoral woman.
Thatha isigqoko salowo owenzela owemzini isibambiso; sigcine njengesithembiso aluba esenzela umfazi ongelasimilo.
14 Whoever gives his neighbor a blessing with a loud voice early in the morning, that blessing will be considered to be a curse!
Uba umuntu evukisa umakhelwane wakhe ngokumnqolonga ekuseni kakhulu, kuzathiwa uyamqalekisa.
15 A quarreling wife is like the constant dripping on a rainy day;
Umfazi olenkani unjengamathonsi angapheliyo mhlana kusina;
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or trying to catch oil in your right hand.
ukumkhuza kufana lokukhuza umoya loba lokubamba okulamagcobo ngesandla.
17 Iron sharpens iron; in the same way, a man sharpens his friend.
Njengensimbi ilola insimbi, kanjalo indoda ikhaliphisa enye.
18 The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and the one who protects his master will be honored.
Lowo onakekela isihlahla somkhiwa uzakudla izithelo zawo, kuthi lowo olondoloza umqhatshi wakhe abelodumo.
19 Just as water reflects a person's face, so a person's heart reflects the person.
Njengamanzi etshengisa ubuso bomuntu, kanjalo inhliziyo yomuntu itshengisa ayikho khona.
20 Just as Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, so a man's eyes are never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
UKufa leNcithakalo kakusuthi, anjalo lamehlo omuntu. (Sheol h7585)
21 A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold; and a person is tested when he is praised.
Isiliva sincibilikiselwa embizeni imvutho ngeyegolide, kodwa abantu bahlolwa ngodumo lwabo.
22 Even if you crush a fool with the pestle—along with the grain— yet his foolishness will not leave him.
Ungaze uchole isiwula elitsheni, usichole njengamabele ngembokodo kawusoze ubususe ubuwula baso.
23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks and be concerned about your herds,
Woba leqiniso ukuthi uhlala usazi kuhle isimo sezifuyo zakho, nanzelela imihlambi yakho;
24 for wealth is not forever. Does a crown endure for all generations?
ngoba inotho kayiyikuhlala kokuphela, lomqhele wobukhosi kawuyikuba ngowezizukulwane zonke.
25 You should know when the hay is gone and the new growth appears, and the time when the grass from the hills is gathered in.
Utshani bungaqunywa kuqalise ukuhluma obunye kuthi bonke obusikiweyo ezintabeni sebubuthiwe,
26 Those lambs will provide your clothing and the goats will provide the price of the field.
amawundlu azakupha uboya bezigqoko, lembuzi zikuphe imali elingana intengo yesiqinti.
27 There will be goats' milk for your food—the food for your household— and nourishment for your servant girls.
Uzakuba lochago lwembuzi olunengi olwakho lolwendlu yakho lusuthise lezinceku zakho.
