Proverbs 6
1 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbour, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
Mũrũ wakwa, ũngĩkorwo ũigĩte kĩndũ gĩa kũrũgamĩrĩra thiirĩ wa mũndũ wa itũũra rĩaku, ũkorwo atĩ nĩwe ũtuĩkĩte wa kũmũrĩhĩra thiirĩ harĩ mũndũ ũngĩ-rĩ,
2 you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
ũngĩkorwo ũtegeetwo nĩ ũrĩa uugĩte, ũkagwatithio nĩ ciugo cia kanua gaku-rĩ,
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbour. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbour.
gĩĩke atĩrĩ, mũrũ wakwa, nĩguo wĩteithũre, kuona atĩ nĩũgwĩte moko-inĩ ma mũndũ wa itũũra rĩaku: Thiĩ wĩnyiihie wee mwene; mũthaithe mũno akuohere.
4 Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
Ndũkareke maitho maku mone toro, kana ũreke imone ciaku icũnge.
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Wĩteithũre o ta ũrĩa thwariga ĩĩteithũraga kuuma moko-inĩ ma mũguĩmi, o na kana ta ũrĩa nyoni ĩĩteithũraga kuuma mũtego-inĩ wa mũtegi.
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
Thiĩ harĩ thigiriri, wee kĩgũũta gĩkĩ; ũcũũranie mĩtugo yayo nĩguo ũũhĩge!
7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
Ndĩrĩ mũnene, kana mũmĩrũgamĩrĩri, o na kana mũmĩathi,
8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
no nĩĩigagĩra mũthiithũ wa irio hĩndĩ ya riũa, na ĩgacookanĩrĩria irio ciayo hĩndĩ ya magetha.
9 How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
Ũgũkoma hau nginya-rĩ, wee kĩgũũta gĩkĩ? Ũrĩũkĩra rĩ, ũtige toro waku?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—
Komakoma gatoro kanini, na ũcũngacũnge hanini, na ũkũnje moko hanini nĩguo ũhurũke;
11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
atĩrĩ, ũthĩĩni ũgaagũkorerera ta mũitũ, ũkorererwo nĩ wagi ũhaana ta mũndũ wĩohete indo cia mbaara.
12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
Mũndũ kĩmaramari na mwaganu-rĩ, ũrĩa ũthiiaga akĩaragia ndeto itarĩ nũngĩrĩru,
13 who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,
ũcio uunagĩra andũ riitho, na akaheenereria andũ na makinya make, o na akaheneria andũ na ciara ciake-rĩ,
14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
ũcio ũthugundaga ũũru arĩ na maheeni ngoro-inĩ yake: ũcio hĩndĩ ciothe ahuraga maũndũ ma nyamũkano.
15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũtino ũkaamũhubanĩria o rĩmwe aterĩgĩrĩire; mwanangĩko ũtarĩ kĩhonia nĩũkamũniina biũ.
16 There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
Kũrĩ maũndũ matandatũ mathũirwo nĩ Jehova, ĩĩ, o na nĩ mũgwanja marĩa onaga marĩ magigi, nĩmo:
17 arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
maitho ma mwĩtĩĩo, na rũrĩmĩ rũrĩa rũheenanagia, na moko marĩa maitaga thakame ya andũ matehĩtie,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
na ngoro ĩrĩa ĩthugundaga maũndũ ma waganu, na magũrũ marĩa matengʼeraga gũthiĩ gwĩka ũũru,
19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord amongst brothers.
na mũira ũtarĩ wa ma ũrĩa ũthothoraga ndeto cia maheeni, o na mũndũ ũrĩa ũrehaga nyamũkano gatagatĩ ka andũ a nyina ũmwe.
20 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
Mũrũ wakwa, tũũra ũrũmĩtie maathani ma thoguo, na ndũgatirike ũrutani wa maitũguo.
21 Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
Moherere ngoro-inĩ yaku nginya tene; makundĩke marigiicĩrie ngingo yaku.
22 When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.
Rĩrĩa ũgũthiĩ-rĩ, nĩmarĩgũtongoragia; wakoma-rĩ, nĩmarĩkũmenyagĩrĩra; na rĩrĩa warahũka-rĩ, nĩmarĩkwaragĩria.
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
Nĩgũkorwo maathani maya nĩ tawa, na ũrutani ũyũ nĩ ũtheri, namo mataaro ma kũrũnga mũndũ-rĩ, nĩmo njĩra ya muoyo,
24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
magakweheragia harĩ mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio mwaganu, na magakũhonokia kuuma kũrĩ rũrĩmĩ rũnyoroku rwa mũtumia ũcio ngʼenyũ.
25 Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
Ndũkerirĩrie ũthaka wake ngoro-inĩ yaku, kana ũreke akũguucĩrĩrie na maitho make,
26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
nĩgũkorwo mũmaraya atũmaga mũndũ athĩĩne nginya ahooyage kenyũ ka mũgate, na mũtumia mũtharia aguĩmaga muoyo waku guo mwene.
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burnt?
Mũndũ no atahĩre mwaki gĩthũri-inĩ gĩake, na nguo ciake itihĩe?
28 Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
Mũndũ no agerere igũrũ rĩa makara marĩ na mwaki, na makinya make matihĩe?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbour’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
Ũguo no taguo mũndũ ũrĩa ũkomaga na mũtumia wa mũndũ ũngĩ atariĩ; gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩmũhutia na ndaherithio.
30 Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,
Andũ matimenaga mũici angĩkorwo aiyĩte nĩguo eniinĩre ngʼaragu rĩrĩa arĩ mũhũũtu.
31 but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.
No rĩrĩ, angĩnyiitwo-rĩ, no nginya arĩhe maita mũgwanja, o na angĩkorwo ekũrĩha na ũtonga wa nyũmba yake wothe.
32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
No mũndũ ũrĩa ũtharagia nĩagĩte wĩciirio; ũrĩa wothe wĩkaga ũguo nĩwe mwene wĩyanangaga.
33 He will get wounds and dishonour. His reproach will not be wiped away.
Nguraro na kwĩnyararithia nĩcio igai rĩake, na cio thoni icio ciake gũtirĩ hĩndĩ igaathario ithire;
34 For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.
nĩgũkorwo ũiru nĩguo warahũraga mangʼũrĩ ma mũthuuri, na ndakaigua tha akĩĩrĩhĩria.
35 He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
Ndagetĩkĩra irĩhi o na rĩrĩkũ; nĩakaarega ihaki o na rĩrĩ inene atĩa.
