Thimo 27
1 Tiga kwĩraha nĩ ũndũ wa rũciũ, nĩgũkorwo ndũũĩ kĩrĩa mũthenya ũngĩrehe.
May not you boast in a day tomorrow for not you know what? will it bring forth a day.
2 Reke mũndũ ũngĩ akũgaathĩrĩrie, no ti kanua gaku mwene; mũndũ ũngĩ nĩakũgaathĩrĩrie, no ti mĩromo yaku mwene.
May he praise you a stranger and not own mouth your a foreigner and may not own lips your.
3 Ihiga nĩ iritũ na mũthanga nĩ mũrigo, no kũrakario nĩ mũndũ mũkĩĩgu nĩ kũritũ gũkĩra icio cierĩ.
[the] heaviness of A stone and [the] weight of sand and [the] provocation of a fool [is] heavy more than both of them.
4 Marakara matirĩ tha, namo marũrũ moinaga ta mũiyũro; no ũiru-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩhota kũwĩtiiria?
[the] cruelty of Rage and [the] flood of anger and who? will he stand before jealousy.
5 Kaba kũrũithio nĩ mũndũ ũtekũhithĩrĩra ũndũ gũkĩra wendo mũhithe.
[is] good Rebuke uncovered more than love hidden.
6 Nguraro cia gũtihio nĩ mũrata no ciĩhokwo, no imumunyano nyingĩ cia mũgũthũũri ti cia kwĩhokwo.
[are] reliable [the] wounds of [one who] loves And [are] abundant [the] kisses of [one who] hates.
7 Mũndũ mũhũũnu athũũraga o na ũũkĩ, no mũndũ mũhũũtu, o na kĩndũ kĩrũrũ aiguaga kĩrĩ mũrĩo.
An appetite satisfied it treads down honey and an appetite hungry every bitter [thing] [is] sweet.
8 Mũndũ ũũrĩte gwake mũciĩ ahaana ta nyoni ĩtiganĩirie gĩtara kĩayo.
Like a bird [which] wanders from nest its so a person [who] wanders from own place his.
9 Maguta manungi wega na ũbumba irehagĩra ngoro ya mũndũ gĩkeno, na noguo wega wa mũrata wa mũndũ wĩkaga akĩmũhe ũtaaro wake wa ma.
Oil and perfume it makes glad a heart and [the] sweetness of friend his more than [the] counsel of a person.
10 Ndũkanateanĩrie mũrata waku kana mũrata wa thoguo, na ndũgathiĩ kwa mũrũ wa maitũguo rĩrĩa mũtino wagũkora: nĩ kaba mũndũ wa itũũra ũcio ũrĩ hakuhĩ, gũkĩra mũrũ wa nyina na mũndũ ũrĩ kũraya.
Friend your (and [the] neighbor of *Q(K)*) father your may not you forsake and [the] house of brother your may not you go on [the] day of calamity your [is] good a neighbor near more than a brother far away.
11 Mũrũ wakwa, tuĩka mũndũ mũũgĩ, ũgĩkenagie ngoro yakwa; na niĩ hotage gũcookagĩria mũndũ o wothe ũngĩĩnyarara.
Be wise O son my and make glad heart my so let me bring back [one who] taunts me a word.
12 Mũndũ mũũgĩ oonaga ũgwati ũgĩũka akehitha, no arĩa matarĩ ũũgĩ mathiiaga o na mbere, nao magatoonya thĩĩna-inĩ.
A sensible [person] he sees evil he hides himself naive people they pass on they are punished.
13 Oya nguo ya mũndũ ũrĩa ũrũgamagĩrĩra thiirĩ wa mũndũ wa kũngĩ; mĩige ĩrũgamĩrĩre thiirĩ ũcio wa mũndũ-wa-nja wa kũngĩ.
Take garment his for he stands surety for a stranger and for a foreign [woman] hold in pledge it.
14 Mũndũ angĩrathima mũndũ wa itũũra rĩake rũciinĩ tene anĩrĩire-rĩ, ũndũ ũcio ũngĩtuĩka taarĩ kĩrumi.
[one who] blesses Neighbor his - with a voice great in the morning rising early a curse it is reckoned to him.
15 Mũtumia wa haaro ahaanaine na maaĩ maratata mategũtigithĩria hĩndĩ ya mbura;
A dripping continuous on a day of persistent rain and a wife of (contentions *Q(K)*) she is like.
16 kũgeria kũmũgirĩrĩria nĩ ta kũgeria kũgirĩrĩria rũhuho, kana kũgeria gũkumbatĩria maguta na guoko.
[those who] hide Her he hides [the] wind and oil right [hand] his it meets.
17 O ta ũrĩa kĩgera kĩnooraga kĩrĩa kĩngĩ, no taguo mũndũ ohĩgagia ũrĩa ũngĩ.
Iron by iron it grows sharp and each he sharpens [the] face of neighbor his.
18 Mũndũ ũrĩa ũrĩmagĩra mũkũyũ nĩakaarĩa maciaro maguo, na mũndũ ũrĩa ũtungataga mwathi wake nĩagatĩĩo.
[one who] keeps A fig tree he will eat fruit its and [one who] protects master his he will be honored.
19 O ta ũrĩa mũndũ onaga ũthiũ wake maaĩ-inĩ, no taguo ngoro ya mũndũ yonanagia ũrĩa mũndũ atariĩ.
Like water the face to the face so [the] heart of the person to the person.
Sheol (and destruction its *Q(K)*) not they are satisfied and [the] eyes of person not they are satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 Nyũngũ nĩ ya gũthererio betha, na kĩrugutĩro nĩ gĩa gũthererio thahabu, no mũndũ athimagwo na igweta rĩrĩa agwetagwo narĩo.
A crucible for silver and a smelting furnace for gold and a person to [the] mouth of praise his.
22 O na ũngĩhũũrĩra mũndũ mũkĩĩgu ndĩrĩ-inĩ, ũmũhũũre na mũũthĩ ta ngano-rĩ, ndangiumwo nĩ ũrimũ wake.
If you will pound the fool - in mortar in among the grain with the pestle not it will depart from with him foolishness his.
23 Thũũrimaga mahiũ maku na kĩyo, ũmenyagĩrĩre wega ndũũru ciaku;
Certainly you will know [the] face of flock your set heart your to [the] herds.
24 nĩgũkorwo ũtonga ndũtũũraga nginya tene, o nayo thũmbĩ ti ya gũkinyĩra njiarwa na njiarwa.
For not [is] for ever wealth and if a crown to a generation (and a generation. *Q(K)*)
25 Nyeki ĩrĩa nyũmũ rĩrĩa yatũgũtwo na nyeki njerũ ĩkunũke-rĩ, nayo ĩrĩa ya irĩma-inĩ yũnganio na ĩinũkio-rĩ,
It disappears grass and it appears grass and they are gathered [the] vegetation of [the] mountains.
26 hĩndĩ ĩyo tũgondu nĩtũgaatũma ũgĩe na nguo, nacio mbũri itũme ũgĩe na gĩa kũgũra mũgũnda.
Lambs [are] for clothing your and [the] price of a field goats.
27 Nĩũkagĩa na iria rĩingĩ rĩa mbũri rĩa gũkũigana na rĩa kũnyuuo nĩ andũ a nyũmba yaku, o na rĩa gũtũũria airĩtu aku a wĩra.
And a sufficiency of - [the] milk of goats for food your for [the] food of household your and life of maids your.
