Thimo 6

1 Mũrũ wakwa, ũngĩkorwo ũigĩte kĩndũ gĩa kũrũgamĩrĩra thiirĩ wa mũndũ wa itũũra rĩaku, ũkorwo atĩ nĩwe ũtuĩkĩte wa kũmũrĩhĩra thiirĩ harĩ mũndũ ũngĩ-rĩ,

[My] son, if you become surety for your friend, you shall deliver your hand to an enemy.

2 ũngĩkorwo ũtegeetwo nĩ ũrĩa uugĩte, ũkagwatithio nĩ ciugo cia kanua gaku-rĩ,

For a man's own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.

3 gĩĩke atĩrĩ, mũrũ wakwa, nĩguo wĩteithũre, kuona atĩ nĩũgwĩte moko-inĩ ma mũndũ wa itũũra rĩaku: Thiĩ wĩnyiihie wee mwene; mũthaithe mũno akuohere.

[My] son, do what I command you, and deliver yourself; for on your friend's account you are come into the power of evil [men]: faint not, but stir up even your friend for whom you are become surety.

4 Ndũkareke maitho maku mone toro, kana ũreke imone ciaku icũnge.

Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber with your eyelids;

5 Wĩteithũre o ta ũrĩa thwariga ĩĩteithũraga kuuma moko-inĩ ma mũguĩmi, o na kana ta ũrĩa nyoni ĩĩteithũraga kuuma mũtego-inĩ wa mũtegi.

that you may deliver yourself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare.

6 Thiĩ harĩ thigiriri, wee kĩgũũta gĩkĩ; ũcũũranie mĩtugo yayo nĩguo ũũhĩge!

Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he.

7 Ndĩrĩ mũnene, kana mũmĩrũgamĩrĩri, o na kana mũmĩathi,

For whereas he has no husbandry, nor any one to compel him, and is under no master,

8 no nĩĩigagĩra mũthiithũ wa irio hĩndĩ ya riũa, na ĩgacookanĩrĩria irio ciayo hĩndĩ ya magetha.

he prepares food for himself in the summer, and lays by abundant store in harvest. Or go to the bee, and learn how diligent she is, and how earnestly she is engaged in her work; whose labors kings and private men use for health, and she is desired and respected by all: though weak in body, she is advanced by honouring wisdom.

9 Ũgũkoma hau nginya-rĩ, wee kĩgũũta gĩkĩ? Ũrĩũkĩra rĩ, ũtige toro waku?

How long will you lie, O sluggard? and when will you awake out of sleep?

10 Komakoma gatoro kanini, na ũcũngacũnge hanini, na ũkũnje moko hanini nĩguo ũhurũke;

You sleep a little, and you rest a little, and you slumber a short [time], and you fold your arms over your breast a little.

11 atĩrĩ, ũthĩĩni ũgaagũkorerera ta mũitũ, ũkorererwo nĩ wagi ũhaana ta mũndũ wĩohete indo cia mbaara.

Then poverty comes upon you as an evil traveller, and lack as a swift courier: but if you be diligent, your harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.

12 Mũndũ kĩmaramari na mwaganu-rĩ, ũrĩa ũthiiaga akĩaragia ndeto itarĩ nũngĩrĩru,

A foolish man and a transgressor goes in ways that are not good.

13 ũcio uunagĩra andũ riitho, na akaheenereria andũ na makinya make, o na akaheneria andũ na ciara ciake-rĩ,

And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot, and teaches with the beckonings of his fingers.

14 ũcio ũthugundaga ũũru arĩ na maheeni ngoro-inĩ yake: ũcio hĩndĩ ciothe ahuraga maũndũ ma nyamũkano.

[His] perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city.

15 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũtino ũkaamũhubanĩria o rĩmwe aterĩgĩrĩire; mwanangĩko ũtarĩ kĩhonia nĩũkamũniina biũ.

Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin.

16 Kũrĩ maũndũ matandatũ mathũirwo nĩ Jehova, ĩĩ, o na nĩ mũgwanja marĩa onaga marĩ magigi, nĩmo:

For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.

17 maitho ma mwĩtĩĩo, na rũrĩmĩ rũrĩa rũheenanagia, na moko marĩa maitaga thakame ya andũ matehĩtie,

The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just;

18 na ngoro ĩrĩa ĩthugundaga maũndũ ma waganu, na magũrũ marĩa matengʼeraga gũthiĩ gwĩka ũũru,

and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil, —[are hateful to God].

19 na mũira ũtarĩ wa ma ũrĩa ũthothoraga ndeto cia maheeni, o na mũndũ ũrĩa ũrehaga nyamũkano gatagatĩ ka andũ a nyina ũmwe.

An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.

20 Mũrũ wakwa, tũũra ũrũmĩtie maathani ma thoguo, na ndũgatirike ũrutani wa maitũguo.

[My] son, keep the laws of your father, and reject not the ordinances of your mother:

21 Moherere ngoro-inĩ yaku nginya tene; makundĩke marigiicĩrie ngingo yaku.

but bind them upon your soul continually, and hang them as a chain about your neck.

22 Rĩrĩa ũgũthiĩ-rĩ, nĩmarĩgũtongoragia; wakoma-rĩ, nĩmarĩkũmenyagĩrĩra; na rĩrĩa warahũka-rĩ, nĩmarĩkwaragĩria.

Whenever you walk, lead this along and let it be with you; that it may talk with you when you wake.

23 Nĩgũkorwo maathani maya nĩ tawa, na ũrutani ũyũ nĩ ũtheri, namo mataaro ma kũrũnga mũndũ-rĩ, nĩmo njĩra ya muoyo,

For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction:

24 magakweheragia harĩ mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio mwaganu, na magakũhonokia kuuma kũrĩ rũrĩmĩ rũnyoroku rwa mũtumia ũcio ngʼenyũ.

to keep you continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue.

25 Ndũkerirĩrie ũthaka wake ngoro-inĩ yaku, kana ũreke akũguucĩrĩrie na maitho make,

Let not the desire of beauty overcome you, neither be you caught by your eyes, neither be captivated with her eyelids.

26 nĩgũkorwo mũmaraya atũmaga mũndũ athĩĩne nginya ahooyage kenyũ ka mũgate, na mũtumia mũtharia aguĩmaga muoyo waku guo mwene.

For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men.

27 Mũndũ no atahĩre mwaki gĩthũri-inĩ gĩake, na nguo ciake itihĩe?

Shall any one bind fire in his bosom, and not burn his garments?

28 Mũndũ no agerere igũrũ rĩa makara marĩ na mwaki, na makinya make matihĩe?

or will any one walk on coals of fire, and not burn his feet?

29 Ũguo no taguo mũndũ ũrĩa ũkomaga na mũtumia wa mũndũ ũngĩ atariĩ; gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩmũhutia na ndaherithio.

So is he that goes in to a married woman; he shall not be held guiltless, neither any one that touches her.

30 Andũ matimenaga mũici angĩkorwo aiyĩte nĩguo eniinĩre ngʼaragu rĩrĩa arĩ mũhũũtu.

It is not to be wondered at if one should be taken stealing, for he steals that when hungry he may satisfy his soul:

31 No rĩrĩ, angĩnyiitwo-rĩ, no nginya arĩhe maita mũgwanja, o na angĩkorwo ekũrĩha na ũtonga wa nyũmba yake wothe.

but if he should be taken, he shall repay sevenfold, and shall deliver himself by giving all his goods.

32 No mũndũ ũrĩa ũtharagia nĩagĩte wĩciirio; ũrĩa wothe wĩkaga ũguo nĩwe mwene wĩyanangaga.

But the adulterer through lack of sense procures destruction to his soul.

33 Nguraro na kwĩnyararithia nĩcio igai rĩake, na cio thoni icio ciake gũtirĩ hĩndĩ igaathario ithire;

He endures both pain and disgrace, and his reproach shall never be wiped off.

34 nĩgũkorwo ũiru nĩguo warahũraga mangʼũrĩ ma mũthuuri, na ndakaigua tha akĩĩrĩhĩria.

For the soul of her husband is full of jealousy: he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

35 Ndagetĩkĩra irĩhi o na rĩrĩkũ; nĩakaarega ihaki o na rĩrĩ inene atĩa.

He will not forego [his] enmity for any ransom: neither will he be reconciled for many gifts.