< 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,
O son my if you have stood surety for fellow-citizen your you have struck for the stranger palms your.
2 ũngĩkorwo ũtegeetwo nĩ ũrĩa uugĩte, ũkagwatithio nĩ ciugo cia kanua gaku-rĩ,
You have been ensnared by [the] words of mouth your you have been caught by [the] words of mouth your.
3 gĩĩke atĩrĩ, mũrũ wakwa, nĩguo wĩteithũre, kuona atĩ nĩũgwĩte moko-inĩ ma mũndũ wa itũũra rĩaku: Thiĩ wĩnyiihie wee mwene; mũthaithe mũno akuohere.
Do this then - O son my and deliver yourself for you have come in [the] palm of neighbor your go humble yourself and importune neighbor your.
4 Ndũkareke maitho maku mone toro, kana ũreke imone ciaku icũnge.
May not you give sleep to eyes your and slumber to eyelids your.
5 Wĩteithũre o ta ũrĩa thwariga ĩĩteithũraga kuuma moko-inĩ ma mũguĩmi, o na kana ta ũrĩa nyoni ĩĩteithũraga kuuma mũtego-inĩ wa mũtegi.
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hand and like a bird from [the] hand of a fowler.
6 Thiĩ harĩ thigiriri, wee kĩgũũta gĩkĩ; ũcũũranie mĩtugo yayo nĩguo ũũhĩge!
Go to an ant O sluggard consider ways its and become wise.
7 Ndĩrĩ mũnene, kana mũmĩrũgamĩrĩri, o na kana mũmĩathi,
Which not [belongs] to it [is] commander of icer and ruler.
8 no nĩĩigagĩra mũthiithũ wa irio hĩndĩ ya riũa, na ĩgacookanĩrĩria irio ciayo hĩndĩ ya magetha.
It prepares in the summer food its it gathers at the harvest food its.
9 Ũgũkoma hau nginya-rĩ, wee kĩgũũta gĩkĩ? Ũrĩũkĩra rĩ, ũtige toro waku?
Until when? O sluggard - will you lie down when? will you rise from sleep your.
10 Komakoma gatoro kanini, na ũcũngacũnge hanini, na ũkũnje moko hanini nĩguo ũhurũke;
A little of sleep a little of slumber a little of - folding of hands to rest.
11 atĩrĩ, ũthĩĩni ũgaagũkorerera ta mũitũ, ũkorererwo nĩ wagi ũhaana ta mũndũ wĩohete indo cia mbaara.
And it will come like a traveler poverty your and lack your like a man of shield.
12 Mũndũ kĩmaramari na mwaganu-rĩ, ũrĩa ũthiiaga akĩaragia ndeto itarĩ nũngĩrĩru,
A person of worthlessness a person of wickedness [is] walking crookedness of mouth.
13 ũcio uunagĩra andũ riitho, na akaheenereria andũ na makinya make, o na akaheneria andũ na ciara ciake-rĩ,
[he is] winking (With eyes his *Q(K)*) [he is] scraping (with feet his *Q(K)*) [he is] pointing with fingers his.
14 ũcio ũthugundaga ũũru arĩ na maheeni ngoro-inĩ yake: ũcio hĩndĩ ciothe ahuraga maũndũ ma nyamũkano.
Perverse things - [are] in heart his [he is] devising evil at every time (contentions *Q(K)*) he sends out.
15 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũtino ũkaamũhubanĩria o rĩmwe aterĩgĩrĩire; mwanangĩko ũtarĩ kĩhonia nĩũkamũniina biũ.
There-fore suddenly it will come disaster his an instant he will be broken and there not [will be] healing.
16 Kũrĩ maũndũ matandatũ mathũirwo nĩ Jehova, ĩĩ, o na nĩ mũgwanja marĩa onaga marĩ magigi, nĩmo:
Six [things] those he hates Yahweh and [are] seven ([the] disgusting thing of *Q(K)*) self his.
17 maitho ma mwĩtĩĩo, na rũrĩmĩ rũrĩa rũheenanagia, na moko marĩa maitaga thakame ya andũ matehĩtie,
Eyes haughty a tongue of falsehood and hands [which] shed blood innocent.
18 na ngoro ĩrĩa ĩthugundaga maũndũ ma waganu, na magũrũ marĩa matengʼeraga gũthiĩ gwĩka ũũru,
A heart [which] devises plans of wickedness feet [which] hurry to run to evil.
19 na mũira ũtarĩ wa ma ũrĩa ũthothoraga ndeto cia maheeni, o na mũndũ ũrĩa ũrehaga nyamũkano gatagatĩ ka andũ a nyina ũmwe.
[who] he breathes out Lies a witness of falsehood and [one who] spreads contentions between brothers.
20 Mũrũ wakwa, tũũra ũrũmĩtie maathani ma thoguo, na ndũgatirike ũrutani wa maitũguo.
Keep O son my [the] commandment of father your and may not you forsake [the] instruction of mother your.
21 Moherere ngoro-inĩ yaku nginya tene; makundĩke marigiicĩrie ngingo yaku.
Bind them on heart your continually tie them on necks your.
22 Rĩrĩa ũgũthiĩ-rĩ, nĩmarĩgũtongoragia; wakoma-rĩ, nĩmarĩkũmenyagĩrĩra; na rĩrĩa warahũka-rĩ, nĩmarĩkwaragĩria.
When walking about you - it will guide you when lying down you it will watch over you and you will awake it it will speak to you.
23 Nĩgũkorwo maathani maya nĩ tawa, na ũrutani ũyũ nĩ ũtheri, namo mataaro ma kũrũnga mũndũ-rĩ, nĩmo njĩra ya muoyo,
For [is] a lamp [the] commandment and [the] instruction [is] a light and [are] a way of life rebukes of discipline.
24 magakweheragia harĩ mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio mwaganu, na magakũhonokia kuuma kũrĩ rũrĩmĩ rũnyoroku rwa mũtumia ũcio ngʼenyũ.
To keep you from a woman of evil from smoothness of tongue a foreign [woman].
25 Ndũkerirĩrie ũthaka wake ngoro-inĩ yaku, kana ũreke akũguucĩrĩrie na maitho make,
May not you desire beauty her in heart your and may not she capture you with eyelids her.
26 nĩgũkorwo mũmaraya atũmaga mũndũ athĩĩne nginya ahooyage kenyũ ka mũgate, na mũtumia mũtharia aguĩmaga muoyo waku guo mwene.
For [the] price a woman a prostitute to a round loaf of bread and [the] wife of a man a life precious she hunts.
27 Mũndũ no atahĩre mwaki gĩthũri-inĩ gĩake, na nguo ciake itihĩe?
¿ Will he snatch up a man fire in bosom his and garments his not will they be burned?
28 Mũndũ no agerere igũrũ rĩa makara marĩ na mwaki, na makinya make matihĩe?
Or? will he walk? a man on burning coals and feet his not will they be scorched.
29 Ũguo no taguo mũndũ ũrĩa ũkomaga na mũtumia wa mũndũ ũngĩ atariĩ; gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩmũhutia na ndaherithio.
[is] thus The [one who] goes into [the] wife of neighbor his not he will go unpunished every [one who] touches her.
30 Andũ matimenaga mũici angĩkorwo aiyĩte nĩguo eniinĩre ngʼaragu rĩrĩa arĩ mũhũũtu.
Not people despise the thief if he will steal to fill appetite his for he will be hungry.
31 No rĩrĩ, angĩnyiitwo-rĩ, no nginya arĩhe maita mũgwanja, o na angĩkorwo ekũrĩha na ũtonga wa nyũmba yake wothe.
And he will be found out he will make restitution sevenfold all [the] wealth of house his he will give.
32 No mũndũ ũrĩa ũtharagia nĩagĩte wĩciirio; ũrĩa wothe wĩkaga ũguo nĩwe mwene wĩyanangaga.
[one who] commits adultery A woman [is] lacking of heart [one who] destroys own self his he he will do it.
33 Nguraro na kwĩnyararithia nĩcio igai rĩake, na cio thoni icio ciake gũtirĩ hĩndĩ igaathario ithire;
A wound and shame he will find and reproach his not it will be wiped away.
34 nĩgũkorwo ũiru nĩguo warahũraga mangʼũrĩ ma mũthuuri, na ndakaigua tha akĩĩrĩhĩria.
For jealousy [is the] rage of a man and not he will have compassion on a day of vengeance.
35 Ndagetĩkĩra irĩhi o na rĩrĩkũ; nĩakaarega ihaki o na rĩrĩ inene atĩa.
Not he will lift up [the] face of any ransom and not he will be willing for you will make great a bribe.

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