Karin Magana 18
1 Mutumin da ba ya abokantaka yakan nema ya cika burinsa ne kaɗai; yakan ƙi yarda da kowace maganar da take daidai.
He who is separated seeks [his own] desire, He interferes with all wisdom.
2 Wawa ba ya sha’awa ya sami fahimta amma abin da yake so ya yi kaɗai, shi ne ya ba da ra’ayinsa.
A fool does not delight in understanding, But in uncovering his heart.
3 Sa’ad da mugunci ya zo, reni ma kan zo, haka kuma sa’ad da kunya ta zo, shan kunya kan biyo.
Contempt has also come with the coming of the wicked, And with shame—reproach.
4 Kalmomin bakin mutum suna da zurfi kamar ruwaye, amma maɓulɓulan hikima rafi ne mai gudu.
The words of a man’s mouth [are] deep waters, The fountain of wisdom [is] a flowing brook.
5 Ba shi da kyau ka yi wa mugu alheri ko ka hana wa marar laifi adalci.
Favoring of the face of the wicked [is] not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
6 Leɓunan wawa kan jawo masa faɗa, bakinsa kuma kan gayyaci dūka.
The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth calls for stripes.
7 Bakin wawa lalatar da kansa yake yi leɓunansa kuma tarko ne ga ransa.
The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
8 Kalmomin mai gulma kamar abinci mai daɗi suke; sukan gangara zuwa can cikin gaɓoɓin mutum.
The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.
9 Wanda yake ragwanci a aikinsa ɗan’uwa ne ga wanda yakan lalatar da abubuwa.
He also that is remiss in his work, He [is] a brother to a destroyer.
10 Sunan Ubangiji hasumiya ce mai ƙarfi; masu adalci kan gudu zuwa wurinta don su zauna lafiya.
The Name of YHWH [is] a tower of strength, The righteous runs into it, and is set on high.
11 Dukiyar masu arziki ita ce birninsu mai katanga; suna gani cewa ba za a iya huda katangar ba.
The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.
12 Kafin fāɗuwarsa zuciyar mutum takan yi girman kai, amma sauƙinkai kan zo kafin girmamawa.
The heart of man is high before destruction, And humility [is] before honor.
13 Duk wanda yakan ba da amsa kafin ya saurara, wannan wauta ce da kuma abin kunya.
Whoever is answering a matter before he hears, It is folly to him—and shame.
14 Sa rai da mutum ke yi kan taimake shi sa’ad da yake ciwo, amma in ya karai, to, tasa ta ƙare.
The spirit of a man sustains his sickness, And who bears a struck spirit?
15 Zuciya mai la’akari kan nemi sani; kunnuwan mai hikima kan bincika don yă koya.
The heart of the intelligent gets knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
16 Kyauta kan buɗe hanya wa mai bayarwa yakan kuma kai shi a gaban babban mutum.
The gift of a man makes room for him, And it leads him before the great.
17 Wanda ya fara mai da jawabi yakan zama kamar shi ne mai gaskiya, sai wani ya fito ya yi masa tambaya tukuna.
The first in his own cause [seems] righteous, [But] his neighbor comes and has searched him.
18 Jefa ƙuri’a kan daidaita tsakanin masu faɗa ta kuma ajiye masu faɗan a rabe.
The lot causes contentions to cease, And it separates between the mighty.
19 Ɗan’uwan da aka yi wa laifi ya fi birni mai katanga wuyan shiryawa, kuma faɗace-faɗace suna kama da ƙofofin ƙarfe na fada.
A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.
20 Daga abin da baki ya furta ne cikin mutum kan cika; girbi daga leɓunansa kuma yakan ƙoshi.
From the fruit of a man’s mouth is his belly satisfied, [From the] increase of his lips he is satisfied.
21 Harshe yana da ikon rai da mutuwa, kuma waɗanda suke ƙaunarsa za su ci amfaninsa.
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
22 Duk wanda ya sami mace ya sami abu mai kyau ya kuma sami tagomashi daga Ubangiji.
[Whoever] has found a wife has found good, And brings out goodwill from YHWH.
23 Matalauci kan yi roƙo da taushi, amma mawadaci kan amsa da kakkausar murya.
The poor speaks [with] supplications, And the rich answers fierce things.
24 Mutum mai abokai masu yawa kan lalace, amma akwai abokin da yakan manne kurkusa fiye da ɗan’uwa.
A man with friends—to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!
