Karin Magana 23
1 Sa’ad da ka zauna domin cin abinci da mai mulki, ka lura sosai da abin da yake gabanka,
If you sit to sup at the table of a prince, consider attentively the things set before you:
2 ka kuma sa wuƙa a maƙogwaronka in kai mai ci da yawa ne.
and apply your hand, knowing that it behoves you to prepare such [meats]: but if you are very insatiable,
3 Kada ka yi marmarin abincinsa mai daɗi gama wannan abinci ruɗu ne.
desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life.
4 Kada ka gajiyar da kanka don ka yi arziki; ka kasance da hikimar dainawa.
If you are poor, measure not yourself with a rich man; but refrain yourself in your wisdom.
5 Da ƙyiftawar ido a kan wadata ta ɓace, gama tabbatacce sukan yi fikafikai sukan tashi sama kamar gaggafa.
If you should fix your eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.
6 Kada ka ci abincin mai rowa, kada ka yi marmarin abincinsa mai daɗi;
Sup not with an envious man, neither desire you his meats:
7 gama shi wani irin mutum ne wanda kullum yana tunani game da tsadar abincin. Zai ce maka, “Ci ka sha,” amma zuciyarsa ba ta tare da kai.
so he eats and drinks as if any one should swallow a hair, and do not bring him in to yourself, nor eat your morsel with him:
8 Za ka yi amai ɗan abin da ka ci dukan daɗin bakinka kuwa zai tafi a banza.
for he will vomit it up, and spoil your fair words.
9 Kada ka yi magana da wawa, gama zai yi wa maganar hikimarka ba’a.
Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at your wise words.
10 Kada ka kawar da shaidar iyaka ta dā ko ka ɗiba gonar marayu,
Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:
11 gama mai Kāriyarsu yana da ƙarfi; zai kuwa yi magana dominsu.
for the Lord is their redeemer; he is mighty, and will plead their cause with you.
12 Ka mai da hankali ga umarni ka kuma kasa kunne ga kalmomin sani.
Apply your heart to instruction, and prepare your ears for words of discretion.
13 Kada ka bar yaro ba horo; in ka yi masa horo da sanda, ba zai mutu ba.
Refrain not from chastening a child; for if you beat him with the rod, he shall not die.
For you shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from death. (Sheol h7585)
15 Ɗana, in zuciyarka mai hikima ce, to, zuciyata za tă yi murna;
Son, if your heart be wise, you shall also gladden my heart;
16 cikin cikina zai yi farin ciki in leɓunanka suna maganar abin da yake daidai.
and your lips shall converse with my lips, if they be right.
17 Kada ka bar zuciyarka tă yi ƙyashin masu zunubi, amma kullum tsoron Ubangiji za ka yi kishi.
Let not your heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of the Lord all the day.
18 Tabbatacce akwai sa zuciya ta nan gaba dominka, kuma sa zuciyarka ba za tă zama a banza ba.
For if you should keep these things, you shall have posterity; and your hope shall not be removed.
19 Ka saurara, ɗana, ka zama mai hikima, ka kafa zuciyarka a hanyar da take daidai.
Hear, [my] son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of your heart.
20 Kada ka haɗa kai da waɗanda suke shan ruwan inabi da yawa ko masu haɗama kansu da abinci,
Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:
21 gama bugaggu da ruwan inabi da masu yawan ci sukan zama matalauta, gama jiri yakan yi musu sutura da tsummoki.
for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.
22 Ka kasa kunne ga mahaifinka, wanda ya ba ka rai, kada kuwa ka rena mahaifiyarka sa’ad da ta tsufa.
Listen, [my] son, to your father which begot you, and despise not [your mother] because she is grown old.
23 Ka saye gaskiya kada kuwa ka sayar da ita; ka nemi hikima, horo da fahimi.
24 Mahaifin adali yana da farin ciki sosai; duk wanda yake da ɗa mai hikima yakan ji daɗinsa.
A righteous father brings up [his children] well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son.
25 Bari mahaifinka da mahaifiyarka su yi murna; bari wadda ta haife ka tă yi farin ciki!
Let your father and your mother rejoice over you, and let her that bore you be glad.
26 Ɗana, ka ba ni zuciyarka bari kuma idanunka su kiyaye hanyoyina,
[My] son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
27 gama karuwa rami ne mai zurfi mace marar aminci matsattsiyar rijiya ce.
For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.
28 Kamar’yan fashi, takan kwanta tana jira tana kuma ninka rashin aminci a cikin maza.
For such a one shall perish suddenly; and every transgressor shall be cut off.
29 Wa yake wayyo? Wa yake baƙin ciki? Wa yake neman fada? Wa yake gunaguni? Wa yake da raunuka ba dalili? Wa yake da jan idanu?
Who [has] woe? who trouble? who [has] quarrels? and who vexations and disputes? who [has] bruises without a cause? whose eyes are livid?
30 Waɗanda suke daɗe suna shan ruwan inabi, waɗanda suke neman ƙoƙon damammen ruwan inabi.
Are not those of them that stay long at wine? [are] not [those] of them that haunt [the places] where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, and converse [with them] openly.
31 Kada ka ƙyifce ido a ruwan inabi sa’ad da ya yi ja, sa’ad da yana da kyan gani a cikin ƙwarya, sa’ad da yana gangarawa sumul a maƙogwaro!
For if you should set your eyes on bowls and cups, you shall afterwards go more naked than a pestle.
32 A ƙarshe yana sara kamar maciji da kuma dafi kamar gamsheƙa.
But at last [such a one] stretches himself out as one struck by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent.
33 Idanunka za su riƙa gane-gane, zuciyarka kuma za su riƙa tunani abubuwa masu rikitarwa.
Whenever your eyes shall behold a strange woman, then your mouth shall speak perverse things.
34 Za ka zama kamar wanda yake barci a tsakiyar tekuna, kwance a sama itacen jirgin ruwa.
And you shall lie as in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot in a great storm.
35 Za ka ce “Sun buge ni, amma ban ji ciwo ba! Sun daddoke ni, amma ba na jin zafinsa! Yaushe zan farka don in ƙara shan wani?”
And you shall say, They struck me, and I was not pained; and they mocked me, and I knew it not: when will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company?
