Proverbiorum 26
1 [Quomodo nix in æstate, et pluviæ in messe, sic indecens est stulto gloria.
Sechando muzhizha kana mvura pakukohwa, rukudzo haruna kufanira kubenzi.
2 Sicut avis ad alia transvolans, et passer quolibet vadens, sic maledictum frustra prolatum in quempiam superveniet.
Sezvinoita kadhimba pakubhururuka kwako, kana nyenganyenga pakubhururuka kwayo somuseve, saizvozvowo kutuka pasina mhosva hakuna zvakunoita.
3 Flagellum equo, et camus asino, et virga in dorso imprudentium.
Tyava yakaitirwa bhiza, matomu akaitirwa mbongoro, uye shamhu musana webenzi!
4 Ne respondeas stulto juxta stultitiam suam, ne efficiaris ei similis.
Usapindura benzi maererano noupenzi hwaro, kana kuti iwe pachako uchafanana naro.
5 Responde stulto juxta stultitiam suam, ne sibi sapiens esse videatur.
Pindura benzi maererano noupenzi hwaro, kuti rirege kuona sokuti rakachenjera.
6 Claudus pedibus, et iniquitatem bibens, qui mittit verba per nuntium stultum.
Sokuzvigura tsoka kana kunwa bongozozo, ndizvo zvakaita kutumira shoko noruoko rwebenzi.
7 Quomodo pulchras frustra habet claudus tibias, sic indecens est in ore stultorum parabola.
Samakumbo echirema akangorembera ndizvo zvakaita chirevo mumuromo webenzi.
8 Sicut qui mittit lapidem in acervum Mercurii, ita qui tribuit insipienti honorem.
Sokusungira ibwe pachipfuramabwe ndizvo zvakaita kupa rukudzo kubenzi.
9 Quomodo si spina nascatur in manu temulenti, sic parabola in ore stultorum.
Segwenzi reminzwa riri muruoko rwechidhakwa, ndizvo zvakaita chirevo chiri mumuromo webenzi.
10 Judicium determinat causas, et qui imponit stulto silentium iras mitigat.
Somuwemburi weuta anopfura pose pose, ndizvo zvakaita anoshandirwa nebenzi kana nomupfuuri zvake.
11 Sicut canis qui revertitur ad vomitum suum, sic imprudens qui iterat stultitiam suam.
Sembwa inodzokera kumarutsi ayo, ndizvo zvakaita benzi rinodzokorora upenzi hwaro.
12 Vidisti hominem sapientem sibi videri? magis illo spem habebit insipiens.]
Unoona munhu anozviti akachenjera pakuona kwake here? Benzi rinotova netariro kupfuura iye.
13 [Dicit piger: Leo est in via, et leæna in itineribus.
Simbe inoti, “Kune shumba kunzira, shumba inotyisa iri kufamba-famba munzira dzomumusha!”
14 Sicut ostium vertitur in cardine suo, ita piger in lectulo suo.
Segonhi rinotenderera pamahinji aro, ndizvo zvinoita simbe pamubhedha wayo.
15 Abscondit piger manum sub ascella sua, et laborat si ad os suum eam converterit.
Simbe inoisa ruoko rwayo mundiro; inoita usimbe hwokutadza kurudzosera kumuromo wayo.
16 Sapientior sibi piger videtur septem viris loquentibus sententias.]
Simbe inozviti yakachenjera pakuona kwayo kupfuura vanhu vanomwe vanopindura nenjere.
17 [Sicut qui apprehendit auribus canem, sic qui transit impatiens et commiscetur rixæ alterius.
Somunhu anobata imbwa nenzeve dzayo, ndizvo zvakaita mupfuuri anopindira pagakava risinei naye.
18 Sicut noxius est qui mittit sagittas et lanceas in mortem,
Somupengo unopotsera zvitsiga zvomoto, kana miseve inouraya,
19 ita vir fraudulenter nocet amico suo, et cum fuerit deprehensus dicit: Ludens feci.
ndizvo zvakaita munhu anonyengera muvakidzani wake uye achizoti, “Ndanga ndichiita zvangu je-e!”
20 Cum defecerint ligna extinguetur ignis, et susurrone subtracto, jurgia conquiescent.
Pasina huni moto unodzima; pasina makuhwa kukakavara kunopera.
21 Sicut carbones ad prunas, et ligna ad ignem, sic homo iracundus suscitat rixas.
Sezvakaita mazimbe pazvitsiga zvinopfuta nehuni pamoto, ndizvo zvakaita munhu wegakava pakupfutidza rukave.
22 Verba susurronis quasi simplicia, et ipsa perveniunt ad intima ventris.
Mashoko eguhwa akaita semisuva yakaisvonaka inodzika mukatikati momunhu.
23 Quomodo si argento sordido ornare velis vas fictile, sic labia tumentia cum pessimo corde sociata.
Sezvinopenya zvakanamirwa kunze kwomudziyo wevhu, ndizvo zvakaita miromo inotaura zvinoyevedza, asi nomwoyo wakaipa.
24 Labiis suis intelligitur inimicus, cum in corde tractaverit dolos.
Muparadzi anozvivanza namatauriro ake, asi mumwoyo make akaviga ruvengo.
25 Quando submiserit vocem suam, ne credideris ei, quoniam septem nequitiæ sunt in corde illius.
Kunyange mashoko ake achitapira, usatenda zvaanotaura, nokuti mumwoyo make mune zvinonyangadza zvinomwe.
26 Qui operit odium fraudulenter, revelabitur malitia ejus in consilio.
Ruvengo rwake rungavigwa mukunyengera kwake, asi kuipa kwake kuchabudiswa pachena paungano.
27 Qui fodit foveam incidet in eam, et qui volvit lapidem revertetur ad eum.
Kana munhu akachera gomba, achawira mariri; kana munhu akakungurutsa ibwe, richakunguruka, richidzokera pamusoro pake.
28 Lingua fallax non amat veritatem, et os lubricum operatur ruinas.]
Rurimi runoreva nhema runovenga varunorwadzisa, uye muromo unobata kumeso unoparadza.
