Izaga 1
1 Izaga zikaSolomoni, indodana kaDavida, inkosi yakoIsrayeli;
THE PROVERBS of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2 ukwazi inhlakanipho lokulaywa, ukuqedisisa amazwi okuqedisisa,
To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the words of understanding;
3 ukwemukela ukulaya kwenhlakanipho, ukulunga, lesahlulelo, lokuqonda;
To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity;
4 ukunika abangelalwazi inhlakanipho, ijaha ulwazi lengqondo.
To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion;
5 Ohlakaniphileyo uzakuzwa, andise ukufunda, loqedisisayo uzazuza izeluleko,
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;
6 ukuqedisisa isaga lomzekeliso, amazwi abahlakaniphileyo, lamalibho abo.
To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 Ukwesaba iNkosi kuyikuqala kolwazi; izithutha ziyadelela inhlakanipho lokulaywa.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.
8 Ndodana yami, zwana ukulaya kukayihlo, ungawudeli umlayo kanyoko;
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
9 ngoba kuzakuba ngumqhele womusa ekhanda lakho, lemigaxo entanyeni yakho.
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 Ndodana yami, uba izoni zikuhuga, ungavumi.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11 Uba zisithi: Hamba lathi, siyecathamela igazi, sicatshele ongelacala kungelasizatho;
If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause;
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
13 Sizathola yonke impahla eligugu, sigcwalise izindlu zethu ngempango.
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;
14 Phosela inkatho yakho phakathi kwethu; sonke sibe lesikhwama semali sinye.
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse' —
15 Ndodana yami, ungahambi lazo endleleni; unqande unyawo lwakho emkhondweni wazo.
My son, walk not thou in the way with them, restrain thy foot from their path;
16 Ngoba inyawo zazo zigijimela ebubini, ziphangisa ukuchitha igazi.
For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
17 Isibili, imbule lendlalelwa ize phambi kwamehlo aloba yiyiphi inyoni.
For in vain the net is spread in the eyes of any bird;
18 Lalaba bacathamela igazi labo, bacatshele imiphefumulo yabo.
And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives.
19 Zinjalo indlela zakhe wonke ozuza inzuzo ngokuphanga; ithatha impilo yabaniniyo.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 UkuHlakanipha kuyamemeza ngaphandle, kukhupha ilizwi lakho emidangeni.
Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places;
21 Kuyamemeza endaweni eqakathekileyo yokuxokozela, ekungeneni kwamasango; emzini kutsho amazwi akho,
She calleth at the head of the noisy streets, at the entrances of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words:
22 kusithi: Koze kube nini, lina elingelalwazi, lithanda ukungabi lalwazi, labaklolodayo bezifisela ukukloloda, leziphukuphuku zizonda ulwazi?
'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Phendukelani ekukhuzeni kwami; khangelani, ngizathululela umoya wami kini, ngilazise amazwi ami.
Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24 Ngoba ngibizile, kodwa lala; ngelulile isandla sami, kodwa kakho onanzayo;
Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man attended,
25 ladelela sonke iseluleko sami, kalivumanga ukukhuza kwami;
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof;
26 mina-ke ngizahleka ukuchitheka kwenu, ngiklolode ekufikeni kokwesaba kwenu,
I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh;
27 ekufikeni kokwesaba kwenu njengesiphepho, lokuchitheka kwenu kufika njengesivunguzane, lapho ubuhlungu losizi kulehlela.
When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon you.
28 Khona bazangibiza, kodwa kangiyikusabela; bazangidingisisa, kodwa kabayikungithola.
Then will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me.
29 Ngenxa yokuthi babezonda ulwazi, bengakhethanga ukwesaba iNkosi.
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD;
30 Kabavumanga iseluleko sami, bedelela konke ukukhuza kwami.
They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.
31 Ngakho bazakudla okwesithelo sendlela yabo, basuthiswe ngamacebo abo.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 Ngoba ukuhlehla kwabangelalwazi kuzababulala, lokonwaba kweziphukuphuku kuzababhubhisa.
For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.
33 Kodwa ongilalelayo uzahlala evikelekile, onwabe ekwesabeni okubi.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.'
