< Izaga 20 >
1 Iwayini liyisideleli; okunathwayo okulamandla kulomsindo; njalo wonke oduha kukho kahlakaniphanga.
to mock [the] wine to roar strong drink and all to wander in/on/with him not be wise
2 Ukwesabeka kwenkosi kunjengokubhonga kwebhongo lesilwane; oyithukuthelisayo wona umphefumulo wakhe.
roaring like/as lion terror king be angry him to sin soul: life his
3 Kuludumo emuntwini ukuyekela inkani; kodwa sonke isiwula siyaziveza.
glory to/for man cessation from strife and all fool(ish) to quarrel
4 Ngenxa yobusika ivila kaliyikulima; ngakho lizaphanza esivunweni, kodwa kungabi lalutho.
from autumn sluggish not to plow/plot (and to ask *Q(K)*) in/on/with harvest and nothing
5 Iseluleko enhliziyweni yomuntu sinjengamanzi azikileyo, kodwa umuntu oqedisisayo uzasikha.
water deep counsel in/on/with heart man and man understanding to draw (up/out) her
6 Inengi labantu limemezela, lowo lalowo ukulunga kwakhe, kodwa ngubani ongathola umuntu othembekileyo?
abundance man to call: call out man: anyone kindness his and man faithful who? to find
7 Olungileyo uhamba ngobuqotho bakhe; babusisiwe abantwana bakhe emva kwakhe.
to go: walk in/on/with integrity his righteous blessed son: child his after him
8 Inkosi ehlezi esihlalweni sesahlulelo ihlakaza bonke ububi ngamehlo ayo.
king to dwell upon throne judgment to scatter in/on/with eye his all bad: evil
9 Ngubani ongathi: Ngihlanzile inhliziyo yami, ngihlambulukile esonweni sami?
who? to say to clean heart my be pure from sin my
10 Amatshe ezilinganiso ezehlukeneyo, ama-efa ehlukeneyo, kuyisinengiso eNkosini, yebo kokubili.
stone: weight and stone: weight ephah and ephah abomination LORD also two their
11 Lomntwana uyazazisa ngezenzo zakhe, loba umsebenzi wakhe uhlanzekile kumbe loba uqotho.
also in/on/with deed his to recognize youth if pure and if upright work his
12 Indlebe ezwayo lelihlo elibonayo, iNkosi yakwenza, yebo kokubili.
ear to hear: hear and eye to see: see LORD to make also two their
13 Ungathandi ubuthongo, hlezi ube ngumyanga; vula amehlo akho, usuthe isinkwa.
not to love: lover sleep lest to possess: poor to open eye your to satisfy food: bread
14 Kubi, kubi, kutsho umthengi; kodwa esehambile abesezincoma.
bad: harmful bad: harmful to say [the] to buy and be gone to/for him then to boast: boast
15 Kulegolide, lobunengi bamatshe aligugu, kodwa indebe zolwazi zingumceciso oligugu.
there gold and abundance jewel and article/utensil preciousness lips knowledge
16 Thatha isembatho sakhe oyisibambiso sowemzini, umbambe abe yisibambiso sabezizwe.
to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for (foreign *Q(K)*) to pledge him
17 Isinkwa samanga simnandi emuntwini, kodwa emva kwalokho umlomo wakhe uzagcwaliswa ngokhethe.
sweet to/for man food: bread deception and after to fill lip his gravel
18 Imicabango uyimisa ngeseluleko; ngakho yenza impi ngamaqhinga amahle.
plot in/on/with counsel to establish: establish and in/on/with counsel to make battle
19 Ohambahamba enyeya wembula imfihlakalo; ngakho ungahlangani lokhohlisa ngendebe zakhe.
to reveal: reveal counsel to go: went slander and to/for to open wide lip: words his not to pledge
20 Othuka uyise loba unina, isibane sakhe sizacitshwa ebumnyameni obumnyama.
to lighten father his and mother his to put out lamp his (in/on/with pupil *Q(K)*) darkness
21 Ilifa lingaphangisiswa ekuqaleni, kodwa ukucina kwalo kakuyikubusiswa.
inheritance (to dismay *Q(K)*) in/on/with first and end her not to bless
22 Ungathi: Ngizaphindisela okubi; lindela iNkosi, njalo izakusindisa.
not to say to complete bad: evil to await to/for LORD and to save to/for you
23 Amatshe ezilinganiso ezehlukeneyo ayisinengiso eNkosini, lesikali esikhohlisayo kasilunganga.
abomination LORD stone: weight and stone: weight and balance deceit not pleasant
24 Izinyathelo zomuntu zivela eNkosini; pho, umuntu angaqedisisa njani indlela yakhe?
from LORD step great man and man what? to understand way: conduct his
25 Kungumjibila emuntwini ukuginya okungcwele, lokuhlolisisa emva kwezifungo.
snare man to blurt holiness and after vow to/for to enquire
26 Inkosi ehlakaniphileyo ihlakaza ababi, ibuyisela ivili phezu kwabo.
to scatter wicked king wise and to return: return upon them wheel
27 Umphefumulo womuntu uyisibane seNkosi, sihlolisisa wonke amakamelo esisu.
lamp LORD breath man to search all chamber belly: abdomen
28 Umusa leqiniso kuyayigcina inkosi, isekela isihlalo sayo sobukhosi ngokulunga.
kindness and truth: faithful to watch king and to support in/on/with kindness throne his
29 Udumo lwejaha lungamandla alo, lobukhosi babadala yizimvu zekhanda.
beauty youth strength their and glory old greyheaded
30 Imivimvinya yenxeba ihlanza ububi, ngokunjalo izidutshuzo zamakamelo esisu.
wound wound (cosmetic *Q(K)*) in/on/with bad: evil and wound chamber belly: abdomen