Izaga 23
1 Nxa uhlalela ukudla lesiphathamandla, qaphelisa lokuqaphelisa okuphambi kwakho.
for to dwell to/for to feed on with to rule to understand to understand [obj] which to/for face: before your
2 Ubeke ingqamu emphinjeni wakho uba uyisiminzi.
and to set: put knife in/on/with throat your if master: men soul: appetite you(m. s.)
3 Ungafisi izibondlo zaso, ngoba ziyikudla kwamanga.
not (to desire *Q(K)*) to/for delicacy his and he/she/it food lie
4 Ungatshikatshikeli ukunotha; pheza ekuqedisiseni kwakho.
not be weary/toil to/for to enrich from understanding your to cease
5 Uzandizisa yini amehlo akho kokungekho? Ngoba kuzazenzela lokuzenzela izimpiko njengokhozi oluphaphela emazulwini.
( to fly *Q(K)*) eye your in/on/with him and nothing he for to make to make to/for him wing like/as eagle (to fly *Q(K)*) [the] heaven
6 Ungadli ukudla kolelihlo elibi, ungafisi izibondlo zakhe.
not to feed on [obj] food: bread bad: evil eye: appearance and not (to desire *Q(K)*) to/for delicacy his
7 Ngoba njengoba ecabangile emphefumulweni wakhe, unjalo. Uzakuthi: Dlana unathe; kodwa inhliziyo yakhe kayilawe.
for like to calculate in/on/with soul his so he/she/it to eat and to drink to say to/for you and heart his not with you
8 Ucezu oludlileyo uzaluhlanza, wone amazwi akho amnandi.
morsel your to eat to vomit her and to ruin word your [the] pleasant
9 Ungakhulumi endlebeni zoyisithutha, ngoba uzadelela inhlakanipho yamazwi akho.
in/on/with ear: hearing fool not to speak: speak for to despise to/for understanding speech your
10 Ungatshedisi isikhonkwane esidala somngcele; ungangeni emasimini ezintandane;
not to remove border: boundary forever: antiquity and in/on/with land: country orphan not to come (in): come
11 ngoba uMhlengi wazo ulamandla; yena uzamela udaba lwazo kuwe.
for to redeem: redeem their strong he/she/it to contend [obj] strife their with you
12 Beka inhliziyo yakho ekufundisweni, lezindlebe zakho emazwini olwazi.
to come (in): bring [emph?] to/for discipline: instruction heart your and ear your to/for word knowledge
13 Ungagodleli umntwana isijeziso; nxa umtshaya ngoswazi kayikufa.
not to withhold from youth discipline for to smite him in/on/with tribe: staff not to die
you(m. s.) in/on/with tribe: staff to smite him and soul his from hell: Sheol to rescue (Sheol h7585)
15 Ndodana yami, uba inhliziyo yakho ihlakanipha, inhliziyo yami izathokoza, yebo eyami;
son: child my if be wise heart your to rejoice heart my also I
16 lezinso zami zizajabula ekukhulumeni kwendebe zakho izinto eziqondileyo.
and to exult kidney my in/on/with to speak: speak lips your uprightness
17 Inhliziyo yakho kayingahawukeli izoni; kodwa bana ekwesabeni iNkosi lonke usuku.
not be jealous heart your in/on/with sinner that if: except if: except in/on/with fear LORD all [the] day
18 Ngoba isibili kukhona umvuzo, lomlindelo wakho kawuyikuqunywa.
that if: except if: except there end and hope your not to cut: eliminate
19 Lalela wena, ndodana yami, uhlakaniphe, uqondise inhliziyo yakho endleleni.
to hear: hear you(m. s.) son: child my and be wise and to bless in/on/with way: conduct heart your
20 Ungabi phakathi kwabanathi bewayini, phakathi kwezihwaba zenyama.
not to be in/on/with to imbibe wine in/on/with be vile flesh to/for them
21 Ngoba isidakwa lesihwaba sizakuba ngumyanga, lokuwozela kugqokisa amadabudabu.
for to imbibe and be vile to possess: poor and rags to clothe drowsiness
22 Lalela uyihlo owakuzalayo, ungamdeleli unyoko esemdala.
to hear: hear to/for father your this to beget you and not to despise for be old mother your
23 Thenga iqiniso, ungalithengisi; inhlakanipho, lemfundiso, lokuqedisisa.
truth: true to buy and not to sell wisdom and discipline: instruction and understanding
24 Uyise wolungileyo uzathaba lokuthaba; lozala ohlakaniphileyo uzathokoza ngaye.
(to rejoice to rejoice *Q(k)*) father righteous (and to beget *Q(K)*) wise (to rejoice *Q(K)*) in/on/with to rejoice
25 Uyihlo lonyoko kabathokoze, lokuzeleyo kathabe.
to rejoice father your and mother your and to rejoice to beget you
26 Ndodana yami, ngiphe inhliziyo yakho, lamehlo akho kawananzelele indlela zami.
to give: give [emph?] son: child my heart your to/for me and eye your way: conduct my (to watch *Q(K)*)
27 Ngoba iwule lingumgodi otshonayo, lowesifazana owemzini ungumthombo ongumcingo.
for pit deep to fornicate and well narrow foreign
28 Laye ucathama njengomphangi, andise abangathembekanga phakathi kwabantu.
also he/she/it like/as robber to ambush and to act treacherously in/on/with man to add
29 Ngubani olo: Maye? Ngubani olo: Wo? Ngubani olenkani? Ngubani olesililo? Ngubani olamanxeba ngeze? Ngubani olamehlo abomvu?
to/for who? woe! to/for who? pain! to/for who? (contention *Q(K)*) to/for who? complaint to/for who? wound for nothing to/for who? dullness eye
30 Yilabo abalibala ewayinini, yilabo abazedinga iwayini elixutshanisiweyo.
to/for to delay upon [the] wine to/for to come (in): come to/for to search mixed drink
31 Ungakhangeli iwayini, lapho lizibonakalisa libomvu, nxa linika umbala walo enkomitshini, lihamba liqondile.
not to see: see wine for to redden for to give: do (in/on/with cup *Q(K)*) eye his to go: went in/on/with uprightness
32 Ekucineni kwalo liluma njengenyoka, lilume njengebululu.
end his like/as serpent to bite and like/as serpent to pierce
33 Amehlo akho azabona abesifazana bemzini, lenhliziyo yakho ikhulume izinto eziphambeneyo.
eye your to see: see be a stranger and heart your to speak: speak perversity
34 Yebo, uzakuba njengolala enhliziyweni yolwandle, lanjengolala esihlokweni sensika yomkhumbi.
and to be like/as to lie down: lay down in/on/with heart sea and like/as to lie down: lay down in/on/with head: top mast
35 Bangitshayile, kangizwanga buhlungu; bangidutshuzile, kangikunanzanga. Ngizavuka nini? Ngiphinde ngilidinge futhi.
to smite me not be weak: ill to smite me not to know how to awake to add to seek him still
