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