Zvirevo 4
1 Teererai, vanakomana vangu, kurayira kwababa venyu; nyatsoteererai mugowana kunzwisisa.
Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 Ndinokupai dzidziso yakanaka, saka regai kurasa dzidziso yangu.
For I give you good doctrine. Forsake ye not my law.
3 Pandakanga ndiri mukomana mumba mababa vangu, ndichiri muduku uye mwana mumwe chete wamai vangu,
For I was a son to my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 baba vangu vakandidzidzisa vachiti, “Mwoyo wako ngaubatisise mashoko angu; chengeta mirayiro yangu ugorarama.
And he taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
5 Wana uchenjeri, wana kunzwisisa; usakanganwa mashoko angu kana kubva paari.
Get wisdom, get understanding. Do not forget, nor decline from the words of my mouth.
6 Usarasa uchenjeri, ipapo huchakuchengeta; hude, ihwo hugokurinda.
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve thee. Love her, and she will keep thee.
7 Uchenjeri chinhu chikuru; naizvozvo wana uchenjeri. Kunyange huchikutorera zvose zvaunazvo, wana kunzwisisa.
Wisdom is the principal thing. Get wisdom, yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
8 Uhukudze; ipapo huchakusimudzira; uhumbundikire, ipapo huchakukudza.
Exalt her, and she will promote thee. She will bring thee to honor when thou embrace her.
9 Huchakupfekedza chishongo chenyasha mumusoro mako, uye huchakupa korona yokubwinya.”
She will give to thy head a garland of grace, a crown of beauty she will deliver to thee.
10 Teerera, mwanakomana wangu, gamuchira zvandinotaura, ipapo makore oupenyu hwako achava mazhinji.
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be many.
11 Ndinokudzidzisa nzira youchenjeri uye ndiri kukutungamirira panzira dzakarurama.
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom. I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
12 Paunofamba, tsoka dzako hadzingapinganidzwi, paunomhanya, haungagumburwi.
When thou go, thy steps shall not be restricted. And if thou run, thou shall not stumble.
13 Batisisa kurayirwa, usarega kuchienda; nyatsokurinda zvakanaka, nokuti ndihwo upenyu hwako.
Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.
14 Usaisa rutsoka panzira dzavakaipa, kana kufamba panzira dzavanhu vakaipa.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.
15 Udzinzvenge, usafamba padziri; tsauka padziri ugopfuurira mberi.
Avoid it. Do not pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
16 Nokuti havangavati vasati vaita zvakaipa; havangabatwi nehope kusvikira vaita kuti mumwe munhu aputsike.
For they do not sleep unless they do evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they cause to fall.
17 Vanodya zvokudya zvezvakaipa, uye vanonwa waini yezvechisimba.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18 Nzira yavakarurama yakafanana nechiedza chamambakwedza, chinoramba chichiwedzera kubwinya kusvikira pachiedza chamasikati makuru.
But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.
19 Asi nzira yavakaipa yakaita serima guru; havazivi zvinoita kuti vagumburwe.
The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.
20 Mwanakomana wangu, nyatsoteerera zvandinotaura; teereresa kumashoko angu.
My son, attend to my words. Incline thine ear to my sayings.
21 Usaite kuti abve pameso ako, achengete pakati pomwoyo wako;
Let them not depart from thine eyes. Keep them in the midst of thy heart.
22 nokuti upenyu kuna avo vanoawana uye noutano kumuviri wose womunhu.
For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.
23 Pamusoro pazvo zvose, chengetedza mwoyo wako, nokuti ndicho chitubu choupenyu.
Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Bvisa zvinotsausa pamuromo wako; kutaura kwakaora ngakuve kure nemiromo yako.
Put away from thee a wayward mouth, and put perverse lips far from thee.
25 Meso ako ngaatarire mberi bedzi, ramba wakatarira mberi kwako.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26 Gadzirira tsoka dzako gwara ugofamba munzira dzakasimba chete.
Make the path of thy feet level, and let all thy ways be established.
27 Usatsaukira kurudyi kana kuruboshwe; chengetedza rutsoka rwako kuti rusaende pane zvakaipa.
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left. Remove thy foot from evil.
