Zvirevo 1
1 Zvirevo zvaSoromoni mwanakomana waDhavhidhi, mambo weIsraeri:
These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
2 kuti uwane uchenjeri nokurayirwa; nokunzwisisa mashoko enjere;
for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,
3 kuti uve noupenyu hwokuzvibata hune uchenjeri uchiita zvakarurama nokururamisira uye nokuenzanisira;
and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
4 kuti vasina mano vapiwe uchenjeri, jaya ripiwe ruzivo namano,
To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,
5 vakachenjera ngavanzwe uye vagowedzera pakudzidza kwavo, uye vanonzvera ngavawane kutungamirirwa,
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
6 kuti vanzwisise zvirevo nemifananidzo, mashoko nezvirahwe zvavakachenjera.
by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
7 Kutya Jehovha ndiwo mavambo ezivo, asi mapenzi anoshora uchenjeri nokurayirwa.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
8 Mwanakomana wangu, teerera, kurayira kwababa vako, uye usarasa kudzidzisa kwamai vako.
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
9 Zvichava chishongo chakanaka pamusoro wako nouketani hunoshongedza mutsipa wako.
For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
10 Mwanakomana wangu, kana vatadzi vachikukwezva, usabvuma zvavari kuda kuti uite.
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
11 Kana vakati, “Handei tose; ngativandirei munhu timuuraye; ngativandirei mweya usina mhosva;
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. (Sheol h7585)
13 tichawana marudzi ose ezvinhu zvinokosha tigozadza dzimba dzedu nezvatichapamba;
We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
14 isa zvinhu zvako pamwe chete nesu, tigova nechikwama chimwe chete,”
Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—
15 mwanakomana wangu, usabvumirana navo, usaisa rutsoka panzira dzavo;
my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
16 nokuti tsoka dzavo dzinomhanyira muchivi, vanokurumidza kundodeura ropa.
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
17 Hazvibatsiri sei kutambanudza mumbure shiri dzose dzichinyatsoona!
How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
18 Varume ava vanovandira ropa ravo vomene; vanozvivandira ivo pachavo!
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
19 Aya ndiwo magumo avaya vanotsvaka pfuma nenzira yakaipa; inouraya vaya vanoiwana.
Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
20 Uchenjeri hunodanidzira nenzwi guru mumugwagwa, hunokwidza inzwi rahwo pachivara;
Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
21 kumusoro kwemigwagwa ine ruzha hunodanidzira, pamasuo eguta hunotaura shoko rahwo huchiti:
in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
22 “Kusvikira riniko imi vasina mano, muchingoda kugara musina mano? Kusvikira riniko vaseki vachifarira kuseka, uye mapenzi achivenga zivo?
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
23 Dai makateerera kutsiura kwangu, ndingadai ndakadurura mwoyo wangu kwamuri uye ndakazivisa pfungwa dzangu kwamuri.
If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
24 Asi sezvo makandiramba pandakakudanai uye pasina kana mumwe akateerera pandakatambanudza ruoko rwangu,
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
25 sezvo makashaya hanya nokurayira kwangu, uye mukasagamuchira kutsiura kwangu,
because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
26 iniwo ndichaseka panguva yenjodzi yenyu; ndichaseka dambudziko parichakusvikirai,
in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
27 dambudziko parichakukundai sedutu, njodzi paichavhuvhuta pamusoro penyu sechamupupuri, nhamo namatambudziko pazvichakukundai.
when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
28 “Ipapo vachadana kwandiri asi ini handingavapinduri; vachanditsvaka asi havangandiwani.
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
29 Sezvo vakavenga zivo uye vakasasarudza kutya Jehovha,
For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
30 sezvo vasina kugamuchira yambiro yangu, uye vakashora kutsiura kwangu,
They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
31 vachadya zvibereko zvenzira dzavo uye vachazadzwa nezvibereko zvemano avo.
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 Nokuti kusateerera kwavasina mano kuchavaurayisa, uye kushaya hanya kwamapenzi kuchavaparadza;
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
33 asi ani naani achanditeerera achagara murugare, uye achagara akasununguka, asingatyi kuparadzwa.”
But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
