Mithali 18
1 Mtu ajitengaye na wengine hufuata matakwa yake mwenyewe; hupiga vita kila shauri jema.
to/for desire to seek to separate in/on/with all wisdom to quarrel
2 Mpumbavu hafurahii ufahamu, bali hufurahia kutangaza maoni yake mwenyewe.
not to delight in fool in/on/with understanding that if: except if: except in/on/with to reveal: reveal heart his
3 Wakati uovu unapokuja, dharau huja pia, pamoja na aibu huja lawama.
in/on/with to come (in): come wicked to come (in): come also contempt and with dishonor reproach
4 Maneno ya kinywa cha mwanadamu ni kina cha maji, bali chemchemi ya hekima ni kijito kinachobubujika.
water deep word lip man torrent: river to bubble fountain wisdom
5 Sio vizuri kumpendelea mtu mwovu, au kumnyima haki asiye na hatia.
to lift: kindness face: kindness wicked not pleasant to/for to stretch righteous in/on/with justice
6 Midomo ya mpumbavu humletea ugomvi na kinywa chake hualika kipigo.
lips fool to come (in): come in/on/with strife and lip his to/for blow to call: call to
7 Kinywa cha mpumbavu ni uharibifu wake na midomo yake ni mtego kwa nafsi yake.
lip fool terror to/for him and lips his snare soul his
8 Maneno ya mchongezi ni kama chakula kitamu; huingia sehemu za ndani sana za mtu.
word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
9 Mtu aliye mlegevu katika kazi yake ni ndugu na yule anayeharibu.
also to slacken in/on/with work his brother: male-sibling he/she/it to/for master: [master of] destruction
10 Jina la Bwana ni ngome imara, wenye haki huikimbilia na kuwa salama.
tower strength name LORD in/on/with him to run: run righteous and to exalt
11 Mali ya tajiri ni mji wake wenye ngome, wanaudhania kuwa ukuta usioweza kurukwa.
substance rich town strength his and like/as wall to exalt in/on/with figure his
12 Kabla ya anguko moyo wa mtu hujaa kiburi, bali unyenyekevu hutangulia heshima.
to/for face: before breaking to exult heart man and to/for face: before glory humility
13 Yeye ajibuye kabla ya kusikiliza, huo ni upumbavu wake na aibu yake.
to return: reply word: speaking in/on/with before to hear: hear folly he/she/it to/for him and shame
14 Roho ya mtu itastahimili katika ugonjwa bali roho iliyovunjika ni nani awezaye kuistahimili?
spirit man to sustain sickness his and spirit stricken who? to lift: bear her
15 Moyo wa mwenye ufahamu hujipatia maarifa, masikio ya mwenye hekima huyatafuta maarifa.
heart to understand to buy knowledge and ear wise to seek knowledge
16 Zawadi humfungulia njia mtoaji, nayo humleta mbele ya wakuu.
gift man to enlarge to/for him and to/for face: before great: large to lead him
17 Yeye aliye wa kwanza kuleta mashtaka huonekana sahihi, hadi mwingine ajitokezapo na kumuuliza maswali.
righteous [the] first in/on/with strife his (and to come (in): come *Q(K)*) neighbor his and to search him
18 Kupiga kura hukomesha mashindano na kutenganisha wapinzani wakuu wanaopingana.
contention to cease [the] allotted and between mighty to separate
19 Ndugu aliyechukizwa ni mgumu kuridhika kuliko mji uliozungushiwa ngome, nayo mabishano ni kama malango ya ngome yenye makomeo.
brother: male-sibling to transgress from town strength (and contention *Q(K)*) like/as bar citadel: fortress
20 Tumbo la mtu litajaa kutokana na tunda la kinywa chake, atashibishwa mavuno yanayotokana na midomo yake.
from fruit lip man to satisfy belly: abdomen his produce lips his to satisfy
21 Mauti na uzima viko katika uwezo wa ulimi, nao waupendao watakula matunda yake.
death and life in/on/with hand: power tongue and to love: lover her to eat fruit her
22 Apataye mke apata kitu chema naye ajipatia kibali kwa Bwana.
to find woman: wife to find good and to promote acceptance from LORD
23 Mtu maskini huomba kuhurumiwa bali tajiri hujibu kwa ukali.
supplication to speak: speak be poor and rich to answer strong
24 Mtu mwenye marafiki wengi wanaweza kumharibu, bali yuko rafiki aambatanaye na mtu kwa karibu kuliko ndugu.
man neighbor to/for to shatter and there to love: friend cleaving from brother: male-sibling
