Mithali 18
1 Yule ambaye hujitenga hutafuta matakwa yake mwenyewe na hupingana na hukumu zote za kweli.
to/for desire to seek to separate in/on/with all wisdom to quarrel
2 Mpumbavu hapati raha katika ufahamu, lakini hufunua kile kilichopo katika moyo wake.
not to delight in fool in/on/with understanding that if: except if: except in/on/with to reveal: reveal heart his
3 Mtu mwovu anapokuja, dharau huja pamoja naye- sambamba na aibu na shutuma.
in/on/with to come (in): come wicked to come (in): come also contempt and with dishonor reproach
4 Maneno ya kinywa cha mtu ni maji yenye kina kirefu; chemchemi ya hekima ni mkondo unaotiririka.
water deep word lip man torrent: river to bubble fountain wisdom
5 Si vema kuwa na upendeleo kwa mwovu, wala haifai kukana haki kwa wale watendao mema.
to lift: kindness face: kindness wicked not pleasant to/for to stretch righteous in/on/with justice
6 Midomo ya mpumbavu huletea mafarakano na kinywa chake hukaribisha mapigo.
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 hujinasa mwenye kwa midomo yake.
lip fool terror to/for him and lips his snare soul his
8 Maneno ya mmbea ni kama chembe tamu na hushuka katika sehema za ndani sana kwenye mwili.
word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
9 Basi, ambaye ni mzembe katika kazi yake ni ndugu yake anayeharibu wengi.
also to slacken in/on/with work his brother: male-sibling he/she/it to/for master: [master of] destruction
10 Jina la Yehova ni mnara imara; atendaye haki hukimbilia 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 imara na katika fikira zake ni kama ukuta mrefu.
substance rich town strength his and like/as wall to exalt in/on/with figure his
12 Moyo wa mtu huwa na kiburi kabla ya anguko lake, bali unyenyekevu hutangulia kabla ya heshima.
to/for face: before breaking to exult heart man and to/for face: before glory humility
13 Anayejibu kabla ya kusikiliza- ni upuuzi 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 itajinusuru na madhara, bali roho iliyopondeka nani anaweza kuivumilia?
spirit man to sustain sickness his and spirit stricken who? to lift: bear her
15 Moyo wa mwenye akili hujipatia maarifa na usikivu wa mwenye busara huitafuta.
heart to understand to buy knowledge and ear wise to seek knowledge
16 Zawadi ya mtu inaweza kufungua njia na kumleta mbele ya mtu muhimu.
gift man to enlarge to/for him and to/for face: before great: large to lead him
17 Wa kwanza kujitetea katika shitaka lake huonekana kuwa na haki hadi mpinzani wake aje 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 kunamaliza mabishano na kuwatawanya wapinzani imara.
contention to cease [the] allotted and between mighty to separate
19 Ndugu aliyechukizwa ni mgumu kushawishiwa kuliko mji wenye nguvu, na kugombana ni kama makomeo ya ngome.
brother: male-sibling to transgress from town strength (and contention *Q(K)*) like/as bar citadel: fortress
20 Tumbo la mtu litashiba kutoka kwenye tunda la kinywa chake; atatoshelezwa kwa mavuno ya midomo yake.
from fruit lip man to satisfy belly: abdomen his produce lips his to satisfy
21 Uzima na kifo hutawaliwa kwa ulimi, na wale wenye kuupenda ulimi watakula tunda lake.
death and life in/on/with hand: power tongue and to love: lover her to eat fruit her
22 Yeye apataye mke anapata kitu chema na kupokea fadhila kutoka kwa Yehova.
to find woman: wife to find good and to promote acceptance from LORD
23 Mtu masikini huomba rehema, lakini mtu tajiri hujibu kwa ukali.
supplication to speak: speak be poor and rich to answer strong
24 Anayejidai kwa marafiki wengi watamleta katika uharibifu, bali yupo rafiki ambaye huwa karibu kuliko ndugu.
man neighbor to/for to shatter and there to love: friend cleaving from brother: male-sibling
