Gũkaania Andũ Kũrũmĩrĩra Ũrimũ
16:1 Thim 11:15; Ayub 17:3Mũrũ wakwa, ũngĩkorwo ũigĩte kĩndũ gĩa kũrũgamĩrĩra thiirĩ wa mũndũ wa itũũra rĩaku,
ũkorwo atĩ nĩwe ũtuĩkĩte wa kũmũrĩhĩra thiirĩ harĩ mũndũ ũngĩ-rĩ,
2ũngĩkorwo ũtegeetwo nĩ ũrĩa uugĩte,
ũkagwatithio nĩ ciugo cia kanua gaku-rĩ,
3gĩĩke atĩrĩ, mũrũ wakwa, nĩguo wĩteithũre,
kuona atĩ nĩũgwĩte moko-inĩ ma mũndũ wa itũũra rĩaku:
Thiĩ wĩnyiihie wee mwene;
mũthaithe mũno akuohere.
46:4 Thab 132:4Ndũkareke maitho maku mone toro,
kana ũreke imone ciaku icũnge.
56:5 2Sam 2:18; Isa 13:14Wĩteithũre o ta ũrĩa thwariga ĩĩteithũraga kuuma moko-inĩ ma mũguĩmi,
o na kana ta ũrĩa nyoni ĩĩteithũraga kuuma mũtego-inĩ wa mũtegi.
6Thiĩ harĩ thigiriri, wee kĩgũũta gĩkĩ;
ũcũũranie mĩtugo yayo nĩguo ũũhĩge!
7Ndĩrĩ mũnene,
kana mũmĩrũgamĩrĩri,
o na kana mũmĩathi,
86:8 Thim 10:4no nĩĩigagĩra mũthiithũ wa irio hĩndĩ ya riũa,
na ĩgacookanĩrĩria irio ciayo hĩndĩ ya magetha.
9Ũgũkoma hau nginya-rĩ, wee kĩgũũta gĩkĩ?
Ũrĩũkĩra rĩ, ũtige toro waku?
106:10 Thim 24:33; Koh 4:5Komakoma gatoro kanini, na ũcũngacũnge hanini,
na ũkũnje moko hanini nĩguo ũhurũke;
11atĩrĩ, ũthĩĩni ũgaagũkorerera ta mũitũ,
ũkorererwo nĩ wagi ũhaana ta mũndũ wĩohete indo cia mbaara.
12Mũndũ kĩmaramari na mwaganu-rĩ,
ũrĩa ũthiiaga akĩaragia ndeto itarĩ nũngĩrĩru,
136:13 Thab 35:19; Isa 58:9ũcio uunagĩra andũ riitho,
na akaheenereria andũ na makinya make,
o na akaheneria andũ na ciara ciake-rĩ,
146:14 Thim 6:16-19ũcio ũthugundaga ũũru arĩ na maheeni ngoro-inĩ yake:
ũcio hĩndĩ ciothe ahuraga maũndũ ma nyamũkano.
15Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũtino ũkaamũhubanĩria o rĩmwe aterĩgĩrĩire;
mwanangĩko ũtarĩ kĩhonia nĩũkamũniina biũ.
16Kũrĩ maũndũ matandatũ mathũirwo nĩ Jehova,
ĩĩ, o na nĩ mũgwanja marĩa onaga marĩ magigi, nĩmo:
176:17 Isa 1:21; Mik 7:2maitho ma mwĩtĩĩo,
na rũrĩmĩ rũrĩa rũheenanagia,
na moko marĩa maitaga thakame ya andũ matehĩtie,
18na ngoro ĩrĩa ĩthugundaga maũndũ ma waganu,
na magũrũ marĩa matengʼeraga gũthiĩ gwĩka ũũru,
196:19 Gũcook 19:16; Zek 8:17na mũira ũtarĩ wa ma ũrĩa ũthothoraga ndeto cia maheeni,
o na mũndũ ũrĩa ũrehaga nyamũkano gatagatĩ ka andũ a nyina ũmwe.
Gũkaanio ũtharia
20Mũrũ wakwa, tũũra ũrũmĩtie maathani ma thoguo,
na ndũgatirike ũrutani wa maitũguo.
216:21 Gũcook 6:8; Thim 7:1-3Moherere ngoro-inĩ yaku nginya tene;
makundĩke marigiicĩrie ngingo yaku.
22Rĩrĩa ũgũthiĩ-rĩ, nĩmarĩgũtongoragia;
wakoma-rĩ, nĩmarĩkũmenyagĩrĩra;
na rĩrĩa warahũka-rĩ, nĩmarĩkwaragĩria.
236:23 Thab 119:105Nĩgũkorwo maathani maya nĩ tawa,
na ũrutani ũyũ nĩ ũtheri,
namo mataaro ma kũrũnga mũndũ-rĩ,
nĩmo njĩra ya muoyo,
24magakweheragia harĩ mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio mwaganu,
na magakũhonokia kuuma kũrĩ rũrĩmĩ rũnyoroku rwa mũtumia ũcio ngʼenyũ.
25Ndũkerirĩrie ũthaka wake ngoro-inĩ yaku,
kana ũreke akũguucĩrĩrie na maitho make,
266:26 Thim 7:22-23nĩgũkorwo mũmaraya atũmaga mũndũ athĩĩne nginya ahooyage kenyũ ka mũgate,
na mũtumia mũtharia aguĩmaga muoyo waku guo mwene.
27Mũndũ no atahĩre mwaki gĩthũri-inĩ gĩake,
na nguo ciake itihĩe?
28Mũndũ no agerere igũrũ rĩa makara marĩ na mwaki,
na makinya make matihĩe?
296:29 Thaam 20:14Ũguo no taguo mũndũ ũrĩa ũkomaga na mũtumia wa mũndũ ũngĩ atariĩ;
gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩmũhutia na ndaherithio.
30Andũ matimenaga mũici angĩkorwo aiyĩte
nĩguo eniinĩre ngʼaragu rĩrĩa arĩ mũhũũtu.
316:31 Thaam 22:1-14No rĩrĩ, angĩnyiitwo-rĩ, no nginya arĩhe maita mũgwanja,
o na angĩkorwo ekũrĩha na ũtonga wa nyũmba yake wothe.
326:32 Thaam 20:14; Thim 7:7No mũndũ ũrĩa ũtharagia nĩagĩte wĩciirio;
ũrĩa wothe wĩkaga ũguo nĩwe mwene wĩyanangaga.
33Nguraro na kwĩnyararithia nĩcio igai rĩake,
na cio thoni icio ciake gũtirĩ hĩndĩ igaathario ithire;
346:34 Ndar 5:11; Kĩam 34:7nĩgũkorwo ũiru nĩguo warahũraga mangʼũrĩ ma mũthuuri,
na ndakaigua tha akĩĩrĩhĩria.
356:35 Ayub 31:9-11Ndagetĩkĩra irĩhi o na rĩrĩkũ;
nĩakaarega ihaki o na rĩrĩ inene atĩa.
Warnings against folly
1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbour,
if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
2you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3So do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbour’s hands:
go – to the point of exhaustion – 6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,
and give your neighbour no rest!
4Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.
5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
7It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
8yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
9How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest –
11and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
12A troublemaker and a villain,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13who winks maliciously with his eye,
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,
14who plots evil with deceit in his heart –
he always stirs up conflict.
15Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;
he will suddenly be destroyed – without remedy.
16There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
17haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
18a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
Warning against adultery
20My son, keep your father’s command
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
21Bind them always on your heart;
fasten them round your neck.
22When you walk, they will guide you;
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
23For this command is a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and correction and instruction
are the way to life,
24keeping you from your neighbour’s wife,
from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
25Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
but another man’s wife preys on your very life.
27Can a man scoop fire into his lap
without his clothes being burned?
28Can a man walk on hot coals
without his feet being scorched?
29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife;
no-one who touches her will go unpunished.
30People do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32But a man who commits adultery has no sense;
whoever does so destroys himself.
33Blows and disgrace are his lot,
and his shame will never be wiped away.
34For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35He will not accept any compensation;
he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.
