1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;1.3 equity: Heb. equities 4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.1.4 discretion: or, advisement 5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.1.6 the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech
7¶ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.1.7 the beginning: or, the principal part 8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.1.9 an…: Heb. an adding
10¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. 17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.1.17 in the…: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing 18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. 19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:1.20 Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom 21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24¶ Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. 31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.1.32 turning…: or, ease of the simple 33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Ciugo cia Kwambĩrĩria: Gĩtũmi na Muoroto
11:1 Math 13:3; 1Ath 4:29-34Ici nĩ thimo cia Solomoni mũrũ wa Daudi, ũrĩa warĩ mũthamaki wa Isiraeli:
2nĩ thimo cia gũtũma mũndũ agĩe na ũũgĩ, na ataarĩke;
nĩ cia gũtũma ahote gũtaũkĩrwo nĩ ciugo cia ũũgĩ;
3nĩ cia gũtũma mũndũ ataarĩke ahote kũbarĩrĩra mũtũũrĩre wake,
ekage maũndũ marĩa magĩrĩire, na ma kĩhooto, na marĩa mega;
41:4 Thim 8:5; Thim 8:12nĩ cia gũtũma ũrĩa ũtarĩ na ũũgĩ agĩe na ũmenyo,
na cia gũtũma mũndũ mwĩthĩ agĩe na ũmenyo na ũgereri:
51:5 Thim 9:9arĩa oogĩ-rĩ, nĩmathikĩrĩrie na mongerere wĩruti wao,
nao arĩa akũũrani maũndũ metĩkĩre gũtongorio.
61:6 Thab 49:4; Atiir 14:12Ningĩ nĩ cia gũtũma mũndũ ataũkĩrwo nĩ thimo na ngerekano,
na ataũkĩrwo nĩ ciugo cia andũ arĩa oogĩ, na ndaĩ ciao.
7Kĩambĩrĩria kĩa ũmenyo nĩ gwĩtigĩra Jehova,
no arĩa akĩĩgu nĩ mathũire ũũgĩ na ũtaaro.
Mwĩmenyererei Kũheenererio
81:8 Thim 4:1; Jer 35:8Mũrũ wakwa, thikĩrĩria mataaro ma thoguo,
na ndũgatigane na ũrutani wa maitũguo.
9Maũndũ macio magaatuĩka ithaga rĩa kũgemia mũtwe waku,
na ta mũgathĩ wa kũgemia ngingo yaku.
101:10 Ayub 24:15; Gũcook 13:8Mũrũ wakwa, ehia mangĩgakũheenereria-rĩ,
ndũkanetĩkanie nao.
11Mangĩgakwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ũka ũthiĩ hamwe na ithuĩ;
reke tuoherie mũndũ tũite thakame yake,
reke tũcemaceeme mũndũ o na ũtehĩtie;
121:12 Thab 35:25ningĩ reke tũmamerie marĩ muoyo, o ta ũrĩa mbĩrĩra ĩĩkaga,
na marĩ agima, o ta arĩa maharũrũkaga irima;
13Na ithuĩ-rĩ, tũkĩgĩe na indo cia goro cia mĩthemba yothe,
na tũiyũrie nyũmba ciitũ na indo cia ndaho;
14rutithania wĩra na ithuĩ,
tũkorwo na mũhuko ũmwe ithuothe”;
151:15 Thab 119:101; Kĩam 49:6mũrũ wakwa, tiga gũtwarana nao,
ndũkagerere njĩra ciao;
161:16 Isa 59:7nĩgũkorwo magũrũ mao mahanyũkaga mathiĩ mehia-inĩ,
nao mahiũhaga magaite thakame.
17Kaĩ nĩ wĩra wa tũhũ kũiga gĩkerenge
nyoni ciothe igĩkuonaga-ĩ!
181:18 Thab 71:10Andũ aya mohagĩria thakame yao ene;
maceemaga o mĩoyo yao ene!
19Ũcio nĩguo mũthia wa arĩa othe magĩaga na indo na njĩra ya ungumania;
indo icio iniinaga mĩoyo ya arĩa magĩaga nacio.
Mwĩmenyererei Mũtikarege Ũũgĩ
201:20 Ayub 28:12Ũũgĩ nĩ aretana anĩrĩire njĩra-inĩ,
ningĩ agakayũrũrũka arĩ ihaaro-inĩ cia mũingĩ;
21Aragũthũka na mũgambo mũnene arĩ magomano-inĩ ma njĩra kũu kũrĩ inegene,
o na itoonyero rĩa itũũra inene akoria atĩrĩ:
221:22 Thim 6:32; Thab 50:17“Inyuĩ mũtarĩ ũũgĩ-rĩ, nĩ nginya rĩ mũgũtũũra mwendete njĩra cianyu itarĩ cia ũũgĩ?
Nĩ nginya rĩ anyũrũrania megũtũũra makenagĩra kĩnyũrũri,
na arĩa akĩĩgu mathũire ũmenyo?
23Korwo nĩmwetĩkĩrire kũigua ũtaaro wakwa-rĩ,
nĩingĩamũhingũrĩire ngoro yakwa,
ndũme mũmenye meciiria makwa.
241:24 Isa 65:12; Jer 7:13No tondũ nĩmwaregire kũnjigua rĩrĩa ndetanire,
na gũtirĩ mũndũ werũmbũirie hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ndatambũrũkirie guoko gwakwa,
25na mũkĩagĩra mataaro makwa mothe bata,
na mũkĩaga gwĩtĩkĩra ikaanania rĩakwa-rĩ,
261:26 Thab 2:4; 2Ath 19:21niĩ na niĩ nĩngamũthekerera hĩndĩ yanyu ya mwanangĩko,
na ndĩmũnyũrũrie rĩrĩa mũgaakorererwo nĩ mũtino:
27ĩĩ hĩndĩ ĩrĩa guoya ũkaamũkorerera ta kĩhuhũkanio,
rĩrĩa mwanangĩko ũkaamũhaata ta rũhuho rwa kĩhuhũkanio,
rĩrĩa mũgaakinyĩrĩrwo nĩ mĩnyamaro na ruo rwa ngoro.
281:28 Gũcook 1:45; Ezek 8:18“Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmakangaĩra, no ndikametĩka;
nĩmakanjetha na kĩyo, no matikanyona.
291:29 Ayub 21:14Tondũ nĩmathũũrire ũmenyo,
na matiigana gũthuura gwĩtigĩra Jehova,
30tondũ matietĩkĩrire mataaro makwa,
na nĩmamenire ikaanania rĩakwa,
311:31 2Maũ 36:16; Jer 6:19makaarĩa maciaro ma mĩthiĩre yao,
na mahũũnio nĩ maciaro ma mathugunda mao.
321:32 Thim 5:22; Isa 66:4Nĩgũkorwo ũgenyũ wa arĩa matarĩ ũũgĩ nĩũkamooraga,
nakuo kwĩgangara kwa arĩa akĩĩgu nĩgũkamaniina;
331:33 Ndar 24:21; Thab 112:8no ũrĩa wothe ũnjiguaga arĩtũũraga na thayũ,
na atũũre ahooreire, atarĩ ũgwati angĩĩtigĩra.”
