1An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends
and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.
2Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.
3When wickedness comes, so does contempt,
and with shame comes reproach.
4The words of the mouth are deep waters,
but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.
5It is not good to be partial to the wicked
and so deprive the innocent of justice.
6The lips of fools bring them strife,
and their mouths invite a beating.
7The mouths of fools are their undoing,
and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.
9One who is slack in his work
is brother to one who destroys.
10The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;
the righteous run to it and are safe.
11The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;
they imagine it a wall too high to scale.
12Before a downfall the heart is haughty,
but humility comes before honor.
13To answer before listening—
that is folly and shame.
14The human spirit can endure in sickness,
but a crushed spirit who can bear?
15The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,
for the ears of the wise seek it out.
16A gift opens the way
and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.
17In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right,
until someone comes forward and cross-examines.
18Casting the lot settles disputes
and keeps strong opponents apart.
19A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city;
disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.
20From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled;
with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.
21The tongue has the power of life and death,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.
22He who finds a wife finds what is good
and receives favor from the Lord.
23The poor plead for mercy,
but the rich answer harshly.
24One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
1Mũndũ ũrĩa ũtendaga gũtũũrania na andũ arũmagĩrĩra o merirĩria make;
ningĩ areganaga na matua mothe ma ũũgĩ ũrĩa mũkinyanĩru.
218:2 Thim 12:23Mũndũ mũkĩĩgu ndakenagĩra ũtaũku,
no akenagĩra kwaria woni wake mwene.
3Rĩrĩa waganu woka, ũrehaga ũirano,
nacio njono irehaga thoni.
418:4 Thab 18:16Ciugo cia kanua ka mũndũ nĩ ta ndia ndiku,
no gĩthima kĩa ũũgĩ nĩ karũũĩ gatherũkaga.
518:5 Thim 24:23-25; Thab 82:2Ti wega gũtĩĩra andũ arĩa aaganu maũthĩ,
kana kuogomia kĩhooto kĩa arĩa matehĩtie.
6Mĩromo ya mũndũ mũkĩĩgu ĩmũrehagĩra ngũĩ,
nako kanua gake geetagia rũthanju.
718:7 Thim 10:14; Koh 10:12Kanua ka mũndũ mũkĩĩgu nĩko kamũthũkagĩria maũndũ,
nayo mĩromo yake nĩ mũtego wa ngoro yake.
8Ndeto cia mũndũ wa mũhuhu nĩ ta twenyũ twega twa irio;
tũmerũkaga nginya tũturi-inĩ twa nda tũrĩa tũrĩ thĩinĩ mũno.
918:9 Thim 28:24Mũndũ kĩgũũta wĩra-inĩ wake
nĩ wa nyina na ũrĩa wanangaga.
10Rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova nĩ mũthiringo ũrĩ hinya;
arĩa athingu moragĩra ho, nao magaikara marĩ agitĩre.
1118:11 Thim 10:15Ũtonga wa andũ arĩa atongu nĩguo itũũra rĩao rĩa hinya;
meciiragia nĩ rũthingo rũtangĩhaicĩka.
12Mbere ya mwanangĩko, ngoro ya mũndũ ĩkoragwo na mwĩtĩĩo,
no kwĩnyiihia nĩkuo gũtongoragia gĩtĩĩo.
1318:13 Thim 20:25Mũndũ ũrĩa ũcookagia ũhoro mbere ya kũũthikĩrĩria,
ũndũ ũcio nĩ ũrimũ na thoni ciake.
14Roho wa mũndũ nĩguo ũmũũmagĩrĩria rĩrĩa arĩ mũrũaru,
no roho mũthuthĩku nũũ ũngĩhota kũwĩtiiria?
1518:15 Thim 15:14Ngoro ya mũndũ mũkũũrani maũndũ nĩĩgĩagĩra ũmenyo;
matũ ma arĩa oogĩ nĩmaũcaragĩrĩria.
1618:16 Kĩam 32:13; 1Sam 10:4Kĩheo mũndũ aheanĩte kĩmuonagia njĩra ya kũhĩtũkĩra,
gĩkamũkinyia harĩ andũ arĩa anene.
17Mũndũ ũrĩa ũrehaga ciira wake mbere onekaga taarĩ we na ma,
o nginya rĩrĩa mũndũ ũrĩa maraciira nake ooka kũmũũria ciũria.
1818:18 Thim 16:33Ũcuuki wa mĩtĩ nĩũniinaga ngarari,
na ũgateithũrana andũ eerĩ njamba.
1918:19 1Sam 17:28Mũndũ mũrakarie nĩ mũrũ wa nyina nĩ hinya kwĩiguithania nake gũkĩra kwĩgwatĩra itũũra inene rĩirigĩre,
nacio ngarari nĩ ta mĩgĩĩko ĩrĩa ĩhingaga njeera.
2018:20 Thim 12:14Nda ya mũndũ nĩĩhũũnagio nĩ maciaro ma kanua gake;
nĩaiganagwo nĩ magetha ma mĩromo yake.
2118:21 Thab 12:4; Math 12:37Rũrĩmĩ rũrĩ na hinya wa gwathĩrĩra mũndũ muoyo kana gĩkuũ,
no arĩa marwendete no marĩĩage maciaro maaruo.
2218:22 Ayub 33:26; Thim 19:14Mũndũ ũrĩa wĩgĩĩagĩra na mũtumia nĩegĩagĩra na kĩndũ kĩega,
na nĩgũtugwo atugĩtwo nĩ Jehova.
23Mũndũ mũthĩĩni athaithanaga aiguĩrwo tha,
no gĩtonga gĩcookagia ũhoro na ũũru.
2418:24 1Sam 20:42; Ayub 15:13-15Mũndũ mũceeri na andũ aingĩ aahota kwĩyũnũhithia,
no nĩ kũrĩ mũrata ũnyiitanaga na mũndũ gũkĩra mũrũ wa nyina na mũndũ.
