Warnings Against Folly
1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
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 neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,
and give your neighbor 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 around 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 neighbor’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.
Za Moyo wa Uchitsiru
1Mwana wanga, ngati wamuperekera mnansi wako chikole,
ngati walonjeza kumulipirira mlendo,
2ngati wagwidwa ndi zimene iwe unanena,
wakodwa ndi mawu a mʼkamwa mwako.
3Tsono popeza iwe mwana wanga
wadziponya mʼmanja mwa mnansi wako, chita izi kuti udzipulumutse:
pita msanga ukamupemphe mnansi wako;
kuti akumasule!
4Usagone tulo,
usawodzere.
5Dzipulumutse monga imachitira mphoyo mʼdzanja la mlenje,
ndi monga imachitira mbalame mu msampha wa munthu wosaka.
6Pita kwa nyerere, mlesi iwe;
kaonetsetse njira zake kuti uphunzirepo kanthu!
7Zilibe mfumu,
zilibe woyangʼanira kapena wolamulira,
8komabe zimasungiratu chakudya chake nthawi ya chilimwe
ndipo zimatuta chakudyacho nthawi yokolola.
9Kodi uzingogonabe pamenepo mpaka liti mlesi iwe?
Kodi tulo tako tidzatha liti?
10Ukati ndingogona pangʼono, ndingowodzera pangʼono
ndingopinda manjawa pangʼono kuti ndipumule,
11umphawi udzakugwira ngati mbala
ndipo usiwa udzafika ngati munthu wachifwamba.
12Munthu wachabechabe, munthu woyipa,
amangoyendayenda ndi kumayankhula zoyipa,
13amatsinzinira maso ake,
namakwakwaza mapazi ake
ndi kulozaloza ndi zala zake,
14amalingalira zoyipa ndi mtima wake wachinyengo
ndipo nthawi zonse amangokhalira kuyambitsa mikangano pakati pa anthu.
15Nʼchifukwa chake tsoka lidzamugwera modzidzimutsa;
adzawonongeka msangamsanga popanda chomupulumutsa.
16Pali zinthu zisanu ndi chimodzi zimene Yehova amadana nazo,
zinthu zisanu ndi ziwiri zimene zimamunyansa:
17maso onyada,
pakamwa pabodza,
manja akupha munthu wosalakwa,
18mtima wokonzekera kuchita zoyipa,
mapazi othamangira msanga ku zoyipa,
19mboni yonama yoyankhula mabodza
komanso munthu amene amayambitsa mikangano pakati pa abale.
Chenjezo pa za Chigololo
20Mwana wanga, usunge malamulo a abambo ako;
ndipo usataye zimene anakuphunzitsa amayi ako.
21Zimenezi uzimatirire pa mtima pako masiku onse,
uzimangirire mʼkhosi mwako.
22Ukamayenda, zidzakulozera njira;
ukugona, zidzakulondera;
ukudzuka, zidzakuyankhula.
23Paja malamulo awa ali ngati nyale,
malangizowa ali ngati kuwunika,
ndipo chidzudzulo cha mwambo ndiwo
moyo weniweni,
24kukupulumutsa kwa mkazi wadama,
zimenezi zidzakutchinjiriza kwa mkazi wadama, ndi kukuthandiza kuti usamvere mawu oshashalika a mkazi wachiwerewere.
25Mu mtima wako usakhumbire kukongola kwake,
asakukope ndi zikope zake,
26paja mkazi wadama amakusandutsa kukhala ngati nyenyeswa za buledi
ndipo mkazi wa mwini wake amasokonezeratu moyo wako wonse.
27Kodi munthu angathe kutenga moto
zovala zake osapsa?
28Kodi munthu angathe kuyenda pa makala amoto
mapazi ake osapserera?
29Ndizo zimachitikira munthu amene amagonana ndi mkazi wa munthu wina.
Aliyense wokhudza mkazi wotere adzalangidwa.
30Paja anthu sayinyoza mbala ikaba
chifukwa chakuti ili ndi njala.
31Komabe ngati mbalayo igwidwa iyenera kulipira kasanu nʼkawiri,
ngakhale kulandidwa katundu wa mʼnyumba mwake.
32Munthu wochita chigololo ndi wopanda nzeru.
Wochita zimenezi amangodziwononga yekha.
33Adzalandira mabala ndi mʼnyozo,
ndipo manyazi ake sadzamuchokera.
34Paja nsanje imachititsa mwini mkaziyo kukalipa,
ndipo sadzachita chifundo pobwezera.
35Iye savomera dipo lililonse;
sangapepeseke ngakhale umupatse mphatso zochuluka motani.
