Proverbs 23 – NIV & NEN

New International Version

Proverbs 23:1-35

Saying 7

1When you sit to dine with a ruler,

note well what23:1 Or who is before you,

2and put a knife to your throat

if you are given to gluttony.

3Do not crave his delicacies,

for that food is deceptive.

Saying 8

4Do not wear yourself out to get rich;

do not trust your own cleverness.

5Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,

for they will surely sprout wings

and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

Saying 9

6Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,

do not crave his delicacies;

7for he is the kind of person

who is always thinking about the cost.23:7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is

“Eat and drink,” he says to you,

but his heart is not with you.

8You will vomit up the little you have eaten

and will have wasted your compliments.

Saying 10

9Do not speak to fools,

for they will scorn your prudent words.

Saying 11

10Do not move an ancient boundary stone

or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

11for their Defender is strong;

he will take up their case against you.

Saying 12

12Apply your heart to instruction

and your ears to words of knowledge.

Saying 13

13Do not withhold discipline from a child;

if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.

14Punish them with the rod

and save them from death.

Saying 14

15My son, if your heart is wise,

then my heart will be glad indeed;

16my inmost being will rejoice

when your lips speak what is right.

Saying 15

17Do not let your heart envy sinners,

but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.

18There is surely a future hope for you,

and your hope will not be cut off.

Saying 16

19Listen, my son, and be wise,

and set your heart on the right path:

20Do not join those who drink too much wine

or gorge themselves on meat,

21for drunkards and gluttons become poor,

and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Saying 17

22Listen to your father, who gave you life,

and do not despise your mother when she is old.

23Buy the truth and do not sell it—

wisdom, instruction and insight as well.

24The father of a righteous child has great joy;

a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.

25May your father and mother rejoice;

may she who gave you birth be joyful!

Saying 18

26My son, give me your heart

and let your eyes delight in my ways,

27for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,

and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

28Like a bandit she lies in wait

and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

Saying 19

29Who has woe? Who has sorrow?

Who has strife? Who has complaints?

Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

30Those who linger over wine,

who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.

31Do not gaze at wine when it is red,

when it sparkles in the cup,

when it goes down smoothly!

32In the end it bites like a snake

and poisons like a viper.

33Your eyes will see strange sights,

and your mind will imagine confusing things.

34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,

lying on top of the rigging.

35“They hit me,” you will say, “but I’m not hurt!

They beat me, but I don’t feel it!

When will I wake up

so I can find another drink?”

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

Mithali 23:1-35

1Uketipo kula chakula na mtawala,

angalia vyema kile kilicho mbele yako,

2na utie kisu kooni mwako

kama ukiwa mlafi.

323:3 Za 141:4Usitamani vyakula vyake vitamu

kwa kuwa chakula hicho ni cha hila.

423:4 Yn 6:27; 1Tim 6:9; Rum 12:16Usijitaabishe ili kuupata utajiri,

uwe na hekima kuonyesha kujizuia.

523:5 Mt 6:19; Mit 27:24Kufumba na kufumbua utajiri hutoweka,

huwa kama umepata mabawa ghafula,

ukaruka na kutoweka angani kama tai.

623:6 Za 141:4; Kum 15:9Usile chakula cha mtu mchoyo,

usitamani vyakula vyake vitamu,

723:7 Za 12:2kwa maana yeye ni aina ya mtu

ambaye kila mara anafikiri juu ya gharama.

Anakuambia, “Kula na kunywa,”

lakini moyo wake hauko pamoja nawe.

8Utatapika kile kidogo ulichokula,

nawe utakuwa umepoteza bure

maneno yako ya kumsifu.

923:9 Mit 9:7Usizungumze na mpumbavu,

kwa maana atadhihaki hekima ya maneno yako.

1023:10 Kum 19:14; Mit 22:28Usisogeze jiwe la mpaka wa zamani

wala kunyemelea kwenye mashamba ya yatima,

1123:11 Ay 19:25; Kut 22:22-24; Yer 50:34; Mit 15:25kwa kuwa Mtetezi wao ni mwenye nguvu,

atalichukua shauri lao dhidi yako.

1223:12 Mit 2:2Elekeza moyo wako kwenye mafundisho

na masikio yako kwenye maneno ya maarifa.

1323:13 Mit 13:24; 19:18; 22:18; 22:15; 29:15, 16Usimnyime mtoto adhabu,

ukimwadhibu kwa fimbo, hatakufa.

1423:14 Mit 13:24; 19:18Mwadhibu kwa fimbo

na kuiokoa nafsi yake kutoka mautini.23:14 Mautini maana yake ni Kuzimu.

1523:15 Mit 23:24, 25; 29:3Mwanangu, kama moyo wako una hekima,

basi moyo wangu utafurahi,

1623:16 Mit 23:24utu wangu wa ndani utafurahi,

wakati midomo yako

itakapozungumza lililo sawa.

1723:17 Za 73:3; Mit 28:14Usiuruhusu moyo wako kuwaonea wivu wenye dhambi,

bali kila mara uwe na bidii katika kumcha Bwana.

1823:18 Za 37:1-4; Mit 24:14-20Hakika kuna tumaini la baadaye kwa ajili yako,

nalo tarajio lako halitakatiliwa mbali.

1923:19 Kum 4:9; Mit 28:7Sikiliza, mwanangu na uwe na hekima,

weka moyo wako kwenye njia iliyo sawa.

2023:20 Hab 2:15; Rum 13:13; Isa 5:22Usiwe miongoni mwa wanywao mvinyo,

au wale walao nyama kwa pupa,

2123:21 Mit 21:17; 19:23; 19:15kwa maana walevi na walafi huwa maskini,

nako kusinzia huwavika matambara.

2223:22 Law 19:32; Efe 6:1-2Msikilize baba yako, aliyekuzaa,

wala usimdharau mama yako atakapokuwa mzee.

2323:23 Mit 4:7; 17:16; Mt 13:44Nunua kweli wala usiiuze,

pata hekima, adabu na ufahamu.

2423:24 Mit 23:15-16; 10:1; 15:20Baba wa mwenye haki ana furaha kubwa,

naye aliye na mwana mwenye hekima humfurahia.

2523:25 Mit 10:1Baba yako na mama yako na wafurahi,

mama aliyekuzaa na ashangilie!

2623:26 Mit 5:1-6; Za 18:21Mwanangu, nipe moyo wako,

macho yako na yafuate njia zangu,

2723:27 Mit 22:14kwa maana kahaba ni shimo refu

na mwanamke mpotovu ni kisima chembamba.

2823:28 Mit 7:11-12; Mhu 7:26Kama mnyangʼanyi, hungojea akivizia,

naye huzidisha wasio waaminifu miongoni mwa wanaume.

2923:29 1Fal 20:16; Mit 20:1; Isa 5:11; Nah 1:10; Mt 24:49, 50; Efe 5:18Ni nani mwenye ole?

Ni nani mwenye huzuni?

Ni nani mwenye ugomvi?

Ni nani mwenye malalamiko?

Ni nani aliye na majeraha yasiyo na sababu?

Ni nani mwenye macho mekundu?

3023:30 Za 75:8; Efe 5:18; Mit 20:1; Efe 5:18; Za 75:8; Mit 9:2Ni hao wakaao sana kwenye mvinyo,

hao waendao kuonja mabakuli ya mvinyo uliochanganywa.

31Usiukodolee macho mvinyo wakati ukiwa mwekundu,

wakati unapometameta kwenye bilauri,

wakati ushukapo taratibu!

32Mwishowe huuma kama nyoka

na kutia sumu yake kama nyoka mwenye sumu.

33Macho yako yataona mambo mageni

na moyo wako kuwazia mambo yaliyopotoka.

34Utakuwa kama alalaye katikati ya bahari,

alalaye juu ya kamba ya merikebu.

3523:35 Mit 27:22; Yer 5:3; Kum 29:19; Isa 56:12; 2Pet 2:22Utasema, “Wamenipiga lakini sikuumia!

Wamenichapa, lakini sisikii!

Nitaamka lini

ili nikanywe tena?”