Proverbs 11ProverbsA father's appeals to seek wisdomShona Contemporary Bible

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1. 1SNAZvirevo zvaSoromoni mwanakomana waDhavhidhi, mambo weIsraeri:BSBBSB: These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
2. 2SNAkuti uwane uchenjeri nokurayirwa; nokunzwisisa mashoko enjere;BSBBSB: for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,
3. 3SNAkuti uve noupenyu hwokuzvibata hune uchenjeri uchiita zvakarurama nokururamisira uye nokuenzanisira;BSBBSB: and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
4. 4SNAkuti vasina mano vapiwe uchenjeri, jaya ripiwe ruzivo namano,BSBBSB: To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,
5. 5SNAvakachenjera ngavanzwe uye vagowedzera pakudzidza kwavo, uye vanonzvera ngavawane kutungamirirwa,BSBBSB: let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
6. 6SNAkuti vanzwisise zvirevo nemifananidzo, mashoko nezvirahwe zvavakachenjera.BSBBSB: by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
7. 7SNAKutya Jehovha ndiwo mavambo ezivo, asi mapenzi anoshora uchenjeri nokurayirwa.BSBBSB: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
8. 8SNAMwanakomana wangu, teerera, kurayira kwababa vako, uye usarasa kudzidzisa kwamai vako.BSBBSB: Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
9. 9SNAZvichava chishongo chakanaka pamusoro wako nouketani hunoshongedza mutsipa wako.BSBBSB: For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
10. 10SNAMwanakomana wangu, kana vatadzi vachikukwezva, usabvuma zvavari kuda kuti uite.BSBBSB: My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
11. 11SNAKana vakati, “Handei tose; ngativandirei munhu timuuraye; ngativandirei mweya usina mhosva;BSBBSB: If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
12. 12SNAngativamedzei vari vapenyu, seguva, uye vakakwana kudaro savaya vanodzika mugomba;BSBBSB: let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
13. 13SNAtichawana marudzi ose ezvinhu zvinokosha tigozadza dzimba dzedu nezvatichapamba;BSBBSB: We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
14. 14SNAisa zvinhu zvako pamwe chete nesu, tigova nechikwama chimwe chete,”BSBBSB: Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—
15. 15SNAmwanakomana wangu, usabvumirana navo, usaisa rutsoka panzira dzavo;BSBBSB: my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
16. 16SNAnokuti tsoka dzavo dzinomhanyira muchivi, vanokurumidza kundodeura ropa.BSBBSB: For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
17. 17SNAHazvibatsiri sei kutambanudza mumbure shiri dzose dzichinyatsoona!BSBBSB: How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
18. 18SNAVarume ava vanovandira ropa ravo vomene; vanozvivandira ivo pachavo!BSBBSB: But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
19. 19SNAAya ndiwo magumo avaya vanotsvaka pfuma nenzira yakaipa; inouraya vaya vanoiwana.BSBBSB: Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
20. 20SNAUchenjeri hunodanidzira nenzwi guru mumugwagwa, hunokwidza inzwi rahwo pachivara;BSBBSB: Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
21. 21SNAkumusoro kwemigwagwa ine ruzha hunodanidzira, pamasuo eguta hunotaura shoko rahwo huchiti:BSBBSB: in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
22. 22SNA“Kusvikira riniko imi vasina mano, muchingoda kugara musina mano? Kusvikira riniko vaseki vachifarira kuseka, uye mapenzi achivenga zivo?BSBBSB: “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
23. 23SNADai makateerera kutsiura kwangu, ndingadai ndakadurura mwoyo wangu kwamuri uye ndakazivisa pfungwa dzangu kwamuri.BSBBSB: If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
24. 24SNAAsi sezvo makandiramba pandakakudanai uye pasina kana mumwe akateerera pandakatambanudza ruoko rwangu,BSBBSB: Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
25. 25SNAsezvo makashaya hanya nokurayira kwangu, uye mukasagamuchira kutsiura kwangu,BSBBSB: because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
26. 26SNAiniwo ndichaseka panguva yenjodzi yenyu; ndichaseka dambudziko parichakusvikirai,BSBBSB: in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
27. 27SNAdambudziko parichakukundai sedutu, njodzi paichavhuvhuta pamusoro penyu sechamupupuri, nhamo namatambudziko pazvichakukundai.BSBBSB: when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
28. 28SNA“Ipapo vachadana kwandiri asi ini handingavapinduri; vachanditsvaka asi havangandiwani.BSBBSB: Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
29. 29SNASezvo vakavenga zivo uye vakasasarudza kutya Jehovha,BSBBSB: For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
30. 30SNAsezvo vasina kugamuchira yambiro yangu, uye vakashora kutsiura kwangu,BSBBSB: They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
31. 31SNAvachadya zvibereko zvenzira dzavo uye vachazadzwa nezvibereko zvemano avo.BSBBSB: So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32. 32SNANokuti kusateerera kwavasina mano kuchavaurayisa, uye kushaya hanya kwamapenzi kuchavaparadza;BSBBSB: For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
33. 33SNAasi ani naani achanditeerera achagara murugare, uye achagara akasununguka, asingatyi kuparadzwa.”BSBBSB: But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”

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