Zvirevo 2

¹Mwanakomana wangu, kana ukagamuchira mashoko angu, Nokuchengeta mirairo yangu kwauri;My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

²Kuti urerekere nzeve yako iteerere uchenjeri, Nokurwadza moyo wako, kuti unzwisise;So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

³Kana ukachemera kunzwisisa, Ukadanidzira nenzwi rako kuti uwane njere;Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

⁴Zvirokwazvo kana ukahutsvaka sesirivha, Ukahutsvakisisa sefuma yakavanzwa;If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

⁵Ipapo uchanzwisisa kutya Jehovha, Nokuwana zivo yaMwari.Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

⁶Nokuti Jehovha ndiye anopa uchenjeri; Mumuromo make munobuda zivo nenjere,For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

⁷Unovigira vakarurama uchenjeri chaihwo; Ndiye nhovo yavanofamba muzvokwadi;He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

⁸Nokuti anorinda makwara okururamisa, Nokuchengeta nzira yavatsvene vake.He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

⁹Ipapo uchanzwisisa kururama nokururamisa, Nokutendeka, idzo nzira dzose dzakanaka.Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

¹⁰Nokuti uchenjeri huchapinda mumoyo mako, Zivo ichafadza mweya wako;When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

¹¹Kungwara kuchakurindira, Njere dzichakuchengeta;Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

¹²Zvikurwire panzira yezvakaipa, Napavanhu vanotaura zvisakarurama;To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

¹³Vanorasha makwara okururama, Kuti vafambe nenzira dzerima;Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴Vanofarira kuita zvakaipa, Vanofadzwa nokunyengera kwezvakaipa.Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

¹⁵Vane nzira dzakaminama, Vanotsauka pamakwara avo;Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

¹⁶Kuti zvikurwire kumukadzi wokumwe, Kumukadzi mutorwa, anobata kumeso namashoko ake.To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

¹⁷Iye, anorasha shamwari yohumhandara hwake, Achikanganwa sungano yaMwari wake.Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

¹⁸Nokuti imba yake inonyura kurufu, Nenzira dzake kuvakafa;For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

¹⁹Hakuna anopinda kwaari anozodzokazve; Havasviki panzira dzoupenyu;None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

²⁰Kuti ufambe nenzira yavakanaka, Uchengete makwara avakarurama.That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

²¹Nokuti vakarurama vachagara panyika, Vakakwana vachafambirapo.For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

²²Asi vakaipa vachaparadzwa panyika; Vanoita nokunyengedzera vachadzurwapo.But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.