¹Usazvirumbidza pamusoro pe­zuva ramangwana; nekuti hauzivi chaungavigirwa nezuva rimwe.

¹Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

²Mumwe ngaakurumbidze, urege kuva muromo wako; Ngaave mweni, irege kuva miromo yako.

²Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

³Ibwe rinorema, uye jecha rinorema; Asi kutsamwa kwebenzi kunokurira zvose nokurema.

³A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

⁴Hasha dzinokuvadza, uye kutsamwa kunokukura; Asi ndiani angamira pamberi pegodo.

⁴Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

⁵Kurairwa pachena kunopfuura Rudo rwakavanzwa.

⁵Open rebuke is better than secret love.

⁶Mavanga anotemwa neshamwari angatendwa, Asi kutsvoda komuvengi kunonyengedza.

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

⁷Mweya wakaguta unotsika pasi musvi wouchi; Asi mweya une nzara unoti zvose zvinozipa kunyange zvichivava.

⁷The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

⁸Seshiri inoburuka ichienda kure nedendere rayo, Ndizvo zvakaita munhu anofamba-famba kure napaanogara.

⁸As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

⁹Mafuta nezvinonhuhwira zvinofadza moyo; Ndizvo zvinoitawo kunaka koushamwari hwomunhu kunobva pakuyanana kwemweya.

⁹Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

¹⁰Usasiya shamwari yako neshamwari yababa vako; Usaenda kumba komunin'ina wako nezuva renhamo yako; Wokwako, ari pedo, anopfuura munin'ina uri kure,

¹⁰Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

¹¹Mwanakomana wangu, iva wakachenjera, ufadze moyo wangu; Kuti ndigone kupindura anondishora.

¹¹My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

¹²Munhu akangwara anoona zvakaipa, ndokuvanda; Asi vasina mano vanopfuura havo, ndokuwira munjodzi.

¹²A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

¹³Munhu anozviita rubatso kumutorwa, umutorere nguvo yake; Umuite rubatso iye akazviita rubatso kumukadzi wokumwe.

¹³Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

¹⁴Anoropafadza shamwari yake nenzwi guru, achifumira mangwanani, Achanzi wakatukwa pamusoro pazvo.

¹⁴He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

¹⁵Kudonha kusingaperi pazuva remvura zhinji Nomukadzi anokakavara, zvakafanana.

¹⁵A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

¹⁶Anoda kumudzivisa, anodzidzisa mhepo; Ruoko rwake rworudyi rwakabata mafuta.

¹⁶Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

¹⁷Simbi inorodza simbi; Saizvozvo munhu anorodza chiso cheshamwari yake.

¹⁷Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

¹⁸Ani naani anochengeta muonde, achadya zvibereko zvawo; Anochengeta tenzi wake, achakudzwa.

¹⁸Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

¹⁹Chiso sezvachinotarisana nechiso mumvura, Saizvozvo moyo womunhu unotarisana nomunhu.

¹⁹As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

²⁰Sheori neAbhadhoni hazvitongoguti; Nameso omunhu haaguti.

²⁰Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

²¹Hari yokunyausa ndeyesirivha, nevira nderendarama; Saizvozvo munhu anozikamwa nezvaanofarira.

²¹As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

²²Kunyange ukatswa benzi muduri nomutswi pakati pezviyo zvinotswiwa, Hupenzi hwaro hahungabvi kwariri.

²²Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

²³Shingaira uzive chimiro chamakwai ako; Uchengete zvakanaka mapoka ako.

²³Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

²⁴nekuti fuma haigari nokusingaperi; Ko korona inogara kusvikira kumarudzi ose here?

²⁴For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

²⁵Uswa hunoenda bumhudza ndokubuda, Nemiriwo yamakomo inovunganidzwa.

²⁵The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

²⁶Makwayana anokuvigira zvokufuka zvako, Uye mbudzi ndiwo mutengo weminda.

²⁶The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

²⁷Mukaka wembudzi ucharingana zvokudya zvako, nezvokudya zveimba yako, Nokuraramisa varandasikana vako.

²⁷And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.