¹Uchenjeri hwakavaka imba yahwo; Hwakaveza mbiru dzahwo nomwe;

¹Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

²Hwakabaya zvipfuwo zvahwo; Hwakavhenganisa waini yahwo; Hwakagadzirawo tafura yahwo.

²She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

³Hwakatuma varandakadzi vahwo; hunodanidzira pamitunhu yeguta, huchiti,

³She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

⁴Asina mano ngaatsaukire muno; Asina njere, hunoti kwaari,

⁴Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

⁵Uyai mudye chingwa changu, Mumwe waini yandakavhenganisa.

⁵Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

⁶Regai kusasvinuka murarame; Mufambe nenzira yenjere.

⁶Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

⁷Munhu, anoraira mudadiri anozvitsvakira kunyadziswa; Anotuka munhu wakaipa achasvibiswa.

⁷He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

⁸Usaraira mudadiri, kuti arege kukuvenga; Raira munhu wakachenjera, iye achakuda.

⁸Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

⁹Ipa wakachenjera dzidzo, ipapo iye achawedzerwa huchenjeri; Dzidzisa wakarurama, ipapo iye achawedzerwa zivo.

⁹Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

¹⁰Kuvamba kouchenjeri ndiko kutya Iehovha., Kuziva Mutsvene ndidzo njere.

¹⁰The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

¹¹nekuti neni mazuva ako achaitwa mazhinji, Makore oupenyu hwako achawedzerwa.

¹¹For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

¹²Kana wakachenjera, iwe, wakazvichenjerera hako; Kana uri mudadiri, iwe woga uchava nemhosva yazvo.

¹²If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

¹³Mukadzi benzi anopupira; Haana mano, haazivi chinhu.

¹³A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

¹⁴Anogara pamukova weimba yake, Pachigaro pamitunhu yeguta.

¹⁴For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

¹⁵Kuti adanidzire kuna vanopfuura napo, Ivo vanorurama nenzira dzavo, achiti,

¹⁵To call passengers who go right on their ways:

¹⁶Ani naani asina mano, ngaatsaukire muno; Asine njere, mukadzi anoti kwaari,

¹⁶Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

¹⁷Mvura yabiwa inozipa, Chingwa chinodyiwa pakavanda chinonaka.

¹⁷Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

¹⁸Asi haazivi kuti vanopindamo vanofa; Kuti vakakokerwa naye vari mukati-kati meSheori.

¹⁸But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.