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

¹Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.

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

²Let another 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 vexation is heavier than them both.

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

⁴Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

⁵Kurairwa pachena kunopfuura Rudo rwakavanzwa.

⁵Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

⁶Mavanga anotemwa neshamwari angatendwa, Asi kutsvoda komuvengi kunonyengedza.

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

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

⁷The full soul trampleth on a 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; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of 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; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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

¹¹Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.

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

¹²A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; 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 become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge 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 reckoned a curse to him.

¹⁵Kudonha kusingaperi pazuva remvura zhinji Nomukadzi anokakavara, zvakafanana.

¹⁵A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:

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

¹⁶whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.

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

¹⁷Iron is sharpened by 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; and he that guardeth 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.

²⁰Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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

²¹The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.

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

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

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

²³Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:

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

²⁴for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?

²⁵Uswa hunoenda bumhudza ndokubuda, Nemiriwo yamakomo inovunganidzwa.

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

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

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

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

²⁷and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.