Uchenjeri Hunovaka Imba
Kuvaka nekununura. Imba inovakwa nehungwaru, uye munhu akarurama anowa kanomwe omuka. Rinoramba mufaro wekuwa kwemuvengi, uye rinoramba chikonzero chekuti hatina kuziva apo vanhu vari kutungamirirwa kurufu. Munda wemizambiringa wakazara masora unoridzidzisa.
24 1Usaitira shanje vanhu vakaipa, uye usashuva kuva navo, 2nokuti mwoyo yavo inoronga chisimba, uye miromo yavo inotaura nezvedambudziko.
3Neuchenjeri imba inovakwa, uye nokunzwisisa inosimbiswa; 4uye noruzivo makamuri ayo anozadzwa nepfuma yose inokosha neinofadza.
5Munhu akachenjera azere nesimba, uye munhu ane ruzivo anowedzera simba rake, 6nokuti nokutungamirirwa kwakachenjera ungarwa hondo yako, uye kukunda kunouya kuburikidza nevapi vemazano vazhinji.
7Uchenjeri hwakakwirira kwazvo kubenzi; pasuo, haana chokutaura. 8Ani naani anoronga kuita zvakaipa achanzi murongi wezvakaipa. 9Kuronga kwebenzi chivi, uye museki anosemesa vanhu.
10Kana ukapera simba panguva yedambudziko, simba rako idiki. 11Nunura avo vari kuendeswa kurufu, uye dzivisa avo vari kudzedzereka vachienda kuurayiwa. 12Kana ukati, “Tarira, hatina kuziva izvi,” ko iye anoyera mwoyo haazvioni here? Ko iye anorinda mweya wako haazvizivi here? Uye haangaripiri munhu mumwe nomumwe maererano namabasa ake here?
13Mwanakomana wangu, idya uchi, nokuti hwakanaka, uye kudonha kwezinga reuchi kunotapira kumuromo wako. 14Ziva kuti uchenjeri hwakadaro kumweya wako; kana ukahuwana, pane ramangwana, uye tariro yako haingagurwi.
15Usavandira, iwe munhu akaipa, musha womunhu akarurama; usaparadza nzvimbo yake yokuzorora, 16nokuti kunyange munhu akarurama achiwa kanomwe, anomukazve, asi vakaipa vanowira panjodzi.
17Usafara kana muvengi wako achiwa, uye mwoyo wako ngaurege kufara kana achigumburwa, 18kuti Baba vedu varege kuzviona vakasemburwa, vakadzora hasha dzavo kubva paari.
19Usazvidya mwoyo nokuda kwavaiti vezvakaipa, uye usaitira shanje vakaipa, 20nokuti munhu akaipa haana ramangwana; mwenje wavakaipa uchadzimwa.
21Mwanakomana wangu, itya Baba vedu namambo, uye usabatana navaya vanovapandukira, 22nokuti njodzi yavo ichamuka kamwe kamwe, uye ndiani anoziva kuparadza kungauyiswa navo vose vari vaviri?
Kururamisira Kusina Rusaruro
23Izviwo mashoko avakachenjera: Kuita rusaruro mukutonga hakuna kunaka. 24Ani naani anoti kune ane mhosva, “Hauna mhosva,” vanhu vachamutuka uye ndudzi dzichamushora, 25asi zvichafambira zvakanaka avo vanotonga vane mhosva, uye chikomborero chikuru chichauya pamusoro pavo. 26Mhinduro yechokwadi yakafanana nokutsvoda pamiromo. 27Gadzirira basa rako panze, ugadzirire minda yako, uye shure kwaizvozvo uvake imba yako. 28Usava chapupu chinopomera muvakidzani wako pasina chikonzero; ko unganyengera nemiromo yako here? 29Usati, “Ndichamuitira sezvaakandiitira ini; ndicharipira munhu uyu zvaakaita.” 30Ndakapfuura nomunda womunhu ane usimbe, nomunda wemizambiringa womunhu asina njere, 31uye tarira, wakanga wazara neminzwa; pasi pakanga pafukidzwa nesora, uye rusvingo rwawo rwamabwe rwakanga rwakoromoka. 32Ipapo ndakatarira ndikazviisa mumwoyo; ndakaona ndikagamuchira kurairidzwa. 33Kumbovata zvishoma, kumbotsimwaira zvishoma, kumbopeta maoko zvishoma kuti uzorore, 34uye urombo huchauya pauri segororo, uye kushaya somurume akapakata zvombo.