Batisisa Uchenjeri
Baba vachitarisa nepahwindo ravo vanorondedzera zvavakaona. Jaya risina njere rinofamba richienda kuimba yakati ayo madekwana, rinosangana nomukadzi akaronga zvake uye anoziva kuti murume wake haapo. Rinomutevera senzombe inoenda kunourayiwa.
7 1Mwanakomana wangu, chengeta mashoko angu, uchengetedze mirairo yangu mukati mako.
2Chengeta mirairo yangu urarame; rinda dzidziso yangu semboni yeziso rako. 3Uisunge paminwe yako; uinyore pahwendefa romwoyo wako.
4Uti kuuchenjeri, “Uri hanzvadzi yangu,” uye uti kunzwisisa ishamwari yako yepamwoyo, 5kuti zvikuchengete pamukadzi akarambidzwa, pamutorwa ane mashoko anotsvedzerera.
6Nokuti pahwindo reimba yangu, ndakadongorera napahwindo rangu rakarukwa, 7ndikaona pakati pavasina ruzivo, ndikacherechedza pakati pamajaya, rimwe jaya risina njere, 8achipfuura nomumugwagwa pedyo nekona yake, achitora nzira inoenda kumba kwake, 9panguva yamadeko, zuva rovira, murima rousiku norima guru.
10Zvino onei mukadzi achiuya kuzosangana naye, akapfeka sechipfambi, ane mano okunyengedza mumwoyo make. 11Ane ruzha uye akasindimara; tsoka dzake hadzigari pamusha. 12Imwe nguva ari mumugwagwa, imwe nguva ari muzvivara, anovandira pakona imwe neimwe. 13Anomubata omutsvoda, uye nechiso chisina nyadzi anoti kwaari:
14“Ndanga ndine zvibayiro zvokuwadzana zvokuuya nazvo; nhasi ndazadzisa mhiko dzangu. a a v14 Chibayiro chokuwadzana chaigoverwa somutambo — anoreva kuti ane zvokudya zvakagadzirira uye chikonzero chokupemberera pamba. 15Saka ndabuda kuzosangana newe, kuzokutsvaka nomwoyo wose, uye ndakuwana. 16Ndawaridza mubhedha wangu nemachira okufukidza, nemicheka ine mavara inobva kuIjipiti. 17Ndasasa mubhedha wangu nemura, nearosi, nesinamoni. 18Uya, ngatigute rudo kusvikira mangwanani; ngatizvifadze norudo. 19Nokuti murume wangu haako pamba; aenda parwendo rurefu. 20Akatora homwe yemari, haazodzoki kumba kusvikira mwedzi wazara.”
21Namashoko ake ose okunyengera anomugombedzera; nemiromo yake inotsvedzerera anomukweva. 22Pakarepo anomutevera, senzombe inoenda kundobayiwa, semhembwe inotsika mumusungo, 23kusvikira museve wabaya chiropa chayo; seshiri inomhanyira mumuteyo, haazivi kuti zvichamutorera upenyu hwake.
24Naizvozvo zvino, vanakomana vangu, teererai kwandiri, murerekere nzeve kune zvandinotaura. 25Usarega mwoyo wako uchitsaukira kunzira dzake; usatsauka uchipinda mumakwara ake. 26Nokuti akaparadza vazhinji; vaakauraya iboka guru kwazvo. 27Imba yake inzira inoenda kuguva, inoburukira kumakamuri orufu.