Les bienfaits de la sagesse
1 Mwanangu, kama ukiyakubali maneno yangu, Na kuyaweka akiba maagizo yangu;
Proverbes 7.1 Proverbes 3.1 Proverbes 4.1 Jean 12.47-12.48 Job 23.12
2 Hata ukatega sikio lako kusikia hekima, Ukauelekeza moyo wako upate kufahamu;
Psaumes 119.111-119.112 Psaumes 90.12 Ecclésiaste 8.16 Ecclésiaste 8.9 Ecclésiaste 7.25
3 Naam, ukiita busara, Na kupaza sauti yako upate ufahamu;
Jacques 1.5 Psaumes 119.169 Ephésiens 1.17-1.18 Psaumes 119.125 1 Rois 3.9-3.12
4 Ukiutafuta kama fedha, Na kuutafutia kama hazina iliyositirika;Matthieu 13.44 Job 3.21 Psaumes 119.72 Psaumes 19.10 Proverbes 16.16
5 Ndipo utakapofahamu kumcha Bwana, Na kupata kumjua Mungu.
Proverbes 1.7 Luc 11.9-11.13 Jérémie 9.24 Jérémie 31.34 Matthieu 7.7-7.8
6 Kwa kuwa Bwana huwapa watu hekima; Kinywani mwake hutoka maarifa na ufahamu;
Jacques 1.5 1 Rois 3.12 Job 32.8 Esaïe 8.20 Psaumes 119.98
7 Huwawekea wanyofu akiba ya hekima kamili; Yeye ni ngao kwao waendao kwa ukamilifu;
Proverbes 30.5 Psaumes 84.11 Proverbes 14.8 1 Corinthiens 1.19 Psaumes 144.2
8 Apate kuyalinda mapito ya hukumu, Na kuhifadhi njia ya watakatifu wake.
1 Samuel 2.9 Psaumes 66.9 Jude 1.24 1 Pierre 1.5 Psaumes 145.20
9 Ndipo utakapofahamu haki na hukumu, Na adili, na kila njia njema.
Psaumes 25.8-25.9 Psaumes 119.105 Psaumes 119.99 Jérémie 6.16 Psaumes 32.8
10 Maana hekima itaingia moyoni mwako, Na maarifa yatakupendeza nafsi yako;
Job 23.12 Psaumes 119.111 Proverbes 14.33 Psaumes 19.10 Psaumes 119.103
11 Busara itakulinda; Ufahamu utakuhifadhi.
Proverbes 4.6 Psaumes 25.21 Proverbes 6.22-6.24 Ephésiens 5.15 Ecclésiaste 10.10
12 Ili kukuokoa na njia ya uovu, Na watu wanenao yaliyopotoka;
2 Corinthiens 6.17 1 Corinthiens 15.33 Proverbes 13.20 Proverbes 8.13 Proverbes 3.32
13 Watu waziachao njia za unyofu, Ili kuziendea njia za giza;
Jean 3.19-3.20 Proverbes 4.19 Proverbes 21.16 Psaumes 36.3 Ezéchiel 33.12-33.13
14 Wafurahio kutenda mabaya; Wapendezwao na upotoe wa waovu;
Proverbes 10.23 Jérémie 11.15 Romains 1.32 Habakuk 1.15 Luc 22.4-22.5
15 Waliopotoka katika njia zao; Walio wakaidi katika mapito yao.
Psaumes 125.5 Proverbes 21.8 Deutéronome 32.5 Philippiens 2.15 Esaïe 30.8-30.13
16 Ili kuokoka na malaya, Naam, malaya mwenye kubembeleza kwa maneno yake;
Proverbes 6.24 Proverbes 23.27 Ecclésiaste 7.26 Genèse 39.3-39.12 Proverbes 7.5-7.23
17 Amwachaye rafiki wa ujana wake, Na kulisahau agano la Mungu wake.
Jérémie 3.4 Ezéchiel 16.8 Proverbes 5.18 Ezéchiel 16.59-16.60 Malachie 2.14-2.16
18 Maana nyumba yake inaelekea mauti, Na mapito yake yanakwenda kwenye wafu.
Apocalypse 22.15 Ephésiens 5.5 Galates 5.19-5.21 Proverbes 9.18 Proverbes 6.26-6.35
19 Katika hao wamwendeao harudi hata mmoja, Wala hawazifikilii njia za uzima.
Ecclésiaste 7.26 Psaumes 81.12 Proverbes 4.18 Hébreux 6.18 Jérémie 13.23
20 Ili upate kwenda katika njia ya watu wema, Na kuyashika mapito ya wenye haki.
Hébreux 6.12 Psaumes 119.115 Psaumes 119.63 3 Jean 1.11 Proverbes 13.20
21 Maana wanyofu watakaa katika nchi, Na wakamilifu watadumu ndani yake.
Psaumes 37.29 Psaumes 84.11 Psaumes 37.9 Psaumes 112.4-112.6 Proverbes 10.30
22 Bali waovu watatengwa na nchi, Nao wafanyao hila watang’olewa.
Psaumes 52.5 Psaumes 37.20 Deutéronome 28.63-28.64 Deutéronome 7.22 Job 21.30