Mithali 27:10
Proverbs 27:10 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Usimwache rafiki yako wala rafiki wa baba yako, tena usiende nyumbani mwa ndugu yako wakati umepatwa na maafa. Bora jirani wa karibu kuliko ndugu aliye mbali.
Proverbs 27:10 in English
Proverbs 27:10 · Berean Standard Bible
Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Context
8Kama ndege atangatangavyo mbali na kiota chake,
ndivyo alivyo mtu atangatangaye
mbali na nyumbani mwake. 9Manukato na uvumba huleta furaha moyoni,
nao uzuri wa rafiki huchipuka
kutoka kwenye ushauri wake wa uaminifu. 10Usimwache rafiki yako wala rafiki wa baba yako,
tena usiende nyumbani mwa ndugu yako
wakati umepatwa na maafa.
Bora jirani wa karibu
kuliko ndugu aliye mbali. 11Mwanangu, uwe na hekima,
nawe ulete furaha moyoni mwangu,
ndipo nitakapoweza kumjibu yeyote
anitendaye kwa dharau. 12Mtu mwenye busara huona hatari na kujificha,
bali mjinga huendelea mbele nayo ikamtesa.
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