Da:i Dione Dawa:i Olelesu 10
1 Gagoba: bogoi da gabusiga: manoma ganagu ganodini sali, amo huluane gaha hamomusa: dawa: Amola gagaoui hou fonobahadi da bagade dawa: su hou bagade amo wadela: lesimusa: dawa:
Dead flies can make perfumed oil smell bad. Likewise a little foolishness outweighs great wisdom and honor.
2 Bagade dawa: su dunu da hi hou hamosea, moloidafa hou hamosa. Amola gagaoui dunu da hi hou hamosea, wadela: i hou fawane hamosa.
The mind of the wise person chooses the right side, but the mind of the fool goes left!
3 Amomane, gagaoui dunu da degabo misi dunu logoa gousa: sea, ilia da ea gagaoui hou hedolo dawa: mu. E da hi hou hamobeba: le, dunu huluane ilima hi gagaoui hou olelesa.
Just the way that fools walk down the road shows they have no sense, making clear to everyone their stupidity.
4 Dia ouligisu dunu da dima ougi ba: sea, dia hawa: hamosu mae yolesima. Di da asabole esalea, dia bagade giadofai da gogolema: ne olofoi dagoi ba: mu.
If your superior gets angry with you, don't give up and leave. If you stay calm even bad mistakes can be resolved.
5 Na da giadofai hou afae osobo bagadega dialebe ba: i. Amo giadofasu ouligisu dunu da hamosa.
I also realized there's another evil here on earth: rulers make a big mistake
6 Ilia da gagaoui dunu amo ouligisu hawa: hamoma: ne ilegesa. Amola bagade gagui dunu yolesisa.
when they put fools in high positions, while those who are richly qualified are put in low positions.
7 Na da udigili hawa: hamosu dunu hosiga fila heda: lebe ba: i. Amola hina bagade ea fi dunu udigili hawa: hamosu dunu agoane emoga ahoanebe ba: i.
I've seen slaves riding on horseback, while princes walk on the ground like slaves.
8 Dia da uli dogonesisia, dina: amo ganodini sa: imu. Di da dobea fei gadelale dasea, sania da di gasomanu.
If you dig a pit, you could fall in. If you knock down a wall, you could be bitten by a snake.
9 Di da igi gagoudasu sogebi hawa: hamosea, di da igiga se nabimu. Di da ifa oda hida: sea, di da amo hamonana, se nabimu.
If you quarry stone, you could be injured. If you split logs, you could be hurt.
10 Dia goaha: i da bahuai, amola di amo hame debesea, di da amoga hawa: bagade hamone helemu. Hidadea dia hawa: hamosu ilegemu da defea.
If your ax is blunt and you don't sharpen it, you have to use a lot more force. Conclusion: being wise brings good results.
11 Di da asigi dawa: suga sania ouligimu da defea. Be sania da hidadea di gasonasea, amo da dia ouligisu hou wadela: lesimu.
If the snake bites the snake charmer before it's charmed, there's no benefit to the snake charmer!
12 Dunu eno da bagade dawa: su dunu ea sia: beba: le, ema nodosa. Be gagaoui dunu ea sia: i liligi da ea hou wadela: lesisa.
Wise words are beneficial, but fools destroy themselves by what they say.
13 E da ea sia: udigili hamedei agoane musa. Be ea sia: dagosu da doulasi dunu ea sia: agoane ba: sa.
Fools begin by saying foolish things, and end up talking evil nonsense.
14 Gagaoui da gebewane mae yolesili sia: daha. Dunu afae da fa: no hedolo mabe hou hamedafa dawa: Amola ninia bogole fa: no hamomu, dunu huluane da adomu gogolei.
Fools talk on and on, however no one knows what's going to happen, so who can say what the future holds?
15 Di da bagade hawa: hamobeba: le, gufia: ne esalumu da defea hame. Gagaoui dunu amo da hi diasua buhagimu logo da hame dawa: , agoai dunu fawane da agoane hawa: hamosa.
Work makes fools so worn out they can't achieve anything.
16 Soge amo ea hina bagade da goi fawane, amola ea ouligisu dunu da daeya ganini hahabe lolo nabe fawane hamosa, amo soge da bidi hamosu ba: mu.
You're in trouble if the king of your country is young, and if your leaders are busy feasting from early morning.
17 Be soge amogawi ea hina bagade da hi asigi dawa: suga hawa: hamosa, amola ea ouligisu dunu da ilegesu defele ha: i naha amola ilia hou ouligisa amola feloale hame hamosa, amo soge da hahawane bagade gala.
You're fortunate if your king comes from a noble family, and your leaders feast at the proper time to give themselves energy, and not to get drunk.
18 Dunu da hawa: hamomu higabeba: le, ea diasu figisu hame hahamosea, amo da dadadini, diasu amola da gelemu.
Lazy people let their roofs collapse; idle people don't repair their leaky houses.
19 Di da lolo nasea, hahawane ba: mu, amola waini hano nasea, hahawane ba: mu. Be muni hame galea, ha: i manu amola waini hano lamu da hamedei ba: mu.
A good meal brings pleasure; wine makes life pleasant; money provides for all needs.
20 Osobo bagade hina bagade amoma lalasogole mae sia: ma. Amola dia golabe sesei amo ganodini, bagade gagui dunu ilia houba: le amo mae lalasogole sia: ma. Bai sioga da amo sia: ilima mini asili, adosa: besa: le, mae sia: ma.
Don't talk badly about the king, not even in your thoughts. Don't talk badly about leaders, even in the privacy of your bedroom. A bird may hear what you say and fly away to tell them.
