Malasu 11
1 Hina Gode da ogogosu dunu amo da ogogosu dioi defei amoga dunu enoma ogogosa, E da ilima higasa. Be E da moloidafa dioi defei hahawane ba: sa.
Yahweh detests [people who use] scales that do not weigh correctly; he is delighted with [those who use] correct weights on the scales.
2 Gasa fi dunu da hedolowane gogosiasu ba: mu. Dilia hou asaboiwane dialumu da defea.
[People who are] proud will [eventually] be disgraced; it is wise to be humble.
3 Di da moloiwane hou hamosea, di da moloidafa logoga ahoanumu. Be moloi hame ogogosu dunu da ilia wadela: i hou amoga wadela: lesi dagoi ba: mu.
[People who are] good are guided by [doing what is] honest; those who are not honest will be ruined because of the wrong things that they do.
4 Di da bagade gaguiwane bogosea, dia gagui da dia hou hame fidimu. Be moloidafa hou da dia esalusu gaga: su dawa:
[Your] money will not help [you] on the day that [God] judges [and punishes people]; but if you live righteously, you will live a long time.
5 Nowa dunu da moloidafa hou hamosea, ea osobo bagade esalusu da noga: mu. Be wadela: i hamosu dunu da hi hamobeba: le dafamu.
When people are honest and good, that will (direct their paths/show them what is right for them to do); but wicked [people will] experience disasters because of the evil things that they do.
6 Moloidafa hou da moloi hamosu dunuma gaga: su agoai gala. Be ogogosu dunu da ea uasu hou amoga hina: saniga hina: fawane daha.
[God] rescues/protects righteous [people] because they (are honest/do what is right), but those who (are treacherous/cannot be trusted) will be trapped because of their being greedy.
7 Wadela: i hamosu dunu da bogosea, ea hobea misunu dafawane hamoma: beyale dawa: lusu amola da gilisili bogosa. Nowa da muni amola liligi gagui amo baligili dafawaneyale dawa: sea, e da dafai dagoi ba: mu.
When wicked [people] die, they cannot confidently expect to receive anything [that is good]; they expect that [their money] will help/save them, but it will not.
8 Moloidafa dunu da bidi hamosu amoga se mae nabima: ne gaga: i dagoi ba: sa. Be amomane amo hou da wadela: i hamosu dunuma doaga: sa.
[Yahweh] rescues righteous [people] from their troubles/difficulties; instead, it is the wicked who will have troubles.
9 Gode Ea hou hame lalegagui dunu ilia sia: da di wadela: mu dawa: Be moloidafa dunu ilia Bagade Dawa: su Hou da di gaga: musa: dawa:
Godless people can ruin others by what they say [MTY], but righteous [people will] be saved by [their (own] good sense/being wise).
10 Bagade gagui hou da moloidafa dunu ilima doaga: sea, moilai bai bagade dunu huluane da nodosa. Be wadela: i hamosu dunu da bogosea, ilia da nodone wele sia: sa.
When things go well for righteous [people], [the people in] [MTY] their city are happy, and they shout joyfully when wicked [people] die.
11 Noga: i dunu da Gode da moilai bai bagade hahawane dogolegele fidima: ne sia: ne gadosea, amo moilai da noga: idafa amola bagade ba: sa. Be wadela: i hamosu dunu da gagabusu sia: sia: dasea, moilai bai bagade da dafasa.
When righteous [people request God to] bless a city, that city will become great, but cities are ruined by what wicked [people] say [MTY].
12 Nowa da dunu eno ilia hou wadela: ma: ne habosesele sia: sea, e da gagaoui agoane hamosa. Di da asigi dawa: su hou noga: i hamomusa: dawa: sea, dia lafi ga: ma.
It is foolish to despise others; those who (have good sense/are wise) do not say anything [to criticize others].
13 Nowa da udigili sadoga sia: dasea, ema wamolegei sia: olelemu da defea hame galebe. Be nowa da moloidafa hou fawane hamosa, amo dunu ea sia: dafawaneyale dawa: mu da defea.
Those who (spread gossip/tell bad things about others) will tell your secrets [to others], but if there is someone whom you can trust, you can trust him to not tell your secrets [to others].
14 Dunu fi da noga: i fada: i sia: su dunu hame galea, amo fi da dafai dagoi ba: mu. Fada: i sia: olelesu dunu bagohame da dunu fi ilima gaga: su agoai galebe.
A nation will be destroyed/ruined if it does not have [leaders] who guide it [wisely]; but if there are many [good] advisors, the nation remains secure.
15 Di da ga fi amo ea fa: no dabema: ne iasu dabe imunusa: sia: sea, se nabimu. Amo hou yolesimu da defea.
If you promise a stranger that you will pay his debt [if he cannot pay it himself], you will regret it. You will be safe if you refuse to guarantee that you will pay someone else’s debts.
16 Dunu huluane da noga: i uda ema nodosa. Be udigili wadela: i hamosu uda da dafai dagoi amola e fi da gogosiasa. Hihi dabuli dunu da muni hamedafa ba: mu. Be dunu amo da eno dunu mae dawa: le, ha: giwane hawa: hamosea da bagade gaguiwane ba: mu.
[People] honor/respect women who are kind/gracious; ruthless/violent people may get a lot of money, [but that is all that they will get].
17 Di da eno dunuma asigisia, di da dia hou amola fidisa. Be di da dodona: gi hamosea, dina: fawane wadela: lesisa.
Those who are kind benefit themselves [because others will be kind to them], but those who are cruel will hurt themselves [because others will be cruel to them].
18 Wadela: i hamosu dunu ilia da liligi baligiliwane hame lasa. Be dilia hou moloidafa hamosea, bidi ida: iwane lamu.
If wicked people earn a lot of money, that will deceive them [because they will not keep it for very long], but those who do what is right will surely be rewarded [by God forever].
19 Nowa dunu da gasa fili, moloidafa hou hamomusa: dawa: sea, e da esalusu ba: mu. Be nowa da gasa fili, wadela: i hou fawane hamomusa: dawa: sea, e da bogomu.
Those who always do what is right will live [a long/happy life], but those who insist on doing what is wrong will not live [very long].
20 Hina Gode da wadela: i hanai hou dawa: su dunu ilima higasa. Be E da moloidafa hamosu dunu ilima asigisa.
Yahweh hates those who are always thinking about doing evil things, but he is delighted with those who always do what is right.
21 Dafawane! Hina Gode da wadela: i hamosu dunuma se iasu imunu galebe. Be moloidafa hamosu dunu da gaga: su ba: mu.
It is certain that [Yahweh] will punish evil people and that righteous people will escape [from being punished].
22 Uda amo da ea da: i noga: iwane ba: sa be ea asigi dawa: su ganodini fofada: su hou da noga: i hame gala, amo ea hou da gebo ea migifu gouli sisiga: i amoga gala: lesi agoai ba: sa.
[It is] ([unsuitable/not proper/disgusting]) for a beautiful woman not to know what is right to do, like [SIM] [it is unsuitable/disgusting] for a pig to have a gold ring in its snout/nose.
23 Noga: i dunu ilia hanai lasu da dunu huluane fidisa. Be wadela: i dunu ilia da ilia hanai liligi lasea, dunu huluane da ougi ba: sa.
When the things that righteous people want happen, it brings good [to them and to others], but when the wicked get what they want, it causes everyone else to become angry.
24 Dunu mogili da ilia muni huluane mae gagulaligili hedolowane ebelesa be ilia bu muni baligiliwane ba: sa. Mogili ilia da muni gagulaligisa be fa: no hame gaguiwane ba: sa.
Some people give [their money] generously [to poor people], but they become richer [in spite of that], and some people hold tightly to their money, but they still become poor [in spite of that].
25 Dia eno dunu fidima: ne, ilima iasea, bagade gaguiwane ba: mu. Di da eno dunu fidisia, di amola da fidisu ba: mu.
Those who give generously [to others] will prosper; if you help others, [they/someone] will help you, too.
26 Nowa dunu da muni bagade lama: ne ouesalebeba: le gagoma udigili ea diasu ganodini sala, ema dunu eno da ougisa. Be nowa da hedolowane bidiga lasea, ema ilia da nodosa.
People curse/despise someone who hoards his grain [and does not sell it], waiting to get a higher/bigger price for it, but they praise someone who sells it [when people need it, even when the price is not high].
27 Di da hobea hahawane hawa: fawane hamomusa: dawa: sea, dunu eno da dima nodomu. Be di da mosolasu amo hogosea, di da mosolasu fawane ba: mu.
If you sincerely want to [do what is] right, [people] will respect you, but if you are wanting to cause trouble, trouble is what you will get.
28 Nowa dunu da ilia muni amola liligi gagui, amo da ili fawane fidima: ne dawa: sea, ilia da lubi gisu defele dafamu. Be noga: idafa dunu da lubi gaheabolo lai agoai ba: mu.
Those who trust in their money will [disappear like the] withered [leaves that fall from the trees], but righteous [people] will keep going strong, like green leaves [in the summer].
29 Nowa dunu da mosolasu ea sosogo fi ilima gaguli masea, da bogosea, da: i nabado agoai ba: mu. Gagaoui dunu da eso huluane bagade dawa: su dunu ilia hawa: hamosu dunu agoai ba: mu.
Those who bring troubles to their families will inherit nothing [MET] [from them], and those who do foolish things [like that] will [some day] become the servants of wise [people].
30 Moloidafa hou da esalusu iaha. Be nimi bagade hou da esalusu bu fadegale fasisa.
Those who live righteously will live [for a long time], but [those who act] violently will destroy [their own] lives (OR, those who are wise will have many people come and live with them).
31 Noga: idafa dunu da osobo bagadega esalea, ilia bidi ida: iwane lamu. Amaiba: le, noga: le dawa: ma! Wadela: i hamosu amola ledo dunu da se iasu lamu.
[Sometimes] righteous [people] are rewarded [here] on the earth, but it is much more certain that very wicked people [DOU] [will be rewarded by being punished].
