Malasu 13
1 Moloidafa mano e da eda ea sia: sea o olelesea, noga: le naba. Be gasa fi dunu da, e giadofai dagoi hamedafa sia: sa.
Children who are wise (pay attention/heed it) when their parents discipline/correct them; but foolish children do not pay attention when someone rebukes them [for their bad behavior].
2 Moloidafa dunu da ilia sia: sia: beba: le, bidi noga: iwane lamu. Be ogogosu dunu da mosolamu hanai galebe.
Good people are rewarded [IDM] for the good things [MET] that they say, but those who desire to deceive others are [very] eager to act violently.
3 Dia lafidili sia: noga: le ouligima. Amoga di da dia esalusu gaga: mu. Be udigili sia: dasu dunu da hina: fawane wadela: lesisa.
Those who are [very] careful about what they say [MTY] will live a long life; those who talk (without thinking/too much) will ruin themselves.
4 Hihi dabuli dunu da liligi lamu bagade hanasa. Be e da hame lamu. Be gasa bagade hawa: hamosu dunu da ea hanai liligi huluane lamu.
People who are lazy want things very much, but they will not get anything [HYP]. People who work hard will get all that they want.
5 Moloidafa dunu da ogogosu hou higasa. Be wadela: i hamosu dunu ilia sia: da wadela: idafa amola gogosiama: ne adosa.
Righteous/Honest people hate/detest lies, but what wicked people do (is very disgraceful/stinks) [DOU].
6 Moloidafa hou da wadela: i hame hamosu dunu amo gaga: sa. Be wadela: i hou da wadela: i hamosu dunu ilia dafasu agoai galebe.
The behavior [PRS] of those who always do what is right will protect them, but sinful [behavior will] ruin wicked people.
7 Dunu mogili ilia da bagade gaguiyale sia: sa, be ilia da liligi bagade hame gagui ba: sa. Mogili ilia da ogogole ilia da liligi hame gagui sia: sa, be ilia da liligi bagade gagui dunu ba: sa.
Some people who have nothing pretend to be rich, but other people who are very rich pretend to be poor.
8 Bagade gagui dunu da ea muniga ea esalusu logo gaga: sa. Be gasa fi dunu da hame gagui dunu ema hame magagisa.
Rich people are able to pay people who want to kill them, [with the result that they will be protected, not killed], but poor people [do not have to worry about that because] no one threatens to kill them.
9 Moloidafa dunu da gamali amo da noga: lewane digagala: su agoai ba: sa. Be wadela: i dunu da gamali gegela: i agoai ba: sa.
Righteous [people] are like a lamp [MET] that shines brightly, but wicked [people] are like [MET] a lamp that will [soon] be extinguished.
10 Gasa fi hamosu da mosolasu fawane hamosa. Be eno dunu ilia fada: i sia: ne iasu amo adole ba: mu da defea.
[People] who are arrogant/proud [always] cause strife; those who are wise ask [other people] for good advice.
11 Di da muni bagade hedolowane asabole lasea, hedolowane fisimu. Be muni lamu logo da gasa bagade ba: sea, di da hobea bagade gaguiwane ba: mu.
Those who acquire a lot of money quickly [by doing what is wrong, probably] will lose it [quickly], but if people earn money slowly, the amount of money they have will increase.
12 Di da hobea misunu hahawane hou hanai galea, amola amo hou da hame doaga: sea, di da se bagade naba. Be dia hanai da dafawane doaga: i dagoi ba: sea, di da hahawane bagade ba: sa.
When people do not receive the things that they are expecting to receive, (it causes them to despair/they become very sad); but if you receive what you are desiring to get, that [will be like a tree] [MET] [whose fruit gives you] life (OR, that will cause you to be joyful).
13 Di da dima fada: i sia: ne iasu noga: idafa amo higasea, mosolasu da hedolowane doaga: mu. Be di da amo fada: i sia: amoga fa: no bobogesea, di da gaga: su ba: mu.
Those who despise [the good] advice [that others give them] are bringing ruin on themselves; those who pay attention to that advice will (be secure/succeed).
14 Bagade dawa: su dunu ilia olelesu da esalusu hano bubuga: su agoai galebe. Dima bogoma: ne mosolasu doaga: sea, ilia da dima hobeale ahoasu logo olelemu.
What wise [people] teach is [like] a fountain whose [water] gives life [MET]; what they teach you will help you to escape when something dangerous is threatening to kill you [MET].
15 Dunu da bagade dawa: su dunu ilima nodosa. Be ogogosu dunu da wadela: su logo amoga ahoana.
[People] respect those who have good sense, but those who cannot be trusted are on the road to being ruined/destroyed (OR, will have a lot of difficulties/troubles).
16 Bagade dawa: su dunu da hou huluane dadawa: lalu fawane hamosa. Be gagaoui dunu da hame dawa: beba: le, dunu huluane da ilia hou ba: sa.
Those who have good sense always think carefully/wisely before they do something; foolish people show [by what they say and do] that they are foolish.
17 Ogogosu sia: alofele ia ahoasu dunu da moloiwane hame sia: sea, mosolasu hamosa. Be moloidafa sia: alofele ia ahoasu dunu da olofosu gaguli maha.
Messengers who are not reliable cause trouble, but those who faithfully [deliver their messages] cause people to act peacefully.
18 Nowa dunu da olelesu hame nabasea da hame gaguiwane amola gogosia: iwane ba: mu. Be dunu da gagabole sia: su noga: le nabasea, dunu eno da ema nodomu.
Those who refuse to pay attention when others discipline/correct them will become poor and disgraced; [people] respect those who accept it when they are rebuked [for their bad behavior].
19 Dia hanai liligi labeba: le, di da hahawane bagade ba: sa. Be gagaoui dunu da ilia wadela: i hou yolesimu higasa.
It is delightful to receive what we desire; foolish people hate/refuse to turn away from doing evil.
20 Di da bagade dawa: su dunu ilima gilisimu da defea. Amasea, di da asigi dawa: su lamu. Be di da gagaoui dunu ilima sama hamosea, di da wadela: lesi dagoi ba: mu.
Those who habitually associate with wise people become wise; those who (are close friends of/associate with) foolish people will (regret it/be ruined).
21 Mosolasu da wadela: i hamosu dunu ilima fa: no bobogesa. Be moloidafa hamosu dunu da bidi ida: iwane gala lamu.
Sinners have trouble [PRS] wherever they go, but things will go well for righteous [people].
22 Moloidafa dunu da liligi bagade gaguiba: le, amo eaowa ilia da fa: no lamu. Be wadela: i hamosu dunu ilia gagui da fa: no moloidafa dunu ilia fawane da lamu.
When good people [die], their grandchildren inherit their money; but when sinners [die], the money that they had will end up in the hands of righteous [people].
23 Udigili dialebe soge ganodini da ha: i manu bagade gala. Amola hame gagui dunu ilia da amo lamu da defea galu. Be moloi hame dunu da molole hame fofada: su hamobeba: le, ilia da amo sogega ifabi hamomu hamedei ba: sa.
[Sometimes] poor [people’s] fields produce plenty of food, but unjust people take away all that food.
24 Di da dia manoma se iasu hame iasea, di da dia manoma hame asigisa. Be di da dia manoma asigi galea, ea hou hahamoma: ne, se iasu ema ima.
Those who do not punish their children [for bad behavior] do not [really] love them; those who love their children start to discipline them when the children are still young.
25 Moloidafa dunu da ha: i manu ili sadimu defele ba: sa. Be wadela: i hamosu dunu da eso huluane ha: aligiwane esala.
Righteous [people] have enough food to eat and be satisfied, but the stomachs of wicked [people] [SYN] are [always] empty.
