Malasu 21
1 Hina Gode da hano ea logo hamosa. Amo defele E da hina bagade dunu ilia asigi dawa: su ouligisu dawa:
Yahweh controls what kings do [MTY] [like] he controls how streams flow; he causes kings to do just what he wants them to do.
2 Dia dawa: loba da dia hamobe da molole hamosayale dawa: sa. Be mae gogolema! Hina Gode da dia adi baiga hamobeyale, Ea ba: sa.
People always think that what they do is right, but Yahweh judges our (motives/reasons [for doing things)] [MTY].
3 Hina Gode da gobele salasu iasu hou fonobahadi hahawane ba: sa. Be di da moloiwane hamosea, amola eno dunuma molole hamosea, Hina Gode da amo hou baligili bagade hahawane ba: sa.
Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh than [bringing] sacrifices [to him].
4 Wadela: i gasa fi hou da wadela: i dunu ilima hina agoai gala. Amo da wadela: i houdafa.
Being proud and arrogant [DOU] is [like] a lamp [MTY] [that guides] wicked people; being proud and arrogant characterizes (wicked people’s whole behavior/everything that wicked people do).
5 Noga: le ilegelalu hamosea, di da bagade gagui ba: mu. Be dia momabo hamosea, di da defele gagui hame ba: mu.
People who plan carefully will surely have plenty [of what they need]; those who act too quickly [to become rich] will become poor.
6 Di ogogole lai liligi bagade gagui galea, dia gagui da hedolo fisi dagoi ba: mu. Ogogole lai liligi da dima medosu sani agoai gala.
Money that people acquire [by cheating others] by lying [MTY] to them will soon disappear [like] a mist, and doing that will [soon] lead to their death.
7 Wadela: i hamosu dunu da mosolasu hamobeba: le, hobeamu logo hame ba: mu. Ilia da moloi hou hamomu higasa.
Wicked [people] refuse to do what is right/just, but they will be ruined because of the violent things [PRS] that they do.
8 Molole hame labe dunu da guga: loi logo amoga ahoa. Be molole dawa: su dunu ilia da molole ahoana.
Guilty [people continually do what is evil; it is as though] [MET] they are walking on a crooked road; but righteous/innocent people [always] do what is right.
9 Dunu e da gesa: gesa: i udala gilisili fimu da gasa bagade. Dunu hisu diasu dabua mogoa gado fifi lamu amo ea hou da baligisa.
It is better to live in the corner of an attic/housetop [by yourself] than to live inside the house with a wife who is always nagging.
10 Wadela: le hamosu dunu da eso huluane wadela: i hou hamomusa: bagade hanai gala. E da dunu huluane ilima hamedafa asigisa.
Wicked [people] [SYN] are always wanting [to do what is] evil; they never act mercifully toward anyone.
11 Gasa fi dunu da se iasu lasea, dunu huluane amola hame dawa: su dunu da dawa: lasa. Nowa da dawa: su galea, e da amo hou ba: sea, dawa: lamu.
When those who ridicule [others] are punished, [even] those who do not have good sense [see that, and] they become wise, and when those who are wise are taught, they become wiser.
12 Moloidafa Gode, E da wadela: i hamosu dunu ilia diasu ganodini hamobe, amo huluane ba: lala. Ea da wadela: i hamosu dunu huluane dafama: ne gugunufinisimu.
[God], the one [who is completely] righteous, knows [what happens inside] the houses of wicked [people], and [he will cause] those people to be completely ruined/destroyed.
13 Hame gagui dunu da se nabawane dinanawane fidima: ne dima wesea, di da nabimu higasea, eso enoga eno dunu da dia disa webe amo hame nabimu.
There are people who refuse to listen when poor people cry out [for help]; [but some day] they themselves will cry out [for help], and no one will hear them.
14 Dunu eno da dima mihanai galea, defea, udigili iasu liligi amo wamowane ema ima. Amasea, e da ea hou bu olofomu.
When someone is angry [with you], if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.
15 Dunu da moloidafa fofada: su hou hamosea, noga: i dunu da hahawane ba: sa. Be wadela: i dunu da amo moloidafa fofada: su ba: sea, bagadewane heawini da: i dioiba: le, bu esalumu hihi agoai ba: sa.
Good/Righteous [people] are happy when they [see others do] what is just/fair, but those who do what is evil are terrified [when they think about what may happen to them].
16 Nowa dunu da asigi dawa: su moloidafa amo yolesili ahoasea, bogosu da ema doaga: mu galebe.
Those who stop behaving like those who have good sense behave will [soon] discover that they have gone to the place where dead people are.
17 Di da bagade gagui ba: mu hanai galea, osobo bagade liligi noga: i amola ha: i nasu ida: iwane amola waini ida: iwane amo lama: ne, dia muni mae galagama.
Those who spend their money to buy (things that give them pleasure/things that cause them to feel happy) will become poor; those who love [to spend money to buy] wine and nice/fancy food [MTY] will never become rich.
18 Wadela: le hamosu dunu da moloidafa dunu ilima se imunusa: dawa: lala. Be ilila: da amo se nabimu.
Wicked [people] bring on themselves the sufferings that they were trying to cause righteous [people] to experience [DOU].
19 Dunu amola gesa: gesa: i uda ela gilisili esalumu da da: i dioi bagade liligi. Dunu hisu da hafoga: i gibu hame dasu sogega esalumu da defea.
It is better to live [alone] in a desert than [to live] with a wife who is [always] nagging and complaining.
20 Noga: le momodale dawa: su dunu ilia da liligi bagade gaguiwane esala. Be momodale hame dawa: su dunu ilia da muni amola liligi lale, hedolo galagasa.
Wise people have many valuable things in their houses, but foolish people [quickly] spend/waste [all their money].
21 Di da asigidafa hou amola moloidafa hou amo ganodini ahoasea, di da ode bagohame esalumu. Amola eno dunu da dima nodone amola moloidafa hou dima hamomu.
Those who [always] try to act in a fair and kind way [toward others] will live [a long time] and be honored/respected.
22 Bagade dawa: su dadi gagui bisilua dunu da moilai bai bagade amo gasa bagade dunuga gaga: i, wadela: lesimusa: dawa: Gasa bagade dunu da ilia moilai gagoi da ili noga: le gagili sali dawa: i galu. Be e da amo wadela: lesisa.
A wise army commander [helps his troops] climb over a wall [to attack] a city that is defended by a strong army, with the result that they are able to (get over/destroy) the high walls that their enemies trusted [would protect them].
23 Di da mosolasu hame ba: musa: hanai galea, di noga: le dawa: lu sia: ma.
Those who are very careful about what they say [MTY] are [able to] avoid trouble.
24 Gasa fi dunu da nimi bagade amola hi hou da baligi bagade hi dawa: , amola e da eno dunuma hame asigisa.
Those who make fun of [everything that is good] are proud and conceited [DOU]; they [always] act in an inconsiderate way [toward others].
25 Hihi dabuli dunu da hawa: hamosu hihiba: le, hina: bogomusa: logo fodosa.
Lazy people, who refuse to work, [will] die [of hunger] because they [SYN] do not earn [money to buy food].
26 Hihi dabuli dunu da hi hanai liligi lamusa: fawane dawa: lala. Be moloi dunu da eno dunuma liligi bagadewane iaha.
All during the day [wicked people] desire to obtain things, but righteous [people] have plenty, [with the result that] they [are able to] give things generously to others.
27 Wadela: i dunu da gobele salasu Godema iasea, Hina Gode da amo higasa. Be ilia da wadela: i hou hamomusa: , Ema iasea, E da baligili bagade higasa.
[Yahweh] detests the sacrifices that wicked [people] offer [to him]; [but he] detests it even more when they [think that they will escape being punished for] their evil deeds because of the sacrifices that they bring.
28 Dunu ilia da ogogosu dunu ea sia: dafawaneyale hame dawa: sa. Be nowa moloi dunu da noga: le dadawa: lalu sia: sea, amo ea sia: ilia da dafawaneyale dawa: sa.
Those who tell lies in court will be punished; no one stops/silences witnesses who say what is truthful/reliable.
29 Moloidafa dunu da ilia hamobe ilisu dawa: digisa. Be wadela: i hamosu dunu da hina: hou hi dawa: , amo ogogole sia: sa.
Wicked people pretend [that they know everything], but righteous people think carefully about [what will happen because of] what they do.
30 Osobo bagade dunu bagohame da osobo bagade asigi dawa: su noga: iwane gala. Be Hina Gode da ilima ha lai galea, amo hou da ili hame fidisa.
[Thinking that we are] wise, and that we understand many things, and that we have good insight, does not help us if Yahweh is (acting against/not pleased with) us.
31 Di da gegemusa: gini, hosi amola gegesu liligi momagemu da defea. Be Hina Gode Hi fawane da hasalasu hou iaha.
We [can] get horses ready to fight in a battle, but Yahweh is the one who enables us to (win victories/defeat our enemies).
