Malasu 23
1 Di da mimogo dunu ali gilisili ha: i nasea, amo esega noga: le dawa: ma.
When you sit down to eat a meal with a (government official/king), think carefully about what (OR, who) is in front of you.
2 Di da ha: i manu bagade manusa: dawa: sea, di ha: i buludili mae moma.
[Even] if you (have a big appetite/want to eat a lot of food), restrain yourself.
3 E da dia hou ogogole adoba: sa: besa: le, mae uasuli moma.
Do not want to eat [a lot of] his fine food, because he may be trying to trick you.
4 Di da noga: le molole dawa: ma. Di da liligi bagade gagumu hanaiba: le hawa: hamonana, dia gasa gufia: ne gala: mu da defea hame.
Do not [cause yourself to become very tired by] working very hard to become rich; be wise and stop doing that,
5 Dia muni amo ea ebelebe da hedolodafa si abo gelebe agoai ba: sa. Amola amo da buhiba ea ougia hinabo aligili wa: leahoabe agoai.
because as soon as you look [MTY] at [all the money that you have acquired], it will be gone; it will [disappear as if it] suddenly grew wings [SIM] and flew up into the sky like an eagle.
6 Di da gegenane uasuli nasu dunu amo ea ha: i manu ida: iwane mae uasuli moma.
[If] someone who is stingy [invites you to a meal], do not eat [a lot of] his fine food,
7 Amo gegenane uasuli nasu dunu da eso huluane amo ha: i manu ea bidi bagadega lai amo dawa: lala. E da aowalale amane sia: sa, “Defea! Bu bagade ha: i amola waini moma!” Be e da ogogole sia: sa. Ea houdafa da ea asigi dawa: su defele gala.
because he will be thinking about how much [the food cost that you are eating]. He [will] say to you, “Eat and drink all that you want!”, but that is not what he [will] really be thinking.
8 Di da dia mai liligi amo bu isole fasimu. Amola dia ema dabuagado ofa: su sia: da ogogole ofa: su sia: udigili ha: digi agoai ba: mu.
[When you realize what he is really thinking, it will cause you to want to] vomit what you have eaten; and your kind words [telling him that you are enjoying the meal] will be wasted.
9 Di gagaoui dunuma moloi dawa: su sia: amo mae sia: ma. E da dia sia: ida: iwane dawa: mu da hamedei galebe.
(Do not [waste time by]/It is useless) talking to foolish people; they will [only] despise the wise things that you say.
10 Musa: soge alalo legei amo maedafa gua: ma. Amola guluba: mano ilia soge amo mae wamolama.
Do not [steal someone’s property by] removing a boundary marker that has been there for a long time, and do not take for yourself the land that belongs to orphans,
11 Bai Hina Gode da ilima gasa bagade Gaga: su dunu esala. E da ilimagale, dima fofada: mu.
because Yahweh is strong, and he is [like] a relative that has the responsibility to defend them, he will [stand up in court and] argue for them and against you.
12 Dia olelesu dunu amo ea olelebe hamugini nabima amola noga: le hamoma.
Pay attention to what [your teachers] teach you, and try to learn from the wise things that they say.
13 Dia mano da wadela: le hamosea, ema hedolo se ima. Dawa: ma: ne fasea, amo mano da hame bogomu.
Do not refuse to discipline your children; if you punish/spank them, it will not cause them to die,
and it may save them from [going to] the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
15 Nagofe! Di da dawa: ida: iwane lasea, na da hahawane bagade ba: mu.
My son/child, if you [SYN] become wise, I [SYN] will be very happy.
16 Di da dawa: su ida: iwane sia: sia: sea, na da dima nodone dawa: mu.
I [SYN] will rejoice when I hear you [SYN] say what is right/wise.
17 Wadela: i hamosu dunu ilia hamobe amoga hamomusa: , mae mudale hanama. Be eso huluane Hina Godema nodone dawa: ma.
Do not envy sinful people; instead, revere Yahweh all of your life.
18 Amaiwane hamosea, di da hahawane esalumu.
[If you do that], you will be happy in the future, and [God] will certainly [do for you what you are] confidently expecting him to do.
19 Nagofe! Nabima! Molole dawa: ma amola dia esalusu noga: le ouligima.
My son/child, listen carefully to me and become wise, and think about (all that you do/your behavior).
20 Di da adini bagade nasu dunu amola ha: i fufuluba nasu dunu ilima mae gilisima.
Do not associate with those who drink a lot of (wine/strong drink) or with those who (are gluttons/eat more than they should),
21 Feloai dunu amola ha: i fufuluba nasu dunu da hedolo liligi hame gagui dunu agoai ba: mu. Dia da ha: i nasu amola golasu amo fawane hamosea, di da gagadelai abula amo fawane ga: i ba: mu.
because drunkards and gluttons will become poor; and if all that you do is eat and sleep, you will [soon] (be wearing rags/not have any money to buy clothes).
22 Nagofe! Dia ada ea sia: noga: le nabima! E da di hame hamoi ganiaba, di da hame esalala: loba. Dia ame da da: i hamosea, e da di noga: le ouligiba: le, ema nodoma.
Pay attention to what your father tells you, and (do not neglect/take care of) [LIT] your mother when she is old.
23 Moloidafa hou, olelesu, molole dawa: su amola asigi dawa: su ida: iwane gala. Amo liligi bidiga lamu da defea. Be lai dagoiba: le, eno dunuma mae alofele lama. Bai amo liligi lasu defei da gadodafa.
Try to know/learn what is wise, and get good instruction and understanding; and do not throw those things away.
24 Dunu moloidafa ea ada da hahawane bagade. Dia gofe da molole dawa: su hou lai galea, di da ema nodone dawa: mu da defea.
Righteous [children] will cause their parents to be very happy; those whose children are wise are proud of them.
25 Nagofe! Dia ada amola ame da dia hou nodone ba: ma: ne, hou moloiwane hamoma. Dia ame hahawane ba: ma: ne hamoma.
[Do what will] cause your father to be glad and enable your mother [also] to be happy.
26 Nagofe! Hamugini noga: le nabima. Na esalebe defele, dia esaloma.
My son, heed what I say to you, and allow what I do to be an example for you.
27 Uda hina: da: i bidi lasu amola eno wadela: i hamosu uda da bogosu sani agoai gala.
Prostitutes and immoral women [DOU] are [like] [MET] a deep pit or a well [that you may fall into].
28 Ilia da wamolasu dunu agoane di wadela: lesimusa: desega lela. Ilia agoane hamobeba: le, dunu bagohame da ilia udama baligi fa: sa.
They wait [for you] like robbers [SIM], and they cause many men to (be unfaithful to/have sex with women who are not) their wives.
29 Nowa dunu da waini hano bagade nasea amola gaheabolo adini hogoi helesea, e da bagade da: i diosa amola mosolasu hamosa, amola eso huluane egasa. Ea si da maga: me gasagala: i amola ea da: i da udigili fofonomane gagai.
I will tell you [RHQ] what kind of people are always miserable and sad. I will tell you [RHQ] which people are always causing arguments/quarrels and who are always complaining. I will tell you [RHQ] who are injured in fights and whose eyes are always red/bloodshot.
[It is] those who drink a lot of wine, who try drinking other kinds of strong drinks.
31 Waini hano da ulasuyei amola faigelei gelabo ganodini bubunuma heda: sa amola noga: le da: gisa. Be dafama: ne adoba: sa: besa: le, waini hano manusa: mae magesa: ima.
Do not look with pleasure at red wine that looks nice, and which sparkles when it is [poured out] into cups, and which tastes good as you drink it,
32 Waini hano nalu, diahabe, wa: legadole, di da saya: bega gasomai agoai ba: mu.
because the next morning [you will feel like] you have been bitten by a poisonous snake [DOU].
33 Dia da: i da felowai agoai ba: le, noga: le dawa: le sia: mu gogolei ba: mu.
You [SYN] will [think that you are] seeing strange/weird things, and you [SYN] will not be able to think clearly or speak clearly.
34 Di da dusagai ganodini fila heda: le ahoasea da dia hagomo sasaleabe, amo agoai ba: mu.
You will think you are in a ship that is tossing on the sea; you be like [SIM] someone who is trying to sleep when the ship is rolling from one side to the other.
35 Di da agoane sia: mu, “Na da enoga fabela: ? Be amo na da gogolei. Abuliba: le na da noga: le hame nedigisa. Na da adini eno manu galebe.”
You will say, “[I think that] someone struck me, but he did not hurt me; he hit me, but I did not feel it. When will I (wake up/feel normal again) in order that I can drink some more wine?”
