Malasu 28
1 Wadela: i hamosu dunu da dunu eno ili hame sefasibi amomane hobeasa. Be moloidafa dunu da laione wa: me agoane hame beda: sa.
Wicked [people] run away [even] when no one is pursuing them, but righteous/good [people are not afraid]; they are as brave as lions.
2 Fifi asi gala da wadela: le hamosea, ilia hina bagade da mae aligili hedolo afafadenesa. Be molole dawa: su hina bagade da fifi asi gala noga: le ouligisia, ilia da gasalawane esalumu.
When [the people of] a nation sin, they will have one ruler after another; but when their leaders are wise and have good sense, their government will last for a long time.
3 Gibu da foga oule masea, ha: i manu sagai da muagia: sa. Amo defele, nimi bagade ouligisu dunu da hame gagui dunu wadela: sa.
A poor person who oppresses [other] poor [people] is [like] [MET] a very heavy/hard rain that [destroys the crops], with the result that there is no food [for people to eat].
4 Di da sema nabawane hame hamosea, di da wadela: le hamosu dunu amolalimagale hamosa. Be di da noga: le nabasea, di da amolalima hame gasa.
Those who reject/disobey [God’s] laws always speak well of wicked [people]; but those who obey [God’s] laws [always] oppose what wicked people do.
5 Wadela: le hamosu dunu da moloidafa fofada: su hou hame dawa: Be nowa da Hina Godema nodone sia: ne gadosea, da amo hou noga: le dawa:
Evil people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well.
6 Di da liligi hame gaguiwane, be moloidafa hou hamonanumu da defea. Be bagade gaguiwane, be moloi hame hamosa esalumu da defea hame.
It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.
7 Goi ayeligi da sema noga: le nabasea da bagade dawa: su dunu agoai esala. Be dunu da wiwili gala: su dunu ilima gilisisia, da ea edama gogosiasu iaha.
Young people who obey the laws are wise [IDM]; parents whose children associate with those who (carouse/go to wild parties) are humiliated/disgraced because of what their children do.
8 Dia da muni molole hame lasea, o dabua baligili legebeba: le, bagade gagui ba: sea, fa: no dia muni huluane da fisi dagoi ba: mu. Haeafui dunu da amo muni lale, hame gagui dunuma imunu.
When people become very rich by charging very high interest [DOU], their money will [eventually] go to someone who does kind things for the poor.
9 Di da Gode Ea sema higasea, Gode da dia sia: ne gadosu nabimu amola higamu.
If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
10 Di da moloidafa dunuma ogogobeba: le, e da wadela: le hamosea, amo da sani agoane. Be di da dina: saniga sa: imu. Be Gode da moloidafa dunuma bidi imunu.
Those who cause honest/good [people] to do what is evil will fall into their own pits/traps, but good things will happen to those who (are innocent/have not done what is wrong).
11 Liligi bagade gagui dunu da gasa fili, ili da noga: i dawa: su bagadeyale ilila: dawa: lala. Be liligi hame gagui molole dawa: su dunu, ilia liligi bagade gagui dunu ilia giadofabe asigi dawa: su hou noga: le dawa:
[Many] rich people think that they are wise, but poor people who have good sense will find out whether rich people really are wise or not.
12 Moloidafa dunu da ouligisu hou lasea, dunu huluane da nodone gilisili ha: i naha. Be wadela: le hamosu dunu da ouligisu hou lasea, eno dunu da hobeale wamoaligisa.
When righteous/good [people] (succeed/win [elections]), everyone (celebrates/is happy); but when wicked [people win], everyone hides [because they are afraid of what the wicked people will do].
13 Di da dia wadela: i hamoi amo wamolegesea, di da hahawane hame esalumu. Be dia wadela: i hou amo fofada: ne, sinidigisia, Gode da dima gogolema: ne olofomu.
Those who refuse to confess/admit their sins will not prosper, but [God] acts mercifully/kindly toward those who confess their sins and turn away from their sinful behavior.
14 Eso huluane Hina Godema nabasu hou hamosea, di da hahawane ba: mu. Be di da hihini gasa fili hamosea, dia hou da wadela: lesi dagoi ba: mu.
[God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
15 Wadela: le hamosu ouligisu dunu da nimi bagade gesenenanebe laione wa: me o gogoli ahoanebe ‘bea’ agoane. Agoaiwane dunu da dunu fi ouligisia, hame gagui dunu da gasa hameba: le, se nabala.
Wicked people who [mistreat] poor people whom they rule are [as dangerous to them as] [SIM] a lion roaring [at them] or a bear springing up [to attack them].
16 Ouligisu dunu da dawa: su noga: i hame galea, e da ea fi ilima gasa fili, nimi bagadewane ouligimu. Be moloidafa ouligisu dunu da ode bagohame ea fi ouligimu.
Rulers who do not have good sense cruelly oppress [the people they rule], but rulers who do not want to become rich by cheating/deceiving [people] will live (OR, rule) for a long time.
17 Nowa dunu da fane legesu hou hamosea, e da fedege agoane hina: bogoi uli dogosa. Amaiba: le, amo logo di mae hedofama.
Those who are guilty of murdering [MTY] another person will (be fugitives/keep running away) until they die; do not help them to escape.
18 Di da moloidafa hou hamosea, dia esalusu da gaga: i dagoi ba: mu. Be di da hou moloi hame hamosea, hedolo dafamu.
Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.
19 Dogolole bugili nasu dunu da ha: i manu gilisi ba: sa. Be dunu da mae hawa: hamone, udigili esalea, ha: bagade ba: mu.
Farmers who work [hard] in their fields will [produce good crops and always] have plenty of food [to eat], but those who spend all their time (on useless projects/doing things that do not benefit anyone) will become very poor.
20 Moloidafa dunu da hahawane ganumu. Be nowa da hedolodafa bagade gaguiwane esalomusa: dawa: sea da se dabe iasu ba: mu.
[God] will greatly bless those who (are trustworthy/always do what they say that they will do), but he will certainly punish [LIT] those who try to become rich quickly.
21 Afamagasu hou da wadela: idafa. Be wadela: i fofada: su dunu da hano suligisu lasea, hedolowane afamagasa.
It is not good [for judges] to decide matters unfairly/unjustly, but [some] people will do what is wrong [even] if they receive [only] a very small bribe [HYP] [for doing it].
22 Uasu dunu da hedolowane liligi bagade lamusa: dawa: beba: le, e da fa: no liligi hame gaguiwane esalumu amo hi hame dawa: sa.
Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
23 Mae wamolegele, hima hou hahamoma: ne gagabole odagia sia: mu da defea. Agoane hame hamosea, di da ema hame asigisa. E da se lamu be fa: no amo sia: da dabua hahaeafuli sia: baligisa dawa: mu.
Those who rebuke someone will be appreciated/thanked more than those who [say nice things to others merely] to (flatter them/cause them to feel good).
24 Nowa dunu da ea ada amola ame amo elea liligi wamolasea, amo ea hou da gugunufinisisu dunu ea hou defele gala.
Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
25 Uasu hou hamosea, fa: no bidi doaga: mu. Be di da Hina Godema dafawaneyale dawa: mu da defea.
Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
26 Di da dia hanai amoga fawane fa: no bobogesea, amo da gagaoui hou agoai galebe. Be noga: le dawa: su dunu ilia olelesuma fa: no bobogesea, di da gaga: i ba: mu.
Those who believe that what they think [is always right] are foolish; those who act wisely will (escape danger/be safe).
27 Dia liligi amo hame gagui dunu iligili iasea, di da eso huluane dia esaloma: ne lamu liligi defele ganabe ba: mu. Be di da hame gagui dunu, ilima hame asigi agoai lalea, dunu bagohame ilia da di gagabui aligima: ne sia: mu.
Those who give things to poor [people] will not become poor, but many [people] will curse those who refuse to help [IDM] poor people.
28 Wadela: le hamosu dunu da ouligisu hou lasea, ea fi dunu da ilia wamo aligisu soge hame yolesisa. Be wadela: le ouligisu dunu da dafasea, moloidafa dunu da ilia fi bu ouligimu.
When wicked [people] become rulers, people hide [because they are afraid of what those wicked people will do]; but when wicked people are no longer rulers, good/righteous [people will] become the rulers.
