Malasu 6
1 Nagofe! Dunu afae da dunu enoma dabea imunu ganoba, di da amo dunu fidimusa: , ea dabe disu imunu ilegele sia: bala: ?
My son, if someone has borrowed money from a friend or a stranger, and if you have promised that you will pay the money back if that person is unable to pay back the money he borrowed,
2 Di da dina: ilegele sia: i amoga fawane fedege agoane sani ganodini sa: ibala: ?
you may be trapped by what you have agreed to do, [because if the one who borrowed the money is not able to pay it back, you will have to pay it]. What you have said that you will do will be like a snare to you.
3 Nagofe! Amaiba: le di da amo dunu ea gasaga la: gi dialebe. Be la: gi amo hedolo fadegale fasimusa: , na da logo dima olelemu. Amo dunuma hedolo doaga: le, e da dia la: gi amo fadegale fasimusa: ema edegema.
So, my son, I will tell you what you should do to escape from your difficulty, so that the moneylender does not get control over your [wealth: ] Humbly go to your friend and plead with him [to cancel the agreement]!
4 Mae golama amola mae helefima. Ema hedolo masa.
Do not wait until tomorrow; [go immediately]! Do not rest until you [go and talk with him].
5 Di da hedolowane amo la: gisu sani hou amoma hobeama amola ohe o sio da benea ahoasu dunu amoga hobeabe defele di hobeama.
Save yourself, like a deer that escapes from a deer hunter [or] like a bird that flees from a bird hunter.
6 Hihi dabuli dunu ilia da gedama ea fifi ahoabe ba: mu amola dawa: lalomu da defea.
You lazy individual, learn something from [watching] the ants. Become wise from observing what they do.
7 Ilia da bisilua hame amola ouligisu hame gala.
They do not have a king or a governor or any [other] person who rules them [and forces them to work],
8 Be amomane ili da ha: i manu da defele ba: sa amola gibu eso amoga ilia da ha: i manu ilia liligi ligisisu ganodini ligisisa amola esoi bagade ba: sea ili da ha: i manu defele ba: sa.
[but] they work hard [all] during the summer, gathering and storing food to eat during the winter.
9 Habowali hihi dabuli dunu da udigili golama: bela: ? Amola habogala e da bu nedigima: bela: ?
[But], you lazy loafer, how long will you [continue to] sleep [RHQ]? Are you never going to get up from sleeping [and go to work]?
10 E da amane sia: sa, “Na da fonobahadi golamu!” Amola e da amane sia: sa, “Na da na lobo gadoiba: le, fonobahadi helefimu.”
You sleep a for a little time; [you say, “I will take] just a short nap.” You lie down and fold/lay your hands [across your chest] and rest;
11 Be e da golai dianoba, hame gagui hou da wamolasu dunu ilia doagala: su hou defelewane ema doaga: mu.
and suddenly you will become poor. It will be as though a bandit suddenly comes and takes all that you have.
12 Hamedei dunu amola wadela: le hamosu dunu da udigili ogogole sia: sisa: ahoa.
[I will describe for you what] worthless and evil people [are like]. They constantly lie;
13 Ilia da hou moloiwane hame sia: sa. Ilia da ilia siga, loboga amola emoga hamosa ea na: iyado ema ogogomusa: amane hamosa.
by winking their eyes and moving their feet and making signs with their fingers, they signal [to their friends what they are intending/planning to do].
14 Ilia da wadela: i hou hamosu fawane dawa: sa amola ilia asigi dawa: suga da eno dunu wadela: lesimusa: dawa: sa.
They plan to do evil things. They constantly cause strife/trouble.
15 Ilia amane hamobeba: le, ilia da hedolowane se nabasu ba: mu. Ilia da bogoma: ne hedofale fasi dagoi ba: mu.
But disasters will hit them suddenly; they will be crushed/ruined and nothing will be able to heal them.
16 Liligi fesuale gala amo da Hina Gode da bagade higasa. Amo da 1. Dunu ea odagi da gasa fi hou agoane ba: sa 2. Dunu da ea lafidili ogogosu sia: sia: sa 3. Dunu da ea loboga noga: i dunu fane legesa 4. Dunu da ea dogo ganodini wadela: i hou hamomusa: dawa: lala 5. Dunu da wadela: i hou hamomusa: gini hehenasa 6. Ba: su dunu da fofada: be amo ganodini ogogosu sia: enoenoi adole iaha 7. Dunu da sama gilisisu ganodini dunu se nabima: ne, mosolasu hou hamosa
There are six, [maybe] seven, kinds of people that Yahweh hates. [They are]:
People who show by their eyes that they are very proud; people who lie [MTY]; people [SYN] who kill others [SYN] who have done nothing wrong;
people who plan to do evil deeds; people [SYN] who run quickly to do wrong things;
people who easily tell lies in court; and people who cause strife between family members.
20 Nagofe! Dia ada adi sia: sea mae gogolema amola dia ame ea olelei liligi amo noga: le dawa: loma.
My son, obey my commands, and do not ignore what your mother has taught you.
21 Amo sia: di noga: le dia dogo ganodini ligisima amola dawa: loma.
Remember the things that we have said. Those things should be [like a beautiful necklace] around your neck.
22 Elea olelei amo da di logoga ahoasea, di bisili logo olelemu. Amola amo olelei da di fidimu amola noga: le ouligimu gasi ganodini amola hadigi ganodini.
[If you follow our advice, it will be as though] what we have taught you [PRS] will lead you, wherever you go. When you sleep, they will protect you. And when you wake up in the morning, they will teach/instruct you.
23 Ilia olelebe hou amo da hadigi gamali agoai amola ilia olelebe amoga di da hahawane esalusu lamu.
These commands and what we teach you [will be like] a lamp to light your path [MET]. When we rebuke you and correct/punish you, we will be showing you the road to having [a good] life.
24 Amo hou amoga da wadela: i uda adole lasu amoma higamu amola eno dunu ilia uda wadela: le hamomusa: adole ba: sea, amoga hobeamu.
Heeding [PRS] these commands and things that we have taught you will enable you to keep away from immoral women and from [listening to] the enticing words of an adulterous woman.
25 Amola ea da: i hodo amo ba: beba: le amoga di mae hanama amola da dima hanaiwane ba: sea, di mae hanama amola ea si noga: i ba: be amoga mae ba: ma.
[Even] if such a woman is beautiful and has lovely eyes, do not desire to go with her. Do not let her persuade you to go with her (with her eyes/by the way she looks at you).
26 Amola nowa dunu e da ea da: i bidiga lasu uda lamusa: dawa: sea, agi ga: gi afadafa fawane ea bidi amoga bidi lasa. Be nowa dunu e da inia uda adole lasea, amo dunu e da ea liligi huluanedafa galagasa.
[Do not forget that] you can hire a prostitute for only a loaf of bread, but [if you sleep with] another man’s wife, (it may cost you/you may lose) your life.
27 Di da dia bida: gia lalu oso ligisili gaguli ahoasea, dia abula sali da hame nema: bela: ?
Can you carry hot coals in your pocket and not be burned [RHQ]?
28 Di da lalu nenanebeba: le amo da: iya ahoasea, dia emo da gia: ma: bela: ?
Can you walk on burning coals and not scorch/burn your feet?
29 Amaiba: le amo defele inia uda amola diasea, amo se nabasu defele diala amola nowa dunu e amane hamosea, e da se nabimu.
[No]! And in the same way, anyone who (sleeps with/has sex with) another man’s wife will [suffer for doing that]. [He will certainly] [LIT] be punished severely.
30 Amola da nowa dunu e ha: i manu wamolasea, e ha: i galea ema eno dunu ilia higale hame sia: sa.
We do not despise a thief if he steals some food because he is very hungry.
31 Amomane ilia ba: sea, wamolasu e da bu liligi dabe imunu ia lai amo fesuale imunu amola e da liligi ea gagui amo huluane imunu.
But [if he steals something and then] is caught [by the police], he will have to pay back (seven times as much as/much more than) he stole. He may need to sell everything that is in his house [to get enough money to pay it back].
32 Be nowa dunu da wamo inia uda lasea amo dunu e da gagaoui fawane amola asigi dawa: su hame gala e da hifawane hi hou gugunifinisisa.
[But] a man who commits adultery with some woman is very foolish, [because] he is destroying his own self/soul [by what he is doing].
33 Amaiba: le, eno dunu ilia e higale ba: mu amola e se nabima: ne hiougili fofane, amola e da eso huluane gogosia: iwane esalumu.
[That woman’s husband] will wound him badly, and [other people] will despise him. His shame will never end.
34 Wamolai uda egoa e da mudale da: i diosu baligili da: i diomu. E da dabe lamusa: hame dagolesimu.
Because that woman’s husband will (be jealous/not want anyone else to sleep with her), he will become furious, and when he gets revenge, he will not act mercifully [toward the man who slept with his wife].
35 Amola egoa e adi bidi dia iasea amo liligi amoga da ea da: i dioi amola ea ougi da hame guminisimu.
And he will not accept any bribe/money, even if it is a big bribe, to (appease him/cause him to stop being angry).
