Ngeche 28
1 Jaricho ringo kaonge ngʼama lawe, to joma kare jochir ka sibuor.
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 Ka piny toke tek, to en gi jotelo mangʼeny, to ngʼat mawinjo wach kendo man-gi ngʼeyo rito chik.
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 Jatelo mahinyo jochan chalo kaka kodh oula maywero cham oko.
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 Jogo ma ok rit chik pako ngʼat marach, to jogo marito chik dagi jogo maricho.
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 Jomaricho ok ongʼeyo adiera, to jogo madwaro Jehova Nyasaye ongʼeyo adiera chutho.
Evil people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well.
6 Ber ngʼat ma jachan ma wuodhe ok cha, moloyo ngʼat ma ja-mwandu ma yorene richo.
It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.
7 Ngʼat marito chik en wuowi mariek, to bedo osiep jawuoro kelo wichkuot ne wuon mare.
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 Ngʼat mamedo mwandu gi ohala ma malangʼ choko mwandu ne ngʼat machielo, mabiro bedo mangʼwon gi jochan.
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 Ka ngʼato odino ite ne chik, kata mana lemone bende richo.
If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
10 Ngʼat matero ngʼat moriere tir e yo mar richo biro podho e obetone owuon, to ngʼat ma ok cha biro yudo pok maber.
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 Jamoko nyalo paro owuon ni oriek, to jachan man-gi paro matut neno gik manie chuny jamokono.
[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 Ka ngʼat makare oloyo, nitie mor maduongʼ, to ka ngʼat marach omi teko mondo otel, ji ringo dhiyo kar pondo.
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 Ngʼat mapando richone ok dhi maber, to ngʼat ma hulo richone kendo oweyogi yudo ngʼwono.
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 En ngʼama ogwedhi ngʼat moluoro Jehova Nyasaye kinde duto, to ngʼatno ma chunye tek donjo e chandruok.
[God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
15 Kaka sibuor maruto kata ondiek madwaro kecho e kaka ngʼat marach motelone joma ok nyal.
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 Ruoth ma jasunga onge gi rieko, to ngʼatno mamon gi gik moyud e yo marach biro dak amingʼa.
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 Ngʼat moneko chunye chandore enobed gi kuyo nyaka otho; omiyo kik ngʼato konye.
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 Ngʼatno ma ja-adiera ibiro rito maonge hinyruok, to ngʼatno ma yorene richo biro podho apoya nono.
Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.
19 Ngʼat matiyo e puothe biro bedo gi chiemo mogundho, to ngʼat mabayo abaya biro bedo jachan mochwere.
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 Ngʼat ma ja-adiera ibiro gwedho mangʼeny, to ngʼat madwaro gi teko bedo ja-mwandu ok notony ma ok okume.
[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 Dok ne ngʼato kayiem ka oketho ok ber, to ngʼato biro timo marach mana ni mondo oyud asoya matin.
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 Ngʼat ma iye lit dwaro ahinya ni mondo obed gi mwandu to ok ongʼeyo ni chan orite.
Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
23 Ngʼatno makwero ngʼato gikone obiro yudo pwoch mangʼeny moloyo ngʼatno man-gi lep mawuondo.
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 Ngʼat mamayo wuon mare kata min, to owacho niya, “Timo kamano ok rach,” ochal gi ngʼat maketho gimoro.
Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
25 Ngʼat ma jawuoro thoro kelo miero, to ngʼat mogeno kuom Jehova Nyasaye biro dhiyo maber.
Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
26 Ngʼat moketo genone kuome owuon ofuwo, to ngʼatno mawuotho e rieko, oritore maonge hinyruok.
Those who believe that what they think [is always right] are foolish; those who act wisely will (escape danger/be safe).
27 Ngʼat mamiyo jochan ok nochand gimoro, to ngʼat ma gengʼo wangʼe ne jochan noyud kwongʼ mangʼeny.
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 Ka jaricho oketi e teko mondo otel, ji dhiyo kar pondo; to ka jaricho otho joma kare dhiyo nyime.
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.
