Proverbs 20
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever errs thereby is not wise.
Vino elobisaka bato maloba ya soni, masanga ya makasi ememaka mobulu; moto nyonso oyo amipesaka na yango akotikala te kokoma moto ya bwanya.
2 The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
Somo oyo mokonzi apesaka ezali lokola koganga ya nkosi; moto oyo apesaka ye kanda amilukelaka ye moko pasi.
3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.
Koboya koswana epesaka moto lokumu, kasi moto oyo azangi mayele amipesaka na yango.
4 The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Moto ya goyigoyi asalaka bilanga te likolo ya kobanga malili; boye na tango ya kobuka mbuma, alukaka mpe kobuka, kasi akozwa eloko te.
5 Purpose in the heart of man is deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Makanisi ya motema ya moto ezalaka lokola ebale ya mozindo, moto ya mayele alukaka kotoka kati na yango.
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?
Bato ebele batatolaka bolamu na bango, kasi nani akomona moto ya sembo?
7 A righteous man who walks in his integrity, blessed are his sons after him.
Moyengebene atambolaka na bosembo na ye; boye sima na ye, bana na ye bakozala bato ya esengo.
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
Soki mokonzi avandi na kiti mpo na kosambisa, miso na ye ebenganaka mabe nyonso.
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean. I am pure from my sin?
Nani akoki koloba: « Nabatelaka motema na ngai peto, nazali peto, nazali na masumu te? »
10 Diverse weights, and diverse measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
Kilo mibale mpe bimekelo mibale, nyonso ezali nkele na miso ya Yawe.
11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Bayebaka elenge mobali na nzela ya misala na ye, soki ezaleli na ye ezali peto mpe sembo.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah has made even both of them.
Ezala litoyi oyo eyokaka to liso oyo emonaka, ezali Yawe nde asalaki nyonso mibale.
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, and thou shall be satisfied with bread.
Kolingaka pongi te, noki te okokoma mobola; sala ete miso na yo ezalaka ya kofungwama, mpe okozanga te bilei ya kobomba.
14 It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer, but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
Moto oyo asombaka biloko alobaka: « Biloko oyo ezali mabe! Ezali malamu te! » Kasi soki akei, atombolaka mapeka mpo na biloko oyo azwi.
15 There is gold, and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Wolo mpe babiju ezalaka na yango ebele, kasi bibebu oyo ebimisaka boyebi eleki na motuya.
16 Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge for foreigners.
Kamata elamba ya moto oyo alapi ndayi mpo na niongo ya moto mosusu; bomba yango lokola ndanga soki alapi ndayi mpo na mwasi mopaya.
17 Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Bilei oyo ezwami na nzela ya lokuta ezalaka elengi na monoko ya moto, kasi, na sima, monoko na ye etondaka na zelo.
18 Every purpose is established by counsel, and by wise guidance make thou war.
Soki ozali kosala mabongisi, tunaka toli; mpe soki olingi kobunda bitumba, zala na ekenge mpe na mayele.
19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets. Therefore do not associate with him who opens wide his lips.
Moto ya bilobaloba abimisaka basekele; yango wana kima bato oyo balobaka mingi.
20 He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Moto oyo alakelaka tata to mama na ye mabe, mwinda na ye ekokufa kati na molili.
21 An inheritance gotten hastily at the beginning shall not be blessed in the end.
Bomengo oyo moto azwi noki-noki na ebandeli ekopambolama te na suka.
22 Say thou not, I will recompense evil. Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.
Kolobaka te: « Nakozongisa mabe na mabe oyo basali ngai! » Kasi talela Yawe, mpe akobikisa yo.
23 Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah, and a false balance is not good.
Kilo oyo ekesana na kilo mosusu ezalaka nkele na miso ya Yawe, mpe emekelo kilo ya lokuta ezalaka eloko ya malamu te.
24 A man's goings are of Jehovah, how then can man understand his way?
Ezali Yawe nde atambolisaka matambe ya moto; bongo ndenge nini moto akoki kososola ye moko nzela na ye?
25 It is a snare to a man to say rashly, It is holy. And to make inquiry after vows.
Ezali motambo mpo na moto koloba na lombangu: « Eloko oyo ebulisami mpo na Yawe, » mpe kokanisa sima na ye kolapa ndayi.
26 A wise king winnows the wicked, and brings the wheel over them.
Mokonzi ya bwanya abenganaka bato mabe mpe azangaka te kopesa bango etumbu.
27 The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all his innermost parts.
Molimo ya moto ezali mwinda oyo Yawe apesi ye; esosolaka bozindo nyonso ya motema ya moto.
28 Kindness and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by kindness.
Bolamu mpe solo ebatelaka mokonzi; alendisaka bokonzi na ye na nzela ya bolamu.
29 The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
Makasi ezali biju ya bilenge, mpe suki ya pembe ezali lokumu ya mibange.
30 Stripes that wound cleanse away evil, and strokes, the innermost parts.
Bapota elongolaka mabe, mpe bafimbu esukolaka bozindo ya molimo ya moto.
