Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars.
Rieko osegero ode, osechungo sirnige abiriyo.
2 She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table.
Oseiko ringe kendo oloso divai mare moru mamit, bende osepedho mesa mare.
3 She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying,
Oseoro jotichne ma nyiri, kendo oluongo ji ka en kuonde motingʼore e dala maduongʼ.
4 Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that lack understanding she says,
“Weuru ji duto mangʼeyogi tin obi kae!” Owacho ni jogo maonge gi rieko mar ngʼado bura.
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink wine which I have mingled for you.
Biuru, chamuru chiemba kendo madhuru divai ma aseruwo.
6 Leave folly, that you may reign for ever; and seek wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge.
Weuru yoreu maonge rieko, eka unubed mangima, wuothuru e yor winjo kod ngʼeyo.
7 He that reproves evil [men] shall get dishonour to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly [man] shall disgrace himself.
Ngʼat marieyo ja-ajara luongo mana wichkuot, ngʼat makwero ngʼat marach yudo mana ayany.
8 Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love you.
Kik ikwer ngʼat ma jaro ji, nikech mano biro miyo obedo mamon kodi, kirieyo ngʼat mariek, to obiro heri.
9 Give an opportunity to a wise [man], and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more [instruction].
Puonj ngʼat mariek, to obiro bedo mariek moloyo, puonj ngʼat makare gimoro, to obiro medo puonjore.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is [the character] of a sound mind.
Luoro Jehova Nyasaye e chakruok mar rieko, to ngʼeyo Jal Maler miyo ngʼato ngʼeyo tiend wach.
11 For in this way you shall live long, and years of your life shall be added to you.
Nimar kuoma ndalogi biro bedo mangʼeny, kendo rieko biro medo hiki.
12 Son, if you be wise for yourself, you shall also be wise for your neighbours; and if you should prove wicked, you alone will bear the evil. He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; and he goes through a dry desert, and a [land] appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.
Ka iriek, riekoni nomiyi ohala, ka ijajaro, to in iwuon ema ibiro hinyori.
13 A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to lack a morsel.
Dhako mofuwo en jakoko, ok oritore kendo ngʼeyone tin.
14 She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets,
Obedo e dhoode, e kom kama otingʼore mar dala maduongʼ,
15 calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;
koluongo jogo makadho, madhi e yoregi.
16 [saying], Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that lack prudence, saying,
Owacho ni jogo maonge gi rieko mar ngʼado bura niya, “Weuru ji duto mangʼeyogi tin obi kae!”
17 Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.
Nomedo wachonegi niya, “Pi mokwal mit, chiemo michamo apanda ema nigi ndhandhu moloyo!”
