Proverbs 20
1 It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise.
Omwenge mukudaazi, ekitamiiza muleekaanyi, era buli alaga mu kkubo ekyamu olw’ebyo talina magezi.
2 Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul.
Obusungu bwa kabaka buli ng’okuwuluguma kw’empologoma, n’oyo amusunguwaza yeefiiriza bulamu bwe.
3 Honor is for the man who separates himself from contentions. But all the foolish meddle in altercations.
Kya kitiibwa omuntu okwewala entalo, naye buli musirusiru ayagala okuyomba.
4 Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him.
Omugayaavu talima mu budde butuufu, kyanaavanga anoonya eby’amakungula nga talina kantu.
5 Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep waters. But a wise man will draw it out.
Ebigendererwa ebiba mu mutima gw’omuntu biba ng’amazzi ag’ebuziba, naye omuntu alina okutegeera alibiggyayo.
6 Many men are called merciful. But who will find a faithful man?
Abantu bangi bagamba nti balina okwagala okutaggwaawo, naye ani ayinza okuzuula omuntu omwesigwa?
7 The just who walks in his simplicity shall leave behind him blessed sons.
Omuntu omutuukirivu, atambulira mu bulamu obutaliiko kyakunenyezebwa; ba mukisa abaana be abalimuddira mu bigere.
8 The king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters all evil with his gaze.
Kabaka bw’atuula ku ntebe ye ey’obwakabaka ng’asala emisango, amaaso ge gasunsulamu ne gaggyamu ebibi byonna.
9 Who is able to say: “My heart is clean. I am pure from sin?”
Ani ayinza okugamba nti, “Ntukuzza omutima gwange, ndi mulongoofu era sirina kibi?”
10 Diverse weights, diverse measures: both are abominable with God.
Ebipima obuzito ebitatuuka n’ebigera ebikyamu, byombi bya muzizo eri Mukama.
11 A child may be understood by his interests: whether his works may be clean and upright.
Omuvubuka naye amanyibwa olw’ebikolwa bye, obanga birongoofu era nga birungi.
12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye: the Lord has made them both.
Okutu okuwulira n’eriiso eriraba byombi Mukama ye y’abikola.
13 Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.
Toyagalanga kwebaka oleme kwavuwala, tunula, obeerenga n’ebyokulya bingi.
14 “It is bad, it is bad,” says every buyer; and when he has withdrawn, then he will boast.
“Si kirungi, si kirungi,” bw’ayogera agula; naye bw’agenda n’alyoka yeenyumiririza mu ky’aguze.
15 There is gold, and there are a multitude of jewels. But lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
Zaabu n’amayinja ag’omuwendo weebiri, naye emimwa egyogera eby’amagezi kye ky’omuwendo ekisingako.
16 Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders.
Omuntu bw’aleeta ekyambalo kye ne yeeyimiririra gw’atamanyi, kitwalire ddala, na ddala bw’abanga yeeyimiririra omukazi omubambaavu.
17 The bread of lies is sweet to a man. But afterwards, his mouth will be filled with pebbles.
Emmere enfune mu bukyamu ewooma mu kulya, naye emufuukira amayinja mu kamwa.
18 Plans are strengthened by counsels. And wars are to be handled by governments.
Kola entegeka nga weebuuza ku magezi, bw’oba onoolangirira olutalo sooka weebuuze.
19 Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips.
Oyo agenda ng’asaasaanya olugambo abotola ebyama, noolwekyo weewale omuntu ayogerayogera ennyo ebitaliimu.
20 Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.
Omuntu akolimira kitaawe oba nnyina, ettabaaza ye erizikizibwa n’asigala mu kizikiza ekikutte ennyo.
21 When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing.
Eby’obusika ebifune ng’ekiseera kyabyo tekinnatuuka, ku nkomerero tebiba na mukisa.
22 Do not say, “I will repay evil.” Wait for the Lord, and he will free you.
Toyogera nti, “Nzija kukusasula olw’ekibi kino!” Lindirira Mukama alikuyamba.
23 Diverse weights are an abomination with the Lord. A deceitful balance is not good.
Ebipima ebikyamu bya muzizo eri Mukama, ne minzaani ez’obulimba tezisanyusa.
24 The steps of men are directed by the Lord. But who is the man able to understand his own way?
Amakubo g’omuntu gategekebwa Mukama, omuntu ayinza atya okutegeera ekkubo lya Mukama?
25 It is ruin for a man to devour what is holy, or, after making vows, to retract them.
Kyambika eri omuntu okwanguyiriza okweyama eri Mukama, naye oluvannyuma n’afumiitiriza ku bye yeeyamye.
26 A wise king scatters the impious and bends an archway over them.
Kabaka omugezi asengejja n’aggyamu abakozi b’ebibi, n’ababonereza awatali kusaasira.
27 The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self.
Ettabaaza ya Mukama ekebera omwoyo gw’omuntu, n’enoonya mu bitundu eby’omunda ennyo.
28 Mercy and truth guard the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
Okwagala n’obwesigwa bikuuma kabaka mu butebenkevu, era obufuzi bwe bunywezebwa na kwagala.
29 The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs.
Amaanyi kye kitiibwa ky’abavubuka, envi kye kitiibwa ky’abakadde.
30 The bruise of a wound, as well as scourges, shall wipe away evils in the more secret places of the inner self.
Emiggo n’ebiwundu biggyawo ebibi, n’embooko zitereeza ebifo eby’omunda ennyo.
