Proverbs 4
1 Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence.
Nagofelali! Dilia ada adi olelesea noga: le nabima! Amasea dili da Bagade Dawa: su Hou ida: iwane gala dawa: mu.
2 I will bestow upon you a good gift. Do not relinquish my law.
Na adi olelebe amo da moloi houdafa. Amaiba: le, dili da eso huluane dawa: laloma.
3 For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother.
Amola na mano fonobahadiga na da na ada ea mano afadafa galu.
4 And he taught me, and he also said: “Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live.
Amola na ada e da nama moloidafa hou olelesu. E da amane sia: su, “Dawa: ma! Amola na sia: mae gogolema amola na sia: defele hamoma. Amasea, dili da esalusu lamu.
5 Obtain wisdom, obtain prudence. May you neither forget, nor turn away from, the words of my mouth.
Bagade Dawa: su Hou hogoi helema. Na sia: mae gogolema amola mae higama!
6 Do not send her away, and she will guard you. Love her, and she will preserve you.
Dili da Bagade Dawa: su Hou ida: iwane gala amoma mae higama. Amasea, amo hou da dilia gaga: su agoane ba: mu. Bagade Dawa: su Hou asigiwane ba: ma. Amasea, amo hou da dili gaga: mu.
7 The beginning of wisdom is to obtain wisdom, and, with all that you possess, to acquire prudence.
Amola Bagade Dawa: su Hou lamu amo hou da ida: iwanedafa gala. Amola liligi oda amoga Bagade Dawa: su Hou da baligi dagoi.
8 Grasp her, and she will exalt you. You will be glorified by her, when you have embraced her.
Bagade Dawa: su Hou amoma hanama amola amane hou hamosea, dili da dunu hahawanedafa esalumu amola asigi dawa: su bagade dawa: su lamu.
9 She will bestow upon your head an increase in graces, and she will protect you with a noble crown.
Amo Bagade Dawa: su Hou da dunu huluane ba: ma: ne hamoma, amo hou ida: iwane gala amo ea dilia hou bagade dawa: su ba: mu.
10 Listen, my son, and accept my words, so that years of life may be multiplied for you.
Nagofe! Noga: le nabima amola dafawane sia: sa noga: le lalegaguma. Amasea di da osobo bagadega fifi masunu.
11 I will demonstrate to you the way of wisdom. I will lead you along the paths of equity.
Na Bagade Dawa: su Hou olelei amo noga: le dawa: ma. Amasea, di da fifi asi helemu amo logo ganodini.
12 When you have entered by these, your steps will not be constrained, and when running, you will have no obstacle.
Dima eno hou hame doaga: mu di moloi ahoanea da. Amola dia hehenasea da hame dafamu.
13 Take hold of discipline. Do not dismiss it. Guard it, for it is your life.
Eso huluane dima hou olelei amoma dawa: ma amola amo da maedafa gogolema amoga dia esalalasu fidimu amola noga: le ouligima.
14 Do not delight in the paths of the impious, nor permit the way of evil-doers to please you.
Wadela: le hamosu dunu ilia ahoabe amoga mae masa. Amola wadela: le hamosu dunu ilia hou amoga mae lama.
15 Take flight from it. Do not pass close to it. Turn away and abandon it.
Amane mae hamoma wadela: i hou amoma gasigama. Amola amoma higale amola dia moloi logoga masa.
16 For they do not sleep, unless they have done evil. And their sleep is quickly taken away from them, unless they have overthrown.
Wadela: le hamosu dunu ilia da wadela: le hame hamosea, hamedafa golasa. Ilia da wadela: le hamomusa: nedigili ouesala amola eno dunuma wadela: le hamonanu fawane golasa.
17 They eat the bread of impiety, and they drink the wine of iniquity.
Wadela: i hou amola gegesu hou da ilia ha: i manu amola hano nasu agoai gala.
18 But the path of the just is like a shining light: it advances and increases, even to the day of completion.
Moloidafa dunu ilia logo da eso mabe defele ba: sa, hahawane bagade. Amola hadigi da misini, dialea, eso dogoa defele ba: sa.
19 The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall.
Be wadela: le hamosu dunu ilia logo da gasi bagade ba: sa amola hedolo dafasa amola ili soi amo da ili hame ba: sa.
20 My son, pay attention to my sermons, and incline your ear to my eloquent words.
Nagofe! Na sia: dia noga: le nabima.
21 Let them not recede from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
Amo dia maedafa gogolema, eso huluane dawa: loma, dia dogo ganodini.
22 For they are life to those who find them and health to all that is flesh.
Na sia: da nowa dunu da amo noga: le dawa: sea, amo da esalusu imunu, amola ea da: i fidimu.
23 Preserve your heart with all watchfulness, for life proceeds from this.
Dawa: ma! Dia asigiga dawa: su noga: le ouligima. Bai dia esalusu da dia asigi dawa: su dawa: i liligi amo defele ba: mu.
24 Remove from yourself a corrupt mouth, and let detracting lips be far from you.
Sia: dafawane hame, ogogole maedafa sia: ma. Amola ogogosu hou amoma mae gilisima.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, and let your eyelids precede your steps.
Mae beda: iwane molole ba: le gusuma! Dia da hou moloiwane hamobeba: le, dia dialuma da gogosiane fili sa: imu da defea hame.
26 Direct the path of your feet, and all your ways shall be secure.
Dia adi hamosea, noga: le dawa: lu hamoma amola adi hou dia hamobe amo da bu sinidigili hahawane ba: mu.
27 Turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left; yet turn your foot away from evil. For the Lord knows the ways that are on the right, and truly, those that are on the left are perverse. But he himself will make your courses straight. Then your journey will advance in peace.
Wadela: i hou dawa: ma! Moloiwane ahoanoma! Amola sadena: ne dafasa: besa: le dawa: ma.
