Proverbs 27
1 Boast not for tomorrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.
Kik isungri kuom kiny, nikech ok ingʼeyo gima odiechiengʼ nyalo kelo.
2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.
We ngʼat moro ema opaki, to ok dhogi iwuon; ngʼato machielo, to ok lewi iwuon.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
Kidi pek to kuoyo bende pek, to chandruok ma ngʼat mofuwo kelo pek moloyo gik moko ariyogo.
4 Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
Mirima kwiny to gero pek moloyo, to en ngʼa manyalo chomore gi nyiego?
5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Kwero ngʼato ratiro ber moloyo hera mopandi.
6 Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
Adhonde moa kuom osiep inyalo geno, to jasigu medo mana nyoth mar masira.
7 A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
Ngʼat moyiengʼ ok dwar mor kich, to ngʼatno modenyo kata mana gima kech mitne.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
Mana kaka winyo mabayo moa e ode e kaka ngʼatno mabayo aa e dalane.
9 Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
Moo mangʼwe ngʼar gi ubani kelo mor ne chuny, to ber mar osiep ngʼato wuok kuom ngʼado rieko gi adiera.
10 Thy own friend, and thy father’s friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother’s house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.
Kik ijwangʼ osiepni kod osiep wuonu, to kik idhi e od owadu ka chandruok omaki, ber dhi ir jabuti machiegni moloyo owadu man mabor.
11 Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.
Bed mariek, wuoda kendo imi chunya mor eka anyalo dwoko ngʼato moro amora machaya.
12 The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
Ngʼat mariek neno masira kabiro kendo opondo, to ngʼat mofuwo dhiyo adhiya nyime ma ohinyre.
13 Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
Kaw law ngʼatno mochungʼne ngʼat mokia kaka singo; kawe ka okete singo kar dhako mabayo.
14 He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.
Ka ngʼato ogwedho jabute e lela gokinyi mangʼich, to ochalo mana gi ngʼama kwongʼe.
15 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
Dhako ma jakoko chalo gi kodh ajiki,
16 He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.
kwerogo chalo gi gengʼo yamo kata mako moo gi lwedo.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Kaka nyinyo piago nyinyo, e kaka ngʼato piago nyawadgi.
18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.
Ngʼat mopidho ngʼowu biro chamo olembe, to ngʼatno marito ruodhe ibiro miyo luor.
19 As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so-the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.
Kirango pi, to wangʼi iwuon ema ineno, kendo kinono chunyi, to in iwuon ema inenori.
Tho kod kethruok ok rom ngangʼ, to kata mana wenge dhano bende ok rom. (Sheol h7585)
21 As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.
Dhahabu gi fedha itemo gi mach, to dhano itemo gi pak moyudo.
22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.
Kata bed ni iyoko ngʼat mofuwo e pany, iyoke kaka cham miswago, ok inigol fupe oa kuome.
23 Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:
Bed ni ingʼeyo maber kaka jambi chalo; bende rit maber kwethgi;
24 For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.
nimar mwandu ok sik mochwere, to osimbo mar loch ok nobed ne tiengʼ ka tiengʼ.
25 The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.
Ka ongʼad lum oko eka manyien twi, to ka ichoko ne jambi lum manie kor got,
26 Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.
eka iniyud yie rombe milosgo lewni, kendo iningʼiew lowo gi pesa miyudo kuom diek.
27 Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.
Ibiro bedo gi chak mangʼeny mar diek ma ibiro pidhorigo gi joodi kendo pidho nyiri matiyoni.
