Proverbs 27
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day brings forth.
Teweenyumirizanga mu bya nkya, kubanga olunaku bye lunaaleeta tobimanyi.
2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth, A stranger, and not your own lips.
Leka omulala akutenderezenga so si kamwa ko ggwe, omuntu omulala so si mimwa gyo.
3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than them both.
Ejjinja lizitowa, n’omusenyu muzito, naye obulumbaganyi bw’omusirusiru businga byonna okuzitowa.
4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who stands before jealousy?
Obusungu bwa ttima, n’ekiruyi kifugira ddala nnyo, naye ani ayinza okwolekera amaaso g’obuggya?
5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
Okunenya mu lwatu, kisinga okwagala okukisibbwa.
6 The wounds of a lover are faithful, And the kisses of an enemy [are] abundant.
Okunywegera kw’omulabe kwandiba okungi, naye ebiwundu by’okunenya kw’owoomukwano tebitiisa.
7 A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, And every bitter thing [is] sweet [to] a hungry soul.
Oyo akkuse akyawa omubisi gw’enjuki, naye eri omuyala n’ekikaawa kiba kiwoomerera.
8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
Ng’akanyonyi akadduka mu kisu kyako, bw’atyo bw’abeera omuntu abula mu maka ge.
9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad, And the sweetness of one’s friend—from counsel of the soul.
Ebyakaloosa bisanyusa omutima, n’obuwoomerevu bw’omukwano gw’omuntu bwe butyo bwe buvaamu okubuulirira okw’amazima.
10 Do not forsake your own friend and the friend of your father, And do not enter the house of your brother in a day of your calamity, A near neighbor [is] better than a brother far off.
Mukwano gwo ne mukwano gwa kitaawo tobaabuuliranga, olemenga okutawaana okuswala ewa muganda wo ng’ogudde mu mitawaana. Muliraanwa wo akira muganda wo akuli ewala.
11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, And I return a word [to] my reproacher.
Beeranga n’amagezi mwana wange, osanyusenga omutima gwange, ndyoke nyanukule oyo yenna ansekerera.
12 The prudent has seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
Omuntu omutegeevu alaba akabenje ne yeekweka, naye abatalina magezi batambula butambuzi ne bagwa mu kabi.
13 Take his garment when a stranger has been guarantor, And pledge it for a strange woman.
Twalanga ekyambalo ky’oyo eyeeyimirira gw’atamanyi, era kwatanga eky’oyo eyeeyimirira omukazi omwenzi kye yeeyamye.
14 Whoever is greeting his friend with a loud voice, Rising early in the morning, It is reckoned a light thing to him.
Okulamusa ku muliraanwa wo mu makya ennyo, ng’oleekaana, obanga amukolimidde.
15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
Omukazi omuyombi ali ng’enkuba etonnya olutata, ku lunaku olw’enkuba ennyingi.
16 Whoever is hiding her has hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calls out.
Okumuziyiza obanga aziyiza empewo oba ng’anyweza omuzigo mu ngalo.
17 Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Ng’ekyuma bwe kiwagala ekyuma, n’omuntu bw’abangula muntu munne.
18 The keeper of a fig tree eats its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honored.
Buli alabirira omutiini alirya ku bibala byagwo, n’oyo aweereza mukama we alissibwamu ekitiibwa.
19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
Ng’amazzi bwe galaga omuntu bw’afaanana mu maaso, bwe gutyo omutima gw’omuntu bwe gulaga omuntu bw’afaanana.
Amagombe ne ggeyeena tebikkuta, n’amaaso g’abantu nago bwe gatyo tegakkuta. (Sheol h7585)
21 A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
Entamu erongoosa ya ffeeza n’ekikoomi kikola ku zaabu, naye omuntu ekimugezesa kutenderezebwa.
22 If you beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things—with a pestle, His folly does not turn aside from off him.
Ne bw’osekula omusirusiru mu kinu, nga bw’osekula emmere y’empeke mu kinu, obusirusiru bwe tobumuggyaamu.
23 Know the face of your flock well, Set your heart to the droves,
Okakasanga nti omanyi bulungi embeera z’ekisibo kyo, ossangayo omwoyo ku ggana lyo.
24 For riches [are] not for all time, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
Kubanga eby’obugagga tebibeerera mirembe gyonna, n’engule tebeerera mirembe gyonna.
25 The hay was revealed, and the tender grass seen, And the herbs of mountains gathered.
Ng’omuddo gw’ensolo omukulu gumaze okusalibwawo, ng’omutoototo gutandise okusibukawo, nga n’omuddo ogw’omu busozi guleeteddwa,
26 Lambs [are] for your clothing, And the price of the field [are] male goats,
abaana b’endiga balikuwa engoye ez’okwambala, n’embuzi ziritundibwa ne zivaamu ensimbi.
27 And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for your bread, For bread to your house, and life to your girls!
Olibeera n’amata mangi g’onoggyanga mu mbuzi, okukuliisa ggwe n’ab’omu nnyumba yo, n’okuliisa abaweereza bo abawala.
