Proverbs 22
1 A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
Erinnya eddungi lyagalibwa okusinga eby’obugagga ebingi, n’okuganja kusinga ffeeza oba zaabu.
2 The rich and the poor have this in common: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
Abagagga n’abaavu balina kimu ekibagatta, Mukama ye Mutonzi waabwe bonna.
3 The shrewd see danger and take cover, but the naive keep on going and suffer for it.
Omuntu omutegeevu bw’alaba akabi yeekweka, naye abatalina magezi bagenda bugenzi mu maaso ne balumizibwa.
4 The result of humility and the fear of Jehovah is wealth, honor, and life.
Obugagga n’ekitiibwa n’obulamu y’empeera ey’okwetoowazanga n’okutyanga Mukama.
5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.
Amaggwa n’emitego biri mu kkubo ly’omubambaavu; naye oyo akuuma emmeeme ye anaabyewalanga.
6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Manyiiriza omwana mu kkubo erimugwanira okutambulirangamu, ne bw’alikula talirivaamu.
7 The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
Omugagga afuga abaavu, naye eyeewola aba muddu w’oyo amuwola.
8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will fail. God blesses a cheerful and generous person, but the vanity of his deeds he will bring to an end.
Asiga obutali butuukirivu akungula mitawaana, n’oluga olw’obusungu bwe lulizikirizibwa.
9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.
Omuntu omugabi anaabanga n’omukisa, kubanga emmere ye agirya n’abaavu.
10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
Goba omunyoomi, entalo zinaagenda, ennyombo n’okuvumagana binaakoma.
11 He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.
Omuntu eyeegomba omutima omulongoofu era ayogera n’eggonjebwa, talirema kuganja ewa kabaka.
12 The eyes of Jehovah watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
Amaaso ga Mukama galabirira amazima, era adibya entegeka z’abatali beesigwa.
13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside. I will be killed in the streets."
Omugayaavu ayogera nti, “Ebweru eriyo empologoma,” oba nti, “Nnyinza okutemulirwa mu kkubo.”
14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Jehovah's wrath will fall into it.
Malaaya mutego gwa kabi, akolimiddwa Mukama mw’afiira.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Obusirusiru busibiddwa ku mutima gw’omwana omuto, naye omuggo ogukangavvula gulimuwonyeza ddala.
16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
Omuntu atulugunya abaavu ne yeeyongera okugaggawala, n’oyo agabira omugagga awa abagagga enguzi, enkomerero ya bombi bwavu.
17 The words of the wise: Incline your ear and hear my words, and apply your heart to my instruction.
Ossangayo omwoyo okuwuliriza ebigambo by’omugezi, n’omutima gwo eri ebyo bye njigiriza.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
Kibeera kya ssanyu bw’obikwata ku mutima gwo, n’oba mwetegefu okubiddamu byonna.
19 That your trust may be in Jehovah, I teach you today, even you.
Mbikumanyisa leero ggwe, obwesige bwo bubeerenga mu Mukama.
20 Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
Kale sikuwandiikidde ebintu amakumi asatu ebikuwabula era ebikuwa okumanya?
21 To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
Sikulaze ekirungi n’ekituufu, olyoke obe n’eky’okuddamu eri oyo eyakutuma?
22 Do not exploit the poor, because he is poor; and do not crush the needy in court;
Tonyaganga mwavu, kubanga mwavu, oba okutulugunyanga aleeteddwa mu mbuga.
23 for Jehovah will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
Kubanga Mukama alibawolereza, n’abo ababanyaga alibanyaga.
24 Do not befriend a hot-tempered man, and do not associate with one who harbors anger:
Tokwananga muntu wa busungu, oba okuyitanga n’omuntu anyiiganyiiga amangu,
25 lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.
oleme okuyiga amakubo ge ne weesuula mu mitawaana.
26 Do not be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
Teweegattanga ku abo abeeyama, newaakubadde ku abo abeeyimirira ab’amabanja.
27 If you do not have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
Bw’oliba nga tolina kya kusasula ekitanda kyo kyennyini kye kirikuggyibwako.
28 Do not move the ancient boundary stone, which your fathers have set up.
Tojjululanga nsalo bajjajjaabo gye bassaawo edda.
29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.
Omanyi omuntu omunyiikivu era omukugu mu mulimu gwe? Aliweereza bakabaka; taliweereza bantu batamanyiddwa.
