< Proverbs 23 >

1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
Di da mimogo dunu ali gilisili ha: i nasea, amo esega noga: le dawa: ma.
2 put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
Di da ha: i manu bagade manusa: dawa: sea, di ha: i buludili mae moma.
3 Do not be desirous of his dainties, seeing they are deceitful food.
E da dia hou ogogole adoba: sa: besa: le, mae uasuli moma.
4 Do not weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
Di da noga: le molole dawa: ma. Di da liligi bagade gagumu hanaiba: le hawa: hamonana, dia gasa gufia: ne gala: mu da defea hame.
5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Dia muni amo ea ebelebe da hedolodafa si abo gelebe agoai ba: sa. Amola amo da buhiba ea ougia hinabo aligili wa: leahoabe agoai.
6 Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies:
Di da gegenane uasuli nasu dunu amo ea ha: i manu ida: iwane mae uasuli moma.
7 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink." he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
Amo gegenane uasuli nasu dunu da eso huluane amo ha: i manu ea bidi bagadega lai amo dawa: lala. E da aowalale amane sia: sa, “Defea! Bu bagade ha: i amola waini moma!” Be e da ogogole sia: sa. Ea houdafa da ea asigi dawa: su defele gala.
8 The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.
Di da dia mai liligi amo bu isole fasimu. Amola dia ema dabuagado ofa: su sia: da ogogole ofa: su sia: udigili ha: digi agoai ba: mu.
9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Di gagaoui dunuma moloi dawa: su sia: amo mae sia: ma. E da dia sia: ida: iwane dawa: mu da hamedei galebe.
10 Do not move the ancient boundary stone. Do not encroach on the fields of the fatherless:
Musa: soge alalo legei amo maedafa gua: ma. Amola guluba: mano ilia soge amo mae wamolama.
11 for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
Bai Hina Gode da ilima gasa bagade Gaga: su dunu esala. E da ilimagale, dima fofada: mu.
12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Dia olelesu dunu amo ea olelebe hamugini nabima amola noga: le hamoma.
13 Do not withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Dia mano da wadela: le hamosea, ema hedolo se ima. Dawa: ma: ne fasea, amo mano da hame bogomu.
14 Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
Be amo dawa: ma: ne fasu da ea esalusu gaga: mu. (Sheol h7585)
15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:
Nagofe! Di da dawa: ida: iwane lasea, na da hahawane bagade ba: mu.
16 yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.
Di da dawa: su ida: iwane sia: sia: sea, na da dima nodone dawa: mu.
17 Do not let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Jehovah all the day long.
Wadela: i hamosu dunu ilia hamobe amoga hamomusa: , mae mudale hanama. Be eso huluane Hina Godema nodone dawa: ma.
18 For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Amaiwane hamosea, di da hahawane esalumu.
19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path.
Nagofe! Nabima! Molole dawa: ma amola dia esalusu noga: le ouligima.
20 Do not be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:
Di da adini bagade nasu dunu amola ha: i fufuluba nasu dunu ilima mae gilisima.
21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Feloai dunu amola ha: i fufuluba nasu dunu da hedolo liligi hame gagui dunu agoai ba: mu. Dia da ha: i nasu amola golasu amo fawane hamosea, di da gagadelai abula amo fawane ga: i ba: mu.
22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Nagofe! Dia ada ea sia: noga: le nabima! E da di hame hamoi ganiaba, di da hame esalala: loba. Dia ame da da: i hamosea, e da di noga: le ouligiba: le, ema nodoma.
23 Buy the truth, and do not sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
Moloidafa hou, olelesu, molole dawa: su amola asigi dawa: su ida: iwane gala. Amo liligi bidiga lamu da defea. Be lai dagoiba: le, eno dunuma mae alofele lama. Bai amo liligi lasu defei da gadodafa.
24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
Dunu moloidafa ea ada da hahawane bagade. Dia gofe da molole dawa: su hou lai galea, di da ema nodone dawa: mu da defea.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad. Let her who bore you rejoice.
Nagofe! Dia ada amola ame da dia hou nodone ba: ma: ne, hou moloiwane hamoma. Dia ame hahawane ba: ma: ne hamoma.
26 My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
Nagofe! Hamugini noga: le nabima. Na esalebe defele, dia esaloma.
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Uda hina: da: i bidi lasu amola eno wadela: i hamosu uda da bogosu sani agoai gala.
28 Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
Ilia da wamolasu dunu agoane di wadela: lesimusa: desega lela. Ilia agoane hamobeba: le, dunu bagohame da ilia udama baligi fa: sa.
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Nowa dunu da waini hano bagade nasea amola gaheabolo adini hogoi helesea, e da bagade da: i diosa amola mosolasu hamosa, amola eso huluane egasa. Ea si da maga: me gasagala: i amola ea da: i da udigili fofonomane gagai.
30 Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
31 Do not look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Waini hano da ulasuyei amola faigelei gelabo ganodini bubunuma heda: sa amola noga: le da: gisa. Be dafama: ne adoba: sa: besa: le, waini hano manusa: mae magesa: ima.
32 In the end, it bites like a serpent, and poisons like a viper.
Waini hano nalu, diahabe, wa: legadole, di da saya: bega gasomai agoai ba: mu.
33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
Dia da: i da felowai agoai ba: le, noga: le dawa: le sia: mu gogolei ba: mu.
34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
Di da dusagai ganodini fila heda: le ahoasea da dia hagomo sasaleabe, amo agoai ba: mu.
35 "They hit me, and I was not hurt. They beat me, and I do not feel it. When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."
Di da agoane sia: mu, “Na da enoga fabela: ? Be amo na da gogolei. Abuliba: le na da noga: le hame nedigisa. Na da adini eno manu galebe.”

< Proverbs 23 >