Proverbs 23
1 If you will sit down to eat with a ruler carefully you will consider [that] which [is] before you.
Bw’otuulanga okulya n’omufuzi, weetegerezanga ebiri mu maaso go;
2 And you will put a knife in throat your if [are] a master of appetite you.
era weegendereze bw’obanga omanyi ng’olulunkanira ebyokulya.
3 May not (you crave *Q(K)*) for dainties his and it [is] food of lies.
Tolulunkanira mmere ye ennungi, kubanga erimbalimba.
4 May not you labor to gain riches from understanding your cease.
Teweemalangako mirembe ng’oyaayaanira obugagga; weefuge obeere mukkakkamu.
5 (¿ Do you cause to fly *Q(K)*) eyes your on it and there not [is] it for certainly it makes for itself wings like an eagle (it flies away *Q(K)*) the heavens.
Eby’obugagga obikubako eriiso limu nga by’agenze dda, kubanga ddala bimera ebiwaawaatiro ne bibuuka mu bbanga ng’empungu.
6 May not you eat [the] food of a [person] evil of eye and may not (you crave *Q(K)*) for dainties his.
Tolyanga mmere ya muntu mukodo, wadde okwegomba ebirungi by’alya.
7 For - as he calculates in self his [is] so he eat and drink he says to you and heart his not [is] with you.
Kubanga ye muntu abalirira ensimbi z’asaasaanyizza, n’akugamba nti, “Weeriire, weenywere,” naye ng’omutima gwe tegukusanyukira.
8 Morsel your [which] you have eaten you will vomit up it and you will spoil words your pleasant.
Akatono k’onooba olidde onookasesema, ebigambo byo ebirungi eby’okwebaza bibe bya bwereere.
9 In [the] ears of a fool may not you speak for he will despise [the] insight of words your.
Totegana kubuulirira musirusiru, kubanga ajja kunyooma ebigambo byo eby’amagezi.
10 May not you displace a boundary of antiquity and in [the] fields of fatherless ones may not you go.
Tojjululanga nsalo ey’edda, so toyingiriranga nnimiro za bamulekwa,
11 For redeemer their [is] strong he he will conduct case their with you.
kubanga abalwanirira w’amaanyi, alikuggulako omusango.
12 Bring! to discipline heart your and ears your to words of knowledge.
Ossangayo omwoyo eri okuyigirizibwa, n’amatu go eri ebigambo by’okutegeera.
13 May not you withhold from a youth discipline for you will strike him with the rod not he will die.
Tolekangayo kukangavvula mwana, bw’omubonereza n’akaggo tekimutta.
Mubonerezenga n’akaggo, kiwonye emmeeme ye okufa. (Sheol h7585)
15 O son my if it is wise heart your it will rejoice heart my also I.
Mwana wange, bw’oba n’omutima ogw’amagezi, kinsanyusa.
16 So they may rejoice kidneys my when speak lips your uprightness.
Nnaajjaguzanga okuva ku ntobo y’omutima gwange, bw’onooyogeranga ebituufu.
17 May not it be jealous heart of your sinners that except in [the] fear of Yahweh all the day.
Omutima gwo gulemenga okukwatirwa aboonoonyi obuggya, kyokka nyiikira okutya Mukama ebbanga lyonna.
18 That except there [is] a future and hope your not it will be cut off.
Mazima ddala onoobanga n’essuubi mu biseera eby’omu maaso, n’essuubi lyo eryo teririggwaawo.
19 Listen O you son my and be wise and guide in the way heart your.
Mwana wange wulirizanga, obeerenga n’amagezi, okumenga omutima gwo mu kkubo ettuufu.
20 May not you be among drunkards of wine among gluttons of meat themselves.
Teweegattanga ku abo abeekamirira omwenge, n’abalulunkanira ennyama:
21 For a drunkard and a glutton he will become impoverished and rags it will clothe [them] drowsiness.
Kubanga omutamiivu n’omuluvu baavuwala, n’okubongoota olutata kubambaza enziina.
22 Listen to father your who he begot you and may not you despise if she is old mother your.
Wulirizanga kitaawo eyakuzaala, so togayanga nnyoko ng’akaddiye.
23 Truth buy and may not you sell [it] wisdom and discipline and understanding.
Gula amazima so togatunda, ffuna amagezi, n’okuyigirizibwa n’okutegeera.
24 (Certainly he rejoices *Q(k)*) [the] father of a righteous [son] (and [one who] begets *Q(K)*) a wise [son] (he rejoices *Q(K)*) in him.
Kitaawe w’omutuukirivu alina essanyu lingi, n’oyo azaala omwana ow’amagezi amwenyumiririzaamu.
25 May he rejoice father your and mother your and may she rejoice [the] [one who] bore you.
Leka kitaawo ne nnyoko basanyuke, omukazi eyakuzaala ajaguzenga.
26 Give! O son my heart your to me and eyes your ways my (let them observe. *Q(K)*)
Mwana wange mpa omutima gwo, n’amaaso go geekalirize amakubo gange,
27 For [is] a pit deep a prostitute and [is] a well narrow a foreign [woman].
kubanga omukazi omwenzi lukonko luwanvu, n’omukazi omubambaavu luzzi lufunda.
28 Also she like a robber she lies in wait and treacherous [people] among humankind she increases.
Ateega ng’omutemu, n’ayongera ku muwendo gw’abasajja abatali beesigwa eri bakazi baabwe.
29 [belongs] to Whom? woe [belongs] to whom? woe! [belong] to whom? (contentions *Q(K)*) [belongs] to whom? complaint [belong] to whom? wounds without cause [belongs] to whom? dullness of eyes.
Ani alina obuyinike? Ani alina ennaku? Ani alina ennyombo? Ani alina okwemulugunya? Ani alina ebiwundu eby’obwereere? Ani amyuse amaaso?
30 To [those who] delay over the wine to [those who] go to examine mixed wine.
Abo abatava ku mwenge, nga bagenda baloza ku mwenge omutabule.
31 May not you see wine for it will be red if it will give (in the cup *Q(K)*) eye its it will go with smoothness.
Totunuulira wayini ng’amyuse, bw’atemaganira mu ggiraasi ng’akka empolampola;
32 End its like a snake it will bite and like a viper it will sting.
ku nkomerero aluma ng’omusota, wa busagwa ng’essalambwa.
33 Eyes your they will see strange [things] and heart your it will speak perverse things.
Amaaso go galiraba ebyewuunyo, n’omutwe gwo ne gulowooza ebitategeerekeka.
34 And you will be like [one who] lies down in [the] heart of [the] sea and like [one who] lies down at [the] top of a mast.
Oliba ng’omuntu eyeebase wakati mu nnyanja, obanga oyo alengejjera waggulu ku mulongooti.
35 They struck me not I am sick they beat me not I know when? will I awake I will repeat I will seek it again.
Olyogera nti, “Bankubye, naye sirumiddwa. Bankubye naye sirina kye mpuliddemu. Nnaazuukuka ddi, neeyongere okunywa?”
