Proverbs 24
1 Do not envy evil people; do not desire to associate with them,
Kolulaka te bato oyo basalaka mabe mpe kolukaka te kozala elongo na bango,
2 because they are [constantly] thinking about acting violently, and whenever they speak [MTY], they talk about (causing trouble/hurting someone).
pamba te mitema na bango ekanisaka kaka kosala mabe, mpe bibebu na bango eyeisaka kaka mobulu soki elobi.
3 People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by [heeding] good advice.
Ndako etongamaka na nzela ya bwanya, mpe elendisamaka na nzela ya mayele.
4 By using good sense, [they are able to buy] valuable and beautiful things and put them in the rooms of their houses.
Bashambre ekotondisama na biloko nyonso ya talo mpe ya kitoko na nzela ya boyebi.
5 Being wise is better than being strong/powerful; those who know [many things can accomplish more] than those who are [very] strong.
Moto ya bwanya atondi na nguya, moto oyo azalaka na boyebi alendisaka nguya na ye.
6 Leaders can fight battles if they have wise advisors, and they win those battles if they have many good advisors.
Pamba te kolonga na etumba esengaka bwanya, mpe lobiko ezalaka kati na motango ebele ya bapesi toli.
7 Foolish people cannot understand wise sayings/talk; at public meetings they are not [able to] say anything [that is useful].
Bwanya ezalaka likolo mingi mpo na zoba, yango wana azalaka te na likambo ya koloba kati na mayangani oyo esalemaka pembeni ya ekuke.
8 Those who are [always] planning to do evil things will be called troublemakers.
Moto oyo asalaka mabongisi ya kosala mabe akokende sango lokola moteki baninga.
9 It is sinful to plan to do foolish things, and people hate those who make fun of [everything that is good].
Mabongisi ya bozoba ezali masumu, mpe bato bayinaka motioli.
10 If you [act as though] you are helpless when you have troubles, you are [truly very] weak.
Soki omilembisi na mokolo ya pasi, makasi na yo ekozala pamba.
11 [If it is unjustly decided] that someone must be executed, [try hard to] rescue them [DOU].
Kangola bato oyo bazali komema bango na kufa, mpe bikisa bato oyo bazali kokende na kufa lokola bato oyo balangwe masanga.
12 If you say, “I did not know anything about it, [so (it is not my concern/I did not try to help him)],” remember that God knows what we have done, and he knows what we were thinking [IDM, RHQ], and he will certainly [RHQ] repay us as we deserve for what we have done or for not doing what we should have done.
Soki olobi: « Tala, toyebaki likambo moko te kati na makambo oyo nyonso; » boni, Ye oyo amekaka mitema asosolaka yango te? Ye oyo abatelaka molimo na yo ayebaka yango te? Afutaka te moto na moto kolanda misala na ye?
13 My child/son, eat honey, because it is good [for you]; the honey that drips from honeycombs tastes [very] sweet.
Mwana na ngai, lia mafuta ya nzoyi, pamba te ezalaka kitoko! Mwa ndambo ya mafuta ya nzoyi ekozala elengi na lolemo na yo.
14 Similarly, being wise is good for your soul; if you become wise, you will be [happy in] the future, and [God] will certainly [do for you what you are] confidently expecting him to do [LIT].
Yeba lisusu ete bwanya ezali elengi mpo na molimo na yo; soki ozwi yango, yeba ete lobi na yo ekozala malamu, mpe elikya na yo ekozala ya pamba te.
15 Do not be like wicked people who [hide and] wait to break into the houses of righteous/good [people] and rob/steal things.
Yo moto mabe, komeka te kotia mitambo kati na ndako ya moto ya sembo, mpe komeka te kopanza yango,
16 [Even if] good people fall down seven/many times, they [always] stand/get up again, but when a disaster happens to wicked [people], it ruins/destroys them.
pamba te ata soki moto ya sembo akweyi mbala sambo, akotelema kaka; nzokande pasi ekweyisaka moto mabe.
17 Do not be happy when something bad happens to one of your enemies; do not rejoice when he stumbles and falls,
Soki monguna na yo akweyi, kosepela te; mpe soki apengwi, tika ete motema na yo esepela te;
18 because Yahweh will know what you are thinking, and he will not like it, and [as a result] he will not punish that enemy of yours.
noki te Yawe akomona, akosepela te mpe akokitisela yo kanda na Ye.
19 Do not become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not [SYN] envy them,
Kosilika te likolo ya bato oyo basalaka mabe, kolula te bato mabe;
20 because [nothing good] will happen to wicked people; they are [like] a lamp that will soon be extinguished [MET].
pamba te lobi ya malamu ekozala te mpo na moto oyo asalaka mabe, mpe mwinda ya bato mabe ekokufa.
21 My child/son, revere Yahweh and [also] honor the king, and do not associate with people who want to rebel against either of them,
Mwana na ngai, tosaka Yawe mpe mokonzi, kosanganaka te na batomboki,
22 because those people will suddenly experience disasters; and no one knows [RHQ] what great disasters that God or the king can cause to happen to them.
pamba te bango mibale bakoki kotindela batomboki pasi na pwasa. Bongo, nani ayebi pasi oyo bakoki kotinda?
23 Here are more things that wise [people] have said: It is wrong for judges to decide matters unfairly [IDM].
Makambo oyo mpe ezali toli ya bato ya bwanya: Kopona bilongi, kati na kosambisa, ezali malamu te.
24 If they say to people who are guilty, “You (are innocent/have not done something that is wrong),” [even] people in other nations will curse and despise them,
Moto oyo alobaka na moto mabe: « Ozali moto ya sembo, » bato bakolakela ye mabe, mpe bikolo ekotombokela ye.
25 but if judges say that guilty people must be punished, things will go well for those judges, and (they will receive blessings/God will bless them).
Kasi bato oyo bapamelaka moto mabe bakozala malamu mpe lipamboli ekozala likolo na bango.
26 Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends [IDM].
Eyano ya solo ezali lokola beze ya bibebu.
27 First, do the work [that needs to be done] outside [your house], and prepare your fields, [and then plant things], and after you finish doing that, build your house.
Bongisa libanda ya mosala na yo, bongisa bilanga na yo, bongo na sima, tonga ndako na yo.
28 [In the courtroom] do not testify against someone when you have no reason to do that, and do not [try to] deceive [people] by what you say [MTY].
Kotatola na pamba te mpo na kosala moninga na yo mabe; mpo na nini olingi kosalela bibebu na yo na lokuta?
29 Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for [the bad things that] he did to me.”
Kolobaka te: « Nakosala ye ndenge asali ngai, nakozongisela ye kolanda makambo oyo ye asali. »
30 One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.
Nalekaki pembeni ya elanga ya moto ya goyigoyi, mpe pembeni ya elanga ya vino ya moto oyo azangi mayele;
31 I was surprised to see that the fields were full of all kinds of thorny bushes, and the stone wall [around the garden] had (collapsed/fallen down).
bongo, tala ndenge etondi na banzube, tala ndenge matiti mabe ezipi yango, mpe mir na yango ya mabanga ebukani.
32 When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:
Tango natiaki makanisi na ngai kati na makambo oyo namonaki, nazwaki mayele oyo:
33 [If you spend a lot of time] sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest,
mwa pongi moke, mwa kopema moke, mwa kokanga maboko moke mpo na kolala,
34 [soon] you will become poor; [it will be as though] [PRS, SIM] a bandit who had a weapon in his hand [attacked you and stole all that you had].
bobola ekoyela yo na pwasa lokola moleki nzela, mpe pasi ekoyela yo lokola moyibi.
