Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
Lalmwetmet el musaeak lohm sel, ac orala sru itkosr kac.
2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
El sapkin in anwuki soko kosro nu ke sie kufwa, ac kurrauk mwe akyu mongo nu ke wain uh, ac akoela tepu nu kac.
3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
El supwala mutan fusr kulansap lal nu yen fulat ke siti uh elos in pang ac fahk,
4 Whoever [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
“Utyak, kowos su wangin etauk la!” Ac nu sin mwet lalfon el fahk,
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.
“Fahsru, kang mwe mongo nak, ac nim ke wain ma nga kurrauk.
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Fahsr liki mwet nikin ingan ac moul. Fahsr ke inkanek lun etauk.”
7 He that reproveth a scorner, getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.
Kom fin kai sie mwet filang, el ac folokin ke kas in akmwekin. Kom fin kai sie mwet koluk, el ac suk in akngalye kom.
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he shall hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Nimet kai sie mwet filang; el ac srungakom. A kom fin aksuwosye sie mwet lalmwetmet, el ac akfulatye kom.
9 Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
Kutena ma kom ac fahk nu sin sie mwet lalmwetmet ac akyokye lalmwetmet lal, ac ma nukewa kom ac fahk nu sin sie mwet suwoswos ac laesla etauk lal.
10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
Sangeng sin LEUM GOD pa mutaweyen lalmwetmet. Ac eteyen El su Mutal pa etauk.
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
Lalmwetmet uh ac akloesye moul lom.
12 If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
Kom pa ac eis woiya kom fin lalmwetmet, ac kom fin srangesr eis, na kom ac keok.
13 A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.
Lalfon el oana sie mutan wowon, su nikin ac sumwekin.
14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
El muta ke mutunoa in lohm sel, ku muta fin sie mwe muta fulat in siti uh,
15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
ac pang nu selos su fahsr alukella nu ke orekma lalos sifacna. El fahk,
16 Whoever [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
“Utyak, kowos su wangin etauk la!” Ac nu sin mwet lalfon el fahk,
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
“Kof pisrapasrla uh arulana emwem. Bread pisrapasrla uh pa arulana yu.”
