Proverbs 27
1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
Komikumisa te mpo na mokolo ya lobi, pamba te oyebi te likambo nini mokolo ekoki kobota.
2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
Tika ete moto mosusu akumisa yo, kasi monoko na yo moko te; tika ete mopaya akumisa yo, kasi bibebu na yo moko te.
3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
Libanga mpe zelo ezalaka kilo, kasi kanda ya zoba ezalaka kilo koleka nyonso mibale.
4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
Kotomboka ememaka makambo ya somo, mpe kanda ebebisaka; kasi nani akoki kotelema liboso ya zuwa?
5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
Pamela oyo epesami na polele ezali malamu koleka moto oyo aboyi kopamela mpo na bolingo.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
Bapota oyo molingami azokisi ezali malamu koleka babeze ebele ya monguna.
7 A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.
Moto oyo atondi aboyaka ata mafuta ya nzoyi, kasi moto oyo azali na nzala ayokaka ata bilei ya bololo elengi.
8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
Moto oyo ayengaka-yengaka mosika ya mokili na ye azali lokola ndeke oyo ezali koyengayenga mosika ya zala na yango.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend — from counsel of the soul.
Mafuta mpe malasi esepelisaka motema, mpe molingami malamu apesaka toli na motema ya esengo.
10 Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better [is] a near neighbour than a brother afar off.
Kosundola te molingami na yo to molingami ya tata na yo, mpe kokende te na ndako ya ndeko na yo tango ozali na pasi; kozala na molingami ya pembeni ezali malamu koleka kozala na ndeko ya mosika.
11 Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
Mwana na ngai, zala moto ya bwanya mpe sepelisa motema na ngai, mpo ete nazala na eyano ya kopesa na moto oyo akoluka kotiola ngai.
12 The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
Moto ya mayele amonaka likama na mosika mpe amibombaka, kasi moto oyo azangi mayele alekaka kaka wana mpe akutanaka na pasi.
13 Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
Kamata elamba ya moto oyo alapi ndayi mpo na niongo ya moto mosusu; bomba yango lokola ndanga soki alapi ndayi mpo na mwasi mopaya.
14 Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.
Soki moto moko ayei kopambola molingami na ye, na mongongo makasi mpe na tongo-tongo, bakozwa yango lokola elakeli mabe.
15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
Mwasi oyo alinga koswana azali lokola ndako oyo etangaka na tango ya mvula.
16 Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
Kokanga ye ezali lokola koluka kokanga mopepe to mafuta na loboko.
17 Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Ndenge kaka ebende epelisaka ebende mosusu, ndenge wana mpe moto abongaka soki akutani na moto mosusu.
18 The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
Moto oyo abongisaka nzete na ye ya figi aliaka mpe mbuma na yango, mpe moto oyo abatelaka mokonzi azwaka lokumu.
19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
Ndenge mayi ezalaka lokola kitalatala mpo na elongi, ndenge wana mpe motema ya moto elakisaka bomoto na ye moko.
Ndenge lifelo mpe mboka ya bakufi etondaka te, ndenge wana mpe miso ya moto etondaka te. (Sheol h7585)
21 A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
Bapetolaka palata na kikalungu, mpe bapetolaka wolo na fulu ya moto makasi, kasi bamekaka moto na nzela ya lokumu na ye.
22 If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
Ata soki otuti moto ya liboma na liboka elongo na mbuma, liboma na ye ekotikala te kolongwa kati na ye.
23 Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
Yeba malamu ndenge bibwele na yo ezali, mpe kengela yango malamu,
24 For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
pamba te bomengo ewumelaka seko na seko te, motole mpe ewumelaka te mpo na libela.
25 Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
Soki bakati matiti ya bibwele, matiti ya sika ekobota mpe bakolokota matiti ya bangomba;
26 Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,
bameme ekopesa yo bilamba, mpe bantaba ekosunga yo mpo na kosomba elanga.
27 And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
Okozala na miliki ebele ya bantaba mpo na koleisa ndako na yo mpe basali na yo ya basi.
