Mani'zanti Mofo Nanekee 26
1 Neginagi vahe'ma ragima amizamo'a, zage knafi ko' ariankna nehigeno, ne'zamo afure knafi ko' ariankna huno knarera nosie.
Just [like] [SIM] [it is not appropriate for] snow [to fall] in summer time, or rain [to fall] at harvest time, it is not appropriate to praise/honor foolish people.
2 Mago'mo'ma hazenkema osu'nenigeno kazusi hunte kema hanigeno'a, ana kazusi kemo'a kisave namamo mika zupa manigsa osuno hareno vano vano nehiankna huno, vahetera ana kazusi kemo'a forera osugahie.
Like [SIM] birds that fly by [and do not alight/land on anything], if someone curses you, it cannot hurt you if you (do not deserve them/have not done to him what is wrong).
3 Hosi afura sefu knonu ahe'za azeri ante fatgo nehazageno, donki afumofona aeni zamagipina rente'naza zante zamavazu hu'za zamazeri fatgo nehaze. Hagi neginagi vahera kanonteti zamagumpi zamahe'za zamazeri fatgo hugahaze.
It is necessary to whip a horse and to put a bridle on a donkey [to force them to go where we want them to go], and similarly [SIM] [it is often necessary to strike] foolish people with a stick [to cause them to do what is right].
4 Neginagi vahe'mofona neginagi naneke zamirera kenona huozamanto, anama hananana zamagri kna hunka neginagi vahe manigahane.
If a foolish person asks a foolish question, [do not answer him], because [if you answer his question], you are just as foolish as he is.
5 Antahiso'e hutenka neginagi vahe'mo'za, neginagi nanekema hanaza nanekerera, kenona zmia huzamanto, ru zamagra antahisazana knare antahiza eri'none hugahaze.
If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
6 Neginagi vahe'mofoma katogema huntesankeno kema erino vaniazamo'a, mago kaga akafri atreankna nehuno, avuatga ti neankna hugahane.
Anyone who asks a foolish person to take a message to someone [is himself doing something as foolish as] cutting off his own feet or drinking poison.
7 Neginagi vahe'mo'ma knare nomanizamofo nanekema hu'zamo'a, vahe'mofoma frino sti'nea agamo eri'za e'oriankna huno, ana naneke'amo'a erizana e'origahie.
A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
8 Neginagi antahi'zane vahe'ma ra zamagima zmizamo'a, kumi'atifima have erinteno ahe atrenaku anteankna nehie.
Tying a stone in a sling [so that it cannot be thrown at a target] is [as foolish as] [SIM] honoring a foolish person.
9 Neginagi antahi'zane vahe'mo'zama knare nomanizamofo naneke hanazana, negi ti neno neginagi hu'nea vahe'mo, ave'ave nofi azampi azerineno traka truku huno vano hiankna nehie.
If a drunk person waves some thorns/brambles with his hand, [he is not able to accomplish anything useful by doing that] (OR, [he does not feel it when a thorn sticks in his hand]); similarly, if foolish people speak [MTY] proverbs, [they do not help anyone who hears them].
10 Neginagi antahi'zane vahe'ene karankama enevanaza vahe'ma zagore'ma eri'za erisazegu'ma zamavaresia zamo'a, keve ome ahetre emehetre huno rama'a vahe zamaheankna hugahie.
A man who shoots arrows [to try] to wound everybody who is near [is foolish]; similarly, anyone who hires a foolish person [who passes by is very foolish].
11 Kramo'ma amu'ma atitrenere'ma eteno viaza hu'za neginagi vahe'mo'za koma nehaza neginagi zamavu'zmavara hutere nehaze.
A foolish person will foolishly do something stupid a second time; it is [like] [SIM] a dog returning to [eat] what it has vomited.
12 Neginagi vahe'mo'za amuhama hazazamo'a, ama' antahi'zane vahe'ma mani'none hu'za antahiza vahera zamagateneraze.
[God] can help/bless foolish people more easily than he can help/bless people who are not wise [RHQ], but think that they are wise.
13 Kampine ra kumamofo kantamimpina ha' zaga laioni manine hu'za feru vahe'mo'za nehaze!
Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
14 Kafamo'ma hantintenare'ma me'neno anagino erigino hiankna hu'za, feru vahe'mo'za nemasaza tafe zamire, rukrahe rukrahe nehaze.
A door [continually] swings back and forth on its hinges [and does not go anywhere]; similarly [SIM], lazy people [just continually turn over] in their beds [and never do anything].
15 Feru vahe'mo'a ne'zama ante tafepintira ne'zana erigahianagi, agipina erinteno nezankura avesra hugahie.
Some people are extremely lazy; they put their hand in a dish [to get some food] but do not [even] lift the food up to their mouths.
16 Feru vahe'mo'a agragu'ma antahiana, 7nia knare antahi'zane vahera, nagra zamagetere'noe huno nentahie.
Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
17 Rumozama ha' frama nehazafima, anintaka huno kema hu'zamo'a, kramofo agesare avazu huno viankna nehie.
Anyone who (meddles/involves himself) in a quarrel that does not concern him is [as foolish as] [SIM] someone who tries to grab a passing dog by its ears.
18 Tava'oma'are nemanimofoma revatga nehuno, kiza zokago ke hugantoe huno'ma nehimo'a, negi ne'mo teve nerea keve ome ahetre eme ahetre hiankna nehie.
Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and [then] say, “I was only joking.”
20 Hagege teve rampama omanesigeno'a, tevea rukru huno ontegahie. Hagi vahe zamefi kema hu'zama omanesigeno'a, ha' frama hu'zana omanegosie.
If there is no [more] firewood [to put on the fire], the fire will go out; similarly [SIM], if there are no people who (gossip/tell people things that are not true), quarreling will end.
21 Tevemo'a tanknuzare tevea nereno hagage teve rampare rukru huno tevea nereankna hu'za keframa vazi vahe'mo'za, ha'ma hu'zana eri agafa nehaze.
[Putting] charcoal on burning coals or [putting] wood on a fire [causes the fire to keep burning]; similarly, people who like to quarrel cause people to keep arguing.
22 Vahe'ma amefi agenke hu kemo'a, haganentake ne'zankna hu'neankino, vahe'mofo agu'afinka unefre.
People [enjoy listening to what gossips say about others just like] [SIM] they enjoy tasty food; they [enjoy listening to what gossips tell them like] they enjoy swallowing tasty food.
23 Vahe'ma azeri havizahu antahi'zama kagu'afima me'negenka, amne kagiteti'ma fru kema humisanana, mopa kavomofo amega'a silva masave frenteno eri knare hiankna hugahane.
People who say nice things when they are thinking about doing evil things are like a nice glaze/covering on a [cheap] clay pot.
24 Mago'mo'ma avesra hunentesia vahe'mofoma amega agiteti avurera so'e ke humigahianagi, agu'afina antahi muginente.
Those who hate someone and are saying [MTY] something very different from what they are thinking are hypocrites; they are only planning [to harm that person].
25 Knare kema hanigenka ana kegura tamage hunka antahiomio, na'ankure agu'afina 7ni'a kasrino agote'zamo avite'ne.
When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
26 E'i ana kefo antahi'zana frakigahianagi, mika veamo'za, kefo avu'ava'afi eama hanige'za kegahaze.
They try to deceive people to cause them to think that they do not hate [that person], but in a public meeting, the people will find out the evil things [that they have done].
27 Iza'o kerima asentesimo'a, anama asentesia kerifi agra'a tamisigeno, iza'o havema rezahe huno marenerinimofona, ana havemo'a ete eramino havema retufeno marerino nevanimofona eme rehapatigahie.
Those who dig a deep pit [for other people to fall into] will fall into it themselves; rocks will roll down on those who start to cause rocks to roll down [to crush someone].
28 Havi kema hu vahe'mo'a, avesrama hunentea vahera, havige huno azeri havizahu ke hunente. Rumofo zante ke'neno masave kema hu'zamo'a, ruga'a vahera azeri haviza nehie.
Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
