< Mani'zanti Mofo Nanekee 27 >
1 Okina e'inahu'za hugahue hunka kavufga rana osuo, na'ankure mago mago knamo'ma erino'ma e'nia zana ontahi'nane.
Do not boast about [what you will do] tomorrow, because you do not know what will happen [PRS] on any day.
2 Atregeno ru vahe'mo'za husga hunegantena, kagra'agura husga osuo. Rurega vahe'mo'za husga huganteho, kagra'a kavufga husga osuo.
Do not praise yourself [MTY, PRS]; allow others to praise you. If someone else praises you, that is okay.
3 Havemo'a kna higeno, kasepamo'a tusi'a knanentake hu'neanagi, neginagi vahe'mo'zama nehaza zamavu'zmavamo'a, ana tarega zana agatereno tusi'a knanentake hu'ne.
[It causes pain to our bodies to carry heavy] stones or [a pail full of] sand, but doing something stupid/foolish [can cause] great [pain to other people’s spirits.]
4 Rimpama ahe'zamo'a havizantfa higeno, asivazi zamo'a ti hageno eankna hugahianagi vahe'mofo zante'ma negeno arimpa haviza hu'zamo'a, tusia havizantfa hu'ne.
It is cruel to be angry [with others], and our being angry sometimes destroys [others], but being jealous of someone is [RHQ] often more cruel than that.
5 Havi avu'ava'ma hanigenkama amate huama huntenka azeri fatgo'ma hu'zamo'a, frakinkama avesima nentenka azeri fatgoma osanana zana agatere'ne.
It is better to correct someone openly than to show that you l don’t love that person [by not correcting him].
6 Knampa kamo'ma kazeri fatgo hukuma katama kami'zamo'a, ha' vahekamo regavatga huno kagi'ma antako'ma hania avu'avara agatere'ne.
If a friend criticizes you, [he is a good friend and] you can trust him; but if one of your enemies kisses you, he is [probably wanting to] deceive you.
7 Amu'ma hu'nesimo'a, tumemofo rima'a one atregahie. Hianagi agazanku'ma nehania vahe'mofona aka hu'nesia nezamo'agi, agitera haga hugahie.
When someone’s stomach is full, he does not want to eat honey; but when someone is [very] hungry, he thinks that [even] bitter things taste sweet.
8 Nonkuma zamire'ma maniso'e osu vahe'mo'za, namamo'zama nozamire manirava osu kanke kankema hazankna nehaze.
Anyone who wanders [far] from his home/family is like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.
9 Kavesima kanteno kavumroma ante'zamo'a, mnanentake masavemo'ene knare mnavovo zamo mnaviankna huno rone'amofo agu'a azeri muse hugahie.
[Putting olive] oil and perfume on a person’s skin causes him to feel good, but having a friend [who gives] good advice [is even better].
10 Roneka'ane negafa rone'amofona kamefira huozamio. Hazenkema e'nerisunka kazama hinogura negafu nontega ovuo. Tava'onkare'ma nemanisimofo nontega vu'zamo'a, afete'ma mani'nenia nagafu nontegama vu'zana ageterene.
Do not neglect your friends or your parents’ friends; and at a time when you are experiencing a disaster, do not go to a relative [who lives far away to request his help]; someone who lives near you can help you more than relatives who live far away.
11 Mofavre'nimoka, ama' antahi'za e'nerigeno nagu'amo'a muse nehina, ana zamo'a knama nami'za huhaviza hunenantaza vahera kenona zamia huzamantegahie.
My child/son, cause me to be happy by becoming wise, in order that I will [know how to] reply to those who would criticize me [about your behavior].
12 Knare antahi'zama me'nesia vahe'mo'a hazenkema agrite'ma eku'ma haniazana ko negeno, maniganenigeno agateregahie. Hianagi knare antahi'zama omane vahe'mo'a, avua onkeno ana hazenkefina vuno ufregahie.
Those who have good sense will realize that there is something dangerous ahead, and they will hide; those who do not have good sense [just] keep going, and later they will suffer because of [doing] that.
13 Zamagenka antahinkama osu'nesana vahe'mo'za nofi'ma kagripinti hugahune hanagenka, amanea ozaminka nakre kuzmia avame zana erinege'za, ana nofi'ma hu'nesaza zana eme vakanegahie.
[You deserve to] have your property taken from you if you [foolishly] promise to a stranger (OR, a strange woman) that you will pay what she owes if she is unable to pay it [DOU].
14 Mago ne'mo'ma nanterama'afima kezatino, so'egane huno'ma haniana, vahe'ma sifna aheankna hugahie.
If you rise early in the morning and call out a greeting to your neighbor [while he is still sleeping], he will consider it to be a curse, [not a blessing].
15 Ke fra nehuno kema huvavama nehia a'mo'a, nomo trovari huvava hiankna nehie.
[Having] a wife that is [constantly] nagging is as [bad as listening] to rain continually dripping on a rainy day.
16 E'ina hu kna a'nema zamazeri ante fatgohu kema zamasamia zamo'a, zaho'ma azeriankna nehuno, masave fre'nea azanteti azerigeno arugraru vaziankna hugahie.
[Trying] to restrain/stop her [from doing that] is as [difficult] [SIM] [as trying] to stop the wind or [trying] to hold oil in your hand.
17 Aenireti'ma, aenima kane'agonama nehiankna huno, vahe'mo'a, vahe'mofo antahintahia azeri fatgo hugahie.
[We can use one] iron tool to sharpen [another] iron [tool]; similarly [SIM], [when one person shares] what he is thinking, it can help other people [to think more clearly].
18 Fiki zafama kegava hanimo'a, raga'a tagino negahie. Hagi iza'o kva'amofoma kegava huntesimo'a, ra agi agra erigahie.
Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat; [similarly], servants who protect their master will be honored [by him].
19 Timpima kvugosama kanankna huno, kavukava'ma hanazamo'a kagu'afima me'neaza eri ama nehie.
[When a person looks] in the water, he sees his own face; similarly [SIM], [when we look at] a person’s behavior, we know what he is thinking.
20 Fri vahe kuma'mo'ene, fri vahe'mo'za avi'ma notazankna huno, vahe'mofo zamavenesia zamo'a zamura nosie. (Sheol )
[It is as though] the place where the dead people are is always wanting more people to [die and] come there; and humans [SYN] are always wanting to acquire more things, [too]. (Sheol )
21 Koline, silvama azeri agruma hunakura, tusi'a tevefi kre'za negazanagi, vahe'mofoma reheno negeana ragima amizanteti reheno nege.
[Workers put] silver and gold in a very hot furnace [to burn out what is impure], and [SIM] people learn [what we are really like when they see how we react when people] praise us.
22 Neginagi vahe'mofona neginagi avu'ava atresiegura, havereti witima refuzafupeno hona'a hareankna hunka zmahegahananagi, ana neginagi zamavu'zamava'ma nehaza zampintira, zamazeri otregahane.
Even if you beat/crush a fool severely [like] [MET] you pulverize grain with a pestle, you [probably] will not be able to cause him to stop (being foolish/doing foolish things).
23 Memene, sipisipi afukamo'zama nemaniza nomaniza zamia rezaganenka ke so'e hunka negenka, kagu'areti hunka kegava huzamanto.
Take good care of your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle,
24 Na'ankure, fenozamo'a mevava osanigeno, ragima eri'zamo'a mago naga nofitera meno ovugahie.
because the money [that you acquired from selling animals previously] will not (last/stay with you) forever; similarly [SIM], governments [MTY] certainly do not [RHQ] last forever.
25 Trazama akafri atresigeno'ma kasefa hagesigeno agonaregati trazana erinoma ufresigeno'a,
After you cut the hay [DOU] and [store it to feed the animals in the winter while] a new crop of hay is growing,
26 sipisipi afu'mo'zane meme afu'mo'za nenesageno, sipisipi afumofona azoka'aretira kukena hatino nentanino, meme afura mopama mizasega'are zagorera atreno zagoa erigahie.
you will be able to [shear the sheep and] make clothes from the wool, and you will get money from selling [some of] the goats to buy [more] land,
27 Hagi meme afumofo ami rima'a, rama'a me'nenkeno agrane noma'afima nemaniza naga'amo'zane nenesageno, kazokzo eri'za mofane'amo'za nesazama'anena megahie.
and you will get enough milk from the [other] goats for you and your family and your female servants.