Soakas 17
1 Wo in kang bread mahi ke inse misla, liki na in wi kufwa in sie lohm ma oasr akukuin we.
Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house [full] of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.
2 Sie mwet kulansap su oaru ac lalmwetmet fah fulat liki sie wen sununta nutin mwet kacto lal, ouinge el ac wi usrui ma lun tulik nutin mwet kacto lal.
A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.
3 Gold ac silver uh srikeyuk ke e, ac insien mwet uh srikeyuk sin LEUM GOD.
As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.
4 Mwet koluk uh lohang nu ke nunak koluk, ac mwet kikiap lungse lohng kas kikiap.
A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips.
5 Kom fin aksruksruki mwet sukasrup, kom aklusrongtenye God su oralosla. Ac fah kaiyuk kom, kom fin engankin ongoiya lun mwet ngia.
He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy.
6 Mwet matu uh engankin tulik nutin tulik natulos, oapana ke tulik uh engankin papa tumalos.
Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children. The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.
7 Sufal mwet leum in fahk kas kikiap, oayapa kas wo tia tuku sin sie mwet lalfon.
Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.
8 Kutu mwet uh nunku mu eyeinse uh oana mwenmen. Elos lulalfongi mu ku in sang ma nukewa nu selos.
Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and wherever it may turn, it shall prosper.
9 Kom fin lungse mwet in lungse kom, kom nunak munas nu selos ke ma koluk elos oru nu sum. Kom fin sikalani in sramsramkin, ac ku in kunauselik inmasrlon sie kawuk.
He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hide [them] separates friends and kindred.
10 Kas in kaiyuk sefanna ku in aksuwosyela sie mwet lalmwetmet, a sringsring siofok tia ku in aksuwosyela sie mwet lalfon.
A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.
11 Mwet koluk elos purakak akukuin pacl nukewa, na ac fah supweyukla sie mwet roso sulallal in lainulos.
Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger.
12 Kom fin osun nu sin soko bear ma pisrapasrla natu natul, ac srik sensen lom liki kom fin osun nu sin sie mwet lalfon kafofo ke orekma lusrongten lal.
Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.
13 Kom fin eis ma wo ac folokin ke ma koluk, ma koluk fah tia ku in wanginla liki lohm sum.
Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.
14 Mutaweyen sie akukuin oana ke sie dam tufahna srasrelik, ke ma inge tulokinya akukuin sac meet liki ac yokelik.
Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.
15 Aksukosokye sie mwet koluk, ku kapriya sie mwet wangin mwata — lumah luo inge kewa srungayuk sin LEUM GOD.
He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable with God.
16 Wangin sripa sie mwet lalfon in sisla mani nu ke lutlut, mweyen wangin etauk sel.
Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.
17 Mwet kawuk uh akkalemye lungse lalos pacl nukewa. Ma kunen sou uh in akasrui ke pacl upa.
Have you a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in distress; for on this account are they born.
18 Mwet na wangin nunak la pa ac orek wulela in akfalye soemoul lun siena mwet.
A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, [as he] also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.
19 Mwet su lungse ma koluk elos lungse orek lokoalok. Kom fin konkin mwe kasrup lom pacl nukewa, kom purakak lokoalok.
A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;
20 Elos su nunak koluk ac kaskas koluk, ac fah wangin ma wo nu selos, a ongoiya mukena.
and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs;
21 Mwe na asor ac toasr nu sin sie papa ma tulik natul uh oru ma lalfon.
and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.
22 Inse engan mwe akkeye monum. A el su kwacna inse toasr, fah akmunasye manol.
A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.
23 Mwet nununku sesuwos elos eis mwe eyeinse in lukma. Ke ouinge uh nununku suwohs tiana orekla.
The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in [his] bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.
24 Mwet lalkung elos sulela in akwot nu ke soko inkanek lalmwetmet, a mwet lalfon uh takusrkusr ke inkanek puspis.
The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool [go] to the ends of the earth.
25 Sie tulik lalfon el mwe toasr nu sin papa tumal, ac akmwenye insien nina kiyal.
A foolish son [is a cause of] anger to his father, and grief to her that bore him.
26 Tia wo in sang kaiyuk nu sin mwet wangin mwata, ku kalyeiyuk mwet oru ma pwaye. Fin ouinge, nununku uh kihla.
[It is] not right to punish a righteous man, nor [is it] holy to plot against righteous princes.
27 Mwet lalmwetmet na pwaye elos tia oalinkas. Mwet ma muta misla pa liyaten uh.
He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise.
28 Sie mwet lalfon fin muta misla ac tia sramsram, ku in nunkeyuk mu el lalmwetmet.
Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.
