Soakas 25
1 Pa inge kutu pac soakas lal Solomon, su sifilpa simla sin mwet sim lal Tokosra Hezekiah lun Judah.
These are also proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed:
2 Kut akfulatye God ke ma El okanla liki kut, ac kut akfulatye tokosra uh ke ma elos aketeya nu sesr.
The glory of God [is] to hide a thing, And the glory of kings [is] to search out a matter.
3 Kom tia ku in etu nunak lun sie tokosra. Nunak lal uh fulat oana yen engyeng uh ac loal oana meoa uh.
The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings—[are] unsearchable.
4 Eisla ma fohkfok liki silver, na mwet orekma kac uh fah ku in sang orala ma na oasku se.
Take away dross from silver, And a vessel goes forth for the refiner,
5 Eisla mwet pwapa koluk liki ye mutal tokosra, na tokosrai lal fah eteyuk ke nununku suwohs.
Take away the wicked before a king, And his throne is established in righteousness.
6 Nimet sifacna akfulatye kom ye mutun tokosra, ku tu yen sin mwet fulat.
Do not honor yourself before a king, And do not stand in the place of the great.
7 Ac wo in supweyuk kom nu ke sie nien muta fulat, liki na in fwackot nu sum kom in sang nien muta lom nu sin sie su fulat liki kom.
For better [that] he has said to you, “Come up here,” Than [that] he humbles you before a noble, Whom your eyes have seen.
8 Nimet sulaklak in utyak nu in nununku in tukakin ma kom liye uh. Sie mwet loh fin utyak tukum in fahkak lah kom tafongla, na mea kom ac oru?
Do not go forth to strive, hurry, turn, What do you do in its latter end, When your neighbor causes you to blush?
9 Kom, ac mwet tulan lom, fin tia insese ke kutu ma, sifacna aksuwosyela inmasrlomtal, ac nimet sramsramkin nu saya.
Plead your cause with your neighbor, And do not reveal the secret counsel of another,
10 Fin tia ouinge, mwet nukewa ac etu lah kom tia ku in karinganang ma oal in srumunyuk, ac mwekin lom ac tiana wanginla.
Lest the hearer put you to shame, And your evil report not turn back.
11 Sie nunak ma aketeyuki wo el arulana saok oana gold nasnas ma oakiyuki ke sie tefuro silver.
Apples of gold in imagery of silver, [Is] the word spoken at its fit times.
12 Kas in sensenkakin sin sie mwet ma oasr etauk la nu sin sie su insewowo in lohng, saok liki ring gold ku mwe naweyuk su orekla ke gold nasnas.
A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, [Is] the wise reprover to an attentive ear.
13 Sie mwet roso su ku in lulalfongyuk el mwe insewowo nu sel su supwalla, oana kof oyohu ke pacl fol uh.
As a vessel of snow in a day of harvest, [So is] a faithful ambassador to those sending him, And he refreshes the soul of his masters.
14 Mwet su orala wulela ac tia akfalye, elos oana pukunyeng ac eng ma wangin af kac.
Clouds and wind without rain, [Is] a man boasting himself in a false gift.
15 Kas fisrasr ac kulang ku in kutongya alein upa, oayapa ku in kifasla nunak lun mwet leum uh.
A ruler is persuaded by long-suffering, And a soft tongue breaks a bone.
16 Nimet kang honey yohk liki ma fal — ac oru kom wohtla.
You have found honey—eat your sufficiency, Lest you are satiated [with] it, and have vomited it.
17 Nimet mutwata fususla nu yurin mwet tulan lom; el ac ku in totola sum ac srungakomla.
Withdraw your foot from your neighbor’s house, Lest he is satiated [with] you, and has hated you.
18 Sie mwet su fahkak kas kikiap lain kutena mwet, oapana ke el sang sie cutlass faksilya, ku puokilya ke sak in anwuk, ku pisrkilya ke soko osra in pisr kosroh.
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying a false testimony against his neighbor.
19 Kom fin epahl nu sin sie mwet soaru ke pacl ma upa uh sikyak, na oana ke kom mongo ke soko wihs furareyak, ku fahsr ke sie nia sukapasla.
A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.
20 Kom fin yuk on in srital nu sin sie mwet su arulana fohsak nunak la, ac oapana ke kom eisla nuknuk liki sie mwet ke pacl mihsrisr, ku sang sohl nu ke sie kinet.
Whoever is taking away a garment in a cold day, [Is as] vinegar on natron, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.
21 Mwet lokoalok lom fin masrinsral, sang mongo nal; el fin malu, sang kof nimal.
If he who is hating you hungers, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirsts, cause him to drink water.
22 Tuh ke kom oru ouinge el ac arulana mwekinla sum, ac LEUM GOD El ac fah moli nu sum.
For you are putting coals on his head, And YHWH gives repayment to you.
23 Lesrik pwanak kasrkusrak, oana ke eng tuh epang me uh use af.
A north wind brings forth rain, And a secret tongue—indignant faces.
24 Ac wo in muta fin mangon lohm uh, liki in muta in lohm uh wi sie mutan torkaskas.
Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
25 Ke kom ac lohng sie pweng na wo yen loesla me, ac oana ke kom nim kof oyohu ke pacl kom arulana malu.
[As] cold waters for a weary soul, So [is] a good report from a far country.
26 Sie mwet suwoswos su srifeyukla sin sie mwet koluk, el oana sie unon in kof loslos su aktaekyeyukla, ku sie lufin kof pwasinla.
A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, [Is] the righteous falling before the wicked.
27 Tia wo in kang honey yokla, ac oapana ke kom suk in nuna kaksakinyuk kom.
The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one’s own honor—honor.
28 Kom fin tia ku in sifacna leum fom, kom ac oana sie siti su wangin pot kac — fisrasr in kunausyukla.
A city broken down without walls, [Is] a man without restraint over his spirit!
