Masese 17
1 Kolia na kimia ndambo ya lipa ya kokawuka ezali malamu koleka kovanda na ndako etonda na misuni elongo na koswana.
pleasant morsel dry and ease in/on/with her from house: home full sacrifice strife
2 Mosali ya bwanya akozala na bokonzi likolo ya mwana mobali oyo asalaka soni, mpe akozwa libula elongo na bandeko.
servant/slave be prudent to rule in/on/with son: child be ashamed and in/on/with midst brother: male-sibling to divide inheritance
3 Bapetolaka palata na kikalungu, mpe bapetolaka wolo na fulu ya moto makasi, kasi ezali Yawe nde amekaka mitema.
crucible to/for silver: money and furnace to/for gold and to test heart LORD
4 Moto oyo asalaka mabe ayokaka maloba ya bato mabe, mokosi apesaka litoyi na ye na maloba ya lokuta.
be evil to listen upon lips evil: wickedness deception to listen upon tongue desire
5 Moto oyo anyokolaka mobola anyokolaka Mokeli ya mobola yango; moto oyo asepelaka na pasi ya moninga akozanga te kozwa etumbu.
to mock to/for be poor to taunt to make him glad to/for calamity not to clear
6 Bakitani bazali motole ya bakoko, mpe baboti bazali lokumu ya bana.
crown old son: descendant/people son: descendant/people and beauty son: child father their
7 Ndenge maloba ya lokumu ebongi te mpo na moto mabe, ndenge mpe maloba ya lokuta ebongi te mpo na mokonzi.
not lovely to/for foolish lip: words remainder also for to/for noble lip: words deception
8 Kanyaka ezalaka lokola kisi na miso ya moto oyo azali na yango; alongaka na esika nyonso oyo akendaka.
stone favor [the] bribe in/on/with eye master: owning his to(wards) all which to turn be prudent
9 Moto oyo abombaka mabe alukaka bolingo, kasi moto oyo azongelaka yango tango nyonso akabolaka bato oyo balingani.
to cover transgression to seek love and to repeat in/on/with word: thing to separate tame
10 Pamela ezalaka na litomba mpo na moto ya mayele, kasi kobeta zoba bafimbu nkama moko ezalaka na litomba te.
to descend rebuke in/on/with to understand from to smite fool hundred
11 Moto mabe alukaka kaka kotomboka, kasi bakotindela ye ntoma ya motema mabe mpo na kotelemela ye.
surely rebellion to seek bad: evil and messenger cruel to send: depart in/on/with him
12 Kokutana na ngombolo oyo babotoli bana ezali malamu koleka kokutana na zoba oyo azali kati na bolema.
to meet bear childless in/on/with man and not fool in/on/with folly his
13 Pasi etikaka ata moke te ndako ya moto oyo azongisaka mabe mpo na malamu.
to return: return distress: evil underneath: instead welfare not (to remove *Q(k)*) distress: evil from house: home his
14 Kobanda koswana ezali lokola kofungola nzela ya mayi; tika na yo liboso ete kobendana ekoma makasi.
to separate water first: beginning strife and to/for face: before to quarrel [the] strife to leave
15 Moto oyo alongisaka bato mabe mpe moto oyo akweyisaka bato ya sembo bazali, bango mibale, nkele na miso ya Yawe.
to justify wicked and be wicked righteous abomination LORD also two their
16 Mpo na nini mbongo ezala na maboko ya zoba? Mpo ete asomba bwanya wana azali na posa na yango te!
to/for what? this price in/on/with hand fool to/for to buy wisdom and heart nothing
17 Molingami alingaka tango nyonso, mpe akomaka ndeko na tango ya pasi.
in/on/with all time to love: lover [the] neighbor and brother: male-sibling to/for distress to beget
18 Moto oyo azangi mayele abetaka tolo mpo na kondima baniongo ya mopaya.
man lacking heart to blow palm to pledge pledge to/for face neighbor his
19 Moto oyo alingaka koswana alingaka masumu; moto oyo atongaka ekuke na ye na likolo amilukelaka kokweya.
to love: lover transgression to love: lover strife to exult entrance his to seek breaking
20 Moto ya motema mabe abongaka te, mpe moto ya lolemo ya lokuta akomona pasi.
twisted heart not to find good and to overturn in/on/with tongue his to fall: fall in/on/with distress: harm
21 Kozala na mwana ya zoba esalaka pasi na motema, mpe tata ya moto ya liboma akotikala kozala na esengo te.
to beget fool to/for grief to/for him and not to rejoice father foolish
22 Motema ya esengo ebikisaka nzoto, kasi motema oyo etutami ebukaka mikuwa.
heart glad be good cure and spirit stricken to wither bone
23 Moto mabe azwaka kanyaka na nkuku mpo na kobebisa nzela ya bosembo.
bribe from bosom: secret wicked to take: recieve to/for to stretch way justice
24 Bwanya emonanaka na elongi ya moto ya mayele, kasi miso ya zoba ekendaka kino na suka ya mokili.
with face to understand wisdom and eye fool in/on/with end land: country/planet
25 Mwana oyo azangi mayele apesaka tata na ye mawa, mpe ayokisaka mama na ye pasi na motema.
vexation to/for father his son: child fool and bitterness to/for to beget him
26 Ezali malamu te kopesa moto ya sembo etumbu, mpe ezali malamu te kobeta bato ya lokumu na miso ya bosembo.
also to fine to/for righteous not pleasant to/for to smite noble upon uprightness
27 Moto oyo abatelaka monoko na ye azali na boyebi; moto oyo alengaka-lengaka te azali mayele.
to withhold word his to know knowledge (precious *Q(K)*) spirit: temper man understanding
28 Ezala moto ya liboma, soki avandi kimia, amonanaka lokola moto ya bwanya; moto oyo akangaka monoko na ye amonanaka lokola moto ya mayele.
also fool(ish) be quiet wise to devise: think to shutter lips his to understand
