Engero 16
1 Omuntu ateekateeka by’ayagala okukola mu mutima gwe, Naye okuddamu kuva eri Mukama.
The preparations of the heart belong to man: but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
2 Amakubo g’omuntu gonna gaba matuufu mu maaso ge ye, naye Mukama y’apima ebigendererwa.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
3 Emirimu gyo gyonna gikwasenga Mukama, naye anaatuukirizanga entegeka zo.
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
4 Mukama buli kimu akikola ng’alina ekigendererwa, n’abakozi b’ebibi y’abakolera olunaku lwe batuukibwako ebizibu.
The LORD hath made every thing for its own end: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
5 Buli muntu alina omutima ogw’amalala wa muzizo eri Mukama; weewaawo talirema kubonerezebwa.
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
6 Olw’okwagala n’olw’obwesigwa, ekibi kisasulibwa, n’okutya Mukama kuleetera omuntu okwewala okukola ebibi.
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
7 Amakubo g’omuntu bwe gaba gasanyusa Mukama, aleetera abalabe b’omuntu oyo okubeera naye mu mirembe.
When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8 Akatono akafune mu butuukirivu, kasinga obugagga obungi obufune mu bukyamu.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
9 Omutima gw’omuntu guteekateeka ekkubo lye, naye Mukama y’aluŋŋamya bw’anaatambula.
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
10 Kabaka ky’ayogera kiba ng’ekiva eri Katonda, n’akamwa ke tekasaanye kwogera bitali bya bwenkanya.
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth shall not transgress in judgment.
11 Ebipimo ne minzaani ebituufu bya Mukama, ebipimo byonna ebikozesebwa y’abikola.
A just balance and scales are the LORD’S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
12 Kya muzizo bakabaka okukola ebibi, kubanga entebe ye ey’obwakabaka enywezebwa butuukirivu.
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
13 Akamwa akogera eby’amazima bakabaka ke basanyukira, era baagala oyo ayogera amazima.
Righteous lips are the delight or kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
14 Obusungu bwa kabaka buli ng’ababaka abaleese okufa, omusajja ow’amagezi alibukkakkanya.
The wrath of a king is [as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
15 Kabaka bw’asanyuka kireeta obulamu; n’okuganza kwe, kuli nga ekire eky’enkuba mu biseera ebya ttoggo.
In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
16 Okufuna amagezi nga kusinga nnyo okufuna zaabu, era n’okufuna okutegeera kikira ffeeza!
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
17 Ekkubo ly’abagolokofu kwe kwewala ebibi, n’oyo eyeekuuma mu kutambula kwe, awonya emmeeme ye.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
18 Amalala gakulembera okuzikirira, n’omwoyo ogwegulumiza gukulembera ekigwo.
Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
19 Okubeera n’omwoyo ogwetoowaza era n’okubeera n’abaavu, kisinga okugabana omunyago n’ab’amalala.
Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
20 Oyo assaayo omwoyo ku kuyigirizibwa alikulaakulana, era alina omukisa oyo eyeesiga Mukama.
He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
21 Abalina emitima egy’amagezi baliyitibwa bategeevu, n’enjogera ennungi eyongera okuyamba okutegeera.
The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22 Amagezi nsulo ya bulamu eri oyo agalina, naye obusirusiru buleetera abasirusiru okubonerezebwa.
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the correction of fools is [their] folly.
23 Omutima gw’omuntu ow’amagezi gumuwa enjogera ennungi, era akamwa ke kayigiriza abalala.
The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
24 Ebigambo ebirungi biri ng’ebisenge by’omubisi gw’enjuki, biwoomera emmeeme, ne biwonya n’amagumba.
Pleasant words are [as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25 Wabaawo ekkubo erirabika ng’ettuufu eri omuntu, naye ku nkomerero limutuusa mu kufa.
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26 Okwagala okulya kuleetera omuntu okukola n’amaanyi, kubanga enjala emukubiriza okweyongera okukola.
The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth craveth it of him.
27 Omuntu omusirusiru ategeka okukola ebitali bya butuukirivu, era n’ebigambo bye, biri ng’omuliro ogwokya ennyo.
A worthless man deviseth mischief: and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
28 Omuntu omubambaavu asiikuula entalo, n’ow’olugambo ayawukanya ab’omukwano enfirabulago.
A froward man scattereth abroad strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29 Omuntu omukyamu asendasenda muliraanwa we n’amutwala mu kkubo eritali ttuufu.
A man of violence enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him in a way that is not good.
30 Omuntu atemya ku liiso ateekateeka kwonoona, n’oyo asongoza emimwa ategeka kukola bitali birungi.
He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise froward things: he that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
31 Omutwe ogw’envi ngule ya kitiibwa, gufunibwa abo abatambulira mu bulamu obutuukirivu.
The hoary head is a crown of glory, it shall be found in the way of righteousness.
32 Omuntu omugumiikiriza asinga omutabaazi, n’oyo afuga obusungu bwe akira awamba ekibuga.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
33 Akalulu kayinza okukubibwa, naye okusalawo kwa byonna kuva eri Mukama.
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
