Engero 27
1 Teweenyumirizanga mu bya nkya, kubanga olunaku bye lunaaleeta tobimanyi.
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2 Leka omulala akutenderezenga so si kamwa ko ggwe, omuntu omulala so si mimwa gyo.
Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.
3 Ejjinja lizitowa, n’omusenyu muzito, naye obulumbaganyi bw’omusirusiru businga byonna okuzitowa.
A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than both.
4 Obusungu bwa ttima, n’ekiruyi kifugira ddala nnyo, naye ani ayinza okwolekera amaaso g’obuggya?
Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
5 Okunenya mu lwatu, kisinga okwagala okukisibbwa.
Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
6 Okunywegera kw’omulabe kwandiba okungi, naye ebiwundu by’okunenya kw’owoomukwano tebitiisa.
Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
7 Oyo akkuse akyawa omubisi gw’enjuki, naye eri omuyala n’ekikaawa kiba kiwoomerera.
The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 Ng’akanyonyi akadduka mu kisu kyako, bw’atyo bw’abeera omuntu abula mu maka ge.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
9 Ebyakaloosa bisanyusa omutima, n’obuwoomerevu bw’omukwano gw’omuntu bwe butyo bwe buvaamu okubuulirira okw’amazima.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10 Mukwano gwo ne mukwano gwa kitaawo tobaabuuliranga, olemenga okutawaana okuswala ewa muganda wo ng’ogudde mu mitawaana. Muliraanwa wo akira muganda wo akuli ewala.
Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbor [that is] near, than a brother far off.
11 Beeranga n’amagezi mwana wange, osanyusenga omutima gwange, ndyoke nyanukule oyo yenna ansekerera.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12 Omuntu omutegeevu alaba akabenje ne yeekweka, naye abatalina magezi batambula butambuzi ne bagwa mu kabi.
A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
13 Twalanga ekyambalo ky’oyo eyeeyimirira gw’atamanyi, era kwatanga eky’oyo eyeeyimirira omukazi omwenzi kye yeeyamye.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14 Okulamusa ku muliraanwa wo mu makya ennyo, ng’oleekaana, obanga amukolimidde.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15 Omukazi omuyombi ali ng’enkuba etonnya olutata, ku lunaku olw’enkuba ennyingi.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16 Okumuziyiza obanga aziyiza empewo oba ng’anyweza omuzigo mu ngalo.
Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand [which] bewrayeth [itself].
17 Ng’ekyuma bwe kiwagala ekyuma, n’omuntu bw’abangula muntu munne.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18 Buli alabirira omutiini alirya ku bibala byagwo, n’oyo aweereza mukama we alissibwamu ekitiibwa.
He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.
19 Ng’amazzi bwe galaga omuntu bw’afaanana mu maaso, bwe gutyo omutima gw’omuntu bwe gulaga omuntu bw’afaanana.
As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 Entamu erongoosa ya ffeeza n’ekikoomi kikola ku zaabu, naye omuntu ekimugezesa kutenderezebwa.
[As] the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
22 Ne bw’osekula omusirusiru mu kinu, nga bw’osekula emmere y’empeke mu kinu, obusirusiru bwe tobumuggyaamu.
Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] his foolishness will not depart from him.
23 Okakasanga nti omanyi bulungi embeera z’ekisibo kyo, ossangayo omwoyo ku ggana lyo.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.
24 Kubanga eby’obugagga tebibeerera mirembe gyonna, n’engule tebeerera mirembe gyonna.
For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?
25 Ng’omuddo gw’ensolo omukulu gumaze okusalibwawo, ng’omutoototo gutandise okusibukawo, nga n’omuddo ogw’omu busozi guleeteddwa,
The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26 abaana b’endiga balikuwa engoye ez’okwambala, n’embuzi ziritundibwa ne zivaamu ensimbi.
The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.
27 Olibeera n’amata mangi g’onoggyanga mu mbuzi, okukuliisa ggwe n’ab’omu nnyumba yo, n’okuliisa abaweereza bo abawala.
And [thou shalt have] goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] maintenance for thy maidens.
