Engero 30
1 Bino bye bigambo bya Aguli mutabani wa Yake; obubaka bwe yawa bwe buno: Bw’ati omusajja ono bwe yagamba Isiyeri, Isyeri ono ne Ukali.
The words of Agur, son of Jakeh, [even] the oracle, —The utterance of the man, for Ithiel, for Ithiel and Ucal.
2 Ddala Ayi Katonda wange nze nsinga obutategeera, sirina kutegeera kwa bantu.
Surely, more brutish, am, I, than any man, nor doth, the understanding of a son of earth, pertain to me;
3 Siyize magezi, so n’oyo Omutukuvu simumanyi.
Neither have I learned wisdom, nor, the knowledge of the Holy Ones, can I acquire.
4 Ani eyali alinnye mu ggulu n’akka? Ani eyali akuŋŋaanyiza empewo mu kibatu ky’engalo ze? Ani eyali asibye amazzi mu kyambalo kye? Ani eyatonda enkomerero zonna ez’ensi? Erinnya lye y’ani, ne mutabani we y’ani? Mbulira obanga obimanyi.
Who hath ascended the heavens and then descended? Who hath gathered the wind into his two hands? Who hath wrapped up the waters in a mantle? Who hath set up all the ends of the earth? What is his name and what the name of his son, when thou knowest?
5 Buli kigambo kya Katonda kya mazima, era aba ngabo eri abo abamwesiga.
Every saying of God is refined, A shield, is, he, to them who seek refuge in him.
6 Toyongeranga ku bigambo bye, alemenga okukunenya naawe olabike ng’omulimba.
Do not add unto his words, lest he convict thee, and thou be found false.
7 Ebintu bibiri bye nkusaba; Ayi Mukama, tobinnyimanga nga sinnafa:
Two things, have I asked of thee, withhold them not from me, ere yet I die:
8 Ebigambo eby’obutaliimu n’eby’obulimba binteeke wala, ate era tonjavuwazanga wadde okungaggawaza, naye ndiisanga emmere eya buli lunaku.
Vanity and falsehood, remove far from me, Neither poverty nor riches, give me, Feed me with the food appointed me:
9 Nneme okukkutanga ne nkwegaana ne njogera nti, “Mukama ye y’ani?” Era nnemenga okuba omwavu ne nziba, ne nvumisa erinnya lya Katonda wange.
Lest I be full, and deny, and say—Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.
10 Tosekeetereranga muweereza eri mukama we, alemenga okukukolimira, naawe omusango ne gukusinga.
Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he revile thee, and thou be found guilty.
11 Waliwo abo abakolimira bakitaabwe ne batasabira na bannyaabwe mukisa;
A generation! Its father, it revileth, and, its mother, it doth not bless.
12 abo abeeraba ng’abatuukirivu bo mu maaso gaabwe, ate nga tebanaazibwangako bibi byabwe.
A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,
13 Waliwo abo ab’amalala amayitirivu, abatunuza okwemanya okw’ekitalo,
A generation! How lofty are its eyes, and its eyelashes uplifted.
14 n’ebeerayo abo abalina amannyo agali ng’ebitala, n’emba zaabwe nga zirimu ebiso, okusaanyaawo abaavu mu nsi, n’abo abali mu kwetaaga.
A generation! Swords, are its teeth, and, knives, its incisors, —to devour the humbled out of the earth, and the needy, from among men.
15 Ekinoso kirina bawala baakyo babiri abaleekaana nti, “Mpa! mpa!” Waliwo ebintu bisatu ebitakkuta, weewaawo bina ebitagamba nti, “Matidde,”
The vampire, hath two daughters, Give! Give! Three, there are will not be satisfied, four, have not said, Enough!
16 Amagombe, olubuto olugumba, ettaka eritakutta mazzi, n’omuliro ogutayogera nti, “Ebyo binaamala!” (Sheol h7585)
Hades, and barrenness, —A land not satisfied with water, and fire, that saith not, Enough! (Sheol h7585)
17 Eriiso ly’oyo anyooma kitaawe, era n’atagondera nnyina, liriggibwamu bannamuŋŋoona ab’omu kiwonvu, ne liriibwa ensega.
The eye that mocketh a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young of the eagle shall eat it.
18 Waliwo ebigambo bisatu eby’ekitalo ennyo gye ndi, weewaawo bina bye sitegeera:
Three, things there are, too difficult for me, yea, four, which I do not understand:
19 Empungu engeri gye yeeyisaamu mu bbanga, n’omusota engeri gye gwewalulamu wakati mu mayinja, n’ekyombo gye kiseeyeeyamu ku nnyanja, n’engeri omusajja gye yeeyisaamu ng’ali n’embeerera.
The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent on the rock, —the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.
20 Bw’ati bwe yeeyisa omukazi omwenzi: alya n’asiimuula emimwa gye n’agamba nti, “Sirina kibi kye nkoze.”
So, is the way of a woman committing adultery, —she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no iniquity!
21 Ensi ekankanira wansi w’ebintu bisatu weewaawo bina:
Under three things, a land is stirred, yea, under four, she cannot bear up:
22 omuweereza bw’afuuka kabaka, n’omusirusiru bw’akutta emmere;
Under a servant, when he reigneth, and a base man, when he is surfeited with food;
23 n’omukazi eyadibira mu ddya; n’omuweereza omuwala bw’afumbirwa bba wa mugole we.
Under a hateful woman, when she is married, and a handmaid when she driveth out her mistress.
24 Waliwo ebintu ebitono bina ku nsi, ebirina amagezi amangi ennyo.
Four, things there are, the small of the earth, —yet, they, are wiser than the wise:
25 Enkolooto bye biwuka ebitalina maanyi mangi, naye byeterekera emmere yaabyo mu kyeya;
The ants, a people, not strong, —yet prepare they, in summer, their food;
26 obumyu busolo bunafu naye bwezimbira ennyumba zaabwo mu mayinja;
The conies, a people of, no power, yet set they, among the crags, their house;
27 enzige tezirina kabaka, kyokka zitabaala zonna mu bibiina byazo;
King, is there none, to, the locusts, —yet go forth in swarms, do they all;
28 omunya oyinza okugukwasa engalo, naye mu mbiri za bakabaka gusangibwamu.
The lizard, with hands, reneweth its hold, —yet, the same, is in the palaces of the king.
29 Waliwo ebintu bisatu ebyesimba obulungi mu kitiibwa nga bitambula, weewaawo bina ebitambulira mu kitiibwa:
Three, things there are which step along well, ye, four, which excel in going:
30 empologoma esinga ensolo zonna amaanyi era kabaka waazo, so tewali gy’esegulira yonna;
The lion, hero among beasts, which turneth aside from the face of no one;
31 sseggwanga, n’embuzi ennume, ne kabaka eyeetooloddwa eggye lye.
The greyhound, or the he-goat, —and a king, having a band of soldiers with him.
32 Bw’oba ng’obadde okoze eby’obusirusiru ne weegulumiza, obanga obadde oteekateeka okukola ebibi, weekomeko weekwate ku mumwa.
If thou hast acted basely by lifting thyself up, —if thou hast plotted evil, [put thy] hand to [thy] mouth!
33 Kubanga okusunda amata kuzaala omuzigo, n’okunyiga ennyindo kuleeta omusaayi, okutankuula obusungu, bwe kutyo kuleeta entalo.
Surely, the pressing of milk, bringeth forth curd, and, the pressing of the nose, bringeth forth blood, and, the pressing of wrath, bringeth forth strife.
