Engero 1
1 Engero za Sulemaani, mutabani wa Dawudi, kabaka wa Isirayiri.
These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
2 Yaziwandiika okuyigiriza abantu okuba n’amagezi n’okuyiga, era n’okutegeera ebigambo eby’obulabufu; eby’obulamu eby’amagezi n’empisa.
for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,
3 Sulemaani yayagala abantu okuba n’empisa, n’obulamu obw’amagezi, okukolanga ebituufu, n’okubeera abenkanya n’okugobereranga ensonga;
and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
4 okuyigiriza amagezi abatalina bumanyirivu, n’abavubuka okufuna okumanya n’okutegeera.
To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,
5 N’abantu ab’amagezi nabo bwe bawulira beeyongere okuyiga n’abategeevu beeyongere okubangulwa.
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
6 Era engero zino zaawandiikibwa okutegeera engero, enjogera n’ebikokyo.
by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
7 Kale mu kutya Mukama amagezi mwe gasookera, naye abasirusiru banyooma amagezi n’okulagirirwa.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
8 Mwana wange ossangayo omwoyo eri ebiragiro bya kitaawo, era tolekanga kukuutira kwa maama wo;
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
9 bijja kuba ngule eneeweesanga omutwe gwo ekitiibwa, n’emikuufu mu bulago bwo.
For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
10 Mwana wange abakozi b’ebibi bwe bakusendasendanga, tokkirizanga.
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
11 Bwe bakugambanga nti, “Tugende ffenna twesanyuse, tunyage, tubbe n’okutta; tokkirizanga;
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
12 ng’entaana bw’emira abantu, naffe tubamire tutyo nga bakyali balamu, era nga balamba, ng’abagenda mu bunnya obuwanvu; (Sheol h7585)
let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. (Sheol h7585)
13 nga twefunira eby’obugagga bye tutakoleredde, ne tujjuza amayumba gaffe obugagga obubbe;
We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
14 ng’ababi batuyita tubeegatteko, tugabane kyenkanyi ebibbe n’ebinyage.”
Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—
15 Mwana wange totambuliranga wamu nabo, era ekigere kyo kiziyize okukwatanga ekkubo lyabwe:
my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
16 Kubanga ebigere byabwe bidduka bunnambiro okukola ebibi, era kibanguyira okuyiwa omusaayi.
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
17 Nga kuba kumala biseera okutega omutego, ng’ekinyonyi ky’oyagala okukwata kikulaba,
How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
18 naye abantu ng’abo baba beetega bokka, baba beetega omutego ogunaabakwasa bo bennyini.
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
19 Bwe lityo bwe libeera ekkubo lya buli muntu anoonya okugaggawalira mu bukyamu. Obugagga obw’engeri eyo busaanyaawo obulamu bw’abo ababufuna.
Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
20 Amagezi galeekaanira waggulu mu nguudo; gayimusa amaloboozi gaago, mu bifo ebigazi eby’omu bibuga.
Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
21 Ne galeekaanira waggulu, mu kifo enguudo ennene we zisisinkanira, era gasinzira mu miryango gy’ekibuga ne googera:
in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
22 Mulituusa ddi mmwe ab’amagezi amatono obutayagala kweyongera kuyiga by’amagezi, nammwe ab’amalala okunyoomanga eby’amagezi n’abasirusiru okukyawanga okumanya?
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
23 Kale singa muwuliriza okunenya kwange, laba, ndifuka omutima gwange n’ebirowoozo byange mu mmwe.
If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
24 Kubanga na bayita ne mugaana okuwuliriza, ne ngolola omukono ne wataba n’omu afaayo,
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
25 era ne mutafaayo ku magezi ge nabawa, era ne mugaana okubuulirira kwange kwonna,
because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
26 kale nange ndibasekerera nga muli mu nnaku, era mbakudaalire ng’entiisa ebagwiridde.
in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
27 Entiisa bw’eribajjira ng’omuyaga omungi, ennaku n’okubonaabona, okulumwa n’obubalagaze,
when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
28 kale balinkoowoola, naye siriyitaba; balinnoonya obutaweera naye ne batandaba.
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
29 Kubanga baakyawa okuyigirizibwa, n’okumanya, era ne bamalirira obutatya Mukama.
For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
30 Ne bagaana okuwuliriza amagezi gange; ne banyooma okunenya kwange kwonna.
They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
31 Kyebaliva balya ebibala eby’ekkubo lyabwe ebbi, era ne bajjula ebibala eby’enkwe zaabwe.
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 Obusirusiru bulitta ab’amagezi amatono n’obutafaayo bulizikiriza abasirusiru,
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
33 naye buli ampuliriza anaabeeranga mirembe, ng’agumye nga talina kutya kwonna.
But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
