Proverbs 1
1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
Ngeche mag Solomon wuod Daudi, ruodh Israel:
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
mamiyo iyudo rieko kod ritruok makare, kendo winjo tiend weche matut;
3 To receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness and judgment and equity;
kendo miyo idak e ngima moritore kendo mobidhore kitimo gima adiera kendo gima kare kendo mowinjore,
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion:
gimiyo joma ngʼeyogi tin bedo mariek, kendo gimiyo jomatindo ngʼeyo tiend weche kendo pogo tiend wach.
5 That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; and that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
Mad jomariek chik itgi mondo owinji kendo gimedgi e puonjruokgi, to jogo mongʼeyo pogo tiend wach mad oyud gino ma chikogi,
6 To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
mondo gingʼe ngeche, sigendini, kod weche ma tiendgi tek mag jorieko.
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: [but] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Luoro Jehova Nyasaye e chakruok mar ngʼeyo to joma ofuwo chayo rieko gi ritruok makare.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Wuoda, chik iti ni puonj wuonu, kendo kik ijwangʼ puonj mar minu.
9 For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Ginibedni kaka kondo michwowo e wiyi, kendo kaka thiwni miketo e ngʼuti mondo ineri maber.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Wuoda, ka joricho hoyoi mondo itim marach, kik iyienegi.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
Kagiwachoni niya, “Bi idhi kodwa; mondo wabuti ni ngʼato wanegi, kendo wamonj kayiem nono joma onge ketho;
12 Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
mondo wamuonygi ngili ka bur liel mana ka joma omwony mangima gi bur; (Sheol h7585)
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;
wabiro yudo gik moko duto mabeyo ma nengogi tek, mi wapongʼ utewa gi gik moyaki.
14 Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:
In bende riwri kodwa e wachni, kendo wanapog gigo duto mwayako.”
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
Wuoda, kik idhi kodgi ngangʼ kendo kik iwuoth e yoregigo,
16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
nikech tiendgi reto piyo piyo mar timo richo kendo gimwomore mondo gichwer remo.
17 For in vain is the net spread, in the eyes of any bird:
Mano kaka en gima nono chiko obadho ka winy duto neno.
18 And these lay wait for their own blood, they lurk privily for their own lives.
Jogi ochiko obadho ne gin giwegi, kendo gin ema ginimokie!
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Mano e giko jogo duto mohero yudo gimoro moyud e yo marach; gino kawo ngima jogo moyude.
20 Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; she uttereth her voice in the broad places;
Rieko goyo koko matek e yore mag dala, ogoyo koko bende e kuonde chokruok;
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse; at the entering in of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words:
oywak kogoyo koko e akerkeke mag yore motimo koko, owuoyo e dhorangeye mag mier madongo kopenjo niya,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
“Nyaka karangʼo ma un joma ngʼeyogi tin nusik kuhero yoreu mag ngʼeyo matin?” Nyaka karangʼo ma jojaro pod nosik kamor, e jaro kendo joma ofuwo nosiki kochayo puonj?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Ka dine uwinj siem mara, dine abedo kodu thuolo, kendo damiyo ungʼeyo pacha.
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
To nikech ne udaga kane aluongo kendo onge ngʼama nodewa kane adwaro konyou,
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
nimar ne udagi puonj maga duto kendo ne ok uwinjo siem mara.
26 I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
An to ananyieru bangʼe ka un e chandruok; Anajaru ajara ka masira oloyou,
27 When your fear cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you.
ka masira machalo yamb ahiti obiro kuomu, kendo ka chandruok oyweyou ka yamb kalausi. Ka lit kod thagruok ohingou.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
Giniluonga, to ok anadwokgi; ginimanya to ok giniyuda.
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Kaka ne ok gidwar puonj kendo ok negiyiero luoro Jehova Nyasaye,
30 They would none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof:
Kaka ne ok giyie gi puonjna kendo gidagi siem mara,
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
kuom mano ginicham olemo mag yoregi kendo giniyiengʼ gi olemo mar riekogi maricho.
32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Nikech yore mobam mag bayo mag jogo mangʼeyogi tin noneg-gi, kendo bedo ma ok odewo gimoro mar joma ofuwo notiekgi.
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.
To ngʼato angʼata mawinjo wachna nodag gi kwe kendo mayom, maonge luoro mar hinyruok.
