Proverbs 23
1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Kom fin wi sie mwet fulat muta mongo, esam akwoya lah su el uh.
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou art a man given to appetite.
Kom finne ke mongo yohk, kom eis na lupa fal.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful food.
Nimet oasroasr nu ke mwe mongo yuyu el kite kom kac. Sahp el oru in mwe srike kom.
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.
Kom in lalmwetmet, ac tia kemkatula in suk mwe kasrup.
5 Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Mani lom uh ku in wanginla ke kitin pacl na — oana in oasr posohksok kac, na sohkla oana sie eagle.
6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his delicacies:
Nimet mongo yurin sie mwet srowohsr, ku mwel mwe mongo yuyu el oru.
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
El ac fahk mu, “Fahsru eis pac kutu mongo uh,” tusruktu el tia fahk ke inse pwaye. Nunak lal siena.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Kom ac wihtacla ma kom kangla, ac kusen eyeinse lom uh wanginla sripa.
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Nimet srike in sramsram in lalmwetmet nu sin sie mwet lalfon; el tia ku in eis in nunku kac.
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Nimet mokle sie masrol matu, ku eisla acn lun mwet mukaimtal.
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
LEUM GOD El ac loangelos ke ku lal, ac aolulos in sramsram lain kom.
12 Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words of knowledge.
Porongo mwet luti lom, ac sang kuiyom in lutlut.
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Nimet alolo in kai sie tulik. Sie sringsring fal ac tia unilya,
a ma ac molela moul lal. (Sheol h7585)
15 My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Tulik nutik, kom fin sun lalmwetmet, nga ac arulana insewowo.
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Nga ac arulana engan ke nga lohng kom fahk kas lalmwetmet.
17 Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Nimet sok sin mwet koluk, a kom in akfulatye LEUM GOD pacl nukewa.
18 For surely there is an end; and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Fin ouinge, kom ac fah sun finsrak nukewa lom.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.
Tulik nutik, porongeyu. Kom in lalmwetmet ac nunak akloalya ke ouiyen moul lom.
20 Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
Nimet kupasr nu sin mwet nim wain yokla ac kainmongo.
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Mwet lungse nimnim ac mwet kainmongo elos ac sukasrup. Fin pwayena ma kom oru pa mongo ac motul, ac tia paht na kom nukum nuknuk mihsasa.
22 Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Porongo papa tomom — funu tia el, kom lukun wangin. Ke pacl se nina kiom el matuoh, akkalemye srui lom nu sel.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Pwaye, lalmwetmet, lutlut, ac etauk — ma inge kewa fal kom in moli, tusruktu kom in tia kukakunla, mweyen ma inge arulana saok.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Mwe insewowo nu sin sie papa tulik natul fin lalmwetmet ac moul suwohs.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.
Oru ma ac akinsewowoye papa tomom ac nina kiom. Kom fin oru ouinge, nina kiom el ac arulana engan.
26 My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways.
Wen nutik, lohang akwoya, ac lela moul luk in mwe srikasrak nu sum.
27 For an harlot is a deep ditch; and an adulteress is a narrow pit.
Mutan kosro su eis molin kosro lalos, ac mutan koluk uh, elos sie kwasrip nu ke misa.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Elos soanekom oana mwet pisrapasr, ac oru mukul puspis in tia pwaye nu sin mutan kialos.
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Su oasr ongoiya yoro? Su oasr asor yoro? Su amei ac lungse anwuk finne wangin sripa? Su srusrala atronmuta?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Elos su muta paht ke wain uh, ac elos su kar mwe nim ku.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Nimet lela wain uh in srifekomla, finne srusra ac saromrom in cup uh, ac arulana wo emah ke kom ac ukumya uh.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Ke lotutang tok ah, kom ac pula mu oana soko wet pwasin el ngaliskomi.
33 Thy eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.
Motom ac liye ma sakirik, ac nunak lom ac kaskas lom ac fah tia kalem.
34 And thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
Kom ac pula mu kom kalkal meoa — ikwot ikme oana ke kom muta elucng ke kwesu in oak uh.
35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Na kom ac fahk, “Oasr mwet puokyu, nga tia pula. Oasr mwet uniyu tuh nga tiana esam. Efu ku nga kofla in tukakek? Nga enenu sie pac mwe nim ah.”
