1 PLS Amsal-amsal Salomo, Daud som, Israel Raja, BSB BSB: These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
2 PLS finan grae tadamon grae nyam kivi nenae ke, faike sin finan naha gaifan nenae ke, BSB BSB: for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,
3 PLS tadam kotae finan naha gaifan nenae ke. Finan der naha gaifan, sin der nah fan finan romon naha gaifan, BSB BSB: and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
4 PLS Finan gaifan jav rigav ke tadam kotae finan naha gaifan nenae harigav harae ke naha tadam kotae naha nyam ke nenae. BSB BSB: To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,
5 PLS Nyam rigav der naha daren, darenae finan naha gaifan, finan gaifanae, BSB BSB: let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
6 PLS marma kotae nahanae finan naha gaifan. Finan der riga ni fama sin dava teka-teki kahane arhamisane man. BSB BSB: by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
7 PLS Mudranae gaifama finan vae Myao Kodon tadan. Finan gaifan jav rigav vae tadamema finan der ke yah neman. Rigav auwat grae arkonom go navo, go nae sin darid BSB BSB: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
8 PLS No som, noho go navo ni agan kede sin darid, go nae ni agan ke sin darenae modon nom, BSB BSB: Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
9 PLS one sin vae go tohod mores go asem wan fanam go rantai rohav wan fanam. BSB BSB: For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
10 PLS No som rigav go ke titimake demake one sin daronom. BSB BSB: My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
11 PLS Naha ni, nigi ke gaunae nauwi, riga es ifafem, amon amja ni der ba rigav ke harodoho hanae ofom. BSB BSB: If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
12 PLS Torhav gaifomhama kahane, nauwai arkotae harae ni unae fadedem. Rigav haisav deder usadefem torhav ravanae naha gama mahama kahane. BSB BSB: let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
13 PLS Naga ni one mamako vae wan harae nahanae faimakon, naga av wan harae ni tasadimaken. BSB BSB: We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
14 PLS Nyam nahandev utuv ke gwanid, naga enefaran tohod moh yavi rafaimakon.” BSB BSB: Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—
15 PLS No som, naha duv maramae gaunae arkonom, fatar ani naha ke gaunae hanom. BSB BSB: my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
16 PLS Naha kinif vae haiyam ke yakanae dava, naha vae riga es ke ifavi nenae bura arake. BSB BSB: For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
17 PLS Er wardev maisar haisi faraimake warohaser er kod agagae, BSB BSB: How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
18 PLS Manae one rigav vae naha sigi naha es ani motaimake, nahae sigi naha myao ke uvumake. BSB BSB: But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
19 PLS Ene faran rigav margataf vae enakahane araruf auwat rigav naha myao ke uke. BSB BSB: Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
20 PLS Finan gatar hovhan duv maramae sin faho arkimaken, rigav auwat tinenae diva demake utuv nake roh haisaf ani sim faimake. BSB BSB: Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
21 PLS Rigav auwat kamon tinema utuv nake sin faimake. Kota gerbang aivat nake Myao Kodon sin ramo faimake. BSB BSB: in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
22 PLS “Fegedadahomodimaken tarau ke, ha haiyam rigav giva, gi one haiyam kemaho banakikene?Tarau kohaser aeve fahomae onahaimake nyam amja rigav tae naha sigi naha finan ani aeve faimake? BSB BSB: “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
23 PLS Noho ni agan kede sin darkenam gani, nahani, No Roh go ke fidavi makeden No sin ene faran go ke agadivi makedaen. BSB BSB: 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 PLS Manae, Noho ni yakotae gi ni nom dimaken, No it asema gi ni nahadohaser, BSB BSB: Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
25 PLS gi enefaran Noho ni agan kede sin darohaser nenae. Yais ens faran Noho ni agan kede sin daronom ke. BSB BSB: because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
26 PLS One manae, No tae gi ke nahanae isar homiko, gini tadan faran makedemake No tae g i ke aeve faimako. BSB BSB: in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
27 PLS Gini mamake tadan boton faran ani susunema kahane, suru tamin gi ke tavda gwankotae gi bohodomodimake, gi onai gu savos kesadimake. BSB BSB: when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
28 PLS One makotae gi ni No ke yahomodimake Noho wae dohaser. Gi No ke rafgaimake manae gini No ke nahanae fahaser. BSB BSB: Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
29 PLS Manae, ginisin der ke aeve faman, gini Myao Kodon tadan haser, BSB BSB: For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
30 PLS no sin daro haser, noho ni kamaina kede sin darenae mongke. BSB BSB: They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
31 PLS One manae, naha sigi tohod ir maginae one tohod ir ke fane maike, fanenae moyo funkede dimaken. BSB BSB: So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 PLS Manae, nyam amjav rigav usadimaken haiyam rigav tae ganhaimake naha sigi darenae mongke nenae. BSB BSB: For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
33 PLS Manae, no sin nohae ni dari ke, one hovhan der badaimake.” BSB BSB: But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
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