1 PLS Haiyam makotae oke nahanae amon manom, naha grae avag kenae arkonom. BSB BSB: Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
2 PLS Manae, naha finan vae aeve fan maidav, naha badvag vae husur. BSB BSB: for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
3 PLS Finan gaitar ani badahomae av aseman, finan ani gaifanae ene asiko neman. BSB BSB: By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
4 PLS Finan ani radev maginae wan saisi rafa mahaman, wan gagae deder rafamahaman. BSB BSB: through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
5 PLS Finan gagae rigav vae haisav grae ban, manae finan gaifake demake hovhan vae haisav kohohaimaken. BSB BSB: A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.
6 PLS Manae, sin der kama make demake go aivohav madev der, sin auwat kama make nenae, kwae kimake. BSB BSB: Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
7 PLS Nyam amja rigav ke gavus farohofaraman, manae av aivat ke banama vae sin fahobanama mahud. BSB BSB: Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
8 PLS Nohae ni amon mavi nenae fina-fina maho ba, one hovhan ke merhau hovhan dimaken. BSB BSB: He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
9 PLS Merhau sin ke favi nenae fina-fina maho ba demake vae haiyam, merhau sin tae riga bohos ke aeve fama. BSB BSB: A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
10 PLS Wan amja utuv onaha mahud avag haser ke nae banaman haisav haser kaseraes keman. BSB BSB: If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
11 PLS Ganhakomain vae homon nake esga faimaken der banarake vae yah konom der badamjaen. BSB BSB: Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
12 PLS Gini sin bohos, nigi one sin nyam haser,"Myao Kodon ani go hauke e nyam. BSB BSB: If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
13 PLS No som hwid fanam, hwid vae, hwid ah tae amin aiyao. BSB BSB: Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
14 PLS Nyam kenam, go mutuv ke mahomae, nahanae fademake mar atav finan ganggomahaser. BSB BSB: Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
15 PLS Finan amja rigav kahani der ba demake rigav av ke hanae baumhanom, naha banadev ramanom. BSB BSB: Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
16 PLS Manae tujuh kakli der ba riga ni hauganae faradimake, manae haiyam make rigav vae etae e sigi make haiyam ke kasmanae haugadimake. BSB BSB: For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
17 PLS Go aivohav riga haogan kotae onahan nom, nahanae one hovhan nake naha tae onaha homae kasmanae haosadimaken. BSB BSB: Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
18 PLS Myao Kodon oke nahanae haiyam dimaken, manae one hovhan nake omsor faimake. BSB BSB: or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
19 PLS Haiyam makotae oke nahanae amon konom, one rigav ke aeve fanom. BSB BSB: Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
20 PLS Manae hayam maho fara ke rigav mar atav mahadohaser, omsor ke, merhau sin ke, aeve far ke mahomae arake rigav naha susham riridohaser. BSB BSB: For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
21 PLS No som, Myao Kodon tadan manam, hahav roh grae arake rigav grae arakonom. BSB BSB: My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
22 PLS Manae, arakohomae haiam mamarake nohae nahasi ke, no ke maike vae, manae notae one kahane maike? BSB BSB: For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
23 PLS E vae finan gagae rigav sin: bwi fohav nake badahomae reftav rohonaha, roho naha man vae yah. BSB BSB: These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
24 PLS Nohae ni haiyam mahomae arakema rigav ke, go sin dike"One haim-haim, roh yamos-yamos sin agadimaken. V 25 One manae, haiyam mahomae arake rigav ke, sin kama inake demake Myao Kodon ani nahav ke utum fidaimake. BSB BSB: Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
26 PLS Sin der nohae badvag ani agadike. BSB BSB: An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
27 PLS Go karya nohae ni make, masomhae go sigi sin fanam, sin fanae ladang ke go av asi. BSB BSB: Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
28 PLS Sin amja ni rigav etoh sin fadev konom, go badvag ani merhau maha nom. BSB BSB: Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
29 PLS No ke masir sin kahane, agadonom"no tae one kahane otaham faimakon.” BSB BSB: Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
30 PLS Karya nyam anid hovhan av tadir mae dagamdon, finan amjav hovhan ani armadakair anggur atahav mae dagamdon. BSB BSB: I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
31 PLS Sin bohos, arug ani modgomanae dava, hatae rwakison ke dov arug ani yakae ni arusur bohonae haosanae diva. BSB BSB: Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
32 PLS Manae, noho nahankede, nahanae fina-fina makande, noho nahanae sin nyam kede. BSB BSB: I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
33 PLS “Kenef yagud rake, faranae ke kenef kodvag ke, it kaimassenenae asem esger faranae dahaonae.” BSB BSB: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
34 PLS One kahane ma, wan saisi amjav omsor hovhan kahane, harav riga ni banama kahane. BSB BSB: and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
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