1 PLS Ig rama gu danama idaid kahane, natman kamavi nenae mama gu kema ah kahane yah bada make riga ni tirhodimaken. BSB BSB: Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
2 PLS Avatuv er bevar pupunae tavda-pupu tavda mama manae asina haover vae pupunae hama, one kahane amon sin oko mae aganemahud. BSB BSB: Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
3 PLS Kuda vae fotomhama gu hama, keledai vae garmafadanae one gar ke binema gu hama, manae tor tae fohao ke armanae nyam amjav rigav it asedev ke. BSB BSB: A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
5 PLS Nyam amjav hovhan sin agan ke demake ene aganke sin kahane ni aganid, riga etoh tamae nyam gani maike. BSB BSB: Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
6 PLS Riga bohos kiniv gaimanae e av nake ah mema kahane. BSB BSB: Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
7 PLS Kiniv fitav kenae kaotav kema kahane, nyam amjav riga ni fama sin vae ah kahane. BSB BSB: Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8 PLS Yakae mutuv ke armanae kahane, riga etoh ani nyam amjav riga ke konahare nema. BSB BSB: Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
9 PLS Davi nenae mama gu it arug ona kahane, nyam amjav hovhan sin one kahane fama. BSB BSB: Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10 PLS Dama gu ene faran rigav ke motama kahane, one kahane riga ni nyam amjav ke karya aganema dagamne hama kahane. BSB BSB: Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
11 PLS Sir ani ohanenae one ohadon ke esisgi fanema kahane, nyam amjav rigav tae one kahaneke nyam anid ke ma. BSB BSB: As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
12 PLS Go ni no mutuv no nyam nema riga bohon nahanemane?Nam amjav rigav vae sin auwat manae sin nyam rigav vae sin auwat famahud. BSB BSB: Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 PLS Karya nyam amjav hovhan badahomae singa duv marake arke!Singa duv maramae arke!” BSB BSB: The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
14 PLS Aivat ardov engsel ke arhainema kahane, karya nyam amjav rigav vae one kahane kenev maidav ke rahodinama. BSB BSB: As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
15 PLS Karya nyam amjav hovhan ah danama suvo fohav ke it ah rwaki fama, sovo ah fanae mon nyam anid ke. BSB BSB: The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16 PLS Karya nyam amjav hovhan vae esigi aganke vae nyam ke rigav it amin tirmanae it amin tirmanae nauri otaham aganke one hovhan vae nyam bohos. BSB BSB: The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
17 PLS Sir dagamoma gu sadav ke asema kahane, otae rigav etoh ke kavonae amon mama. BSB BSB: Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 PLS Yaitu hovhan kahane yod hwar gwanema, one yod hwar vae sar yod nake. BSB BSB: Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
19 PLS One kahane riga etoh ani riga etoh ke merhau mahaman, ene neman no vae onahamaden neman.” BSB BSB: so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20 PLS Yod guvav tirmanae ker kenema gu, yod ke meman, manae amon madev riga badahaser demake, amon mahaser. BSB BSB: Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21 PLS Yod hov ras kotae yod daimake manae yod danae riridimaken, one kahane vae rigav ani amon kamdanae monemagu riga etoh ani titima magu amon faran keman. BSB BSB: Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 PLS Amon sin vae natman kahane ni migineman miginema gu hauwah fohav ke haman. BSB BSB: The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
23 PLS Periuk amin grae perak amin grae maidav ke faranae kaimama kahane, badvag sev hauwah fohav amon. BSB BSB: Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
24 PLS Amon mavi nema merhau mahanae sin romon famama, manae amon sin vae omhan ko haser usumhaman. BSB BSB: A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
25 PLS Sin aiyao fake demake one sin daronom, e hauwah fohav vae sin auwat dava gu. BSB BSB: When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
26 PLS Amon sin dava gu, merhau sin jemaat ke hanae fama. BSB BSB: Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 PLS Tav nohae ni godike one tav fohav ke haugadike manae yakae fanae gwanenae tav go ne yake naha ke rwakidimake. BSB BSB: He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
28 PLS Badvag amon ssef badvag ani mama gu amon bahaneman. BSB BSB: A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
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