More Warnings
1 My child, have you promised to be responsible for someone else's debts? 2 Have you been caught by your own words, trapped by your own promises? 3 Well then, my child, you are in that person's power, but this is how to get out of it: hurry to him, and beg him to release you. 4 Don't let yourself go to sleep or even stop to rest. 5 Get out of the trap like a bird or a deer escaping from a hunter.
6 Lazy people should learn a lesson from the way ants live. 7 They have no leader, chief, or ruler, 8 but they store up their food during the summer, getting ready for winter. 9 How long is the lazy man going to lie around? When is he ever going to get up? 10 “I'll just take a short nap,” he says; “I'll fold my hands and rest a while.” 11 But while he sleeps, poverty will attack him like an armed robber.
12 Worthless, wicked people go around telling lies. 13 They wink and make gestures to deceive you, 14 all the while planning evil in their perverted minds, stirring up trouble everywhere. 15 Because of this, disaster will strike them without warning, and they will be fatally wounded.
16-19 There are seven things that the Lord hates and cannot tolerate:
A proud look,a lying tongue,hands that kill innocent people,a mind that thinks up wicked plans,feet that hurry off to do evil,a witness who tells one lie after another,and someone who stirs up trouble among friends.Warning against Adultery
20 Son, do what your father tells you and never forget what your mother taught you. 21 Keep their words with you always, locked in your heart. 22 Their teaching will lead you when you travel, protect you at night, and advise you during the day. 23 Their instructions are a shining light; their correction can teach you how to live. 24 It can keep you away from bad women, from the seductive words of other men's wives. 25 Don't be tempted by their beauty; don't be trapped by their flirting eyes. 26 A man can hire a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery will cost him all he has.
27 Can you carry fire against your chest without burning your clothes? 28 Can you walk on hot coals without burning your feet? 29 It is just as dangerous to sleep with another man's wife. Whoever does it will suffer. 30 People don't despise a thief if he steals food when he is hungry; 31 yet if he is caught, he must pay back seven times more—he must give up everything he has. 32 But a man who commits adultery doesn't have any sense. He is just destroying himself. 33 He will be dishonored and beaten up; he will be permanently disgraced. 34 A husband is never angrier than when he is jealous; his revenge knows no limits. 35 He will not accept any payment; no amount of gifts will satisfy his anger.
Omalondwelo
1 Omumwange, ove ngeenge wa ninga omuponhele woifuta yomukweni, wa yandja eke kwaau uhe mu shii, 2 we limangifa keendjovo domokanya koye, wa kwatwa keendjovo dokanya koye, 3 shi ninga hano, omumwange, opo u lixupife, osheshi wa kwatwa komake kumukweni: inda u lininipike kuye u mu fininike, 4 ino itavelela omesho oye eemhofi, neemhafu doye okukumuka. 5 Lixupifa momake ngaashi omenye nongaashi odila meke lomukwati weedila. 6 Omundede ove, inda kokafelepuka, u tale eendjila dako u mone eendunge! 7 Ko kehe nomupiti wokomesho, nomupashukili ile omupangeli, 8 ndelenee ko take likongele omungome wako mokulombo, eendja dako ke di tuvikile mefimbo lokufu. 9 Omundede ove, fiyo onaini to kala wa nangala, onaini to ka penduka meemhofi doye? 10 Natango kofa po kanini, natango kumuka kanini, natango lixukata omake oye u tulumukwe, 11 opo nee oluhepo tali ku uya ngaashi omweelaeli, noufyoona ngaashi omulumenhu a dililwa oiti.
12 Ou ha endaenda nokanya ke yadi oipupulu, oye omukolokoshi nomulongi wowii, 13 ou ta pepe nomesho ta nyota edu neemhadi ndele ta yandje omadidiliko nominwe daye, 14 okukengelela oku li momutima waye, ta diladila alushe oumbudi ndele ta kunu eemhata. 15 Onghee hano ehanauno laye tali mu vakele, ta ka teywa po divadiva, ehe neveluko.
16 Oinima ei iheyali Omwene te i tondo, noinima iheyali oyo oixuna komwenyo waye: 17 omesho elinenepeko, elaka li noipupulu, nomake taa tileshi ohonde ihe netimba, 18 omutima tau diladila omauko mai, eemhadi tadi endelele okuninga owii, 19 ondobwedi i noipupulu tai tandavelifa oipupulu ndele tai kunu eemhata mokati kovamwaina ovalumenhu.
Elondwelo molwomukainhu mwii
20 Omumwange, diinina oshipango shaxo, ino ekelashi elongo lanyoko. 21 Oyo i manga, i kale alushe pomutima, i endjelelifa mofingo yoye. 22 Oyo i ku pitile komesho mokweenda kwoye, yo i ku pashukile mokunangala kwoye, nomokupenduka kwoye oyo i ku popife. 23 Osheshi oshipango osho olamba, nelongo olo ouyelele nehanyeno lomoutekuduliko olo ondjila yomwenyo, 24 opo yo i ku amene komukainhu mwii, nokelaka lomufenhu lomukainhu wovanhu. 25 Momutima woye ino halukila ouwa waye, neemhafu daye dihe ku kwate. 26 Osheshi molwombwada okamungome taka kanifwa, nomukainhu a hombolwa ta yulu omwenyo u nondilo.
27 Olyelye ta dulu okuhumbatela mekolo laye omundilo, noikutu itai pi mbela? 28 Ile olyelye ta dulu okweenda komakala a hanya, eemhadi daye itadi tutu mbela? 29 Osho ngaha tashi ningilwa ou ta i mo momukainhu wamukwao. Keshe umwe te mu kumu, ita kala ina handukilwa. 30 Omulunga ita dinwa mbela nande ta vake e likutife, shaashi ye e na ondjala. 31 Ndele ye eshi a monika e nokufuta luheyali. Ye e nokuyandja po oinima aishe yeumbo laye. 32 Ou ta teya ohombo nomukainhu, ye ke neendunge. Ou a hala okunyona po okukalamwenyo kwaye mwene, osho na ninge. 33 Ye ota ka hangika koshiponga nokohoni, nokudinwa kwaye itaku dimwa po. 34 Osheshi oukodi tau xwameke ehandu momulumenhu, ndele ehe nolukeno mefiku longhone. 35 Ye ina hala nande ofuto, ndele ita itavele nande u hapupalife ofuto yoye.
