Omayeletumbulo taa tongo oinima i lili nai lili
1 Omona omunandunge ta pwilikine outekuduliko waxe, ndelenee omusheki iha udu ko ekumaido. 2 Omoiimati yokanya kaye keshe umwe ta li ouwa, ndelenee ovaliteeki ve hole okukolokosha. 3 Ou ta lungamene okanya kaye, ota amene okukalamwenyo kwaye. Ou ta makula unene omilungu daye, ota i mehanauno. 4 Omwenyo womundede tau haluka, ndelenee ita mono sha, ndelenee omwenyo wovadiinini tau ka kutifwa. 5 Omuyuki ta tondo okupopya oipupulu, ndelenee okukala kwomuhenakalunga okwo ohoni ndele taku nyonyodolwa. 6 Ouyuki tau amene ou ha ende ehe noshipo. Ndelenee ouhenakalunga tau pundukifa omulunde. 7 Ope na umwe te linomo nokutya, ye oshipuna, ndelenee ke na sha nande. Umwe te lininipike nokutya, ye ohepele, ndelenee e noinima ihapu. 8 Oikulila yokukalamwenyo kwomulumenhu oyo oupuna waye, ndelenee ohepele ita udu omafininiko. 9 Ouyelele wovayuki tau minikile nokuhafifa, ndelenee olamba yovahenakalunga tai dimi. 10 Elinenepeko tali eta eemhata. Ndelenee pwaava hava tambula omapukululo, ope nounongo. 11 Oinima ya likolwa noupu tai ninipala, ndelenee ou ta diinine mokwoongela kanini nakanini, ota ka weda ko alushe. 12 Okuteelela efimbo lile taku kulaukifa omwenyo. Ndelenee eteelelo la wanifwa olo omuti womwenyo. 13 Ou ta dini Ondjovo, ote linyono po, ndelenee ou ha tila Oshipango, ota ka mona ondjabi. 14 Elongo lomunongo olo ofifiya yomwenyo okukandula po eemwiyo defyo. 15 Eendunge diwa tadi eta ohokwe, ndelenee ondjila yovaliteeki oyo ikukutu. 16 Omunamayele keshe ta longo neendunge, ndelenee elai tali tandavelifa oulai. 17 Omutumwa omuhenakalunga ta i momupya, ndelenee omutumwa e shii kulineekelwa, oye ngaashi ondjolowele. 18 Oluhepo nohoni oyo oshipewa shaau ta ekeleshi outekuduliko. Ndelenee ou ta udu ekumaido, ota ka fimanekwa. 19 Ehalelo la wanifwa olo linyenye komwenyo. Ndelenee okukukuma owii okwo oixuna kelai. 20 Kala nokweenda novanongo, opo nee naave yo u ninge omunongo. Ndelenee ou ha endafana novashima, ota ka laipala. 21 Omupya tau shikula omulunde, ndelenee ovayuki tava mono elao ondjabi. 22 Omulumenhu muwa ta fyuululifile ovatekulu vaye, ndelenee emona lovalunde tali tuvikililwa ovayuki. 23 Oshikokola sheehepele otashi eta eendja dihapu. Ndelenee vahapu tava hanaunwa po, shaashi ihava kala mouyuki. 24 Ou e nonghenda noshitetati, ye ha tondo omona waye. Ndelenee ou e mu hole, ote mu hanyene. 25 Omuyuki ta li fiyo a kuta. Ndelenee edimo lomuhenakalunga tali hepekwa keemhumbwe.
Wise Friends Make You Wise
1 Children with good sense
accept correction
from their parents,
but stubborn children
ignore it completely.
2 You will be well rewarded
for saying something kind,
but all some people think about
is how to be cruel and mean.
3 Keep what you know to yourself,
and you will be safe;
talk too much,
and you are done for.
4 No matter how much you want,
laziness won't help a bit,
but hard work will reward you
with more than enough.
5 A good person hates deceit,
but those who are evil
cause shame and disgrace.
6 Live right, and you are safe!
But sin will destroy you.
7 Some who have nothing
may pretend to be rich,
and some who have everything
may pretend to be poor.
8 The rich may have
to pay a ransom,
but the poor don't have
that problem.
9 The lamp of a good person
keeps on shining;
the lamp of an evil person
soon goes out.
10 Too much pride causes trouble.
Be sensible and take advice.
11 Money wrongly gained
will disappear bit by bit;
money earned little by little
will grow and grow.
12 Not getting what you want
can break your heart,
but a wish that comes true
is a life-giving tree.
13 If you reject God's teaching,
you will pay the price;
if you obey his commands,
you will be rewarded.
14 Sensible instruction
is a life-giving fountain
that helps you escape
all deadly traps.
15 Sound judgment is praised,
but people without good sense
are on the way to disaster.
16 If you have good sense,
you will act sensibly,
but fools act like fools.
17 Whoever delivers your message
can make things better
or worse for you.
18 All who refuse correction
will be poor and disgraced;
all who accept correction
will be praised.
19 It's a good feeling
to get what you want,
but only a stupid fool
hates to turn from evil.
20 Wise friends make you wise,
but you hurt yourself
by going around with fools.
21 You are in for trouble
if you sin,
but you will be rewarded
if you live right.
22 If you obey God,
you will have something
to leave your grandchildren.
If you don't obey God,
those who live right
will get what you leave.
23 Even when the land of the poor
produces good crops,
they get cheated
out of what they grow.
24 If you love your children,
you will correct them;
if you don't love them,
you won't correct them.
25 If you live right,
you will have plenty to eat;
if you don't live right,
you will go away empty.
