Ounongo tau shivi koshivilo shao
1 Ounongo we lidikila eumbo, wa honga eengudi dao heyali; 2 Oo wa toma eenhomenawina dao, wa dunga omaviinyu ao ndele wa dika oshililo shao. 3 Oo wa tuma ko ovapiya vao ovakainhu, va shive kominghulo doikulundudu yoshilando: 4 “Omushima ne uye oku!” Ou ehe neendunge, ta lombwelwa kuo: 5 “Ileni, lyeni momungome wange ndele nweni momaviinyu nde a dunga. 6 Efeni oushima, opo nee tamu ka kala nomwenyo ndele endeni nondjila yeendunge.”
7 Ou ta kumaida omusheki, ote lietele ohoni, ndele ou ta hanyene omuhenakalunga, ta mono elopyolopyo lohoni. 8 Ino hanyena omusheki, opo ye ehe ku tonde. Hanyena omunandunge, ndele ye e ku hole. 9 Pa omunandunge, opo eendunge daye tadi ka hapupala; longa omuyuki, opo omayele aye taa ka hapupala.
10 Efina lounongo olo okutila Omwene. Okushiiva Omuyapuki okwo eendunge. 11 Osheshi omolwange omafiku oye taa hapupala, omido dokukalamwenyo kwoye tadi twikilwa. 12 Oove ngeenge omunongo, ounongo woye tau ku kwafa, ndele ngeenge ove omusheki, oove auke u noku shi humbata. 13 Oulai oo ngaashi omukainhu ehe netulumuko, oushima auke ndele ina shiiva sha nande. 14 Ndele ye ta kala omutumba ponhu yeumbo laye, koshipundi koikulundudu yoshilando, 15 a shiive ovo hava ende po nondjila, ovo hava ende va yuka nomalila avo: 16 “Omushima ne uye oku.” Ndele ta lombwele ou ehe neendunge ndele ta ti kuye: 17 “Omeva oulunga omanyenye, omungome wa holekwa omuwa.” 18 Ndelenee ou ke shi shii nokutya, oko oku na oilulu, novashivwa vakwao ve li mokule moshovafi.
Wisdom Gives a Feast
1 Wisdom has built her house
with its seven columns.
2 She has prepared the meat
and set out the wine.
Her feast is ready.
3 She has sent her servant women
to announce her invitation
from the highest hills:
4 “Everyone who is ignorant
or foolish is invited!
5 All of you are welcome
to my meat and wine.
6 If you want to live,
give up your foolishness
and let understanding
guide your steps.”
True Wisdom
7 Correct a worthless bragger,
and all you will get
are insults and injuries.
8 Any bragger you correct
will only hate you.
But if you correct someone
who has common sense,
you will be loved.
9 If you have good sense,
instruction will help you
to have even better sense.
And if you live right,
education will help you
to know even more.
10 Respect and obey the Lord!
This is the beginning
of wisdom.
To have understanding,
you must know the Holy God.
11 I am Wisdom. If you follow me,
you will live a long time.
12 Good sense is good for you,
but if you brag,
you hurt yourself.
A Foolish Invitation
13 Stupidity is reckless,
senseless, and foolish.
14 She sits in front of her house
and on the highest hills
in the town.
15 She shouts to everyone
who passes by,
16 “If you are stupid,
come on inside!”
And to every fool she says,
17 “Stolen water tastes best,
and the food you eat in secret
tastes best of all.”
18 None who listen to Stupidity
understand that her guests
are as good as dead.
