Proverbs 23
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Bible Mutal (Kosraean)
1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well him that is before thee;
1Kom fin wi sie mwet fulat muta mongo, esam akwoya lah su el uh.
2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
2Kom finne ke mongo yohk, kom eis na lupa fal.
3Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.
3Nimet oasroasr nu ke mwe mongo yuyu el kite kom kac. Sahp el oru in mwe srike kom.
4Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.
4Kom in lalmwetmet, ac tia kemkatula in suk mwe kasrup.
5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon it? it is gone; for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
5Mani lom uh ku in wanginla ke kitin pacl na — oana in oasr posohksok kac, na sohkla oana sie eagle.
6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties;
6Nimet mongo yurin sie mwet srowohsr, ku mwel mwe mongo yuyu el oru.
7For as one that hath reckoned within himself, so is he: 'Eat and drink', saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
7El ac fahk mu, “Fahsru eis pac kutu mongo uh,” tusruktu el tia fahk ke inse pwaye. Nunak lal siena.
8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
8Kom ac wihtacla ma kom kangla, ac kusen eyeinse lom uh wanginla sripa.
9Speak not in the ears of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
9Nimet srike in sramsram in lalmwetmet nu sin sie mwet lalfon; el tia ku in eis in nunku kac.
10Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless;
10Nimet mokle sie masrol matu, ku eisla acn lun mwet mukaimtal.
11For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause with thee.
11LEUM GOD El ac loangelos ke ku lal, ac aolulos in sramsram lain kom.
12Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
12Porongo mwet luti lom, ac sang kuiyom in lutlut.
13Withhold not correction from the child; for though thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
13Nimet alolo in kai sie tulik. Sie sringsring fal ac tia unilya,
14Thou beatest him with the rod, and wilt deliver his soul from the nether-world.
14a ma ac molela moul lal.
15My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart will be glad, even mine;
15Tulik nutik, kom fin sun lalmwetmet, nga ac arulana insewowo.
16Yea, my reins will rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
16Nga ac arulana engan ke nga lohng kom fahk kas lalmwetmet.
17Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the LORD all the day;
17Nimet sok sin mwet koluk, a kom in akfulatye LEUM GOD pacl nukewa.
18For surely there is a future; and thy hope shall not be cut off.
18Fin ouinge, kom ac fah sun finsrak nukewa lom.
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.
19Tulik nutik, porongeyu. Kom in lalmwetmet ac nunak akloalya ke ouiyen moul lom.
20Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh;
20Nimet kupasr nu sin mwet nim wain yokla ac kainmongo.
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
21Mwet lungse nimnim ac mwet kainmongo elos ac sukasrup. Fin pwayena ma kom oru pa mongo ac motul, ac tia paht na kom nukum nuknuk mihsasa.
22Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
22Porongo papa tomom — funu tia el, kom lukun wangin. Ke pacl se nina kiom el matuoh, akkalemye srui lom nu sel.
23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
23Pwaye, lalmwetmet, lutlut, ac etauk — ma inge kewa fal kom in moli, tusruktu kom in tia kukakunla, mweyen ma inge arulana saok.
24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; and he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
24Mwe insewowo nu sin sie papa tulik natul fin lalmwetmet ac moul suwohs.
25Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
25Oru ma ac akinsewowoye papa tomom ac nina kiom. Kom fin oru ouinge, nina kiom el ac arulana engan.
26My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
26Wen nutik, lohang akwoya, ac lela moul luk in mwe srikasrak nu sum.
27For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.
27Mutan kosro su eis molin kosro lalos, ac mutan koluk uh, elos sie kwasrip nu ke misa.
28She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the faithless among men.
28Elos soanekom oana mwet pisrapasr, ac oru mukul puspis in tia pwaye nu sin mutan kialos.
29Who crieth: 'Woe'? who: 'Alas'? who hath contentions? who hath raving? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
29Su oasr ongoiya yoro? Su oasr asor yoro? Su amei ac lungse anwuk finne wangin sripa? Su srusrala atronmuta?
30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
30Elos su muta paht ke wain uh, ac elos su kar mwe nim ku.
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it glideth down smoothly;
31Nimet lela wain uh in srifekomla, finne srusra ac saromrom in cup uh, ac arulana wo emah ke kom ac ukumya uh.
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like a basilisk.
32Ke lotutang tok ah, kom ac pula mu oana soko wet pwasin el ngaliskomi.
33Thine eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter confused things.
33Motom ac liye ma sakirik, ac nunak lom ac kaskas lom ac fah tia kalem.
34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
34Kom ac pula mu kom kalkal meoa — ikwot ikme oana ke kom muta elucng ke kwesu in oak uh.
35'They have struck me, and I felt it not, they have beaten me, and I knew it not; when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.'
35Na kom ac fahk, “Oasr mwet puokyu, nga tia pula. Oasr mwet uniyu tuh nga tiana esam. Efu ku nga kofla in tukakek? Nga enenu sie pac mwe nim ah.”
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