124:1 Zab 37:1; 73:3; Nge 3:31-32; 23:17-18Teweegombanga bakozi ba bibi
era tobeesemberezanga.
224:2 Zab 10:7Kubanga emitima gyabwe giteesa kukola bya butemu,
era akamwa kaabwe koogera ku kukola bya ffujjo.
324:3 Nge 14:1Amagezi ge gazimba ennyumba,
n’okutegeera kwe kugiggumiza.
424:4 Nge 8:21Olw’amagezi ebisenge by’ayo bijjula ebintu ebirungi,
eby’obugagga ebitalabikalabika eby’omuwendo omungi.
5Omuntu ow’amagezi aba n’obuyinza,
n’omuntu alina okumanya yeeyongera amaanyi.
624:6 Nge 11:14; 20:18; Luk 14:31Kubanga okulwana olutalo weetaaga okuluŋŋamizibwa,
n’okuluwangula, weetaaga abawi b’amagezi bangi.
7Amagezi gasukkirira nnyo omusirusiru,
talina ky’asobola kwogera mu lukuŋŋaana olw’oku wankaaki.
8Oyo asala enkwe ez’okukola ebibi,
aliyitibwa mukujjukujju.
9Entegeka ez’obusirusiru muvaamu kwonoona,
abantu beetamwa omukudaazi.
1024:10 Yob 4:5; Yer 51:46; Beb 12:3Bw’oyongobera mu kiseera eky’ebizibu,
olwo ng’olina amaanyi matono!
1124:11 Zab 82:4; Is 58:6-7Odduukiriranga n’owonya abo abatwalibwa okuttibwa,
n’abo abali ku njegoyego z’okuttibwa, obawonye okuttirwa obwemage.
1224:12 a Nge 21:2 b Yob 34:11; Zab 62:12; Bar 2:6*Bw’ogambanga nti, “Laba kino twali tetukimanyi,”
oyo akebera emitima aba talaba?
Oyo akuuma obulamu bwo takimanyi?
Talisasula buli muntu ng’omulimu gwe bwe guli?
13Mwana wange olyanga omubisi gw’enjuki kubanga mulungi,
omubisi oguva mu bisenge byagwo guwoomerera.
1424:14 Zab 119:103; Nge 16:24; 23:18Era manya nti amagezi gawoomera emmeeme yo,
bw’onoogafuna onoobeera n’essuubi mu bulamu obw’omu maaso,
n’essuubi lyo teririkoma.
15Toteeganga, ng’omunyazi bw’akola ku nnyumba y’omutuukirivu,
tonyaganga maka ge.
1624:16 Yob 5:19; Zab 34:19; Mi 7:8Omuntu omutuukirivu ne bw’agwa emirundi omusanvu, addamu n’ayimuka,
naye abakozi b’ebibi basuulibwa mu mitawaana.
1724:17 a Ob 12 b Yob 31:29Tosanyukanga ng’omulabe wo agudde,
bwe yeesittalanga omutima gwo gulemenga okujaguza.
18Si kulwa nga Mukama akiraba ne kitamusanyusa,
n’amusunguwalira.
1924:19 Zab 37:1Teweeraliikiriranga olw’abo abakola ebibi,
so abakozi b’ebibi tobakwatirwanga buggya.
2024:20 Yob 18:5; Nge 13:9; 23:17-18Kubanga omuntu omubi talina ssuubi mu maaso,
ettabaaza y’abakozi b’ebibi erizikizibwa.
2124:21 Bar 13:1-5; 1Pe 2:17Mwana wange otyanga Mukama, ne kabaka,
era teweetabanga na bajeemu.
22Kubanga obusungu bwabwe bulibuubuukira ku bajeemu
era ani amaanyi akabi akalibatuukako?
Ebigambo Eby’amagezi
2324:23 a Nge 1:6 b Lv 19:15 c Nge 28:21Bino nabyo era bigambo by’abalina amagezi.
Okwekubiira ng’osala emisango si kirungi.
2424:24 Nge 17:15Kale oyo agamba azizza omusango nti, “Toliiko ky’ovunaanibwa,”
abantu banaamukolimiranga, n’amawanga ganaamwetamwanga.
25Naye abo abasalira omusobya omusango ne gumusinga banaabanga n’essanyu,
n’omukisa omulungi gulibatuukako.
26Eky’okuddamu eky’amazima,
kiri ng’okunywegerwa.
27Malirizanga omulimu gwo ogw’ebweru,
oteeketeeke ennimiro zo,
n’oluvannyuma olyoke weezimbire ennyumba yo.
2824:28 Zab 7:4; Nge 25:18; Bef 4:25Towanga bujulizi bwa bulimba ku muliraanwa wo,
so akamwa ko tekalimbanga.
2924:29 Nge 20:22; Mat 5:38-41; Bar 12:17Toyogeranga nti, “Omuntu oyo ndimukola nga bw’ankoze,
era ndimusasuza nga bw’ampisizza.”
3024:30 Nge 6:6-11; 26:13-16Nayita ku nnimiro ey’omugayaavu,
ne mpita ne ku nnimiro y’emizabbibu ey’oyo atalina kutegeera.
31Kale laba, ng’ennimiro eyo ebunye amaggwa,
wansi wonna nga wabikkiddwa omuddo,
n’olukomera lwayo olw’amayinja nga lugudde.
32Ne neekaliriza ne ntegeera
ne nfuna ekyokuyiga mu bye nalaba.
3324:33 Nge 6:10Otulo otutonotono, n’okusumagira akatono,
n’okufunya emikono okuwummulako,
3424:34 Nge 10:4; Mub 10:18obwavu bulikutuukako ng’omutemu,
era n’obwetaavu ng’omutemu.
Saying 20
1Do not want what evil people have.
Don’t long to be with them.
2In their hearts they plan to hurt others.
With their lips they talk about making trouble.
Saying 21
3By wisdom a house is built.
Through understanding it is made secure.
4Through knowledge its rooms are filled
with priceless and beautiful things.
Saying 22
5Wise people have success by means of great power.
Those who have knowledge gather strength.
6If you go to war, you surely need guidance.
If you want to win, you need many good advisers.
Saying 23
7Wisdom is too high for foolish people.
They shouldn’t speak when people meet at the city gate to conduct business.
Saying 24
8Anyone who thinks up sinful things to do
will be known as one who plans evil.
9Foolish plans are sinful.
People hate those who make fun of others.
Saying 25
10If you grow weak when trouble comes,
your strength is very small!
11Save those who are being led away to death.
Hold back those who are about to be killed.
12Don’t say, “But we didn’t know anything about this.”
Doesn’t the God who knows what you are thinking see it?
Doesn’t the God who guards your life know it?
He will pay back everyone for what they have done.
Saying 26
13Eat honey, my son, because it is good.
Honey from a honeycomb has a sweet taste.
14I want you to know that wisdom is like honey for you.
If you find it, there is hope for you tomorrow.
So your hope will not be cut off.
Saying 27
15Don’t hide and wait like a burglar near a godly person’s house.
Don’t rob their home.
16Even if godly people fall down seven times, they always get up.
But those who are evil trip and fall when trouble comes.
Saying 28
17Don’t be happy when your enemy falls.
When he trips, don’t let your heart be glad.
18The Lord will see it, but he won’t be pleased.
He might turn his anger away from your enemy.
Saying 29
19Don’t be upset because of evil people.
Don’t long for what sinners have.
20Tomorrow evil people won’t have any hope.
The lamps of sinners will be blown out.
Saying 30
21My son, have respect for the Lord and the king.
Don’t join with officials who disobey them.
22The Lord and the king will suddenly destroy them.
Who knows what trouble those two can bring?
More Sayings of Wise People
23Here are more sayings of wise people.
Taking sides in court is not good.
24A curse will fall on those who say the guilty are not guilty.
Nations will ask for bad things to happen to them.
People will speak against them.
25But it will go well with those who sentence guilty people.
Rich blessings will come to them.
26An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.
27Put your outdoor work in order.
Get your fields ready.
After that, build your house.
28Don’t be a witness against your neighbor for no reason.
Would you use your lips to tell lies?
29Don’t say, “I’ll do to them what they have done to me.
I’ll get even with them for what they did.”
30I went past the field of someone who didn’t want to work.
I went past the vineyard of someone who didn’t have any sense.
31Thorns had grown up everywhere.
The ground was covered with weeds.
The stone wall had fallen down.
32I applied my heart to what I observed.
I learned a lesson from what I saw.
33You might sleep a little or take a little nap.
You might even fold your hands and rest.
34Then you would be poor, as if someone had robbed you.
You would have little, as if someone had stolen from you.
