Saying 20
1Do not envy the wicked,
do not desire their company;
2for their hearts plot violence,
and their lips talk about making trouble.
Saying 21
3By wisdom a house is built,
and through understanding it is established;
4through knowledge its rooms are filled
with rare and beautiful treasures.
Saying 22
5The wise prevail through great power,
and those who have knowledge muster their strength.
6Surely you need guidance to wage war,
and victory is won through many advisers.
Saying 23
7Wisdom is too high for fools;
in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.
Saying 24
8Whoever plots evil
will be known as a schemer.
9The schemes of folly are sin,
and people detest a mocker.
Saying 25
10If you falter in a time of trouble,
how small is your strength!
11Rescue those being led away to death;
hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
12If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?
Saying 26
13Eat honey, my son, for it is good;
honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.
Saying 27
15Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,
do not plunder their dwelling place;
16for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.
Saying 28
17Do not gloat when your enemy falls;
when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,
18or the Lord will see and disapprove
and turn his wrath away from them.
Saying 29
19Do not fret because of evildoers
or be envious of the wicked,
20for the evildoer has no future hope,
and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
Saying 30
21Fear the Lord and the king, my son,
and do not join with rebellious officials,
22for those two will send sudden destruction on them,
and who knows what calamities they can bring?
Further Sayings of the Wise
23These also are sayings of the wise:
To show partiality in judging is not good:
24Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,”
will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
25But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
and rich blessing will come on them.
26An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.
27Put your outdoor work in order
and get your fields ready;
after that, build your house.
28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause—
would you use your lips to mislead?
29Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me;
I’ll pay them back for what they did.”
30I went past the field of a sluggard,
past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31thorns had come up everywhere,
the ground was covered with weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.
32I applied my heart to what I observed
and learned a lesson from what I saw:
33A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
34and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
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.
