Moo doo le ñanta i tentu la, bari i faŋo nte
1 Kana kibiri saama kamma,
kaatu i maŋ a loŋ, saama niŋ meŋ be naa.
2 Moo doo le ñanta i tentu la, bari a maŋ ñaŋ na bo la i faŋo daa,
moo koteŋ ñanta a ke la, bari a maŋ ñaŋ na ke la i faŋo ti.
3 Beroo kuliyaata, bankoo mu dunoo ti,
bari niŋ toolewo ye i ñaawali, wo le kuliyaata ñiŋ fuloo ti.
4 Kamfaa jawuyaata le, jusuboo ka kasaaroo le ke,
bari jumaa le niŋ kiiliyaa si tu noo?
5 Niŋ i ye tooñaa fo moo ye,
wo le fisiyaata kanoo ti meŋ be maaboriŋ.
6 Niŋ i teeroo ye kuu dimindiŋolu ke i la, i si a muña noo,
bari niŋ i jawoo ye i sumbu, i si i hakilitu.
7 Niŋ moo ye domoroo ke fo a konoo faata, liyo buka diyaa a ye,
bari moo konkoriŋo, hani domoroo kuniyaata, a ka diyaa a daa le.
8 Komeŋ kunoo, meŋ caarita a la ñaŋo to,
wo le mu kewo ti, meŋ wudaayita a la suwo kono.
9 Karabaanijiyo niŋ cuuraayoo ka niyo seewondi le,
teeriyaa fanaa diyaa mu ñoo yaamaroo le ti.
10 Kana i koo dii i teeroo la, aniŋ i faamaa teeroo,
aduŋ i kana taa i kotoo la buŋo to, niŋ kooroo boyita i kaŋ.
I siiñoo meŋ be i daala, wo le si i maakoyi noo tariyaake,
ka tambi i kotoo la meŋ be jamfariŋ.
11 N diŋo, ñaameŋ, fo i si seewoo dundi n sondomoo kono,
wo to le n si moo-wo-moo jaabi noo, meŋ lafita ka kuma fo m ma.
12 Hakilimaa ka kuu koyibaloo je le, a ye tankoo ñini,
bari moo sooneeyaariŋ baa ka duŋ a kono le, a ye bataa.
13 Moo la dendikoo taa, niŋ a ye luntaŋo sankayaa i yaa,
aduŋ kana soŋ ka a la dendikoo seyi a ma,
niŋ a ye a ke musu jeenelaa ye.
14 Niŋ moo wulita soomandaa juunoo, a be sari la,
a ko a ka a siiñoo le kontoŋ,
a siiñoo si a fo noo le ko, a ka a danka le.
15 Musu fitinalaa ka munta le ko,
niŋ samaa keta tiloo muumewo la, a maŋ soŋ teyi la.
16 A mutoo ka munta le ko, niŋ i lafita foñoo le muta la,
waraŋ niŋ i lafita tuloo ñafu la i buloo kono.
17 Ko newolu ka ñoo diyaa ñaameŋ,
teeroolu ka ñoo so hakiloo la wo le ñaama.
18 Moo-wo-moo ka sooto yiroo topatoo, a be a diŋo domo la le,
aduŋ dookuulaa meŋ ka a maarii la kuwo hati, a be buuñaa soto la le.
19 Ko i ka i ñaadaa je jiyo kono ñaameŋ,
i ka i sondomoo kono kuwo loŋ wo le ñaama.
20 Kaburoo niŋ laakira buka wasa,
sako ntolu hadamadiŋ hadumeriŋolu.
21 Komeŋ dimbaa ka sanoo niŋ kodiforoo foroyandi ñaameŋ,
moo ka kotobo tenturoo la wo le ñaama.
22 Hani i ye toolewo tuu kuluŋo le kono,
ko i ka ñoo koci ñaameŋ,
i te a la tooleeyaa bondi noo la.
23 I ñanta i la beeyaŋ meseŋolu kalaŋo loŋ na le,
aduŋ i si i hakilitu i la ninsoolu fanaa to,
24 kaatu naafuloo buka tu fo abadaa,
aduŋ mansayaa te tu la fo jamaanoolu ye baŋ.
25 Niŋ i ye ñaamoo kuntu ka a maabo i la beeyaŋolu ye, doo falinta,
aduŋ meŋ bota konkoolu kaŋ, i ye a kafu ñoo ma,
26 i si dendikoo dadaa noo le, ka bo i la saajiitii kunturiŋo to,
i ye i la baa doolu mennu waafi, i si kenoo saŋ niŋ wo kodoo la.
27 Baa toomaalu mennu be tu la jee, i si kali wolu la keekewo dii
i la dimbaayaalu niŋ i la dookuulaa sunkutoolu la.
1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both. 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel. 10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. 13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. 14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself . 17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. 19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. 20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27 And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
