Proverbs 18:1-24

  • Man wea laek stap seleva hem selfish and no wise (1)

  • Nem blo Jehovah hem wanfala strong taoa (10)

  • Riches hem protection lo mind blo man nomoa (11)

  • Man wea lisin lo tufala saed blo story hem wise (17)

  • Fren wea lovem iu winim brata blo iu (24)

18  Man wea laek for stap seleva hem aftarem samting wea hemseleva laekem. Hem rejectim* wei for duim wise samting.  2  Stupid man hem no laek for lanem eni samting from olketa narawan. Hem laek for storyim nomoa tingting blo hemseleva.+  3  Taem wanfala man duim wicked samting, pipol bae ting daonem hem,And taem wanfala man duim samting wea no showim respect, hem bae kasem shame.+  4  Toktok wea kam from mouth blo man hem olsem olketa deep wata.+ Source blo wisdom hem olsem wanfala springwata wea laef.  5  Hem nogud for fevarem wicked man+Or for no showim justice lo raeteous man.+  6  Toktok blo stupid man hem lead go lo raoa,+And mouth blo hem mekem nara pipol laek for killim hem.+  7  Mouth blo stupid man nao spoelem hem,+And lips blo hem olsem wanfala trap for laef* blo hem.  8  Olketa toktok blo man for spredim laea story for spoelem nem blo narawan hem olsem kaikai wea teist naes tumas.*+ Olketa kwiktaem swallom go daon insaed lo bele blo olketa.+  9  Man wea lesy for duim waka blo hemHem olsem brata blo man wea spoelem evri samting.+ 10  Nem blo Jehovah hem wanfala strong taoa.+ Raeteous man hem ran go insaed and kasem protection.*+ 11  Riches blo wanfala rich man hem olsem taon wea garem strongfala wall raonem. Lo tingting blo hemseleva olketa riches hia olsem wall wea protectim hem.+ 12  Man wea heart blo hem praod leadim hem for kasem trabol,+And wei for hambol lead go for honor.+ 13  Samwan wea ansa bifor hem herem tru story,Hem karangge and hem bae kasem shame.+ 14  Man wea tingting blo hem strong savve helpem hem taem hem sik,+Bat hu nao no savve givap taem hem discourage?+ 15  Heart blo man wea garem wei for minim samting hem kasem knowledge,+And ear blo man wea wise hem lukaotem knowledge. 16  Present wea man givim hem openem road for hem.+ Hem mekem hem savve meetim important pipol. 17  First man for storyim case blo hem, hem here stret,+Bat taem olketa narawan kwestinim* hem+ nao bae olketa savve lo tru story. 18  Wei for iusim olketa smol ston* for faendaot lo samting hem savve finisim raoa+And stretem raoa between* tufala paoaful man. 19  Tingting blo wanfala brata wea feel nogud hem strong olsem taon wea garem strongfala wall raonem,+And olketa raoa olsem olketa bar blo wanfala strong ples for haed.+ 20  Gudfala toktok wea man talem* hem olsem kaikai wea fulimap bele blo hem.+ Hem bae satisfae lo samting wea lips blo hem talem. 21  Dae and laef hem stap lo paoa blo tongue.+ Olketa wea toktok tumas mas acceptim samting wea kamaot from toktok blo olketa.+ 22  Man wea faendem gud waef hem faendem gud samting,+And hem kasem hapi from* Jehovah.+ 23  Poor man hem begim rich man for helpem hem,Bat rich man hem tok strong lo hem. 24  Samfala pipol spoelem fren blo olketa,+Bat wanfala fren hem stap wea hem lovem iu winim brata blo iu.+

Olketa footnote

^ Or, “ting daonem.”
^ Hebrew word, neʹphesh. Lukim “Nephesh” lo Dictionary.
^ Or, “olsem olketa samting wea man kwiktaem swallom.”
^ Lit., “hem stap lo hae ples.” Diswan minim no eniting savve kasem hem. Hem stap sef.
^ Or, “investigatem.”
^ Or, “lots.” Lukim “Lots” lo Dictionary.
^ Lit., “separatem.”
^ Lit., “Toktok wea kamaot from mouth.”
^ Or, “fren gud witim.”