1Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool. 2Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. 3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! 4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. 5Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes. 6Sending a message by the hands of a fool is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison. 7Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. 8Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool. 9Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. 10Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by. 11As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly. 12Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
13A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!” 14As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed. 15A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. 16A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.
17Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.
18Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death 19is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down. 21As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife. 22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
23Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent⚓ lips with an evil heart. 24Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbor deceit. 25Though their speech is charming, do not believe them, for seven abominations fill their hearts. 26Their malice may be concealed by deception, but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. 27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them. 28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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1Msĕ si pliêr hlăm yan bhang amâodah hjan hlăm yan puôt, msĕ snăn klei mpŭ amâo năng ôh kơ sa čô mluk. 2Msĕ si čĭm hrai leh anăn čĭm iăt phiơr đuĕ, msĕ snăn mơh klei tăm pah amâo mâo klei amâo srăng truh ôh. 3Giê êwĭng pioh kơ aseh, msei khơp pioh kơ aseh dliê, leh anăn giê hnuăt pioh kơ rŏng phung mluk! 4Đăm lŏ wĭt lač kơ mnuih mluk tui si klei mluk ñu ôh, huĭdah ih pô jing hĕ msĕ si ñu. 5Lŏ wĭt lač bĕ kơ mnuih mluk tui si klei mluk ñu, huĭdah ñu yap ñu pô jing thâo mĭn. 6Hlei pô knang kơ mnuih mluk ba klei hưn kơ arăng jing msĕ si khăt jơ̆ng ñu pô leh anăn mnăm klei bi rai. 7Klei blŭ bi hriêng hlăm ƀăng êgei phung mluk jing msĕ si jơ̆ng đŏng dlơt awăt amâo thâo êbat ôh. 8Hlei pô mpŭ kơ sa čô mluk jing msĕ si sa čô kă asăr boh tâo ti klei ksu bhĭr. 9Klei blŭ bi hriêng hlăm ƀăng êgei phung mluk jing msĕ si êruê tlŏ kngan sa čô mnuih kpiê ruă. 10Hlei pô mưn mnuih mluk leh anăn phung hiu găn gao jing msĕ si sa čô mnah hna bi êka jih jang mnuih. 11Sa čô mnuih mluk lŏ ngă klei mluk jing msĕ si sa drei asâo lŏ wĭt ƀơ̆ng mnơ̆ng ñu ô̆ leh. 12Tơdah ih ƀuh sa čô mnuih yap ñu pô jing mnuih thâo mĭn, mnuih mluk jing yuôm hĭn kơ ñu. 13Mnuih alah lač, “Mâo sa drei êmông gu ti êlan, mâo sa drei êmông gu hiu hlăm êlan dơ̆ng!” 14Msĕ si ƀăng bhă dar ti kliăng bi đuôm ñu, snăn mơh mnuih alah ngă ti jhưng pĭt ñu. 15Mnuih alah đrŭt kngan ñu hlăm jam, leh anăn alah đei lŏ ba gơ̆ kơ ƀăng êgei. 16Mnuih alah yap ñu pô thâo mĭn hĭn kơ kjuh čô mnuih dưi lŏ wĭt lač hŏng klei găl. 17Pô hiu găn gao ngêñ hĕ kơ klei bi msao amâo djŏ hŏng ñu ôh jing msĕ si mnuih ktŭng mă asâo ti knga. 18Msĕ si sa čô khŏ bhĭr kluč pui, ƀrăm, leh anăn klei djiê, 19msĕ snăn yơh mnuih mplư pô riêng gah ñu, leh anăn lač, “Knŏng kâo hlăp!” 20Kyuadah kƀah djuh pui djiê ram, leh anăn tơdah amâo mâo mnuih yăl dliê djưč klei bi mneh msao ram. 21Msĕ si anghar pui ƀơ̆ng hdăng leh anăn pui ƀơ̆ng djuh, msĕ snăn mơh mnuih kreh bi msao mčhur klei bi tăng. 22Klei pô yăl dliê djưč blŭ jing msĕ si mnơ̆ng ƀơ̆ng huă jăk, ñu kma truh ti prôč êhŭng. 23Msĕ si čeh lăn siam êbhơr ti tač, msĕ snăn mơh klei blŭ siam mơ̆ng ai tiê jhat. 24Hlei pô bi êmut mgưt blŭ klei siam, ƀiăđah mdăp klei mplư hlăm ai tiê ñu. 25Tơdah ñu blŭ hŏng klei mmih, đăm đăo kơ ñu ôh, kyuadah mâo kjuh mta klei arăng bi êmut kheh hlăm ai tiê ñu. 26Wăt tơdah ñu mdăp klei bi êmut hŏng klei mplư, klei jhat ƀai ñu srăng êdah hlăm phung bi kƀĭn. 27Hlei pô klei ƀăng srăng lĕ hlăm ƀăng anăn, leh anăn boh tâo srăng lŏ wĭt djŏ kơ pô bi klŭng gơ̆. 28Êlah luar bi êmut kơ phung ñu dlao wač, leh anăn ƀăng êgei blŭ klei myâo mă ngă klei bi rai.