Proverbs

 2 Lo olketa hae ples+ followim road,

Hem standap lo olketa crossroad.

 3 Klosap lo olketa gate wea go insaed lo datfala taon,

Lo olketa entrance blo datfala taon,

Hem gohed for singaot big olsem:+

 6 Lisin, bikos wat mi talem hem important,

Lips blo mi hem storyim stret samting.

 7 Bikos mouth blo mi hem story smol abaotem truth,

And lips blo mi hem heitim wicked samting.

 9 Olketa samting hia hem klia nomoa lo man wea garem wei for luksavve

And olketa stret lo eniwan wea faendem knowledge finis.

10 Chusim teaching* blo mi and no silver,

And chusim knowledge and no best gold,+

11 Bikos wisdom hem beta winim coral.*

15 Thru lo mi olketa king gohed for rul,

And olketa hae official mekem olketa law wea raeteous.+

16 Thru lo mi olketa prince gohed for rul,

And olketa bigman judge followim samting wea raeteous.

17 Mi lovem olketa wea lovem mi,

And olketa wea lukaotem mi bae faendem mi.+

18 Riches and glory stap witim mi,

Riches wea no savve finis* and raeteous fasin.

19 Evri samting wea man kasem from mi hem beta winim gold, hem winim pure gold,

And evri present wea man kasem from mi hem beta winim best silver.+

20 Mi wakabaot followim road blo raeteous fasin,

Lo midol blo olketa road blo justice.

21 Mi givim inheritance wea garem hae value lo olketa wea lovem mi,

And mi fulimap olketa stoahaos blo olketa.

22 Mi nao first wan+ wea Jehovah creatim,

First wan lo olketa samting wea hem wakem from bifor kam yet.+

23 Longtaem bifor kam,* mi stap finis,+

Diswan hem lo start, taem earth hem no stap yet.+

24 Taem no eni deep wata yet,+ mi born finis,*

Taem no eni wata hem ran kamaot from graon yet.

25 Bifor God putim olketa maunten lo ples blo olketa,

Bifor olketa hill stap, mi born finis,

26 Taem hem no wakem yet earth and olketa plant

And first dust blo graon lo earth.

Taem hem putim spialaen* between skae and sea,+

28 Taem hem putim* olketa cloud lo antap,

Taem hem wakem olketa springwata blo deep wata,

29 Taem hem putim law for sea

Mekem olketa wave blo hem no go ovam baondri blo hem,+

Taem hem putim* olketa faondeson blo earth,

30 Then mi stap saed lo hem olsem wakaman wea garem skill.+

31 Mi hapi tumas lo earth wea hem creatim for pipol stap insaed,

And main samting wea mekem mi hapi tumas hem olketa son blo man.*

33 Lisin lo discipline+ and kamap wise,

And no enitaem les lo datwan.

34 Man wea lisin lo mi bae hapi

Taem hem kam early* lo olketa door blo mi evriday,

Taem hem weit saed lo olketa post blo door blo mi.

35 Bikos man wea faendem mi hem faendem laef,+

And Jehovah appruvim hem.

36 Bat man wea ignorem mi hem spoelem hemseleva,*

And olketa wea heitim mi olketa lovem dae.”+