Proverbs
3 Son blo mi, no forgetim teaching* blo mi,
And hem gud for heart blo iu obeyim olketa komandment blo mi,
2 Bikos olketa bae addim staka day
And staka year lo laef blo iu and bae iu garem peace.+
3 No letem loyal love* and wei for faithful* lusim iu.+
Taengem olketa raonem nek blo iu.
Raetem olketa lo tablet blo heart blo iu.+
4 Sapos iu duim olsem, God and olketa man+ bae hapi lo iu
And iu bae garem wei for luksavve.
7 No kamap wise lo eye blo iuseleva.+
Fraet lo Jehovah and tane difren from nogud wei.
10 Then olketa stoahaos blo iu bae barava fulap,+
And olketa container* blo iu bae ova full lo niu wine.
11 Son blo mi, no rejectim discipline blo Jehovah,+
And no heitim kaonsel+ blo hem,
12 Bikos Jehovah hem stretem+ olketa wea hem lovem,
Olsem wanfala dadi hem duim lo son wea hem hapi lo hem.+
13 Man wea faendem wisdom+
And man wea waka hard for kasem wei for luksavve bae hapi.
14 For kasem datwan hem beta winim for kasem silver,
15 Hem barava spesol winim coral.*
No eniting wea iu laekem hem semsem witim datwan.
16 Long laef hem stap lo raet hand blo hem.
Riches and glory stap lo left hand blo hem.
17 Hapi hem stap lo olketa road blo hem,
And peace+ hem stap lo evri road blo hem.
18 Hem tree blo laef for olketa wea hol strong lo hem,
And olketa wea hol strong lo hem bae olketa hapi.+
19 Jehovah creatim earth from wisdom+ blo hem.
Hem putim skae lo position blo hem from wei blo hem for luksavve.+
20 Witim knowledge blo hem, hem splitim olketa wata wea stap deep insaed graon
And mekem dew+ for drop from olketa cloud lo skae.
21 Son blo mi, iu mas no forgetim olketa.*
Protectim wisdom* and ability for ting raonem samting.
22 Olketa bae givim iu laef
And olketa bae olsem naesfala nekles raonem nek blo iu.
24 Taem iu leidaon, iu bae no fraetem eniting.+
Iu bae leidaon, and bae iu enjoyim sleep blo iu.+
25 Iu bae no fraetem eni nogud samting wea seknomoa happen+
And trabol wea olsem cyclone wea bae kasem wicked pipol.+
26 Bikos iu fit for barava trustim+ Jehovah.
Hem bae no letem foot blo iu for pas lo eni trap.+
28 No sei olsem lo neiba blo iu, “Iu go and kam bak tumoro and bae mi givim lo iu,”
If iu savve givim hem distaem.
29 No mekem nogud plan for spoelem neiba blo iu+
Taem hem trustim iu.
31 No jealous lo man wea raf+
Or followim olketa wei blo hem,
32 Bikos Jehovah barava heitim man for laea,+
Bat Hem fren gud witim man wea duim stret samting.+
33 Trabol from Jehovah bae kasem famili laen blo wicked man,+
Bat hem blessim haos blo man wea raeteous.+
35 Olketa wea wise bae inheritim honor,
Bat olketa wea karangge mekhae lo shameful samting.+