Proverbs
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.
6 Toktok blo stupid man hem lead go lo raoa,+
And mouth blo hem mekem nara pipol laek for killim 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 hem
Hem 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.+
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.+
23 Poor man hem begim rich man for helpem hem,
Bat rich man hem tok strong lo hem.