KLV - Proverbs - 26

26:1  rur chuchHommey Daq summer, je as rain Daq harvest, vaj quv ghaH ghobe' fitting vaD a fool.

26:2  rur a fluttering sparrow, rur a darting swallow, vaj the undeserved mu'qaD ta'be' ghoS Daq leS.

26:3  A whip ghaH vaD the horse, a bridle vaD the SarghHom, je a DevwI' naQ vaD the DoH vo' fools!

26:4  yImev jang a fool according Daq Daj folly, lest SoH je taH rur ghaH.

26:5  jang a fool according Daq Daj folly, lest ghaH taH val Daq Daj ghaj mInDu'.

26:6  wa' 'Iv sends a message Sum the ghop vo' a fool ghaH cutting litHa' qamDu' je drinking violence.

26:7  rur the legs vo' the lame vetlh hang loose: vaj ghaH a parable Daq the nujDu' vo' fools.

26:8  As wa' 'Iv binds a nagh Daq a sling, vaj ghaH ghaH 'Iv nob quv Daq a fool.

26:9  rur a thornbush vetlh goes Daq the ghop vo' a drunkard, vaj ghaH a parable Daq the nujDu' vo' fools.

26:10  As an archer 'Iv QIDpu'ghachmey Hoch, vaj ghaH ghaH 'Iv hires a fool joq ghaH 'Iv hires chaH 'Iv juS Sum.

26:11  As a dog vetlh returns Daq Daj vomit, vaj ghaH a fool 'Iv repeats Daj folly.

26:12  ta' SoH legh a loD val Daq Daj ghaj mInDu'? pa' ghaH latlh tul vaD a fool than vaD ghaH.

26:13  The sluggard jatlhtaH, “ pa' ghaH a HaDI'baH Daq the road! A fierce HaDI'baH roams the streets!”

26:14  As the lojmIt turns Daq its hinges, vaj ta'taH the sluggard Daq Daj bed.

26:15  The sluggard buries Daj ghop Daq the dish. ghaH ghaH too lazy Daq qem 'oH DoH Daq Daj nujDu'.

26:16  The sluggard ghaH wiser Daq Daj ghaj mInDu' than Soch loDpu' 'Iv jang tlhej discretion.

26:17  rur wa' 'Iv grabs a dog's qoghDu' ghaH wa' 'Iv passes Sum je meddles Daq a quarrel ghobe' Daj ghaj.

26:18  rur a madman 'Iv shoots torches, arrows, je Hegh,

26:19  ghaH the loD 'Iv deceives Daj jIl je jatlhtaH, “ 'oH jIH ghobe' joking?”

26:20  vaD Hutlh vo' wood a qul goes pa'. Hutlh gossip, a quarrel dies bIng.

26:21  As coals 'oH Daq hot embers, je wood Daq qul, vaj ghaH a contentious loD Daq kindling strife.

26:22  The mu'mey vo' a whisperer 'oH as dainty morsels, chaH jaH bIng Daq the innermost parts.

26:23  rur baS chIS Dochmey lI'be' Daq an earthen vessel 'oH the wuSDu' vo' a fervent wa' tlhej an mIghtaHghach tIq.

26:24  A malicious loD disguises himself tlhej Daj wuSDu', 'ach ghaH harbors mIghtaHghach Daq Daj tIq.

26:25  ghorgh Daj speech ghaH charming, yImev Har ghaH; vaD pa' 'oH Soch qabqu'boghghachmey Daq Daj tIq.

26:26  Daj malice may taH concealed Sum deception, 'ach Daj mIghtaHghach DichDaq taH exposed Daq the yej.

26:27  'Iv digs a pit DIchDaq pum Daq 'oH. 'Iv rolls a nagh, 'oH DichDaq ghoS DoH Daq ghaH.

26:28  A lying jat muS chaH 'oH hurts; je a flattering nujDu' vum ruin.