Proverbs 18

¹An unfriendly loD pursues selfishness, je defies Hoch wab yoj.

²A fool ghajtaH ghobe' tIv Daq yajtaHghach, 'ach neH Daq revealing Daj ghaj opinion.

³ghorgh mIghtaHghach choltaH, contempt je choltaH, je tlhej tuH choltaH disgrace.

⁴The mu'mey vo' a man's nujDu' 'oH rur deep bIQmey. The fountain vo' valtaHghach ghaH rur a flowing brook.

⁵Daq taH partial Daq the faces vo' the mIgh ghaH ghobe' QaQ, ghobe' Daq deprive the innocent vo' ruv.

⁶A fool's wuSDu' ghoS Daq strife, je Daj nujDu' invites beatings.

⁷A fool's nujDu' ghaH Daj QIH, je Daj wuSDu' 'oH a tojta'ghach Daq Daj qa'.

⁸The mu'mey vo' a gossip 'oH rur dainty morsels: chaH jaH bIng Daq a person's innermost parts.

⁹wa' 'Iv ghaH slack Daq Daj vum ghaH loDnI' Daq ghaH 'Iv ghaH a pIn vo' QIH.

¹⁰The pong vo' joH'a' ghaH a HoS tower: the QaQtaHghach run Daq ghaH, je 'oH safe.

¹¹The rich man's wealth ghaH Daj HoS veng, rur an unscalable reD Daq Daj ghaj imagination.

¹²qaSpa' QIH the tIq vo' loD ghaH proud, 'ach qaSpa' quv ghaH humility.

¹³ghaH 'Iv nob jang qaSpa' ghaH hears, vetlh ghaH folly je tuH Daq ghaH.

¹⁴A man's qa' DichDaq sustain ghaH Daq sickness, 'ach a crushed qa', 'Iv laH SIQ?

¹⁵The tIq vo' the discerning gets Sov. The qogh vo' the val seeks Sov.

¹⁶A man's gift chen room vaD ghaH, je brings ghaH qaSpa' Dun loDpu'.

¹⁷ghaH 'Iv pleads Daj cause wa'Dich seems nIH; until another choltaH je questions ghaH.

¹⁸The lot settles disputes, je keeps HoS ones apart.

¹⁹A loDnI' offended ghaH latlh difficult than a fortified veng; je disputes 'oH rur the bars vo' a castle.

²⁰A man's stomach ghaH tebta' tlhej the baQ vo' Daj nujDu'. tlhej the harvest vo' Daj wuSDu' ghaH ghaH satisfied.

²¹Hegh je yIn 'oH Daq the HoS vo' the jat; chaH 'Iv muSHa' 'oH DichDaq Sop its baQ.

²²'Iv finds a be'nal finds a QaQ Doch, je obtains favor vo' joH'a'.

²³The mIpHa' tlhob vaD pung, 'ach the rich jang harshly.

²⁴A loD vo' law' tlhejwI'pu' may taH ruined, 'ach pa' ghaH a friend 'Iv sticks closer than a loDnI'.