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20 (A)Omwenge mukudaazi, ekitamiiza muleekaanyi,
    era buli alaga mu kkubo ekyamu olw’ebyo talina magezi.

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20 Wine(A) is a mocker(B) and beer a brawler;
    whoever is led astray(C) by them is not wise.(D)

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16 (A)Zikusanze gw’ensi kabaka bw’aba nga yali muddu,
    nga n’abalangira bakeera kwetamiirira!
17 (B)Olina omukisa gw’ensi kabaka wo bw’aba nga wa lulyo lulangira,
    ate nga n’abalangira bo bamanyi ekiseera eky’okuliiramu,
    olw’okufuna amaanyi so si lwa kutamiira.

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16 Woe to the land whose king was a servant[a](A)
    and whose princes feast in the morning.
17 Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth
    and whose princes eat at a proper time—
    for strength and not for drunkenness.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or king is a child

22 (A)Zibasanze abo abazira mu kunywa omwenge
    era mu kutabula ekitamiiza,

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22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine(A)
    and champions at mixing drinks,(B)

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