Pregovori 4
1 Prisluhnite, vi otroci, poučevanju očeta in pazite, da spoznate razumevanje.
Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence.
2 Kajti dajem vam dober nauk, ne zapustite moje postave.
I will bestow upon you a good gift. Do not relinquish my law.
3 Kajti jaz sem bil sin svojega očeta, nežen in edini ljubljen v očeh svoje matere.
For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother.
4 Tudi učil me je in mi rekel: »Tvoje srce naj ohrani moje besede. Drži se mojih zapovedi in živi.
And he taught me, and he also said: “Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live.
5 Pridobivaj modrost, pridobivaj razumevanje, tega ne pozabi niti se ne nagni od besed iz mojih ust.
Obtain wisdom, obtain prudence. May you neither forget, nor turn away from, the words of my mouth.
6 Ne zapusti je, pa te bo varovala; ljubi jo, pa te bo čuvala.
Do not send her away, and she will guard you. Love her, and she will preserve you.
7 Modrost je glavna stvar, zato pridobivaj modrost in z vsem svojim dobičkom pridobivaj razumevanje.
The beginning of wisdom is to obtain wisdom, and, with all that you possess, to acquire prudence.
8 Poveličuj jo, pa te bo povišala, prinesla ti bo čast, ko jo boš objemal.
Grasp her, and she will exalt you. You will be glorified by her, when you have embraced her.
9 Tvoji glavi bo dala ornament milosti, izročila ti bo krono slave.«
She will bestow upon your head an increase in graces, and she will protect you with a noble crown.
10 Prisluhni, oh moj sin in sprejmi moje izreke in mnogo bo let tvojega življenja.
Listen, my son, and accept my words, so that years of life may be multiplied for you.
11 Učil sem te na poti modrosti, vodil sem te po pravih poteh.
I will demonstrate to you the way of wisdom. I will lead you along the paths of equity.
12 Kadar greš, tvoje stopinje ne bodo utesnjene in kadar tečeš, se ne boš spotaknil.
When you have entered by these, your steps will not be constrained, and when running, you will have no obstacle.
13 Trdno se oprimi poučevanja, naj ona ne odide. Obdrži jo, kajti ona je tvoje življenje.
Take hold of discipline. Do not dismiss it. Guard it, for it is your life.
14 Ne stopaj na pot zlobnih in ne hodi po stezi zlobnih ljudi.
Do not delight in the paths of the impious, nor permit the way of evil-doers to please you.
15 Izogibaj se je, ne hodi mimo nje in obrni se od nje ter pojdi proč.
Take flight from it. Do not pass close to it. Turn away and abandon it.
16 Kajti oni ne spijo, razen če niso storili vragolije in njihovo spanje je odvzeto, razen če nekomu ne povzročijo, da pade.
For they do not sleep, unless they have done evil. And their sleep is quickly taken away from them, unless they have overthrown.
17 Kajti jedo kruh zlobnosti in pijejo vino nasilja.
They eat the bread of impiety, and they drink the wine of iniquity.
18 Toda steza pravičnih je kakor svetlikajoča svetloba, ki bolj in bolj sije do popolnega dne.
But the path of the just is like a shining light: it advances and increases, even to the day of completion.
19 Pot zlobnih je kakor tema; ne vedo ob kaj se spotaknejo.
The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall.
20 Moj sin, prisluhni mojim besedam, svoje uho nagni k mojim izrekom.
My son, pay attention to my sermons, and incline your ear to my eloquent words.
21 Naj le-ti ne odidejo od tvojih oči, obdrži jih v sredi svojega srca.
Let them not recede from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
22 Kajti življenje so tistim, ki jih najdejo in zdravje vsemu njihovemu mesu.
For they are life to those who find them and health to all that is flesh.
23 Svoje srce varuj z vso marljivostjo, kajti iz njega so zadeve življenja.
Preserve your heart with all watchfulness, for life proceeds from this.
24 Kljubovalna usta daj od sebe in sprevržene ustnice odloži daleč stran od sebe.
Remove from yourself a corrupt mouth, and let detracting lips be far from you.
25 Tvoje oči naj gledajo naravnost in tvoje veke naj gledajo neposredno pred teboj.
Let your eyes look straight ahead, and let your eyelids precede your steps.
26 Preudari stezo svojih stopal in vse tvoje poti naj bodo utrjene.
Direct the path of your feet, and all your ways shall be secure.
27 Ne obrni se ne k desni roki niti ne k levi, svoje stopalo odstrani od zla.
Turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left; yet turn your foot away from evil. For the Lord knows the ways that are on the right, and truly, those that are on the left are perverse. But he himself will make your courses straight. Then your journey will advance in peace.
