Pregovori 4
1 Prisluhnite, vi otroci, poučevanju očeta in pazite, da spoznate razumevanje.
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 Kajti dajem vam dober nauk, ne zapustite moje postave.
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3 Kajti jaz sem bil sin svojega očeta, nežen in edini ljubljen v očeh svoje matere.
For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved 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.
He taught me also, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
5 Pridobivaj modrost, pridobivaj razumevanje, tega ne pozabi niti se ne nagni od besed iz mojih ust.
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6 Ne zapusti je, pa te bo varovala; ljubi jo, pa te bo čuvala.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
7 Modrost je glavna stvar, zato pridobivaj modrost in z vsem svojim dobičkom pridobivaj razumevanje.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
8 Poveličuj jo, pa te bo povišala, prinesla ti bo čast, ko jo boš objemal.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
9 Tvoji glavi bo dala ornament milosti, izročila ti bo krono slave.«
She shall give to thy head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
10 Prisluhni, oh moj sin in sprejmi moje izreke in mnogo bo let tvojega življenja.
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
11 Učil sem te na poti modrosti, vodil sem te po pravih poteh.
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
12 Kadar greš, tvoje stopinje ne bodo utesnjene in kadar tečeš, se ne boš spotaknil.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be hindered; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
13 Trdno se oprimi poučevanja, naj ona ne odide. Obdrži jo, kajti ona je tvoje življenje.
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
14 Ne stopaj na pot zlobnih in ne hodi po stezi zlobnih ljudi.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
15 Izogibaj se je, ne hodi mimo nje in obrni se od nje ter pojdi proč.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
16 Kajti oni ne spijo, razen če niso storili vragolije in njihovo spanje je odvzeto, razen če nekomu ne povzročijo, da pade.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
17 Kajti jedo kruh zlobnosti in pijejo vino nasilja.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18 Toda steza pravičnih je kakor svetlikajoča svetloba, ki bolj in bolj sije do popolnega dne.
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more to the perfect day.
19 Pot zlobnih je kakor tema; ne vedo ob kaj se spotaknejo.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
20 Moj sin, prisluhni mojim besedam, svoje uho nagni k mojim izrekom.
My son, attend to my words; incline thy ear to my sayings.
21 Naj le-ti ne odidejo od tvojih oči, obdrži jih v sredi svojega srca.
Let them not depart from thy eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
22 Kajti življenje so tistim, ki jih najdejo in zdravje vsemu njihovemu mesu.
For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23 Svoje srce varuj z vso marljivostjo, kajti iz njega so zadeve življenja.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Kljubovalna usta daj od sebe in sprevržene ustnice odloži daleč stran od sebe.
Put away from thee a perverse mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25 Tvoje oči naj gledajo naravnost in tvoje veke naj gledajo neposredno pred teboj.
Let thy eyes look right on, and let thy eyelids look straight before thee.
26 Preudari stezo svojih stopal in vse tvoje poti naj bodo utrjene.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27 Ne obrni se ne k desni roki niti ne k levi, svoje stopalo odstrani od zla.
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
