Proverbs 12
1 Those who want to know [what is right to do] want to be (disciplined/corrected) when they do what is wrong; it is foolish to not want to be (corrected/told that what you did is wrong).
Όστις αγαπά παιδείαν, αγαπά γνώσιν· αλλ' όστις μισεί έλεγχον, είναι άφρων.
2 Yahweh is pleased with good people, but he condemns those who plan to harm [others].
Ο καλός ευρίσκει χάριν παρά Κυρίου· τον δε μηχανευόμενον κακά θέλει καταδικάσει.
3 People do not become secure/safe by doing what is wicked; righteous [people] will be very safe and secure [LIT] like [MET] a tree that has deep roots.
Δεν θέλει στερεωθή άνθρωπος διά της ανομίας· η ρίζα δε των δικαίων θέλει μένει ασάλευτος.
4 A good wife is one who causes her husband to be greatly honored, but a wife who does things that cause her husband to be ashamed [will destroy him] like [SIM] cancer [destroys] his bones.
Η ενάρετος γυνή είναι στέφανος εις τον άνδρα αυτής· η δε προξενούσα αισχύνην είναι ως σαπρία εις τα οστά αυτού.
5 What righteous [people] want to do is [to treat people] fairly; what wicked [people] want to do is to deceive people.
Οι λογισμοί των δικαίων είναι ευθύτης· αι δε βουλαί των ασεβών δόλος.
6 What wicked [people] say is like a trap [MET] that kills [MTY] people [who pass by], but what righteous [people] say [MTY] rescues those whom [wicked people threaten to harm].
Οι λόγοι των ασεβών ενεδρεύουσιν αίμα· το δε στόμα των ευθέων θέλει ελευθερώσει αυτούς.
7 Wicked [people] will die [before they become old and we will see] them no more, but righteous people will live [for many years] and have many descendants.
Οι ασεβείς καταστρέφονται και δεν υπάρχουσιν· ο οίκος δε των δικαίων θέλει διαμένει.
8 [People will] praise those who have good sense, but [people will] despise those (who are always thinking about doing evil things/whose thinking is twisted).
Ο άνθρωπος εγκωμιάζεται κατά την σύνεσιν αυτού· ο δε διεστραμμένος την καρδίαν θέλει είσθαι εις καταφρόνησιν.
9 It is better to be a humble/ordinary person who has only one servant than to think that you are very important while you have nothing to eat.
Καλήτερος ο άνθρωπος ο μη τιμώμενος και επαρκών εις εαυτόν, παρά ο κενοδοξών και στερούμενος άρτου.
10 Righteous people take care of their domestic animals, but wicked people act cruelly [toward their animals].
Ο δίκαιος επιμελείται την ζωήν του κτήνους αυτού· τα δε σπλάγχνα των ασεβών είναι ανελεήμονα.
11 Farmers who work hard in their fields will [produce good crops] that will give them plenty to eat, but those who waste their time working on worthless projects are foolish.
Ο εργαζόμενος την γην αυτού θέλει χορτασθή άρτον· ο δε ακολουθών τους ματαιόφρονας είναι ενδεής φρενών.
12 Wicked [people] desire to take away what [other] evil people have, but [Yahweh] enables righteous/godly [people] to be steadfast and productive [MET].
Ο ασεβής ζητεί την υπεράσπισιν των κακών· αλλ' η ρίζα του δικαίου αναδίδει.
13 Evil people are trapped by the evil things that they say [MTY], but righteous [people] escape from trouble.
Δι' αμαρτίαν χειλέων παγιδεύεται ο ασεβής· ο δε δίκαιος εξέρχεται εκ στενοχωρίας.
14 People are rewarded for [the good things] that they say [to others], and people are [also] rewarded for the good work that they do [MTY].
Εκ των καρπών του στόματος αυτού ο άνθρωπος θέλει εμπλησθή αγαθών· και η αμοιβή των χειρών του ανθρώπου θέλει επιστρέψει εις αυτόν.
15 Foolish people [always] think that what they are doing is right; wise people heed [other people when they give them good] advice.
Η οδός του άφρονος είναι ορθή εις τους οφθαλμούς αυτού· ο δε ακούων συμβουλάς είναι σοφός.
16 Foolish people quickly become angry when someone does something that they don’t like; but those who have good sense ignore it when others insult them.
Ο άφρων φανερόνει ευθύς την οργήν αυτού· ο δε φρόνιμος σκεπάζει το όνειδος αυτού.
17 [In the courtroom], honest people say what is true, but untruthful/dishonest people tell [nothing but] lies.
Ο λαλών αλήθειαν αναγγέλλει το δίκαιον· ο δε ψευδομάρτυς δόλον.
18 What some people say [hurts people badly], as much as [SIM] a sword can; but what wise [people] say (heals [others’ souls]/comforts others).
Ο φλύαρος είναι ως τραύματα μαχαίρας· η δε γλώσσα των σοφών, ίασις.
19 When people tell [MTY] lies, others soon realize that what they said is not true [IDM]; but when people say what is true, others will remember that forever.
Τα χείλη της αληθείας θέλουσιν είσθαι σταθερά διαπαντός· η δε ψευδής γλώσσα μόνον στιγμιαία.
20 Those who plan to do what is evil are always wanting to deceive [others], but things will go well for those who plan [to do] good things.
Δόλος είναι εν τη καρδία των μηχανευομένων κακά· ευφροσύνη δε εις τους βουλευομένους ειρήνην.
21 Bad things [usually] [HYP] do not happen to righteous [people], but wicked [people] always have troubles.
Ουδεμία βλάβη θέλει συμβή εις τον δίκαιον· οι δε ασεβείς θέλουσιν εμπλησθή κακών.
22 Yahweh detests those [MTY] who tell lies, but he is delighted with those who faithfully do what they promise that they will do.
Ψευδή χείλη βδέλυγμα εις τον Κύριον· οι δε ποιούντες αλήθειαν είναι δεκτοί εις αυτόν.
23 Those with good sense do not reveal [all] that they know; foolish people show [clearly] by what they say that they (are ignorant/have not learned much).
Ο φρόνιμος άνθρωπος καλύπτει γνώσιν· η δε καρδία των αφρόνων διακηρύττει μωρίαν.
24 Those [SYN] who work hard become rulers [of others]; those who are lazy become slaves [of others.]
Η χειρ των επιμελών θέλει εξουσιάζει· οι δε οκνηροί θέλουσιν είσθαι υποτελείς.
25 When people are anxious/worried, they become depressed/dejected, but when others speak kindly to them, it causes them to be cheerful again.
Η λύπη εν τη καρδία του ανθρώπου ταπεινόνει αυτήν· ο δε καλός λόγος ευφραίνει αυτήν.
26 Godly/Righteous people try to [give good advice to] their friends (OR, try to make friends with others), but the manner in which wicked [people] live misleads their friends.
Ο δίκαιος υπερέχει του πλησίον αυτού· η δε οδός των ασεβών πλανά αυτούς.
27 Lazy people do not even [cook the meat of] the animals that they catch/kill, but those who work hard will acquire (OR, are like) a valuable treasure.
Ο οκνηρός δεν επιτυγχάνει του θηράματος αυτού· τα δε υπάρχοντα του επιμελούς ανθρώπου είναι πολύτιμα.
28 Those who (live righteously/continually do what is right) are [walking] on the road to a long life; (it is not a road to death/they will not die when they are still young).
Εν τη οδώ της δικαιοσύνης είναι ζωή· και η πορεία της οδού αυτής δεν φέρει εις θάνατον.
