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).
Chi ama la correzione ama la scienza; Ma chi odia la riprensione [è] insensato.
2 Yahweh is pleased with good people, but he condemns those who plan to harm [others].
L'uomo da bene ottiene benevolenza dal Signore; Ma egli condannerà l'uomo malizioso.
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.
L'uomo non sarà stabilito per empietà; E la radice de' giusti non sarà smossa.
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.
La donna di valore [è] la corona del suo marito; Ma quella che reca vituperio gli [è] come un tarlo nelle ossa.
5 What righteous [people] want to do is [to treat people] fairly; what wicked [people] want to do is to deceive people.
I pensieri de' giusti [son] dirittura; [Ma] i consigli degli empi [son] frode.
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].
La parole degli empi [tendono] ad insidiare al sangue; Ma la bocca degli [uomini] diritti li riscoterà.
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.
In un voltar degli empi, essi non [saranno più]; Ma la casa de' giusti starà in piè.
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).
L'uomo sarà lodato secondo il suo senno; Ma chi è stravolto d'animo sarà in isprezzo.
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.
Meglio [è] colui del quale non si fa stima, e pure ha un servitore, Che colui che fa il borioso, ed ha mancamento di pane.
10 Righteous people take care of their domestic animals, but wicked people act cruelly [toward their animals].
[L'uomo] giusto ha cura della vita della sua bestia; Ma le viscere degli empi [son] crudeli.
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.
Chi lavora la sua terra sarà saziato di pane; Ma chi va dietro agli uomini oziosi [è] scemo d'intelletto.
12 Wicked [people] desire to take away what [other] evil people have, but [Yahweh] enables righteous/godly [people] to be steadfast and productive [MET].
L'empio appetisce la rete de' malvagi; Ma la radice de' giusti mette fuori.
13 Evil people are trapped by the evil things that they say [MTY], but righteous [people] escape from trouble.
Il laccio del malvagio [è] nella dislealtà delle labbra; Ma il giusto uscirà di distretta.
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].
L'uomo sarà saziato di beni per lo frutto della [sua] bocca; E [Dio] renderà all'uomo la retribuzione [dell'opere] delle sue mani.
15 Foolish people [always] think that what they are doing is right; wise people heed [other people when they give them good] advice.
La via dello stolto [è] diritta al suo parere; Ma chi ascolta consiglio [è] savio.
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.
Il cruccio dello stolto è conosciuto lo stesso giorno; Ma l'avveduto copre il vituperio.
17 [In the courtroom], honest people say what is true, but untruthful/dishonest people tell [nothing but] lies.
Chi parla verità rapporta il giusto; Ma il falso testimonio [rapporta] frode.
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).
Ei vi è tale che pronunzia [parole] simile a coltellate; Ma la lingua de' savi [è] medicina.
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.
Il labbro verace sarà stabile in perpetuo; Ma la lingua bugiarda [sarà sol] per un momento.
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.
Inganno [è] nel cuor di coloro che macchinano del male; Ma [vi è] allegrezza per quelli che consigliano pace.
21 Bad things [usually] [HYP] do not happen to righteous [people], but wicked [people] always have troubles.
Niuna molestia avverrà al giusto; Ma gli empi saranno ripieni di male.
22 Yahweh detests those [MTY] who tell lies, but he is delighted with those who faithfully do what they promise that they will do.
Le labbra bugiarde [son] cosa abbominevole al Signore; Ma coloro che operano in verità son graditi da lui.
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).
L'uomo avveduto copre la scienza; Ma il cuor degli stolti pubblica la follia.
24 Those [SYN] who work hard become rulers [of others]; those who are lazy become slaves [of others.]
La mano de' diligenti signoreggerà; Ma la pigra sarà tributaria.
25 When people are anxious/worried, they become depressed/dejected, but when others speak kindly to them, it causes them to be cheerful again.
Il cordoglio nel cuor dell'uomo l'abbatte; Ma la buona parola lo rallegra.
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.
Il giusto abbonda [in beni] più che il suo prossimo; Ma la via degli empi li fa andare errando.
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.
Il pigro non arrostisce la sua cacciagione; Ma i beni dell'uomo diligente [sono] preziosi.
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).
Nella via della giustizia [vi è] vita; E [nel] cammino de' [suoi] sentieri non [vi è] morte.
