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).
훈계를 좋아하는 자는 지식을 좋아하나니 징계를 싫어하는 자는 짐승과 같으니라
2 Yahweh is pleased with good people, but he condemns those who plan to harm [others].
선인은 여호와께 은총을 받으려니와 악을 꾀하는 자는 정죄하심을 받으리이다
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.
사람이 악으로 굳게 서지 못하나니 의인의 뿌리는 움직이지 아니하느니라
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.
어진 여인은 그 지아비의 면류관이나 욕을 끼치는 여인은 그 지아비로 뼈가 썩음 같게 하느니라
5 What righteous [people] want to do is [to treat people] fairly; what wicked [people] want to do is to deceive people.
의인의 생각은 공직하여도 악인의 도모는 궤휼이니라
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].
악인의 말은 사람을 엿보아 피를 흘리자 하는 것이어니와 정직한 자의 입은 사람을 구원하느니라
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.
악인은 엎드러져서 소멸되려니와 의인의 집은 서 있으리라
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).
사람은 그 지혜대로 칭찬을 받으려니와 마음이 패려한 자는 멸시를 받으리라
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.
비천히 여김을 받을지라도 종을 부리는 자는 스스로 높은 체 하고도 음식이 핍절한 자보다 나으니라
10 Righteous people take care of their domestic animals, but wicked people act cruelly [toward their animals].
의인은 그 육축의 생명을 돌아보나 악인의 긍휼은 잔인이니라
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.
자기의 토지를 경작하는 자는 먹을 것이 많거니와 방탕한 것을 따르는 자는 지혜가 없느니라
12 Wicked [people] desire to take away what [other] evil people have, but [Yahweh] enables righteous/godly [people] to be steadfast and productive [MET].
악인은 불의의 이를 탐하나 의인은 그 뿌리로 말미암아 결실하느니라
13 Evil people are trapped by the evil things that they say [MTY], but righteous [people] escape from trouble.
악인은 입술의 허물로 인하여 그물에 걸려도 의인은 환난에서 벗어나느니라
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].
사람은 입의 열매로 인하여 복록에 족하며 그 손의 행하는 대로 자기가 받느니라
15 Foolish people [always] think that what they are doing is right; wise people heed [other people when they give them good] advice.
미련한 자는 자기 행위를 바른 줄로 여기나 지혜로운 자는 권고를 듣느니라
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.
미련한 자는 분노를 당장에 나타내거니와 슬기로운 자는 수욕을 참느니라
17 [In the courtroom], honest people say what is true, but untruthful/dishonest people tell [nothing but] lies.
진리를 말하는 자는 의를 나타내어도 거짓 증인은 궤휼을 말하느니라
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).
혹은 칼로 찌름 같이 함부로 말하거니와 지혜로운 자의 혀는 양약 같으니라
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.
진실한 입술은 영원히 보존되거니와 거짓 혀는 눈 깜짝일 동안만 있을 뿐이니라
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.
악을 꾀하는 자의 마음에는 궤휼이 있고 화평을 논하는 자에게는 희락이 있느니라
21 Bad things [usually] [HYP] do not happen to righteous [people], but wicked [people] always have troubles.
의인에게는 아무 재앙도 임하지 아니하려니와 악인에게는 앙화가 가득하리라
22 Yahweh detests those [MTY] who tell lies, but he is delighted with those who faithfully do what they promise that they will do.
거짓 입술은 여호와께 미움을 받아도 진실히 행하는 자는 그의 기뻐하심을 받느니라
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).
슬기로운 자는 지식을 감추어 두어도 미련한 자의 마음은 미련한 것을 전파하느니라
24 Those [SYN] who work hard become rulers [of others]; those who are lazy become slaves [of others.]
부지런한 자의 손은 사람을 다스리게 되어도 게으른 자는 부림을 받느니라
25 When people are anxious/worried, they become depressed/dejected, but when others speak kindly to them, it causes them to be cheerful again.
근심이 사람의 마음에 있으면 그것으로 번뇌케 하나 선한 말은 그것을 즐겁게 하느니라
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.
의인은 그 이웃의 인도자가 되나 악인의 소행은 자기를 미혹하게 하느니라
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.
게으른 자는 그 잡을 것도 사냥하지 아니하나니 사람의 부귀는 부지런한 것이니라
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).
의로운 길에 생명이 있나니 그 길에는 사망이 없느니라
