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).
Sinomang umiibig ng kasawayan ay umiibig ng kaalaman: nguni't siyang nagtatanim sa kasawayan ay hangal.
2 Yahweh is pleased with good people, but he condemns those who plan to harm [others].
Ang mabuting tao ay magtatamo ng lingap ng Panginoon: nguni't kaniyang parurusahan ang taong may masasamang katha.
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.
Ang tao ay hindi matatag sa pamamagitan ng kasamaan: nguni't ang ugat ng matuwid ay hindi makikilos.
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.
Ang mabait na babae ay putong sa kaniyang asawa: nguni't siyang nakahihiya ay parang kabulukan sa kaniyang mga buto.
5 What righteous [people] want to do is [to treat people] fairly; what wicked [people] want to do is to deceive people.
Ang mga pagiisip ng matuwid ay ganap: nguni't ang mga payo ng masama ay magdaraya.
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].
Ang mga salita ng masama ay mga bakay sa dugo: nguni't ililigtas sila ng bibig ng matuwid.
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.
Ang masama ay inilulugmok at nawawala: nguni't ang sangbahayan ng matuwid ay tatayo.
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).
Pupurihin ang tao ayon sa kaniyang karunungan: nguni't ang masama sa puso ay hahamakin.
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.
Maigi siyang pinahahalagahan ng kaunti, at may alipin, kay sa nagmamapuri, at kinukulang ng tinapay.
10 Righteous people take care of their domestic animals, but wicked people act cruelly [toward their animals].
Ang matuwid ay nagpapakundangan sa buhay ng kaniyang hayop: nguni't ang mga kaawaan ng masama ay mabagsik.
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.
Siyang bumubukid ng kaniyang lupain ay magkakaroon ng saganang tinapay: nguni't siyang sumusunod sa taong walang kabuluhan ay walang unawa.
12 Wicked [people] desire to take away what [other] evil people have, but [Yahweh] enables righteous/godly [people] to be steadfast and productive [MET].
Ninanasa ng masama ang lambat ng mga masamang tao: nguni't ang ugat ng matuwid ay nagbubunga.
13 Evil people are trapped by the evil things that they say [MTY], but righteous [people] escape from trouble.
Nasa pagsalangsang ng mga labi ang silo sa mga masamang tao: nguni't ang matuwid ay lalabas sa kabagabagan.
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].
Ang tao ay masisiyahan ng buti sa pamamagitan ng bunga ng kaniyang bibig; at ang mga gawain ng mga kamay ng tao ay babayaran sa kaniya.
15 Foolish people [always] think that what they are doing is right; wise people heed [other people when they give them good] advice.
Ang lakad ng mangmang ay matuwid sa kaniyang sariling mga mata: nguni't siyang pantas ay nakikinig sa payo.
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.
Ang yamot ng mangmang ay agad nakikilala: nguni't ang mabait na tao ay nagtatakip ng kahihiyan.
17 [In the courtroom], honest people say what is true, but untruthful/dishonest people tell [nothing but] lies.
Ang nagbabadya ng katotohanan ay nagpapakilala ng katuwiran, nguni't ang sinungaling sa saksi ay nagdadaya.
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).
May nagsasalitang madalas na parang saliwan ng tabak: nguni't ang dila ng pantas ay kagalingan.
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.
Ang labi ng katotohanan ay matatatag kailan man. Nguni't ang sinungaling na dila ay sa sangdali lamang.
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.
Pagdaraya ay nasa puso ng mga kumakatha ng kasamaan: nguni't sa mga tagapayo ng kapayapaan ay kagalakan.
21 Bad things [usually] [HYP] do not happen to righteous [people], but wicked [people] always have troubles.
Walang mangyayaring kapahamakan sa matuwid: nguni't ang masama ay mapupuno ng kasamaan.
22 Yahweh detests those [MTY] who tell lies, but he is delighted with those who faithfully do what they promise that they will do.
Mga sinungaling na labi ay kasuklamsuklam sa Panginoon: nguni't ang nagsisigawang may katotohanan ay kaniyang kaluguran.
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).
Ang taong mabait ay nagkukubli ng kaalaman: nguni't ang puso ng mga mangmang ay nagtatanyag ng kamangmangan.
24 Those [SYN] who work hard become rulers [of others]; those who are lazy become slaves [of others.]
Ang kamay ng masipag ay magpupuno: nguni't ang tamad ay malalagay sa pagatag.
25 When people are anxious/worried, they become depressed/dejected, but when others speak kindly to them, it causes them to be cheerful again.
Ang kabigatan sa puso ng tao ay nagpapahukot; nguni't ang mabuting salita ay nagpapasaya.
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.
Ang matuwid ay patnubay sa kaniyang kapuwa: nguni't ang lakad ng masama ay nakapagpapaligaw.
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.
Ang tamad ay hindi nagiihaw ng kahit kaniyang napapangasuhan; nguni't ang mahalagang pag-aari ng tao ay sa mga masisipag.
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).
Nasa daan ng katuwiran ang buhay; at sa kaniyang landas ay walang kamatayan.
