Proverbs 20
1 Drinking a lot of wine or [other] strong drinks causes people to start fighting; it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated.
Ti arak ket kasla mananglalais ken ti naingel a mainom ket kasla makaringgor; saan a nasirib ti siasinoman nga iyaw-awan ti arak.
2 Being afraid of a king when he is angry is like [SIM] being afraid of a lion when it growls/roars; if you cause the king to become angry, he may execute you.
Ti panagbuteng iti ari ket kasla panagbuteng iti agngerngernger nga urbon a leon; ti mangpaunget kenkuana ket mapukawna ti biagna.
3 [People] respect those who stay away from disputes/arguments; foolish people [love to] quarrel.
Pakaidayawan ti siasinoman ti mangliklik iti riri, ngem makibiang ti maag iti panagsinnuppiat.
4 [If] a lazy man does not plow [his fields at the right/proper time], he will look for [crops] at harvest [time], but there will be nothing there.
Saan nga agarado ti maysa a sadut a tao iti tiempo a masapulen nga agmula; agbirokto isuna iti maapit iti tiempo ti panagaapit ngem awanto ti maapitna.
5 [Just] as it is difficult to bring up water from a deep well, it is difficult to know what people are thinking, but someone who has good sense/insight will be able to find out what people are thinking.
Dagiti panggep nga adda iti puso ti maysa a tao ket kasla adalem a danum, ngem addanto mannakaawat a tao a mangparuar kadagitoy.
6 Many people proclaim that they can be trusted [to do what they say that they will do], but it is very difficult to find [RHQ] someone who can really be trusted.
Adu a tao ti mangibagbaga a napudnoda, ngem adda aya met masarakam a tao a napudno?
7 If parents conduct their lives as they should, [God] blesses their children (OR, their children are very happy/fortunate).
Ti tao nga agar-aramid iti nalinteg ket agbibiag iti kinapudnona, ken naragsak dagiti annakna a sumarsaruno kenkuana.
8 A king who sits on his throne to judge people can [easily] [MTY] find out what things that people have done are good and what things are evil.
Ti ari nga agtugtugaw iti tronona a mangar-aramid kadagiti pagrebbengan ti maysa nga ukom ket arigna a tataepanna babaen kadagiti matana dagiti amin a dakes nga adda iti sangoananna.
9 There is no one [RHQ] who can truthfully say, “I do not know of any wrong things that I have done; I have (gotten rid of all my sinful behavior/quit doing what is sinful).”
Siasino ti makaibaga a, “Pinagtalinaedko a nadalus ti pusok; nawayawayaanak manipud iti basol”?
10 Yahweh detests people who use weights that are not right and measures that are not correct.
Kagurgura ni Yahweh ti panangbaliw iti umno a timbang kasta met ti nakaor a rukod.
11 Even children show by what they do whether they are good or not; they show whether (what they do/their behavior) is honest and right [or not].
Uray ti agtutubo ket mabalin a maammoan ti kababalinna babaen kadagiti tignayna, mabalin a maammoan no nadalus wenno nalinteg ti aramidna.
12 Two of the things that Yahweh has created [for us] are ears to hear things and eyes to see things.
Dagiti lapayag a makangngeg ken dagiti mata a makakita-agpada nga inaramid ni Yahweh dagitoy.
13 If you want to sleep [all the time], you will become poor; if you stay awake [and work], you will have plenty of food.
Saanmo nga ayaten ti pannaturog di la ket ta agbalinka a nakurapay; lukatam dagiti matam ket maaddaanka iti nawadwad a makan.
14 People [look at things that they are about] to buy, [and in order to get it for a lower price sometimes they] say, “(It is no good/It is poor quality),” but [after they buy it], they go and boast [about having bought it for a cheap price].
“Nagngina metten!” kuna ti gumatang, ngem inton makapanawen isuna ket agpaspasindayagen.
15 Gold and precious stones are [valuable], but wise words [MTY] are more valuable.
Adda balitok ken adu ti agkakangina a batbato, ngem maiyarig a napateg nga alahas dagiti nasirib a sasao.
16 If you foolishly promise to a stranger that you will pay what he owes if he is unable to pay it [DOU], [you deserve to] have someone take your coat from you.
Alaem ti pagan-anay no ti makinkukua iti pagan-anay ket pinatalgedanna ti kuarta nga inutang ti maysa a saanna nga am-ammo, ken pagbalinem nga isuna ti agbalin a pammatalged no patalgedanna dagiti mannakikamalala.
17 People [may] think that food that they acquire by doing what is dishonest will taste very good, but later [they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy] eating gravel/sand.
Nasam-it ti raman ti tinapay a naala babaen iti panangallilaw, ngem kalpasan dayta, mapnonto iti darat ti ngiwat ti nangan.
18 When people give you good advice, [if you do what they suggest], your plans will succeed; so be sure to get good advice from wise people before you start fighting a war.
Dagiti plano ket maar-aramid babaen iti balakad, ken sakanto laeng makigubat no adda nasirib a naibalakad kenka.
19 Those who go around telling gossip are [always] telling secrets to [others]; so stay away from people who foolishly talk [too much].
Ti managtsismis ket agibutaktak kadagiti palimed, ket isu a saanka a rumbeng a makikadua kadagiti tattao a nasao unay.
20 If someone curses his father or his mother, his life will be ended, [just] like a lamp is extinguished.
No ilunlunod ti maysa a tao ti ama wenno ti inana, maiddepto ti pagsilawanna iti tengnga ti kasipngetan.
21 If you very quickly take the property that your parents promise will be yours after they die, you will not receive any good/blessing from it.
Ti tawid a nalaka a makagun-od iti damo ket bassitto laeng ti nasayaat maaramidanna iti udina.
22 Do not say, “I will do evil to those who do evil to me;” wait for Yahweh [to do something about it], and he will (help you/[do what is right]).
Saanmo nga ibaga a, “Balsenkanto iti daytoy a nagbiddutam kaniak!” Urayem a ni Yahweh ti mangispal kenka.
23 Yahweh detests [those who use] dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.
Kagurgura ni Yahweh dagiti nakaor a panangtimbang, ken saan a nasayaat dagiti nakusit a pagtimbangan.
24 Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us, so (how can we (understand/know) what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot (understand/know) what will happen before it happens.) [RHQ]
Iturturong ni Yahweh dagiti addang ti maysa a tao; kasanona koma ngay ngarud a maawatan dagiti pasamak iti biagna?
25 You should think carefully before you solemnly promise to dedicate something to God, because later you might be sorry you have promised to do it.
Maiyarig a maysa a silo para iti maysa a tao ti panaggaganatna a mangibaga a, “Nasantoan daytoy a banag,” sana rugian a panunoten ti maipapan iti kayat a sawen dayta a banag kalpasan laeng iti panagsapatana.
26 Wise kings find out [MET] which people have done what is wrong, and they punish them very severely [IDM].
Itataep ti masirib nga ari dagiti nadangkes, sana padalanan dagitoy iti pagir-irik.
27 Our consciences are [like] lamps that Yahweh [has given to us to enable us to know what we are thinking] [MET]; they reveal what is hidden deep in our (minds/inner beings).
Ti espiritu ti maysa a tao ket maiyarig a pagsilawan nga inted ni Yahweh, a mangsukimat kadagiti amin a paset iti kaungganna.
28 Kings will continue to rule as long as they faithfully love their people and are loyal to them and as long as they rule righteously/fairly.
Ti kinapudno iti tulag ken kinamatalek ti mangsaluad iti ari; ayat ti mangpatalinaed iti tronona.
29 We honor/admire young people because they are strong, but we respect [MTY] old people more because they are wise.
Ti pakaidayawan dagiti agtutubo a lallaki ket ti pigsada, ken ti dayag dagiti natataengan a tattao ket ti ubanda.
30 When we are beaten or whipped, it [can] cause us to quit doing what is evil in our lives; when someone wounds us [by punishing us], it [can] cause our behavior to become good.
Dagiti dunor ti mangdalus iti kinadakes, ken dagiti saplit ti mangdalus iti kaunggan ti maysa a tao.
