Proverbs 21
1 Yahweh controls what kings do [MTY] [like] he controls how streams flow; he causes kings to do just what he wants them to do.
Kuninkaan sydän on Herran kädessä kuin vesiojat: hän taivuttaa sen, kunne tahtoo.
2 People always think that what they do is right, but Yahweh judges our (motives/reasons [for doing things)] [MTY].
Kaikki miehen tiet ovat hänen omissa silmissään oikeat, mutta Herra tutkii sydämet.
3 Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh than [bringing] sacrifices [to him].
Vanhurskauden ja oikeuden harjoittaminen on Herralle otollisempi kuin uhri.
4 Being proud and arrogant [DOU] is [like] a lamp [MTY] [that guides] wicked people; being proud and arrogant characterizes (wicked people’s whole behavior/everything that wicked people do).
Ylpeät silmät ja pöyhkeä sydän-jumalattomien lamppu-ovat syntiä.
5 People who plan carefully will surely have plenty [of what they need]; those who act too quickly [to become rich] will become poor.
Vain hyödyksi ovat ahkeran ajatukset, mutta kaikki touhuilijat saavat vain vahinkoa.
6 Money that people acquire [by cheating others] by lying [MTY] to them will soon disappear [like] a mist, and doing that will [soon] lead to their death.
Jotka hankkivat aarteita petollisin kielin, ovat haihtuva tuulahdus, hakevat kuolemaa.
7 Wicked [people] refuse to do what is right/just, but they will be ruined because of the violent things [PRS] that they do.
Jumalattomat tempaa pois heidän väkivaltansa, sillä eivät he tahdo oikeutta tehdä.
8 Guilty [people continually do what is evil; it is as though] [MET] they are walking on a crooked road; but righteous/innocent people [always] do what is right.
Rikollisen tie on mutkainen, mutta puhtaan teot ovat oikeat.
9 It is better to live in the corner of an attic/housetop [by yourself] than to live inside the house with a wife who is always nagging.
Parempi asua katon kulmalla kuin toraisan vaimon huonetoverina.
10 Wicked [people] [SYN] are always wanting [to do what is] evil; they never act mercifully toward anyone.
Jumalattoman sielu himoitsee pahaa, lähimmäinen ei saa armoa hänen silmiensä edessä.
11 When those who ridicule [others] are punished, [even] those who do not have good sense [see that, and] they become wise, and when those who are wise are taught, they become wiser.
Kun pilkkaajaa rangaistaan, viisastuu yksinkertainen; ja kun viisasta neuvotaan, ottaa hän sen opiksensa.
12 [God], the one [who is completely] righteous, knows [what happens inside] the houses of wicked [people], and [he will cause] those people to be completely ruined/destroyed.
Vanhurskas Jumala tarkkaa jumalattoman taloa, hän syöksee jumalattomat onnettomuuteen.
13 There are people who refuse to listen when poor people cry out [for help]; [but some day] they themselves will cry out [for help], and no one will hear them.
Joka tukkii korvansa vaivaisen huudolta, se joutuu itse huutamaan, vastausta saamatta.
14 When someone is angry [with you], if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.
Salainen lahja lepyttää vihan ja poveen kätketty lahjus kiivaan kiukun.
15 Good/Righteous [people] are happy when they [see others do] what is just/fair, but those who do what is evil are terrified [when they think about what may happen to them].
Vanhurskaalle on ilo, kun oikeutta tehdään, mutta väärintekijöille kauhu.
16 Those who stop behaving like those who have good sense behave will [soon] discover that they have gone to the place where dead people are.
Ihminen, joka eksyy taidon tieltä, joutuu lepäämään haamujen seuraan.
17 Those who spend their money to buy (things that give them pleasure/things that cause them to feel happy) will become poor; those who love [to spend money to buy] wine and nice/fancy food [MTY] will never become rich.
Puutteen mieheksi päätyy riemujen rakastaja, eikä rikastu se, joka viiniä ja öljyä rakastaa.
18 Wicked [people] bring on themselves the sufferings that they were trying to cause righteous [people] to experience [DOU].
Jumalaton joutuu lunastusmaksuksi vanhurskaan puolesta ja uskoton oikeamielisten sijaan.
19 It is better to live [alone] in a desert than [to live] with a wife who is [always] nagging and complaining.
Parempi asua autiossa maassa kuin toraisan vaimon vaivattavana.
20 Wise people have many valuable things in their houses, but foolish people [quickly] spend/waste [all their money].
Kalliita aarteita ja öljyä on viisaan majassa, mutta tyhmä ihminen syö suuhunsa sellaiset.
21 Those who [always] try to act in a fair and kind way [toward others] will live [a long time] and be honored/respected.
Joka vanhurskauteen ja laupeuteen pyrkii, se löytää elämän, vanhurskauden ja kunnian.
22 A wise army commander [helps his troops] climb over a wall [to attack] a city that is defended by a strong army, with the result that they are able to (get over/destroy) the high walls that their enemies trusted [would protect them].
Viisas ryntää sankarien kaupunkiin ja kukistaa varustuksen, joka oli sen turva.
23 Those who are very careful about what they say [MTY] are [able to] avoid trouble.
Joka suunsa ja kielensä varoo, se henkensä ahdistuksilta varoo.
24 Those who make fun of [everything that is good] are proud and conceited [DOU]; they [always] act in an inconsiderate way [toward others].
Pilkkaajan nimen saa julkea röyhkeilijä, jonka meno on määrätöntä julkeutta.
25 Lazy people, who refuse to work, [will] die [of hunger] because they [SYN] do not earn [money to buy food].
Oma halu laiskan tappaa, sillä hänen kätensä eivät tahdo työtä tehdä.
26 All during the day [wicked people] desire to obtain things, but righteous [people] have plenty, [with the result that] they [are able to] give things generously to others.
Aina on hartaasti haluavia, mutta vanhurskas antaa säästelemättä.
27 [Yahweh] detests the sacrifices that wicked [people] offer [to him]; [but he] detests it even more when they [think that they will escape being punished for] their evil deeds because of the sacrifices that they bring.
Jumalattomien uhri on kauhistus; saati sitten, jos se tuodaan ilkityön edestä!
28 Those who tell lies in court will be punished; no one stops/silences witnesses who say what is truthful/reliable.
Valheellinen todistaja hukkuu, mutta kuunteleva mies saa aina puhua.
29 Wicked people pretend [that they know everything], but righteous people think carefully about [what will happen because of] what they do.
Julkeiksi tekee jumalaton kasvonsa, vakaiksi tekee oikeamielinen tiensä.
30 [Thinking that we are] wise, and that we understand many things, and that we have good insight, does not help us if Yahweh is (acting against/not pleased with) us.
Ei auta viisaus, ei ymmärrys, ei mikään neuvo Herraa vastaan.
31 We [can] get horses ready to fight in a battle, but Yahweh is the one who enables us to (win victories/defeat our enemies).
Hevonen on varustettu taistelun päiväksi, mutta voitto on Herran hallussa.
