Proverbs 24
1 Do not envy evil people; do not desire to associate with them,
Jangan iri terhadap orang-orang jahat dan jangan menginginkan mereka sebagai teman.
2 because they are [constantly] thinking about acting violently, and whenever they speak [MTY], they talk about (causing trouble/hurting someone).
Karena mereka suka berbicara tentang kelakuan kejam dan merencanakan kekerasan.
3 People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by [heeding] good advice.
Dengan menjadi bijaksana, engkau dapat membangun rumah tangga. Dengan memiliki pengertian, keluargamu akan kokoh.
4 By using good sense, [they are able to buy] valuable and beautiful things and put them in the rooms of their houses.
Dan dengan pengetahuan, engkau dapat mengumpulkan harta indah bagi rumah tanggamu.
5 Being wise is better than being strong/powerful; those who know [many things can accomplish more] than those who are [very] strong.
Semakin besar kebijaksanaan dan pengetahuan seseorang, semakin besar juga kuasanya.
6 Leaders can fight battles if they have wise advisors, and they win those battles if they have many good advisors.
Itulah sebabnya, untuk meraih kemenangan, seorang raja harus mengatur rencana perang dengan teliti dan dengan mendengarkan banyak penasihat.
7 Foolish people cannot understand wise sayings/talk; at public meetings they are not [able to] say anything [that is useful].
Kebijaksanaan terlalu sulit untuk dimengerti orang bodoh. Dia tidak mampu memberikan pendapat dalam musyawarah.
8 Those who are [always] planning to do evil things will be called troublemakers.
Orang yang selalu merencanakan kejahatan, sebutlah dia si perusuh.
9 It is sinful to plan to do foolish things, and people hate those who make fun of [everything that is good].
Rencana orang bebal selalu menimbulkan dosa. Orang yang suka menghina akan dibenci.
10 If you [act as though] you are helpless when you have troubles, you are [truly very] weak.
Bila engkau menyerah saat menghadapi kesusahan, maka sesungguhnya engkau lemah!
11 [If it is unjustly decided] that someone must be executed, [try hard to] rescue them [DOU].
Saat engkau melihat orang yang tak bersalah berada dalam bahaya kematian, jangan tinggal diam! Selamatkanlah dia.
12 If you say, “I did not know anything about it, [so (it is not my concern/I did not try to help him)],” remember that God knows what we have done, and he knows what we were thinking [IDM, RHQ], and he will certainly [RHQ] repay us as we deserve for what we have done or for not doing what we should have done.
Janganlah membuat alasan, “Oh, saya tidak tahu bahwa dia tak bersalah!” Ingatlah bahwa Allah mengetahui pikiranmu dan Dia memegang nyawamu. Dia akan membalas setiap orang menurut perbuatannya.
13 My child/son, eat honey, because it is good [for you]; the honey that drips from honeycombs tastes [very] sweet.
Anakku, makanlah madu karena itu baik, terlebih manis lagi madu yang menetes dari sarang lebah.
14 Similarly, being wise is good for your soul; if you become wise, you will be [happy in] the future, and [God] will certainly [do for you what you are] confidently expecting him to do [LIT].
Kebijaksanaan itu seperti madu bagi hidupmu. Bila engkau memperolehnya, masa depanmu cerah dan harapanmu tidak akan hilang.
15 Do not be like wicked people who [hide and] wait to break into the houses of righteous/good [people] and rob/steal things.
Jangan seperti orang jahat, yang diam-diam hendak merampok dan menghancurkan rumah orang benar.
16 [Even if] good people fall down seven/many times, they [always] stand/get up again, but when a disaster happens to wicked [people], it ruins/destroys them.
Meskipun orang benar jatuh berkali-kali, dia akan selalu bangkit kembali, tetapi orang jahat akan gugur saat ditimpa malapetaka.
17 Do not be happy when something bad happens to one of your enemies; do not rejoice when he stumbles and falls,
Jangan bergembira ketika musuhmu jatuh, dan jangan merasa puas ketika dia celaka.
18 because Yahweh will know what you are thinking, and he will not like it, and [as a result] he will not punish that enemy of yours.
Sebab TUHAN tidak berkenan kepada sikap seperti itu dan Dia bisa menarik kembali murka-Nya dari musuhmu.
19 Do not become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not [SYN] envy them,
Jangan kesal ataupun iri terhadap orang jahat ketika mereka berhasil dengan cara licik.
20 because [nothing good] will happen to wicked people; they are [like] a lamp that will soon be extinguished [MET].
Karena orang jahat tidak memiliki masa depan, dan kehidupan mereka akan dipadamkan.
21 My child/son, revere Yahweh and [also] honor the king, and do not associate with people who want to rebel against either of them,
Anakku, takutlah akan TUHAN dan hormatlah terhadap raja. Jangan bergaul dengan para pemberontak.
22 because those people will suddenly experience disasters; and no one knows [RHQ] what great disasters that God or the king can cause to happen to them.
Karena orang-orang yang memberontak akan hancur dalam sekejap. Bayangkan betapa ngerinya hukuman yang akan ditimpakan TUHAN dan raja kepada mereka!
23 Here are more things that wise [people] have said: It is wrong for judges to decide matters unfairly [IDM].
Berikut ini juga perkataan dari orang-orang bijak: Seorang hakim haruslah adil. Dia tidak boleh memihak siapa pun ketika memutuskan perkara.
24 If they say to people who are guilty, “You (are innocent/have not done something that is wrong),” [even] people in other nations will curse and despise them,
Bila kepada pihak yang bersalah hakim memutuskan, “Engkau tidak bersalah,” maka hakim itu akan dikutuki dan dibenci di seluruh negeri.
25 but if judges say that guilty people must be punished, things will go well for those judges, and (they will receive blessings/God will bless them).
Sebaliknya, hakim yang menjatuhkan hukuman dengan jujur kepada orang yang bersalah akan berbahagia karena dia akan diberkati Allah dan disukai masyarakat.
26 Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends [IDM].
Persahabatan yang paling manis terasa ketika teman dekat memberi nasihat yang jujur.
27 First, do the work [that needs to be done] outside [your house], and prepare your fields, [and then plant things], and after you finish doing that, build your house.
Anakku, sesudah menikah, bereskanlah dahulu pekerjaan di ladang. Sesudah itu, barulah membangun rumahmu.
28 [In the courtroom] do not testify against someone when you have no reason to do that, and do not [try to] deceive [people] by what you say [MTY].
Jangan menjadi saksi dusta dan memfitnah sesamamu yang tidak bersalah.
29 Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for [the bad things that] he did to me.”
Janganlah berpikir, “Aku akan membalas perbuatannya kepadaku. Sebagaimana dia memperlakukan aku, demikianlah aku akan memperlakukan dia.”
30 One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.
Suatu hari aku melewati kebun anggur seorang pemalas. Alangkah bodohnya dia!
31 I was surprised to see that the fields were full of all kinds of thorny bushes, and the stone wall [around the garden] had (collapsed/fallen down).
Semuanya penuh ditumbuhi rumput liar dan semak berduri, bahkan pagar temboknya pun sudah runtuh.
32 When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:
Lalu aku merenungkan hal itu dan inilah pelajaran yang aku dapatkan:
33 [If you spend a lot of time] sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest,
Pemalas berpikir, “Ah, aku masih mengantuk. Aku mau tidur sebentar lagi. Biarkan aku melipat tangan dan berbaring sebentar saja.”
34 [soon] you will become poor; [it will be as though] [PRS, SIM] a bandit who had a weapon in his hand [attacked you and stole all that you had].
Maka seperti perampok yang datang tak terduga, demikianlah si pemalas mendadak miskin. Kekurangan tiba-tiba menyerang dia seperti seorang penjahat.
