Proverbs 26
1 Just [like] [SIM] [it is not appropriate for] snow [to fall] in summer time, or rain [to fall] at harvest time, it is not appropriate to praise/honor foolish people.
Yhtä vähän kuin lumi kesällä ja sade elonaikana soveltuu tyhmälle kunnia.
2 Like [SIM] birds that fly by [and do not alight/land on anything], if someone curses you, it cannot hurt you if you (do not deserve them/have not done to him what is wrong).
Kuin liitävä lintu, kuin lentävä pääskynen on aiheeton kirous: ei se toteen käy.
3 It is necessary to whip a horse and to put a bridle on a donkey [to force them to go where we want them to go], and similarly [SIM] [it is often necessary to strike] foolish people with a stick [to cause them to do what is right].
Hevoselle ruoska, aasille suitset, tyhmille vitsa selkään!
4 If a foolish person asks a foolish question, [do not answer him], because [if you answer his question], you are just as foolish as he is.
Älä vastaa tyhmälle hänen hulluutensa mukaan, ettet olisi hänen kaltaisensa sinäkin.
5 If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
Vastaa tyhmälle hänen hulluutensa mukaan, ettei hän itseänsä viisaana pitäisi.
6 Anyone who asks a foolish person to take a message to someone [is himself doing something as foolish as] cutting off his own feet or drinking poison.
Jalat altaan katkaisee ja vääryyttä saa juoda, joka sanan lähettää tyhmän mukana.
7 A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
Velttoina riippuvat halvatun sääret; samoin sananlasku tyhmäin suussa.
8 Tying a stone in a sling [so that it cannot be thrown at a target] is [as foolish as] [SIM] honoring a foolish person.
Yhtä kuin sitoisi kiven linkoon kiinni, on antaa kunniaa tyhmälle.
9 If a drunk person waves some thorns/brambles with his hand, [he is not able to accomplish anything useful by doing that] (OR, [he does not feel it when a thorn sticks in his hand]); similarly, if foolish people speak [MTY] proverbs, [they do not help anyone who hears them].
Kuin ohdake, joka on osunut juopuneen käteen, on sananlasku tyhmäin suussa.
10 A man who shoots arrows [to try] to wound everybody who is near [is foolish]; similarly, anyone who hires a foolish person [who passes by is very foolish].
Kuin jousimies, joka kaikkia haavoittaa, on se, joka tyhmän pestaa, kulkureita pestaa.
11 A foolish person will foolishly do something stupid a second time; it is [like] [SIM] a dog returning to [eat] what it has vomited.
Kuin koira, joka palajaa oksennuksilleen, on tyhmä, joka yhä uusii hulluuksiansa.
12 [God] can help/bless foolish people more easily than he can help/bless people who are not wise [RHQ], but think that they are wise.
Näet miehen, viisaan omissa silmissään-enemmän on toivoa tyhmästä kuin hänestä.
13 Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
Laiska sanoo: "Tuolla tiellä on leijona, jalopeura torien vaiheilla".
14 A door [continually] swings back and forth on its hinges [and does not go anywhere]; similarly [SIM], lazy people [just continually turn over] in their beds [and never do anything].
Ovi saranoillaan kääntyilee, laiska vuoteellansa.
15 Some people are extremely lazy; they put their hand in a dish [to get some food] but do not [even] lift the food up to their mouths.
Laiska pistää kätensä vatiin; ei viitsi sitä viedä suuhunsa jälleen.
16 Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
Laiska on omissa silmissään viisaampi kuin seitsemän, jotka vastaavat taitavasti.
17 Anyone who (meddles/involves himself) in a quarrel that does not concern him is [as foolish as] [SIM] someone who tries to grab a passing dog by its ears.
Kulkukoiraa korviin tarttuu se, joka syrjäisten riidasta suuttuu.
18 Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
Kuin mieletön, joka ammuskelee tulisia surmannuolia,
19 are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and [then] say, “I was only joking.”
on mies, joka pettää lähimmäisensä ja sanoo: "Leikillähän minä sen tein".
20 If there is no [more] firewood [to put on the fire], the fire will go out; similarly [SIM], if there are no people who (gossip/tell people things that are not true), quarreling will end.
Halkojen loppuessa sammuu tuli, ja panettelijan poistuessa taukoaa tora.
21 [Putting] charcoal on burning coals or [putting] wood on a fire [causes the fire to keep burning]; similarly, people who like to quarrel cause people to keep arguing.
Hehkuksi hiilet, tuleksi halot, riidan lietsomiseksi toraisa mies.
22 People [enjoy listening to what gossips say about others just like] [SIM] they enjoy tasty food; they [enjoy listening to what gossips tell them like] they enjoy swallowing tasty food.
Panettelijan puheet ovat kuin herkkupalat ja painuvat sisusten kammioihin asti.
23 People who say nice things when they are thinking about doing evil things are like a nice glaze/covering on a [cheap] clay pot.
Kuin hopeasilaus saviastian pinnalla ovat hehkuvat huulet ja paha sydän.
24 Those who hate someone and are saying [MTY] something very different from what they are thinking are hypocrites; they are only planning [to harm that person].
Vihamies teeskentelee huulillaan, mutta hautoo petosta sydämessänsä.
25 When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
Jos hän muuttaa suloiseksi äänensä, älä häntä usko, sillä seitsemän kauhistusta hänellä on sydämessä.
26 They try to deceive people to cause them to think that they do not hate [that person], but in a public meeting, the people will find out the evil things [that they have done].
Vihamielisyys kätkeytyy kavalasti, mutta seurakunnan kokouksessa sen pahuus paljastuu.
27 Those who dig a deep pit [for other people to fall into] will fall into it themselves; rocks will roll down on those who start to cause rocks to roll down [to crush someone].
Joka kuopan kaivaa, se itse siihen lankeaa; ja joka kiveä vierittää, sen päälle se takaisin vyörähtää.
28 Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
Valheellinen kieli vihaa omia ruhjomiansa, ja liukas suu saa turmiota aikaan.
