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.
Come la neve [non si conviene] alla state, Nè la pioggia al tempo della ricolta, Così la gloria non si conviene allo stolto.
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).
Come il passero vaga, e la rondinella vola, Così la maledizione [data] senza cagione non avverrà.
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].
La sferza al cavallo, ed il capestro all'asino, E il bastone al dosso degli stolti.
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.
Non rispondere allo stolto secondo la sua follia; Che talora anche tu non gli sii agguagliato.
5 If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
Rispondi allo stolto, come si conviene alla sua follia; Che talora non gli paia d'esser savio.
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.
Chi [si] taglia i piedi [ne] beve l'ingiuria; Così avviene a chi manda a far de' messi per uno stolto.
7 A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
Lo zoppo zoppica delle sue due gambe; Così [fa] la sentenza nella bocca degli stolti.
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.
Chi dà gloria allo stolto [Fa] come [chi gittasse] una pietra preziosa in un mucchio di sassi.
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].
La sentenza nella bocca degli stolti [È come] una spina, che sia caduta in mano ad un ebbro.
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].
I grandi tormentano ognuno, E prezzolano stolti, e salariano passanti.
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.
Come il cane ritorna al suo vomito, [Così] lo stolto reitera la sua follia.
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.
Hai tu veduto un uomo che si reputi savio? [Vi è] maggiore speranza d'uno stolto che di lui.
13 Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
Il pigro dice: Il leopardo [è] in su la strada, Il leone [è] per le campagne.
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].
[Come] l'uscio si volge sopra i suoi arpioni, Così [si volge] il pigro sopra il suo letto.
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.
Il pigro nasconde la mano nel seno; Egli dura fatica a trarla fuori [per recarsela] alla bocca.
16 Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
Al pigro par di esser savio, Più che sette che dànno risposte di prudenza.
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.
Colui che passando trascorre in ira per una questione che non gli [tocca], [È come] chi afferra un cane per gli orecchi.
18 Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
Quale [è] colui che, infingendosi di scherzare, avventa razzi, Saette, e cose mortifere;
19 are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and [then] say, “I was only joking.”
Tale [è] colui [che] inganna il suo prossimo, E dice: Non ischerzo io?
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.
Il fuoco si spegne, quando mancano legne; Così le contese si acquetano, quando non vi [son] rapportatori.
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.
Il carbone [è] per [far] brace, e le legne per [far] fuoco; E l'uomo rissoso per accender contese.
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.
Le parole del rapportatore paiono lusinghevoli; Ma scendono fin dentro al ventre.
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.
Le labbra ardenti, e il cuor malvagio, [Son come] schiuma d'argento impiastrata sopra un testo.
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].
Chi odia s'infinge nel suo parlare, Ma cova la frode nel suo interiore;
25 When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
Quando egli parlerà di una voce graziosa, non fidartici; Perciocch[è] egli ha sette scelleratezze nel cuore.
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].
L'odio si copre con inganno; [Ma] la sua malignità sarà palesata in piena raunanza.
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].
Chi cava una fossa caderà in essa; E se alcuno rotola una pietra ad alto, ella gli tornerà addosso.
28 Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
La lingua bugiarda odia quelli ch'ella ha fiaccati; E la bocca lusinghiera produce ruina.
