Proverbi 26
1 Come la neve [non si conviene] alla state, Nè la pioggia al tempo della ricolta, Così la gloria non si conviene allo stolto.
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.
2 Come il passero vaga, e la rondinella vola, Così la maledizione [data] senza cagione non avverrà.
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).
3 La sferza al cavallo, ed il capestro all'asino, E il bastone al dosso degli stolti.
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].
4 Non rispondere allo stolto secondo la sua follia; Che talora anche tu non gli sii agguagliato.
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.
5 Rispondi allo stolto, come si conviene alla sua follia; Che talora non gli paia d'esser savio.
If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
6 Chi [si] taglia i piedi [ne] beve l'ingiuria; Così avviene a chi manda a far de' messi per uno stolto.
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.
7 Lo zoppo zoppica delle sue due gambe; Così [fa] la sentenza nella bocca degli stolti.
A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
8 Chi dà gloria allo stolto [Fa] come [chi gittasse] una pietra preziosa in un mucchio di sassi.
Tying a stone in a sling [so that it cannot be thrown at a target] is [as foolish as] [SIM] honoring a foolish person.
9 La sentenza nella bocca degli stolti [È come] una spina, che sia caduta in mano ad un ebbro.
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].
10 I grandi tormentano ognuno, E prezzolano stolti, e salariano passanti.
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].
11 Come il cane ritorna al suo vomito, [Così] lo stolto reitera la sua follia.
A foolish person will foolishly do something stupid a second time; it is [like] [SIM] a dog returning to [eat] what it has vomited.
12 Hai tu veduto un uomo che si reputi savio? [Vi è] maggiore speranza d'uno stolto che di lui.
[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.
13 Il pigro dice: Il leopardo [è] in su la strada, Il leone [è] per le campagne.
Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
14 [Come] l'uscio si volge sopra i suoi arpioni, Così [si volge] il pigro sopra il suo letto.
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].
15 Il pigro nasconde la mano nel seno; Egli dura fatica a trarla fuori [per recarsela] alla bocca.
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.
16 Al pigro par di esser savio, Più che sette che dànno risposte di prudenza.
Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
17 Colui che passando trascorre in ira per una questione che non gli [tocca], [È come] chi afferra un cane per gli orecchi.
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.
18 Quale [è] colui che, infingendosi di scherzare, avventa razzi, Saette, e cose mortifere;
Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
19 Tale [è] colui [che] inganna il suo prossimo, E dice: Non ischerzo io?
are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and [then] say, “I was only joking.”
20 Il fuoco si spegne, quando mancano legne; Così le contese si acquetano, quando non vi [son] rapportatori.
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.
21 Il carbone [è] per [far] brace, e le legne per [far] fuoco; E l'uomo rissoso per accender contese.
[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.
22 Le parole del rapportatore paiono lusinghevoli; Ma scendono fin dentro al ventre.
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.
23 Le labbra ardenti, e il cuor malvagio, [Son come] schiuma d'argento impiastrata sopra un testo.
People who say nice things when they are thinking about doing evil things are like a nice glaze/covering on a [cheap] clay pot.
24 Chi odia s'infinge nel suo parlare, Ma cova la frode nel suo interiore;
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].
25 Quando egli parlerà di una voce graziosa, non fidartici; Perciocch[è] egli ha sette scelleratezze nel cuore.
When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
26 L'odio si copre con inganno; [Ma] la sua malignità sarà palesata in piena raunanza.
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].
27 Chi cava una fossa caderà in essa; E se alcuno rotola una pietra ad alto, ella gli tornerà addosso.
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].
28 La lingua bugiarda odia quelli ch'ella ha fiaccati; E la bocca lusinghiera produce ruina.
Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
