امثال 20
| شراب استهزا می‌کند و مسکرات عربده می‌آورد، و هر‌که به آن فریفته شود حکیم نیست. | ۱ 1 |
Drinking a lot of wine or [other] strong drinks causes people to start fighting; it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated.
| هیبت پادشاه مثل غرش شیر است، و هر‌که خشم او را به هیجان آورد، به‌جان خود خطامی ورزد. | ۲ 2 |
Being afraid of a king when he is angry is like [SIM] being afraid of a lion when it growls/roars; if you cause the king to become angry, he may execute you.
| از نزاع دور شدن برای انسان عزت است، اماهر مرد احمق مجادله می‌کند. | ۳ 3 |
[People] respect those who stay away from disputes/arguments; foolish people [love to] quarrel.
| مرد کاهل به‌سبب زمستان شیار نمی کند، لهذا در موسم حصاد گدایی می‌کند و نمی یابد. | ۴ 4 |
[If] a lazy man does not plow [his fields at the right/proper time], he will look for [crops] at harvest [time], but there will be nothing there.
| مشورت در دل انسان آب عمیق است، امامرد فهیم آن را می‌کشد. | ۵ 5 |
[Just] as it is difficult to bring up water from a deep well, it is difficult to know what people are thinking, but someone who has good sense/insight will be able to find out what people are thinking.
| بسا کسانند که هر یک احسان خویش رااعلام می‌کنند، اما مرد امین را کیست که پیدا کند. | ۶ 6 |
Many people proclaim that they can be trusted [to do what they say that they will do], but it is very difficult to find [RHQ] someone who can really be trusted.
| مرد عادل که به کاملیت خود سلوک نماید، پسرانش بعد از او خجسته خواهند شد. | ۷ 7 |
If parents conduct their lives as they should, [God] blesses their children (OR, their children are very happy/fortunate).
| پادشاهی که بر کرسی داوری نشیند، تمامی بدی را از چشمان خود پراکنده می‌سازد. | ۸ 8 |
A king who sits on his throne to judge people can [easily] [MTY] find out what things that people have done are good and what things are evil.
| کیست که تواند گوید: «دل خود را طاهرساختم، و از گناه خویش پاک شدم.» | ۹ 9 |
There is no one [RHQ] who can truthfully say, “I do not know of any wrong things that I have done; I have (gotten rid of all my sinful behavior/quit doing what is sinful).”
| سنگهای مختلف و پیمانه های مختلف، هر دوی آنها نزد خداوند مکروه است. | ۱۰ 10 |
Yahweh detests people who use weights that are not right and measures that are not correct.
| طفل نیز از افعالش شناخته می‌شود، که آیااعمالش پاک و راست است یا نه. | ۱۱ 11 |
Even children show by what they do whether they are good or not; they show whether (what they do/their behavior) is honest and right [or not].
| گوش شنوا و چشم بینا، خداوند هر دو آنهارا آفریده است. | ۱۲ 12 |
Two of the things that Yahweh has created [for us] are ears to hear things and eyes to see things.
| خواب را دوست مدار مبادا فقیر شوی. چشمان خود را باز کن تا از نان سیر گردی. | ۱۳ 13 |
If you want to sleep [all the time], you will become poor; if you stay awake [and work], you will have plenty of food.
| مشتری می‌گوید بد است، بد است، اماچون رفت آنگاه فخر می‌کند. | ۱۴ 14 |
People [look at things that they are about] to buy, [and in order to get it for a lower price sometimes they] say, “(It is no good/It is poor quality),” but [after they buy it], they go and boast [about having bought it for a cheap price].
| طلا هست و لعلها بسیار، اما لبهای معرفت جواهر گرانبها است. | ۱۵ 15 |
Gold and precious stones are [valuable], but wise words [MTY] are more valuable.
| جامه آنکس را بگیر که به جهت غریب ضامن است، و او را به رهن بگیر که ضامن بیگانگان است. | ۱۶ 16 |
If you foolishly promise to a stranger that you will pay what he owes if he is unable to pay it [DOU], [you deserve to] have someone take your coat from you.
| نان فریب برای انسان لذیذ است، اما بعد دهانش از سنگ ریزه‌ها پر خواهد شد. | ۱۷ 17 |
People [may] think that food that they acquire by doing what is dishonest will taste very good, but later [they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy] eating gravel/sand.
| فکرها به مشورت محکم می‌شود، و باحسن تدبیر جنگ نما. | ۱۸ 18 |
When people give you good advice, [if you do what they suggest], your plans will succeed; so be sure to get good advice from wise people before you start fighting a war.
| کسی‌که به نمامی گردش کند اسرار را فاش می‌نماید، لهذا با کسی‌که لبهای خود را می‌گشایدمعاشرت منما. | ۱۹ 19 |
Those who go around telling gossip are [always] telling secrets to [others]; so stay away from people who foolishly talk [too much].
| هر‌که پدر و مادر خود را لعنت کندچراغش در ظلمت غلیظ خاموش خواهد شد. | ۲۰ 20 |
If someone curses his father or his mother, his life will be ended, [just] like a lamp is extinguished.
| اموالی که اولا به تعجیل حاصل می‌شود، عاقبتش مبارک نخواهد شد. | ۲۱ 21 |
If you very quickly take the property that your parents promise will be yours after they die, you will not receive any good/blessing from it.
| مگو که از بدی انتقام خواهم کشید، بلکه برخداوند توکل نما و تو را نجات خواهد داد. | ۲۲ 22 |
Do not say, “I will do evil to those who do evil to me;” wait for Yahweh [to do something about it], and he will (help you/[do what is right]).
| سنگهای مختلف نزد خداوند مکروه است، و ترازوهای متقلب نیکو نیست. | ۲۳ 23 |
Yahweh detests [those who use] dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.
| قدمهای انسان از خداوند است، پس مردراه خود را چگونه بفهمد؟ | ۲۴ 24 |
Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us, so (how can we (understand/know) what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot (understand/know) what will happen before it happens.) [RHQ]
| شخصی که چیزی را به تعجیل مقدس می‌گوید، و بعد از نذر کردن استفسار می‌کند، دردام می‌افتد. | ۲۵ 25 |
You should think carefully before you solemnly promise to dedicate something to God, because later you might be sorry you have promised to do it.
| پادشاه حکیم شریران را پراکنده می‌سازد وچوم را بر ایشان می‌گرداند. | ۲۶ 26 |
Wise kings find out [MET] which people have done what is wrong, and they punish them very severely [IDM].
| روح انسان، چراغ خداوند است که تمامی عمقهای دل را تفتیش می‌نماید. | ۲۷ 27 |
Our consciences are [like] lamps that Yahweh [has given to us to enable us to know what we are thinking] [MET]; they reveal what is hidden deep in our (minds/inner beings).
| رحمت و راستی پادشاه را محافظت می‌کند، و کرسی او به رحمت پایدار خواهد ماند. | ۲۸ 28 |
Kings will continue to rule as long as they faithfully love their people and are loyal to them and as long as they rule righteously/fairly.
| جلال جوانان قوت ایشان است، و عزت پیران موی سفید. | ۲۹ 29 |
We honor/admire young people because they are strong, but we respect [MTY] old people more because they are wise.
| ضربهای سخت از بدی طاهر می‌کند وتازیانه‌ها به عمق دل فرو می‌رود. | ۳۰ 30 |
When we are beaten or whipped, it [can] cause us to quit doing what is evil in our lives; when someone wounds us [by punishing us], it [can] cause our behavior to become good.
