Ordspråksboken 27
1 Beröm dig icke af morgondagen; ty du vetst icke hvad i dag hända kan.
Do not boast about [what you will do] tomorrow, because you do not know what will happen [PRS] on any day.
2 Låt en annan lofva dig, och icke din mun; en främmande, och icke dina egna läppar.
Do not praise yourself [MTY, PRS]; allow others to praise you. If someone else praises you, that is okay.
3 Stenen är svår, och sanden är tung; men ens dåras vrede är svårare än de både.
[It causes pain to our bodies to carry heavy] stones or [a pail full of] sand, but doing something stupid/foolish [can cause] great [pain to other people’s spirits.]
4 Vrede är en grym ting, och harm är en storm; och ho kan bestå för afund?
It is cruel to be angry [with others], and our being angry sometimes destroys [others], but being jealous of someone is [RHQ] often more cruel than that.
5 Uppenbara straff är bättre än hemlig kärlek.
It is better to correct someone openly than to show that you l don’t love that person [by not correcting him].
6 Älskarens slag äro trofast; men hatarens kyssande bedrägeligit.
If a friend criticizes you, [he is a good friend and] you can trust him; but if one of your enemies kisses you, he is [probably wanting to] deceive you.
7 En mätt själ trampar väl på hannogskakona; men ene hungrogo själ är allt bittert sött.
When someone’s stomach is full, he does not want to eat honey; but when someone is [very] hungry, he thinks that [even] bitter things taste sweet.
8 Såsom en fogel, den ifrå sitt näste viker, alltså är den som ifrå sitt rum viker.
Anyone who wanders [far] from his home/family is like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.
9 Hjertat fröjdar sig af salvo och rökverk; men en vän är behagelig för själenes råds skull.
[Putting olive] oil and perfume on a person’s skin causes him to feel good, but having a friend [who gives] good advice [is even better].
10 Din vän och dins faders vän förlåt icke, och gack icke uti dins broders hus, när dig illa går; ty en granne vid handena är bättre, än en broder långt borto.
Do not neglect your friends or your parents’ friends; and at a time when you are experiencing a disaster, do not go to a relative [who lives far away to request his help]; someone who lives near you can help you more than relatives who live far away.
11 Var vis, min son, så gläder sig mitt hjerta, så vill jag svara honom, som mig försmäder.
My child/son, cause me to be happy by becoming wise, in order that I will [know how to] reply to those who would criticize me [about your behavior].
12 En vis man ser det onda, och gömmer sig undan; men de fåkunnige gå derigenom, och få skada.
Those who have good sense will realize that there is something dangerous ahead, and they will hide; those who do not have good sense [just] keep going, and later they will suffer because of [doing] that.
13 Tag honom sin klädnad bort, som för en annan i borgan går, och panta honom för dens främmandes skull.
[You deserve to] have your property taken from you if you [foolishly] promise to a stranger (OR, a strange woman) that you will pay what she owes if she is unable to pay it [DOU].
14 Den sin nästa med höga röst välsignar, och står bittida upp, det varder honom för en banno räknadt.
If you rise early in the morning and call out a greeting to your neighbor [while he is still sleeping], he will consider it to be a curse, [not a blessing].
15 En trätosam qvinna, och ett stadigt drypande då fast regnar, varda väl vid hvarannan liknad.
[Having] a wife that is [constantly] nagging is as [bad as listening] to rain continually dripping on a rainy day.
16 Den henne uppehåller, han håller väder, och vill fatta oljona med handene.
[Trying] to restrain/stop her [from doing that] is as [difficult] [SIM] [as trying] to stop the wind or [trying] to hold oil in your hand.
17 En knif hvetter den andra, och en man den andra.
[We can use one] iron tool to sharpen [another] iron [tool]; similarly [SIM], [when one person shares] what he is thinking, it can help other people [to think more clearly].
18 Den sitt fikonaträ bevarar, han äter frukten deraf; och den sin herra bevarar, han varder ärad.
Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat; [similarly], servants who protect their master will be honored [by him].
19 Lika som skuggen i vattnet är emot ansigtet; alltså är ens menniskos hjerta emot den andra.
[When a person looks] in the water, he sees his own face; similarly [SIM], [when we look at] a person’s behavior, we know what he is thinking.
20 Helvetet och förderfvet varda aldrig full, och menniskornas ögon varda ock aldrig mätt. (Sheol h7585)
[It is as though] the place where the dead people are is always wanting more people to [die and] come there; and humans [SYN] are always wanting to acquire more things, [too]. (Sheol h7585)
21 En man varder igenom rosarens mun bepröfvad, såsom silfret i degelen, och guldet i ugnen.
[Workers put] silver and gold in a very hot furnace [to burn out what is impure], and [SIM] people learn [what we are really like when they see how we react when people] praise us.
22 Om du stötte en dåra i mortare, med stötare, såsom gryn, så går dock hans galenskap icke ifrå honom.
Even if you beat/crush a fool severely [like] [MET] you pulverize grain with a pestle, you [probably] will not be able to cause him to stop (being foolish/doing foolish things).
23 Tag vara uppå ditt får, och låt vårda dig om din hjord;
Take good care of your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle,
24 Ty gods varar icke evinnerliga, och kronan varar icke till evig tid.
because the money [that you acquired from selling animals previously] will not (last/stay with you) forever; similarly [SIM], governments [MTY] certainly do not [RHQ] last forever.
25 Gräset är uppgånget, och hö är för handene, och på bergen varda örter församlade.
After you cut the hay [DOU] and [store it to feed the animals in the winter while] a new crop of hay is growing,
26 Lamben kläda dig, och bockarna gifva dig åkerhyrona.
you will be able to [shear the sheep and] make clothes from the wool, and you will get money from selling [some of] the goats to buy [more] land,
27 Du hafver getamjölk nog till dins hus spis, och till dina tjenarinnors födo.
and you will get enough milk from the [other] goats for you and your family and your female servants.
