Süleymanin Məsəlləri 21
1 Padşahın ürəyi Rəbbin əlindədir, Onu su arxı kimi istədiyi səmtə döndərər.
Yahweh controls what kings do [MTY] [like] he controls how streams flow; he causes kings to do just what he wants them to do.
2 İnsanın yolu öz gözündə düz sayılar, Lakin ürəkləri Rəbb yoxlayar.
People always think that what they do is right, but Yahweh judges our (motives/reasons [for doing things)] [MTY].
3 Rəbb Ona qurban təqdimindən çox Salehliyə, ədalətə riayət edilməsini istər.
Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh than [bringing] sacrifices [to him].
4 Təkəbbürlü baxış, lovğa ürək Pislərin işığı və günahıdır.
Being proud and arrogant [DOU] is [like] a lamp [MTY] [that guides] wicked people; being proud and arrogant characterizes (wicked people’s whole behavior/everything that wicked people do).
5 Çalışqanın niyyəti xeyir gətirər, Tələsən ehtiyac içinə düşər.
People who plan carefully will surely have plenty [of what they need]; those who act too quickly [to become rich] will become poor.
6 Yalançılıqla qazanılan xəzinə Havaya yayılan sis-dumandır, bir ölüm tələsidir.
Money that people acquire [by cheating others] by lying [MTY] to them will soon disappear [like] a mist, and doing that will [soon] lead to their death.
7 Zorakılığına görə pislər süpürülüb atılacaq, Çünki onlar ədalətə əməl etmək istəmir.
Wicked [people] refuse to do what is right/just, but they will be ruined because of the violent things [PRS] that they do.
8 Günahkarın yolu dolaşıqdır, Pak insanın etdiyi doğru sayılır.
Guilty [people continually do what is evil; it is as though] [MET] they are walking on a crooked road; but righteous/innocent people [always] do what is right.
9 Davakar arvadla bir evdə yaşamaqdansa Damın bir küncündə yaşamaq yaxşıdır.
It is better to live in the corner of an attic/housetop [by yourself] than to live inside the house with a wife who is always nagging.
10 Pis insan şərə can atar, Qonşusu gözündə lütf tapmaz.
Wicked [people] [SYN] are always wanting [to do what is] evil; they never act mercifully toward anyone.
11 Rişxəndçini cərimə etsən, cahil bundan hikmət alar, Hikmətli ibrətdən bilik qazanar.
When those who ridicule [others] are punished, [even] those who do not have good sense [see that, and] they become wise, and when those who are wise are taught, they become wiser.
12 Saleh insan pislərin evi barədə düşünər, Çünki pislər alt-üst olub bəlaya düşər.
[God], the one [who is completely] righteous, knows [what happens inside] the houses of wicked [people], and [he will cause] those people to be completely ruined/destroyed.
13 Qulağını tutub kasıbın fəryadını eşitməyənin Fəryadına cavab verilməyəcək.
There are people who refuse to listen when poor people cry out [for help]; [but some day] they themselves will cry out [for help], and no one will hear them.
14 Gizli hədiyyə qəzəbi, Qoltuqdakı rüşvət hiddəti yatırar.
When someone is angry [with you], if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.
15 Haqq öz yerinə gələndə saleh sevinər, Şər iş görənin başı bəlaya düşər.
Good/Righteous [people] are happy when they [see others do] what is just/fair, but those who do what is evil are terrified [when they think about what may happen to them].
16 Kim ki ağlın yolundan çıxar, Ölülər camaatı arasında uyuyar.
Those who stop behaving like those who have good sense behave will [soon] discover that they have gone to the place where dead people are.
17 Zövq-səfaya düşkün olan ehtiyaca düşər, Şərab və yağlı yemək hərisi sərvət tapmaz.
Those who spend their money to buy (things that give them pleasure/things that cause them to feel happy) will become poor; those who love [to spend money to buy] wine and nice/fancy food [MTY] will never become rich.
18 Pis insan salehin yerinə, Xain əməlisalehin əvəzinə girov verilər.
Wicked [people] bring on themselves the sufferings that they were trying to cause righteous [people] to experience [DOU].
19 Davakar, deyingən arvadla yaşamaqdansa Çöllükdə yaşamaq yaxşıdır.
It is better to live [alone] in a desert than [to live] with a wife who is [always] nagging and complaining.
20 Hikmətlinin evində istənilən xəzinə və bolluq var, Axmağın nəyi varsa, yeyib-qurtarar.
Wise people have many valuable things in their houses, but foolish people [quickly] spend/waste [all their money].
21 Salehlik və sədaqətin ardınca gedən Həyat, salehlik və şərəf tapar.
Those who [always] try to act in a fair and kind way [toward others] will live [a long time] and be honored/respected.
22 Bir hikmətli qəhrəmanların şəhərinə hücum çəkər, Alınmaz qalanı darmadağın edər.
A wise army commander [helps his troops] climb over a wall [to attack] a city that is defended by a strong army, with the result that they are able to (get over/destroy) the high walls that their enemies trusted [would protect them].
23 Ağzını, dilini tutan insan Canını bəlalardan saxlayar.
Those who are very careful about what they say [MTY] are [able to] avoid trouble.
24 Lovğa, təkəbbürlü adam rişxəndçi adlanır, Lovğalandıqca lovğalanır.
Those who make fun of [everything that is good] are proud and conceited [DOU]; they [always] act in an inconsiderate way [toward others].
25 Tənbəlin arzusu onu ölümə aparır, Çünki əlləri zəhmətdən qaçır.
Lazy people, who refuse to work, [will] die [of hunger] because they [SYN] do not earn [money to buy food].
26 Tənbəl bütün gün çox şey arzulayar, Salehsə əsirgəmədən azuqə paylayar.
All during the day [wicked people] desire to obtain things, but righteous [people] have plenty, [with the result that] they [are able to] give things generously to others.
27 Şər adamın etdiyi qurban iyrəncdir, Pis niyyətlə təqdim olunarsa, daha pisdir.
[Yahweh] detests the sacrifices that wicked [people] offer [to him]; [but he] detests it even more when they [think that they will escape being punished for] their evil deeds because of the sacrifices that they bring.
28 Yalançı şahid həlak olar, Söz eşidən həmişə danışdırılar.
Those who tell lies in court will be punished; no one stops/silences witnesses who say what is truthful/reliable.
29 Şər adam üzünü sərtləşdirər, Əməlisaleh tutduğu yolu möhkəmləndirər.
Wicked people pretend [that they know everything], but righteous people think carefully about [what will happen because of] what they do.
30 Heç bir hikmət, dərrakə, ibrət Rəbbin qarşısında dayana bilməz.
[Thinking that we are] wise, and that we understand many things, and that we have good insight, does not help us if Yahweh is (acting against/not pleased with) us.
31 Atlar döyüş günü üçün hazırlanar, Amma zəfəri Rəbb qazandırar.
We [can] get horses ready to fight in a battle, but Yahweh is the one who enables us to (win victories/defeat our enemies).
