Süleymanin Məsəlləri 26
1 Yay fəslinə qar, biçinə yağış yaraşmadığı kimi Axmağa da şərəf yaraşmaz.
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 Sərçənin ora-bura uçduğu kimi, Qaranquşun gəlib-getdiyi kimi Nahaq qarğış da boşdur.
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 Ata qamçı, eşşəyə noxta necə yaraşırsa, Axmağın kürəyinə də kötək elə yaraşır.
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 Axmağa səfehliyinə görə cavab vermə, Yoxsa ona bənzərsən.
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 Axmağa səfehliyinə görə elə bir cavab ver ki, Öz gözündə hikmətli görünməsin.
If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
6 Kim ki axmaq vasitəsilə xəbər göndərir, Öz ayaqlarını kəsib ziyan çəkənə bənzəyir.
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 Axmağın ağzından çıxan məsəl Topalın ayağının axsamağına bənzəyir.
A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
8 Axmağı tərifləmək Sapanda qoyulan daşa bənzəyir.
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 Sərxoş tikanlı budağı əlində tutduğu kimi Axmaq da məsəl çəkər.
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 Axmağı, hər yoldan ötəni muzdla tutan Hamını yaralayan naşı oxatan kimidir.
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 Hansı axmaq öz səfehliyini təkrarlayırsa, Qusduğuna qayıdan itə oxşayır.
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 Öz gözündə hikmətli sayılanı görmüsənmi? Axmağa ondan artıq ümid var.
[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 Tənbəl deyər: «Yolda aslan var, Şir küçələri dolanır».
Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
14 Qapı öz oxu üstündə necə fırlanırsa, Tənbəl də yatağında elə fırlanır.
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 Tənbəl əlini qabda olana batırar, Ağzına aparmağa ərinər.
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 Tənbəl öz gözündə Ağıllı cavab verən yeddi nəfərdən də çox hikmətli görünər.
Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
17 Ona aid olmayan münaqişəyə qarışan Elə bil küçədəki iti qulaqlarından tutur.
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 Odlu, öldürücü oxlar atan dəli necədirsə,
Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
19 Qonşusunu aldadıb «zarafat etdim» deyən də elədir.
are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and [then] say, “I was only joking.”
20 Odun qurtaranda ocaq sönər, Qeybətçi olmayan yerdə dava bitər.
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 Necə ki kömür köz salar, odun alışar, Davakar adam da münaqişəni bu cür alovlandırar.
[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 Qeybətçinin sözləri şirin tikələrə bənzər, Mədənin ən dərin yerlərinə düşər.
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 Hərarətli dili, şər dolu ürəyi olan insan Gümüşü suya çəkilmiş saxsı qaba oxşayır.
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 Düşmən kinini dili altında gizlədər, Qəlbində hiyləsini saxlar.
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 Onun mehriban danışığına inanma, Qəlbinə yeddi cür iyrənclik doldurub.
When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
26 Nifrətini fırıldaqla gizlətsə də, Şəri camaat qarşısında üzə çıxar.
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 Quyu qazan özü quyuya düşər, Daş isə onu yuvarlayanın üstünə gələr.
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 Yalan danışan dil sancdığı adamlara nifrətini göstərər, Yaltaqlanan ağız hər yanı xarabaya çevirər.
Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
