Príslovia 28
1 Utíkají bezbožní, ač jich žádný nehoní, ale spravedliví jako mladý lev smělí jsou.
Wicked [people] run away [even] when no one is pursuing them, but righteous/good [people are not afraid]; they are as brave as lions.
2 Pro přestoupení země mnoho knížat jejích, ale pro člověka rozumného a umělého trvánlivé bývá panování.
When [the people of] a nation sin, they will have one ruler after another; but when their leaders are wise and have good sense, their government will last for a long time.
3 Muž chudý, kterýž utiská nuzné, podoben jest přívalu zachvacujícímu, za čímž nebývá chleba.
A poor person who oppresses [other] poor [people] is [like] [MET] a very heavy/hard rain that [destroys the crops], with the result that there is no food [for people to eat].
4 Kteří opouštějí zákon, chválí bezbožného, ale kteříž ostříhají zákona, velmi jsou jim na odpor.
Those who reject/disobey [God’s] laws always speak well of wicked [people]; but those who obey [God’s] laws [always] oppose what wicked people do.
5 Lidé zlí nesrozumívají soudu, ti pak, kteříž hledají Hospodina, rozumějí všemu.
Evil people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well.
6 Lepší jest chudý, kterýž chodí v upřímnosti své, než převrácený na kterékoli cestě, ačkoli jest bohatý.
It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.
7 Kdo ostříhá zákona, jest syn rozumný; kdož pak s žráči tovaryší, hanbu činí otci svému.
Young people who obey the laws are wise [IDM]; parents whose children associate with those who (carouse/go to wild parties) are humiliated/disgraced because of what their children do.
8 Kdo rozmnožuje statek svůj lichvou a úrokem, shromažďuje tomu, kdož by jej z milosti chudým rozděloval.
When people become very rich by charging very high interest [DOU], their money will [eventually] go to someone who does kind things for the poor.
9 Kdo odvrací ucho své, aby neslyšel zákona, i modlitba jeho jest ohavností.
If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
10 Kdo zavodí upřímé na cestu zlou, do jámy své sám vpadne, ale upřímí dědičně obdrží dobré.
Those who cause honest/good [people] to do what is evil will fall into their own pits/traps, but good things will happen to those who (are innocent/have not done what is wrong).
11 Moudrý jest u sebe sám muž bohatý, ale chudý rozumný vystihá jej.
[Many] rich people think that they are wise, but poor people who have good sense will find out whether rich people really are wise or not.
12 Když plésají spravedliví, velmi to pěkně sluší; ale když povstávají bezbožní, vyhledáván bývá člověk.
When righteous/good [people] (succeed/win [elections]), everyone (celebrates/is happy); but when wicked [people win], everyone hides [because they are afraid of what the wicked people will do].
13 Kdo přikrývá přestoupení svá, nepovede se jemu šťastně; ale kdož je vyznává a opouští, milosrdenství důjde.
Those who refuse to confess/admit their sins will not prosper, but [God] acts mercifully/kindly toward those who confess their sins and turn away from their sinful behavior.
14 Blahoslavený člověk, kterýž se strachuje vždycky; ale kdož zatvrzuje srdce své, upadne ve zlé.
[God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
15 Lev řvoucí a nedvěd hladovitý jest panovník bezbožný nad lidem nuzným.
Wicked people who [mistreat] poor people whom they rule are [as dangerous to them as] [SIM] a lion roaring [at them] or a bear springing up [to attack them].
16 Kníže bez rozumu bývá veliký dráč, ale kdož v nenávisti má mrzký zisk, prodlí dnů.
Rulers who do not have good sense cruelly oppress [the people they rule], but rulers who do not want to become rich by cheating/deceiving [people] will live (OR, rule) for a long time.
17 Èlověka, kterýž násilí činí krvi lidské, ani nad jamou, když utíká, žádný ho nezadrží.
Those who are guilty of murdering [MTY] another person will (be fugitives/keep running away) until they die; do not help them to escape.
18 Kdo chodí upřímě, zachován bude, převrácený pak na kterékoli cestě padne pojednou.
Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.
19 Kdo dělá zemi svou, nasycen bývá chlebem; ale kdož následuje zahalečů, nasycen bývá chudobou.
Farmers who work [hard] in their fields will [produce good crops and always] have plenty of food [to eat], but those who spend all their time (on useless projects/doing things that do not benefit anyone) will become very poor.
20 Muž věrný přispoří požehnání, ale kdož chvátá zbohatnouti, nebývá bez viny.
[God] will greatly bless those who (are trustworthy/always do what they say that they will do), but he will certainly punish [LIT] those who try to become rich quickly.
21 Přijímati osobu není dobré; nebo mnohý pro kus chleba neprávě činí.
It is not good [for judges] to decide matters unfairly/unjustly, but [some] people will do what is wrong [even] if they receive [only] a very small bribe [HYP] [for doing it].
22 Èlověk závistivý chvátá k statku, nic nevěda, že nouze na něj přijde.
Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
23 Kdo domlouvá člověku, potom spíše milost nalézá nežli ten, kterýž lahodí jazykem.
Those who rebuke someone will be appreciated/thanked more than those who [say nice things to others merely] to (flatter them/cause them to feel good).
24 Kdo loupí otce svého a matku svou, a říká, že to není žádný hřích, tovaryš jest vražedlníka.
Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
25 Vysokomyslný vzbuzuje svár, ale kdo doufá v Hospodina, hojnost míti bude.
Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
26 Kdo doufá v srdce své, blázen jest; ale kdož chodí moudře, pomůže sobě.
Those who believe that what they think [is always right] are foolish; those who act wisely will (escape danger/be safe).
27 Kdo dává chudému, nebude míti žádného nedostatku; kdož pak zakrývá oči své, bude míti množství zlořečení.
Those who give things to poor [people] will not become poor, but many [people] will curse those who refuse to help [IDM] poor people.
28 Když povstávají bezbožní, skrývá se člověk; ale když hynou, rozmnožují se spravedliví.
When wicked [people] become rulers, people hide [because they are afraid of what those wicked people will do]; but when wicked people are no longer rulers, good/righteous [people will] become the rulers.
