Proverbs 4
1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:
Prisluhnite, vi otroci, poučevanju očeta in pazite, da spoznate razumevanje.
2 For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.
Kajti dajem vam dober nauk, ne zapustite moje postave.
3 For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.
Kajti jaz sem bil sin svojega očeta, nežen in edini ljubljen v očeh svoje matere.
4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
Tudi učil me je in mi rekel: »Tvoje srce naj ohrani moje besede. Drži se mojih zapovedi in živi.
5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.
Pridobivaj modrost, pridobivaj razumevanje, tega ne pozabi niti se ne nagni od besed iz mojih ust.
6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.
Ne zapusti je, pa te bo varovala; ljubi jo, pa te bo čuvala.
7 The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.
Modrost je glavna stvar, zato pridobivaj modrost in z vsem svojim dobičkom pridobivaj razumevanje.
8 Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.
Poveličuj jo, pa te bo povišala, prinesla ti bo čast, ko jo boš objemal.
9 She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.
Tvoji glavi bo dala ornament milosti, izročila ti bo krono slave.«
10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.
Prisluhni, oh moj sin in sprejmi moje izreke in mnogo bo let tvojega življenja.
11 I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.
Učil sem te na poti modrosti, vodil sem te po pravih poteh.
12 When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.
Kadar greš, tvoje stopinje ne bodo utesnjene in kadar tečeš, se ne boš spotaknil.
13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.
Trdno se oprimi poučevanja, naj ona ne odide. Obdrži jo, kajti ona je tvoje življenje.
14 Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.
Ne stopaj na pot zlobnih in ne hodi po stezi zlobnih ljudi.
15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.
Izogibaj se je, ne hodi mimo nje in obrni se od nje ter pojdi proč.
16 For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.
Kajti oni ne spijo, razen če niso storili vragolije in njihovo spanje je odvzeto, razen če nekomu ne povzročijo, da pade.
17 The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
Kajti jedo kruh zlobnosti in pijejo vino nasilja.
18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
Toda steza pravičnih je kakor svetlikajoča svetloba, ki bolj in bolj sije do popolnega dne.
19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
Pot zlobnih je kakor tema; ne vedo ob kaj se spotaknejo.
20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.
Moj sin, prisluhni mojim besedam, svoje uho nagni k mojim izrekom.
21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.
Naj le-ti ne odidejo od tvojih oči, obdrži jih v sredi svojega srca.
22 For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.
Kajti življenje so tistim, ki jih najdejo in zdravje vsemu njihovemu mesu.
23 And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.
Svoje srce varuj z vso marljivostjo, kajti iz njega so zadeve življenja.
24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.
Kljubovalna usta daj od sebe in sprevržene ustnice odloži daleč stran od sebe.
25 Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.
Tvoje oči naj gledajo naravnost in tvoje veke naj gledajo neposredno pred teboj.
26 Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.
Preudari stezo svojih stopal in vse tvoje poti naj bodo utrjene.
27 Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.
Ne obrni se ne k desni roki niti ne k levi, svoje stopalo odstrani od zla.
