Proverbs 1
1 Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
Pregovori Salomona, Davidovega sina, Izraelovega kralja,
2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
da bi spoznali modrost in poučevanje, da bi zaznali besede razumevanja,
3 to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;
da bi sprejeli poučevanje modrosti, pravice, sodbe in nepristranskost;
4 to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
da bi dali premetenost preprostemu, mladeniču spoznanje in preudarnost.
5 He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:
Moder človek bo slišal in bo povečal učenje in razumen človek se bo dokopal k modrim nasvetom,
6 to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.
da bo razumel pregovor in razlago, besede modrih in njihove temne izreke.
7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Strah Gospodov je začetek spoznanja, toda bedaki prezirajo modrost in poučevanje.
8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
Moj sin, prisluhni poučevanju svojega očeta in ne zapusti postave svoje matere,
9 for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
kajti ona bosta ornament milosti tvoji glavi in verižici okoli tvojega vratu.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.
Moj sin, če te grešniki privabljajo, ne privoli.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
Če rečejo: »Pridi z nami, v zasedi prežimo na kri, brez razloga se tajno pritajimo za nedolžnega,
12 let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
požrimo jih žive kakor grob in cele, kakor tiste, ki gredo dol v jamo. (Sheol h7585)
13 we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Našli bomo vse dragoceno imetje, svoje hiše bomo napolnili z ukradenim blagom.
14 cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:
Svoj žreb vrzi med nas, vsi imejmo eno mošnjo.«
15 — my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;
Moj sin, ne hodi z njimi na pot, svoje stopalo zadrži pred njihovo stezo,
16 for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
kajti njihova stopala tečejo k zlu in hitijo, da prelijejo kri.
17 For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.
Zagotovo je zaman razprostrta mreža v očeh katerekoli ptice.
18 And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
In oni prežijo v zasedi na svojo lastno kri, tajno se pritajijo za svoja lastna življenja.
19 So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
Takšne so poti vsakega, ki je pohlepen dobička, ki odvzema življenje svojim lastnikom.
20 Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;
Modrost kliče zunaj, svoj glas izreka na ulicah,
21 she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:
kliče na glavnem kraju vrveža, v odprtinah velikih vrat, v mestu izreka svoje besede, rekoč:
22 How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
»Doklej boste, vi topi, ljubili topost? In se posmehljivci razveseljevali v svojem posmehovanju in bedaki sovražili spoznanje?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.
Obrnite se na moj opomin. Glejte, na vas bom izlila svojega duha, razglašala vam bom svoje besede.
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
Ker sem klicala, pa ste odklonili, iztegovala sem svojo roko, pa noben človek ni upošteval,
25 and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
temveč ste zaničevali vse moje svetovanje in niste hoteli mojega opomina,
26 I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;
se bom tudi jaz smejala ob vaši katastrofi, zasmehovala bom, ko pride vaš strah,
27 when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:
ko prihaja vaš strah kakor opustošenje in vaše uničenje kakor vrtinčast veter, ko nad vas prihajata tegoba in tesnoba.
28 — then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.
Tedaj se bodo obračali name, toda ne bom jim odgovorila, iskali me bodo zgodaj, toda ne bodo me našli,
29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;
ker so sovražili spoznanje in niso izbrali strahu Gospodovega.
30 they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:
Ničesar niso hoteli od mojega nasveta. Prezirali so vsak moj opomin.
31 therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.
Zato bodo jedli od sadu svoje lastne poti in napolnjeni bodo s svojimi lastnimi naklepi.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.
Kajti odvračanje od preprostosti jih bo ubilo in uspevanje bedakov jih bo uničilo.
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil.
Toda kdorkoli me posluša, bo varno prebival in bo miren pred strahom zla.«
