Proverbs 12
1 Those who want to know [what is right to do] want to be (disciplined/corrected) when they do what is wrong; it is foolish to not want to be (corrected/told that what you did is wrong).
Joka itsensä mielellänsä kurittaa antaa, se tulee toimelliseksi; mutta joka rankaisematta olla tahtoo, se on tyhmä.
2 Yahweh is pleased with good people, but he condemns those who plan to harm [others].
Hyvä saa lohdutuksen Herralta, mutta häijy mies hyljätään.
3 People do not become secure/safe by doing what is wicked; righteous [people] will be very safe and secure [LIT] like [MET] a tree that has deep roots.
Ei ihminen vahvistu jumalattomuudessa, vaan vanhurskaan juuri on pysyväinen.
4 A good wife is one who causes her husband to be greatly honored, but a wife who does things that cause her husband to be ashamed [will destroy him] like [SIM] cancer [destroys] his bones.
Ahkera vaimo on miehensä kruunu, vaan häijy on niinkuin märkä hänen luissansa.
5 What righteous [people] want to do is [to treat people] fairly; what wicked [people] want to do is to deceive people.
Vanhurskasten ajatukset ovat vilpittömät, vaan jumalattomain aivoitus on petollinen.
6 What wicked [people] say is like a trap [MET] that kills [MTY] people [who pass by], but what righteous [people] say [MTY] rescues those whom [wicked people threaten to harm].
Jumalattomain sanat väijyvät verta, vaan hurskasten suu vapahtaa heitä.
7 Wicked [people] will die [before they become old and we will see] them no more, but righteous people will live [for many years] and have many descendants.
Jumalattomat kaatuvat, ja ei ole sitte enää, mutta vanhurskasten huone pysyy.
8 [People will] praise those who have good sense, but [people will] despise those (who are always thinking about doing evil things/whose thinking is twisted).
Toimellinen mies neuvossansa ylistetään, vaan petollinen tulee katsotuksi ylön.
9 It is better to be a humble/ordinary person who has only one servant than to think that you are very important while you have nothing to eat.
Parempi on nöyrä, joka omansa katsoo, kuin se, joka tahtoo iso olla, ja kuitenkin puuttuu leipää.
10 Righteous people take care of their domestic animals, but wicked people act cruelly [toward their animals].
Vanhurskas armahtaa juhtaansa, mutta jumalattoman sydän on halutoin.
11 Farmers who work hard in their fields will [produce good crops] that will give them plenty to eat, but those who waste their time working on worthless projects are foolish.
Joka peltonsa viljelee, se saa leipää yltäkylläisesti; vaan joka turhia ajelee takaa, se on tyhmä.
12 Wicked [people] desire to take away what [other] evil people have, but [Yahweh] enables righteous/godly [people] to be steadfast and productive [MET].
Jumalatoin halajaa aina pahaa tehdä, mutta vanhurskaan juuri kantaa hedelmää.
13 Evil people are trapped by the evil things that they say [MTY], but righteous [people] escape from trouble.
Ilkiä käsitetään omissa sanoissansa, vaan vanhurskas pääsee hädästä.
14 People are rewarded for [the good things] that they say [to others], and people are [also] rewarded for the good work that they do [MTY].
Suun hedelmästä tulee paljon hyvää; ja niinkuin kukin käsillänsä tehnyt on, kostetaan hänelle.
15 Foolish people [always] think that what they are doing is right; wise people heed [other people when they give them good] advice.
Tyhmäin mielestä on hänen tiensä otollinen, mutta viisas ottaa neuvon.
16 Foolish people quickly become angry when someone does something that they don’t like; but those who have good sense ignore it when others insult them.
Tyhmä osoittaa kohta vihansa, vaan joka peittää vääryyden, se on kavala.
17 [In the courtroom], honest people say what is true, but untruthful/dishonest people tell [nothing but] lies.
Joka totuuden puhuu, se vanhurskauden ilmoittaa; mutta joka väärin todistaa, hän pettää.
18 What some people say [hurts people badly], as much as [SIM] a sword can; but what wise [people] say (heals [others’ souls]/comforts others).
Joka ajattelematta puhuu, hän pistää niinkuin miekalla; vaan viisasten kieli on terveellinen.
19 When people tell [MTY] lies, others soon realize that what they said is not true [IDM]; but when people say what is true, others will remember that forever.
Totinen suu pysyy vahvana ijankaikkisesti, vain väärä kieli ei pysy kauvan.
20 Those who plan to do what is evil are always wanting to deceive [others], but things will go well for those who plan [to do] good things.
Jotka pahaa ajattelevat, niiden sydämessä on petos; vaan jotka rauhaa neuvovat, niillä on ilo.
21 Bad things [usually] [HYP] do not happen to righteous [people], but wicked [people] always have troubles.
Ei vanhurskaalle mitään vaaraa tapahdu; vaan jumalattomat pahuudella täytetään.
22 Yahweh detests those [MTY] who tell lies, but he is delighted with those who faithfully do what they promise that they will do.
Petolliset huulet ovat Herralle kauhistus; vaan jotka oikein tekevät, ovat hänelle otolliset.
23 Those with good sense do not reveal [all] that they know; foolish people show [clearly] by what they say that they (are ignorant/have not learned much).
Kavala salaa taitonsa, vaan hulluin sydän ilmoittaa hulluutta.
24 Those [SYN] who work hard become rulers [of others]; those who are lazy become slaves [of others.]
Ahkera käsi saa hallita, vaan laiskan täytyy veronalaiseksi tulla.
25 When people are anxious/worried, they become depressed/dejected, but when others speak kindly to them, it causes them to be cheerful again.
Sydämellinen murhe kivistelee, vaan lohdullinen sana iloittaa,
26 Godly/Righteous people try to [give good advice to] their friends (OR, try to make friends with others), but the manner in which wicked [people] live misleads their friends.
Vanhurskas on parempi lähimmäistänsä, mutta jumalattoman tie viettelee hänen
27 Lazy people do not even [cook the meat of] the animals that they catch/kill, but those who work hard will acquire (OR, are like) a valuable treasure.
Ei petollinen asia menesty, mutta ahkera saa hyvän tavaran.
28 Those who (live righteously/continually do what is right) are [walking] on the road to a long life; (it is not a road to death/they will not die when they are still young).
Vanhurskauden tiellä on elämä, ja hänen poluillansa ei ole kuolemaa.
