Proverbs 13
1 Children who are wise (pay attention/heed it) when their parents discipline/correct them; but foolish children do not pay attention when someone rebukes them [for their bad behavior].
Syn moudrý přijímá cvičení otcovo, ale posměvač neposlouchá domlouvání.
2 Good people are rewarded [IDM] for the good things [MET] that they say, but those who desire to deceive others are [very] eager to act violently.
Z ovoce úst každý jísti bude dobré, ale duše převrácených nátisky.
3 Those who are [very] careful about what they say [MTY] will live a long life; those who talk (without thinking/too much) will ruin themselves.
Kdo ostříhá úst svých, ostříhá duše své; kdo rozdírá rty své, setření na něj přijde.
4 People who are lazy want things very much, but they will not get anything [HYP]. People who work hard will get all that they want.
Žádá, a nic nemá duše lenivého, duše pak pracovitých zbohatne.
5 Righteous/Honest people hate/detest lies, but what wicked people do (is very disgraceful/stinks) [DOU].
Slova lživého nenávidí spravedlivý, bezbožníka pak v ošklivost uvodí a zahanbuje.
6 The behavior [PRS] of those who always do what is right will protect them, but sinful [behavior will] ruin wicked people.
Spravedlnost ostříhá přímě chodícího po cestě, bezbožnost pak vyvrací hříšníka.
7 Some people who have nothing pretend to be rich, but other people who are very rich pretend to be poor.
Někdo bohatým se dělaje, nemá nic: zase někdo dělaje se chudým, má však statku mnoho.
8 Rich people are able to pay people who want to kill them, [with the result that they will be protected, not killed], but poor people [do not have to worry about that because] no one threatens to kill them.
Výplata života člověku jest bohatství jeho, ale chudý neslyší domlouvání.
9 Righteous [people] are like a lamp [MET] that shines brightly, but wicked [people] are like [MET] a lamp that will [soon] be extinguished.
Světlo spravedlivých rozsvětluje se, svíce pak bezbožných zhasne.
10 [People] who are arrogant/proud [always] cause strife; those who are wise ask [other people] for good advice.
Samou toliko pýchou působí člověk svár, ale při těch, jenž užívají rady, jest moudrost.
11 Those who acquire a lot of money quickly [by doing what is wrong, probably] will lose it [quickly], but if people earn money slowly, the amount of money they have will increase.
Statek zle dobytý umenšovati se bude, kdož pak shromažďuje rukou, přivětší ho.
12 When people do not receive the things that they are expecting to receive, (it causes them to despair/they become very sad); but if you receive what you are desiring to get, that [will be like a tree] [MET] [whose fruit gives you] life (OR, that will cause you to be joyful).
Očekávání dlouhé zemdlívá srdce, ale žádost splněná jest strom života.
13 Those who despise [the good] advice [that others give them] are bringing ruin on themselves; those who pay attention to that advice will (be secure/succeed).
Kdož pohrdá slovem Božím, sám sobě škodí; ale kdož se bojí přikázaní, odplaceno mu bude.
14 What wise [people] teach is [like] a fountain whose [water] gives life [MET]; what they teach you will help you to escape when something dangerous is threatening to kill you [MET].
Naučení moudrého jest pramen života, k vyhýbání se osídlům smrti.
15 [People] respect those who have good sense, but those who cannot be trusted are on the road to being ruined/destroyed (OR, will have a lot of difficulties/troubles).
Rozum dobrý dává milost, cesta pak převrácených jest tvrdá.
16 Those who have good sense always think carefully/wisely before they do something; foolish people show [by what they say and do] that they are foolish.
Každý důmyslný dělá uměle, ale blázen rozprostírá bláznovství.
17 Messengers who are not reliable cause trouble, but those who faithfully [deliver their messages] cause people to act peacefully.
Posel bezbožný upadá v neštěstí, jednatel pak věrný jest lékařství.
18 Those who refuse to pay attention when others discipline/correct them will become poor and disgraced; [people] respect those who accept it when they are rebuked [for their bad behavior].
Chudoba a lehkost potká toho, jenž se vytahuje z kázně; ale kdož ostříhá naučení, zveleben bude.
19 It is delightful to receive what we desire; foolish people hate/refuse to turn away from doing evil.
Žádost naplněná sladká jest duši, ale ohavnost jest bláznům odstoupiti od zlého.
20 Those who habitually associate with wise people become wise; those who (are close friends of/associate with) foolish people will (regret it/be ruined).
Kdo chodí s moudrými, bude moudrý; ale kdo tovaryší s blázny, setřín bude.
21 Sinners have trouble [PRS] wherever they go, but things will go well for righteous [people].
Hříšníky stihá neštěstí, ale spravedlivým odplatí Bůh dobrým.
22 When good people [die], their grandchildren inherit their money; but when sinners [die], the money that they had will end up in the hands of righteous [people].
Dobrý zanechává dědictví vnukům, ale zboží hříšného zachováno bývá spravedlivému.
23 [Sometimes] poor [people’s] fields produce plenty of food, but unjust people take away all that food.
Hojnost jest pokrmů na rolí chudých, někdo pak hyne skrze nerozšafnost.
24 Those who do not punish their children [for bad behavior] do not [really] love them; those who love their children start to discipline them when the children are still young.
Kdo zdržuje metlu svou, nenávidí syna svého; ale kdož ho miluje, za času jej tresce.
25 Righteous [people] have enough food to eat and be satisfied, but the stomachs of wicked [people] [SYN] are [always] empty.
Spravedlivý jí až do nasycení duše své, břicho pak bezbožných nedostatek trpí.
