Proverbs 17
1 It is better [to eat] a dry piece [of bread] and not have strife/quarrels than to have a big feast in a house where [everyone] is quarreling.
| باشترە پارووێکی وشک بە ئارامییەوە لە ماڵێکی پڕ لە خوانی ئامادەکراو، بە ناکۆکی. |
2 A slave who acts wisely will [some day] be the boss of his master’s disgraceful son and when his master dies, the slave will receive part of his master’s possessions.
| بەندەی وریا بەسەر کوڕی شەرمەزاردا زاڵ دەبێت و لەگەڵ برایانی میرات بەشدەکات. |
3 [Workers put] silver and gold in a very hot furnace [to burn out what is impure], and Yahweh [similarly] examines people’s inner beings [to see if they are pure].
| بۆتە بۆ زیوە و کوورە بۆ زێڕ، یەزدانیش دڵ تاقی دەکاتەوە. |
4 Those who do what is evil pay attention to people who say [MTY] what is evil, and liars pay attention to [other people’s] lies.
| بەدکار گوێ لە لێوی خراپ دەگرێت، درۆزنیش گوێ دەداتە زمانی گرفتخواز. |
5 Those who make fun of poor [people] insult God, the one who made the poor [people], [and] those who are happy when [someone else has] troubles will certainly be punished [LIT] [by God].
| ئەوەی گاڵتە بە هەژار بکات سووکایەتی بە دروستکەرەکەی دەکات، ئەوەی بە بەڵا دڵی خۆشبێت بێ سزا دەرناچێت. |
6 Old [people] are [usually] proud of [MET] their grandchildren, [just like] children are [usually] proud of their parents.
| منداڵی منداڵ تاجی پیرانە، شانازی کوڕانیش دایک و باوکانن. |
7 Fine/Eloquent speech is not suitable for foolish people to say, just like lies are not suitable for rulers [to say].
| قسەی نەستەق لە گێل ناوەشێتەوە، لەوەش زیاتر قسەی درۆ لە میر. |
8 People think that a bribe is like a magic stone [to persuade someone to do what they want him to do]; they think that because of the bribe, that person will do whatever they want him to do.
| بەرتیل بەردی گرانبەهایە لەبەرچاوی خاوەنەکەی، ڕوو لە هەر لایەک بکات سەردەکەوێت. |
9 If you want people to like/love you, forgive them for the wrong things that they do to you. If you continue to remind them about those wrong things, they will no longer be your friends.
| ئەوەی تاوان دادەپۆشێت پەرە بە خۆشەویستی دەدات، بەڵام ئەوەی باسی بابەتەکە بکاتەوە دۆستی نزیک لە یەکتر جیا دەکاتەوە. |
10 Rebuking people who have good sense will accomplish more for them than hitting them 100 times [with a stick].
| سەرزەنشتکردنێک بۆ تێگەیشتوو قووڵترە لە سەد جار دارکاریکردن بۆ گێل. |
11 [Because] wicked people are always trying to cause trouble, someone will be sent to severely punish them.
| کەسی خراپ تەنها داواکاری یاخی بوونە، لەبەر ئەوە نێردراوێکی دڵڕەقی بۆ دەنێردرێت. |
12 A mother bear whose cubs have been taken away from her is dangerous, but it is more dangerous to confront a foolish person who is doing something foolish.
| باشترە تووشی دەڵەورچێکی سک سووتاو بیت، نەک گێلێک لە گێلایەتییەکەی خۆی. |
13 If someone does something evil in return for something good being done to him, evil/trouble will never leave that person’s family.
| ئەوەی پاداشتی چاکە بە خراپە بداتەوە، خراپە ماڵی بەرنادات. |
14 Starting a quarrel is like allowing water to start to leak out of a dam; they both need to be stopped before they get worse.
| دەستپێکردنی ناکۆکی وەک تەقینی بەنداوە، جا پێش ئەوەی ناکۆکییەکە بتەقێتەوە وازی لێبهێنە. |
15 There are two things that Yahweh hates: (Condemning innocent [people]/Saying that people who have done nothing wrong must be punished), and declaring that people who have done wicked things should not be punished.
| بێتاوانکردنی خراپەکار و تاوانبارکردنی ڕاستودروست، هەردووک قێزەونن لەلای یەزدان. |
16 It is useless to allow foolish people [RHQ] to try to become wise by paying for it, because they do not have enough good sense to become wise.
| بۆچی پارە بکەوێتە دەست پیاوی گێل؟ کە ئارەزووی نییە بۆ کڕینی دانایی! |
17 Friends love [others] all the time, and relatives are able to help us when we have troubles.
| برادەر هەموو کاتێک خۆشەویستی خۆی دەردەبڕێت، براش بۆ تەنگانە لەدایک دەبێت. |
18 [If someone borrows money from another person], it is foolish for you to promise [IDM] that you will pay the money back if that other person is unable to pay back the money that he borrowed.
| کەسی تێنەگەیشتوو تەوقە دەکات و بە تەواوی دەبێتە کەفیلی دراوسێکەی. |
19 Those who like to sin [also] like to cause strife/trouble; [and] those who build fancy doors in their houses [to show that they are very wealthy] (OR, speak proudly) are inviting disaster.
| ئەوەی حەز لە ناکۆکی بکات حەز لە گوناه دەکات، ئەوەی دەرگای خۆی بڵند بکات داوای شکان دەکات. |
20 Those who (have perverse minds/are always thinking about doing evil things) will not prosper, and disasters will happen to those who always tell lies.
| ئەوەی دڵخراپ بێت چاکە نایەتە ڕێی، ئەوەی زمان خوار بێت تووشی خراپە دەبێت. |
21 Children who are foolish [soon] cause their parents to be very sad; their parents will not be joyful at all.
| ئەوەی گێلی ببێت تووشی خەفەت دەبێت، باوکی ڕۆڵەی دەبەنگیش دڵخۆشی نابینێت. |
22 Being cheerful is [like swallowing] good medicine; being discouraged/gloomy [all the time will] (drain away your energy/cause you to become weak) [MTY].
| دڵی شادمان تەندروستی دەبەخشێت، بەڵام ڕۆحی تێکشکاو ئێسک وشک دەکات. |
23 Wicked people/judges accept bribes that are given to them secretly, and as a result they do not decide matters justly/fairly.
| بەدکار بە نهێنی بەرتیل وەردەگرێت تاکو ڕێچکەی دادپەروەری خوار بکاتەوە. |
24 Those who have good sense determine to do what is wise, but foolish people are always thinking about many different things [and never decide what they should do].
| کەسی تێگەیشتوو چاوی لەسەر داناییە، بەڵام گێل چاودەبڕێتە ئەوپەڕی زەوی. |
25 Children who are foolish cause their father to be sad and [also] cause their mother to be very sorrowful.
| کوڕی گێل خەمە بۆ باوکی و تاڵییە بۆ ئەو دایکەی لێی بووە. |
26 It is not right to force someone who has done nothing wrong to pay a fine; it is wrong to punish good/respected people.
| پێبژاردن بە کەسی ڕاستودروست باش نییە، هەروەها دارکاریکردنی کەسی خانەدان لەبەر دەستپاکی. |
27 Those who have good sense do not talk a lot, and those who (control their tempers/keep themselves from becoming very angry) are [truly] wise.
| ئەوەی قسەی خۆی ڕاگرێت خاوەن زانیارییە، ئەوەی ڕۆح ئارام بێت پیاوی تێگەیشتنە. |
28 People [may] think that foolish people who do not say anything are wise; if foolish people (do not say anything/keep their mouths shut), others will think that they are [very] intelligent.
| تەنانەت گێلیش کە بێدەنگ بێت بە دانا دادەنرێت، ئەوەی لێویشی لێک نەکاتەوە بە تێگەیشتوو. |
