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.
Май бине о букатэ де пыне ускатэ ку паче декыт о касэ плинэ де кэрнурь ку чартэ!
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.
Ун аргат ку минте стэпынеште песте фиул каре фаче рушине ши ва ымпэрци моштениря ку фраций луй.
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].
Тигая лэмуреште арӂинтул ши купторул лэмуреште аурул, дар Чел че ынчаркэ инимиле есте Домнул.
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.
Чел рэу аскултэ ку луаре аминте ла буза нелеӂюитэ ши минчиносул плякэ урекя ла лимба нимичитоаре.
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].
Чине ышь бате жок де сэрак ышь бате жок де Чел че л-а фэкут; чине се букурэ де о ненорочире ну ва рэмыне непедепсит.
6 Old [people] are [usually] proud of [MET] their grandchildren, [just like] children are [usually] proud of their parents.
Копиий копиилор сунт кунуна бэтрынилор ши пэринций сунт слава копиилор лор.
7 Fine/Eloquent speech is not suitable for foolish people to say, just like lies are not suitable for rulers [to say].
Кувинтеле алесе ну се потривеск ын гура унуй небун; ку кыт май пуцин кувинтеле минчиноасе, ын гура унуй ом де вицэ алясэ!
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.
Даруриле пар о пятрэ скумпэ ын окий челор че ле примеск: орьынкотро се ынторк, избындеск.
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.
Чине акоперэ о грешялэ каутэ драгостя, дар чине о поменеште мереу ын ворбириле луй дезбинэ пе приетень.
10 Rebuking people who have good sense will accomplish more for them than hitting them 100 times [with a stick].
О мустраре пэтрунде май мулт пе омул причепут декыт о сутэ де ловитурь пе чел небун.
11 [Because] wicked people are always trying to cause trouble, someone will be sent to severely punish them.
Чел рэу ну каутэ декыт рэскоалэ, дар ун сол фэрэ милэ ва фи тримис ымпотрива луй.
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.
Май бине сэ ынтылнешть о урсоайкэ жефуитэ де пуий ей декыт ун небун ын тимпул небунией луй.
13 If someone does something evil in return for something good being done to him, evil/trouble will never leave that person’s family.
Челуй че ынтоарче рэу пентру бине ну-й ва пэрэси рэул каса.
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.
Ынчепутул уней черте есте ка слобозиря унор апе; де ачея, курмэ чарта ынаинте де а се ынтеци.
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.
Чел че яртэ пе виноват ши чел че осындеште пе чел невиноват сунт амындой о скырбэ ынаинтя Домнулуй.
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.
Ла че служеште арӂинтул ын мына небунулуй? Сэ кумпере ынцелепчуня?… Дар н-аре минте!
17 Friends love [others] all the time, and relatives are able to help us when we have troubles.
Приетенул адевэрат юбеште орькынд ши ын ненорочире ажунӂе ка ун фрате.
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.
Омул фэрэ минте дэ кезэшие, се пуне кезаш пентру апроапеле сэу.
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.
Чине юбеште чертуриле юбеште пэкатул ши чине-шь зидеште поарта пря ыналтэ ышь каутэ пеиря.
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.
Чел ку инимэ префэкутэ ну гэсеште феричиря ши чел ку лимба стрикатэ каде ын ненорочире.
21 Children who are foolish [soon] cause their parents to be very sad; their parents will not be joyful at all.
Чине дэ наштере унуй небун ва авя ынтристаре ши татэл унуй небун ну поате сэ се букуре.
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].
О инимэ веселэ есте ун бун ляк, дар ун дух мыхнит усукэ оаселе.
23 Wicked people/judges accept bribes that are given to them secretly, and as a result they do not decide matters justly/fairly.
Чел рэу примеште дарурь пе аскунс ка сэ сучяскэ ши кэиле дрептэций.
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].
Ынцелепчуня есте ын фаца омулуй причепут, дар окий небунулуй о каутэ ла капэтул пэмынтулуй.
25 Children who are foolish cause their father to be sad and [also] cause their mother to be very sorrowful.
Ун фиу небун адуче неказ татэлуй сэу ши амэрэчуне челей че л-а нэскут.
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.
Ну есте бине сэ осындешть пе чел неприхэнит ла о глоабэ, нич сэ ловешть пе чей де ням алес дин причина неприхэнирий лор.
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.
Чине ышь ынфрынязэ ворбеле куноаште штиинца ши чине аре духул потолит есте ун ом причепут.
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.
Кяр ши ун прост ар трече де ынцелепт дакэ ар тэчя ши де причепут дакэ шь-ар цине гура.
