Proverbs 19
1 Conducting our lives as we should [even though] we are poor is better than being foolish and telling lies.
| بهتر است انسان فقیر باشد و درستکار تا اینکه بدکار باشد و نادان. |
2 Being enthusiastic but not thinking carefully [about what we are about to do] is not good; doing things hastily can cause us a lot of trouble [IDM].
| داشتن دل و جرأت بدون حکمت بی‌فایده است و عجله باعث اشتباه می‌شود. |
3 Some people are ruined as a result of their [own] foolish actions, and when that happens, they [SYN] angrily say that it is Yahweh’s fault.
| انسان با حماقتش زندگی خود را تباه می‌کند و بعد تقصیر را به گردن خداوند می‌اندازد. |
4 Those who are rich easily find people who want to be their friends, but when [people become] poor, their friends [often] desert them.
| شخص ثروتمند دوستان بسیار پیدا می‌کند، اما وقتی کسی فقیر می‌شود هیچ دوستی برایش باقی نمی‌ماند. |
5 Those who tell lies in court will surely be punished [LIT]; they will not escape it.
| شاهد دروغگو بی‌سزا نمی‌ماند و کسی که دائم دروغ می‌بافد جان به در نخواهد برد. |
6 Many [people] try to persuade important people to do favors for them; everyone [wants to] be a friend of those who give gifts.
| مردم دوست دارند پیش بزرگان، خود شیرینی کنند و با کسانی دوست شوند که بذل و بخشش می‌کنند. |
7 [Even] the relatives of someone who becomes poor hate him, and his friends certainly stay away from him, too; [even] if he tries to talk with them, they will not be his friends [again].
| وقتی انسان فقیر شود حتی برادرانش او را ترک می‌کنند چه رسد به دوستانش، و تلاش او برای بازیافتن آنها به جایی نمی‌رسد. |
8 Those who become wise [IDM] are doing a favor for themselves; those who get good sense will prosper.
| هر که در پی حکمت است جانش را دوست دارد و آنکه برای حکمت ارزش قائل شود سعادتمند خواهد شد. |
9 Those who tell lies in court will certainly be punished [LIT]; they will be ruined.
| شاهد دروغگو بی‌سزا نمی‌ماند و هر که دائم دروغ می‌بافد هلاک خواهد شد. |
10 It is not appropriate for foolish people to live (luxuriously/like rich people), and it is even less appropriate for slaves to rule important officials.
| شایسته نیست که آدم نادان در ناز و نعمت زندگی کند و یا یک برده بر امیران حکومت راند. |
11 Those who have good sense do not quickly become angry; people respect those who ignore offensive [things that people say to them].
| کسی که خشم خود را فرو می‌نشاند عاقل است و آنکه از تقصیرات دیگران چشم‌پوشی می‌کند سرافراز خواهد شد. |
12 When a king is angry, [that causes people to be afraid of him], like the roar of a lion [causes people to be afraid] [SIM], but if he acts kindly toward people, [they like it just] like [they like] dew on the grass [in the morning].
| غضب پادشاه مانند غرش شیر است، اما خشنودی او مثل شبنمی است که بر سبزه می‌نشیند. |
13 Foolish children [can] cause disasters to happen to their parents. A wife who constantly (nags/quarrels with) [her husband is as annoying as] water that continually drips [MET].
| فرزند نادان بلای جان پدرش است و غرغرهای زن بهانه‌گیر مثل قطرات آبی است که دائم در حال چکیدن می‌باشد. |
14 We [can] inherit a house or money from our parents [when they die], but only Yahweh [can] give someone a sensible wife.
| خانه و ثروت از اجداد به ارث می‌رسد، اما زن عاقل بخشش خداوند است. |
15 Those who are lazy sleep soundly, but if they are lazy, they will be hungry [because of not earning money to buy food].
| کسی که تنبل است و زیاد می‌خوابد، گرسنه می‌ماند. |
16 Those who obey [God’s] commandments will remain alive [for a long time]; those who despise/disobey them (OR, those who do not control their own conduct) will die [while they are still young].
| احکام خدا را نگه دار تا زنده بمانی، زیرا هر که آنها را خوار بشمارد خواهد مرد. |
17 When we give things to poor [people], [it is as though] we are lending to Yahweh, and he will (pay us back/reward us for what we did).
| وقتی به فقیر کمک می‌کنی مثل این است که به خداوند قرض می‌دهی و خداوند است که قرض تو را پس خواهد داد. |
18 Discipline your children while [they are young], while you still hope that [they will learn to behave as they should]; [if you do not discipline them], you are helping them to destroy [themselves].
| فرزند خود را تا دیر نشده تربیت کن؛ اگر غفلت نمایی زندگی او را تباه خواهی کرد. |
19 Those who (do not control their temper/quickly become very angry) will have to endure what happens as a result; [but] if we rescue them [from those troubles once], we will have to continue rescuing them.
| اگر کسی تندخویی می‌کند بگذار عواقبش را ببیند و مانع او نشو، چون در غیر این صورت او به تندخویی خود ادامه خواهد داد. |
20 Pay attention when [people give you good] advice and learn from them, in order that you will become wise for the rest of your life.
| اگر به پند و اندرز گوش دهی تا آخر عمرت از حکمت برخوردار خواهی بود. |
21 People plan to do many [kinds of things], but what will happen is what Yahweh has decided will happen.
| انسان نقشه‌های زیادی در سر می‌پروراند، اما نقشه‌هایی که مطابق با خواست خدا باشد اجرا خواهد شد. |
22 People want others to be loyal to them; it is better to be poor than to tell a lie [to a judge in court in order to get money].
| آنچه مهم است محبت و وفاداری است. بهتر است شخص فقیر باشد تا اینکه با نادرستی زندگی کند. |
23 [Those who have] an awesome respect for Yahweh will live [a long life]; they rest peacefully and are not harmed [during the night].
| خداترسی به انسان حیات می‌بخشد و او را کامیاب گردانده از هر بلایی محفوظ می‌دارد. |
24 Some people are extremely lazy; they put their hand in a dish [to take some food] but do not even lift the food up to their mouths.
| آدم تنبل دستش را به طرف بشقاب دراز می‌کند، ولی از فرط تنبلی لقمه را به دهان خود نمی‌گذارد. |
25 If you punish someone who makes fun of those who are wise, those who (are naive/need to be instructed) will learn to do what is smart; if you rebuke those who are wise, they will [listen to what you say and] become wiser.
| مسخره کننده را تنبیه کن تا مایهٔ عبرت جاهلان شود. اشتباهات شخص فهمیده را به او گوشزد نما تا فهمیده‌تر شود. |
26 Anyone who mistreats/abuses his father or forces his mother to leave the home is a child who is acting shamefully and disgracefully.
| پسری که با پدرش بدرفتاری می‌کند و مادرش را از خانه بیرون می‌راند، مایه ننگ و رسوایی است. |
27 My son, if you stop learning things, you will [soon] forget what [you already] know.
| پسرم، از گوش دادن به تعلیمی که تو را از حکمت دور می‌کند خودداری نما. |
28 Worthless witnesses [in court] make fun of [judges who try to] make fair decisions, and wicked people [enjoy] doing evil [like] they enjoy eating [good food] [MET].
| شاهد پست و فرومایه عدالت را به بازی می‌گیرد و از گناه کردن لذت می‌برد. |
29 [God] is ready to punish those who make fun [of him/religion]; those who do foolish things deserve to be flogged/whipped.
| مسخره‌کنندگان و احمقان، به شدت مجازات خواهند شد. |
