Proverbs 20
1 Drinking a lot of wine or [other] strong drinks causes people to start fighting; it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated.
Ο οίνος είναι χλευαστής, και τα σίκερα στασιαστικά· και όστις δελεάζεται υπό τούτων, δεν είναι φρόνιμος.
2 Being afraid of a king when he is angry is like [SIM] being afraid of a lion when it growls/roars; if you cause the king to become angry, he may execute you.
Απειλή βασιλέως είναι βρυχηθμός λέοντος· όστις παροξύνει αυτόν, αμαρτάνει εις την ιδίαν αυτού ζωήν.
3 [People] respect those who stay away from disputes/arguments; foolish people [love to] quarrel.
Τιμή είναι εις τον άνθρωπον να παύη από της έριδος· πας δε άφρων εμπλέκεται εις ταύτην.
4 [If] a lazy man does not plow [his fields at the right/proper time], he will look for [crops] at harvest [time], but there will be nothing there.
Ο οκνηρός δεν θέλει να αροτριά εξ αιτίας του χειμώνος· διά τούτο θέλει ζητεί εν τω θέρει και δεν θέλει λαμβάνει.
5 [Just] as it is difficult to bring up water from a deep well, it is difficult to know what people are thinking, but someone who has good sense/insight will be able to find out what people are thinking.
Η βουλή εν τη καρδία του ανθρώπου είναι ως ύδατα βαθέα· αλλ' ο συνετός άνθρωπος θέλει ανασύρει αυτήν.
6 Many people proclaim that they can be trusted [to do what they say that they will do], but it is very difficult to find [RHQ] someone who can really be trusted.
Πολλοί άνθρωποι κηρύττουσιν έκαστος την καλοκαγαθίαν αυτού· αλλά τις θέλει εύρη άνθρωπον πιστόν;
7 If parents conduct their lives as they should, [God] blesses their children (OR, their children are very happy/fortunate).
Ο δίκαιος περιπατεί εν τη ακεραιότητι αυτού· και τα τέκνα αυτού είναι μακάρια μετ' αυτόν.
8 A king who sits on his throne to judge people can [easily] [MTY] find out what things that people have done are good and what things are evil.
Βασιλεύς, καθήμενος επί θρόνου κρίσεως, διασκεδάζει παν κακόν διά των οφθαλμών αυτού.
9 There is no one [RHQ] who can truthfully say, “I do not know of any wrong things that I have done; I have (gotten rid of all my sinful behavior/quit doing what is sinful).”
Τις δύναται να είπη, Εκαθάρισα την καρδίαν μου, είμαι καθαρός από των αμαρτιών μου;
10 Yahweh detests people who use weights that are not right and measures that are not correct.
Ζύγια διάφορα, μέτρα διάφορα, είναι αμφότερα βδέλυγμα εις τον Κύριον.
11 Even children show by what they do whether they are good or not; they show whether (what they do/their behavior) is honest and right [or not].
Γνωρίζεται και αυτό το παιδίον εκ των πράξεων αυτού, αν τα έργα αυτού είναι καθαρά, και αν ευθέα.
12 Two of the things that Yahweh has created [for us] are ears to hear things and eyes to see things.
Το ωτίον ακούει και ο οφθαλμός βλέπει· αλλ' ο Κύριος έκαμεν αμφότερα.
13 If you want to sleep [all the time], you will become poor; if you stay awake [and work], you will have plenty of food.
Μη αγάπα τον ύπνον, διά να μη έλθης εις πτωχείαν· άνοιξον τους οφθαλμούς σου και θέλεις χορτασθή άρτου.
14 People [look at things that they are about] to buy, [and in order to get it for a lower price sometimes they] say, “(It is no good/It is poor quality),” but [after they buy it], they go and boast [about having bought it for a cheap price].
Κακόν, κακόν, λέγει ο αγοραστής· αλλ' αφού αναχωρήση, τότε καυχάται.
15 Gold and precious stones are [valuable], but wise words [MTY] are more valuable.
Υπάρχει χρυσίον και πλήθος μαργαριτών· τα χείλη όμως της γνώσεως είναι το πολύτιμου κειμήλιον.
16 If you foolishly promise to a stranger that you will pay what he owes if he is unable to pay it [DOU], [you deserve to] have someone take your coat from you.
Λάβε το ιμάτιον του εγγυωμένου διά ξένον· και λάβε ενέχυρον απ' αυτού, εγγυωμένου περί ξένων πραγμάτων.
17 People [may] think that food that they acquire by doing what is dishonest will taste very good, but later [they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy] eating gravel/sand.
Ο άρτος του ψεύδους είναι γλυκύς εις τον άνθρωπον· μετά ταύτα όμως το στόμα αυτού θέλει γεμισθή χαλίκων.
18 When people give you good advice, [if you do what they suggest], your plans will succeed; so be sure to get good advice from wise people before you start fighting a war.
Οι σκοποί στερεόνονται διά της συμβουλής· και μετά καλήν σκέψιν κάμνε πόλεμον.
19 Those who go around telling gossip are [always] telling secrets to [others]; so stay away from people who foolishly talk [too much].
Ο σπερμολόγος περιερχόμενος αποκαλύπτει τα μυστικά· διά τούτο μη σμίγου μετά του πλατύνοντος τα χείλη αυτού.
20 If someone curses his father or his mother, his life will be ended, [just] like a lamp is extinguished.
Ο λύχνος του κακολογούντος τον πατέρα αυτού ή την μητέρα αυτού θέλει σβεσθή εν βαθεί σκότει.
21 If you very quickly take the property that your parents promise will be yours after they die, you will not receive any good/blessing from it.
Κληρονομία αποκτηθείσα ταχέως την αρχήν, εις το τέλος δεν ευλογείται.
22 Do not say, “I will do evil to those who do evil to me;” wait for Yahweh [to do something about it], and he will (help you/[do what is right]).
Μη είπης, Θέλω ανταποδώσει κακόν· ανάμενε τον Κύριον και θέλει σε σώσει.
23 Yahweh detests [those who use] dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.
Ζύγια διάφορα είναι βδέλυγμα εις τον Κύριον· και η δολία πλάστιγξ δεν είναι καλόν.
24 Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us, so (how can we (understand/know) what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot (understand/know) what will happen before it happens.) [RHQ]
Τα διαβήματα του ανθρώπου διευθύνονται υπό του Κυρίου· πως λοιπόν ο άνθρωπος ήθελε γνωρίσει την εαυτού οδόν;
25 You should think carefully before you solemnly promise to dedicate something to God, because later you might be sorry you have promised to do it.
Παγίς είναι εις τον άνθρωπον, προπετώς να λαλή· περί ιερών και μετά τας ευχάς να σκέπτηται.
26 Wise kings find out [MET] which people have done what is wrong, and they punish them very severely [IDM].
Ο σοφός βασιλεύς λικμίζει τους ασεβείς και στρέφει τον τροχόν επ' αυτούς.
27 Our consciences are [like] lamps that Yahweh [has given to us to enable us to know what we are thinking] [MET]; they reveal what is hidden deep in our (minds/inner beings).
Λύχνος του Κυρίου είναι το πνεύμα του ανθρώπου, το οποίον διερευνά πάντα τα ενδόμυχα της καρδίας.
28 Kings will continue to rule as long as they faithfully love their people and are loyal to them and as long as they rule righteously/fairly.
Έλεος και αλήθεια διαφυλάττουσι τον βασιλέα· και ο θρόνος αυτού υποστηρίζεται υπό του ελέους.
29 We honor/admire young people because they are strong, but we respect [MTY] old people more because they are wise.
Καύχημα των νέων είναι η δύναμις αυτών· και δόξα των γερόντων η πολιά.
30 When we are beaten or whipped, it [can] cause us to quit doing what is evil in our lives; when someone wounds us [by punishing us], it [can] cause our behavior to become good.
Τα μελανίσματα των πληγών λευκαίνουσι τον κακόν· και τα κτυπήματα τα ενδόμυχα της καρδίας.
