Proverbs 20
1 Drinking a lot of wine or [other] strong drinks causes people to start fighting; it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated.
포도주는 거만케 하는 것이요 독주는 떠들게 하는 것이라 무릇 이에 미혹되는 자에게는 지혜가 없느니라
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.
왕의 진노는 사자의 부르짖음 같으니 그를 노하게 하는 것은 자기의 생명을 해하는 것이니라
3 [People] respect those who stay away from disputes/arguments; foolish people [love to] quarrel.
다툼을 멀리 하는 것이 사람에게 영광이어늘 미련한 자마다 다툼을 일으키느니라
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.
게으른 자는 가을에 밭 갈지 아니하나니 그러므로 거둘 때에는 구걸할지라도 얻지 못하리라
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.
사람의 마음에 있는 모략은 깊은 물 같으니라 그럴찌라도 명철한 사람은 그것을 길어 내느니라
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.
많은 사람은 각기 자기의 인자함을 자랑하나니 충성된 자를 누가 만날 수 있으랴
7 If parents conduct their lives as they should, [God] blesses their children (OR, their children are very happy/fortunate).
완전히 행하는 자가 의인이라 그 후손에게 복이 있느니라
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.
심판 자리에 앉은 왕은 그 눈으로 모든 악을 흩어지게 하느니라
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).”
내가 내 마음을 정하게 하였다, 내 죄를 깨끗하게 하였다 할 자가 누구뇨
10 Yahweh detests people who use weights that are not right and measures that are not correct.
한결 같지 않은 저울 추와 말은 다 여호와께서 미워하시느니라
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].
비록 아이라도 그 동작으로 자기의 품행의 청결하며 정직한 여부를 나타내느니라
12 Two of the things that Yahweh has created [for us] are ears to hear things and eyes to see things.
듣는 귀와 보는 눈은 다 여호와의 지으신 것이니라
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.
너는 잠자기를 좋아하지 말라 네가 빈궁하게 될까 두려우니라 네 눈을 뜨라 그리하면 양식에 족하리라
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].
사는 자가 물건이 좋지 못하다 좋지 못하다 하다가 돌아간 후에는 자랑하느니라
15 Gold and precious stones are [valuable], but wise words [MTY] are more valuable.
세상에 금도 있고 진주도 많거니와 지혜로운 입술이 더욱 귀한 보배니라
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.
타인을 위하여 보증이 된 자의 옷을 취하라 외인들의 보증이 된자는 그 몸을 볼모 잡힐지니라
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.
속이고 취한 식물은 맛이 좋은듯하나 후에는 그 입에 모래가 가득하게 되리라
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.
무릇 경영은 의논함으로 성취하나니 모략을 베풀고 전쟁할지니라
19 Those who go around telling gossip are [always] telling secrets to [others]; so stay away from people who foolishly talk [too much].
두루 다니며 한담하는 자는 남의 비밀를 누설하니니 입술을 벌린 자를 사귀지 말지니라
20 If someone curses his father or his mother, his life will be ended, [just] like a lamp is extinguished.
자기의 아비나 어미를 저주하는 자는 그 등불이 유암중에 꺼짐을 당하리라
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.
처음에 속히 잡은 산업은 마침내 복이 되지 아니하느니라
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]).
너는 악을 갚겠다 말하지 말고 여호와를 기다리라 그가 너를 구원하시리라
23 Yahweh detests [those who use] dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.
한결 같지 않은 저울 추는 여호와의 미워하시는 것이요 속이는 저울은 좋지 못한 것이니라
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]
사람의 걸음은 여호와께로서 말미암나니 사람이 어찌 자기의 길을 알 수 있으랴
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.
함부로 이 물건을 거룩하다하여 서원하고 그 후에 살피면 그 것이 그물이 되느니라
26 Wise kings find out [MET] which people have done what is wrong, and they punish them very severely [IDM].
지혜로운 왕은 악인을 키질하며 타작하는 바퀴로 그 위에 굴리느니라
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).
사람의 영혼은 여호와의 등불이라 사람의 깊은 속을 살피느니라
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.
왕은 인자와 진리로 스스로 보호하고 그 위도 인자함으로 말미암아 견고하니라
29 We honor/admire young people because they are strong, but we respect [MTY] old people more because they are wise.
젊은 자의 영화는 그 힘이요 늙은 자의 아름다운 것은 백발이니라
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.
상하게 때리는 것이 악을 없이 하나니 매는 사람의 속에 깊이 들어가느니라
