Proverbs 21
1 Yahweh controls what kings do [MTY] [like] he controls how streams flow; he causes kings to do just what he wants them to do.
| دل پادشاه در دست خداوند است، او آن را مانند آب جوی، به هر سو که بخواهد هدایت می‌کند. |
2 People always think that what they do is right, but Yahweh judges our (motives/reasons [for doing things)] [MTY].
| تمام کارهای انسان به نظر خودش درست است، اما انگیزه‌ها را خداوند می‌بیند. |
3 Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh than [bringing] sacrifices [to him].
| به جا آوردن عدالت و انصاف بیشتر از تقدیم قربانیها خداوند را خشنود می‌سازد. |
4 Being proud and arrogant [DOU] is [like] a lamp [MTY] [that guides] wicked people; being proud and arrogant characterizes (wicked people’s whole behavior/everything that wicked people do).
| غرور و تکبر گناهانی هستند که آدم بدکار توسط آنها شناخته می‌شود. |
5 People who plan carefully will surely have plenty [of what they need]; those who act too quickly [to become rich] will become poor.
| زیرکی و کوشش، انسان را توانگر می‌کند، اما شتابزدگی باعث فقر می‌شود. |
6 Money that people acquire [by cheating others] by lying [MTY] to them will soon disappear [like] a mist, and doing that will [soon] lead to their death.
| ثروتی که با زبان دروغگو به دست آید، بخاری است بی‌دوام و تله‌ای مرگبار. |
7 Wicked [people] refuse to do what is right/just, but they will be ruined because of the violent things [PRS] that they do.
| ظلم بدکارانی که نمی‌خواهند راستی را به جا آورند، عاقبت به سوی خودشان باز می‌گردد و آنان را نابود می‌کند. |
8 Guilty [people continually do what is evil; it is as though] [MET] they are walking on a crooked road; but righteous/innocent people [always] do what is right.
| راه آدم گناهکار کج است ولی شخص پاک در راستی گام برمی‌دارد. |
9 It is better to live in the corner of an attic/housetop [by yourself] than to live inside the house with a wife who is always nagging.
| سکونت در گوشهٔ پشت بام بهتر است از زندگی کردن با زن ستیزه‌جو در یک خانه مشترک. |
10 Wicked [people] [SYN] are always wanting [to do what is] evil; they never act mercifully toward anyone.
| آدم بدکار شرارت را دوست دارد، و همسایه‌اش نیز از دست او در امان نیست. |
11 When those who ridicule [others] are punished, [even] those who do not have good sense [see that, and] they become wise, and when those who are wise are taught, they become wiser.
| جاهلان تا تنبیه شدن مسخره‌کنندگان را نبینند درس عبرت نمی‌گیرند، اما دانایان تنها با شنیدن می‌آموزند. |
12 [God], the one [who is completely] righteous, knows [what happens inside] the houses of wicked [people], and [he will cause] those people to be completely ruined/destroyed.
| خداشناسان از مشاهدهٔ خراب شدن خانهٔ بدکاران و هلاکت ایشان پند می‌گیرند. |
13 There are people who refuse to listen when poor people cry out [for help]; [but some day] they themselves will cry out [for help], and no one will hear them.
| آنکه فریاد فقیران را نشنیده می‌گیرد در روز تنگدستی خود نیز فریادرسی نخواهد داشت. |
14 When someone is angry [with you], if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.
| هدیه‌ای که در خفا داده می‌شود خشم را می‌خواباند و رشوهٔ پنهانی غضب شدید را فرو می‌نشاند. |
15 Good/Righteous [people] are happy when they [see others do] what is just/fair, but those who do what is evil are terrified [when they think about what may happen to them].
| اجرای عدالت برای عادلان شادی‌بخش است، اما برای ظالمان مصیبت‌بار. |
16 Those who stop behaving like those who have good sense behave will [soon] discover that they have gone to the place where dead people are.
| مرگ در انتظار کسانی است که از راه حکمت منحرف می‌شوند. |
17 Those who spend their money to buy (things that give them pleasure/things that cause them to feel happy) will become poor; those who love [to spend money to buy] wine and nice/fancy food [MTY] will never become rich.
| کسی که خوشگذرانی را دوست دارد، تهیدست می‌شود و آدم میگسار و عیاش هرگز ثروتمند نخواهد شد. |
18 Wicked [people] bring on themselves the sufferings that they were trying to cause righteous [people] to experience [DOU].
| بدکاران در همان دامی که برای درستکاران نهاده‌اند، گرفتار می‌شوند. |
19 It is better to live [alone] in a desert than [to live] with a wife who is [always] nagging and complaining.
| سکونت در بیابان بی‌آب و علف بهتر است از زندگی کردن با زن ستیزه‌جو. |
20 Wise people have many valuable things in their houses, but foolish people [quickly] spend/waste [all their money].
| خانهٔ شخص دانا پر از نعمت و ثروت است، ولی آدم نادان هر چه به دست می‌آورد بر باد می‌دهد. |
21 Those who [always] try to act in a fair and kind way [toward others] will live [a long time] and be honored/respected.
| درستکار و مهربان باش تا عمر خوشی داشته باشی و از احترام و موفقیت برخوردار شوی. |
22 A wise army commander [helps his troops] climb over a wall [to attack] a city that is defended by a strong army, with the result that they are able to (get over/destroy) the high walls that their enemies trusted [would protect them].
| یک مرد دانا می‌تواند شهر زورمندان را بگیرد و قلعه اعتمادشان را فرو بریزد. |
23 Those who are very careful about what they say [MTY] are [able to] avoid trouble.
| هر که مواظب سخنانش باشد جانش را از مصیبتها نجات خواهد داد. |
24 Those who make fun of [everything that is good] are proud and conceited [DOU]; they [always] act in an inconsiderate way [toward others].
| کسانی که دیگران را مسخره می‌کنند، مغرور و متکبرند. |
25 Lazy people, who refuse to work, [will] die [of hunger] because they [SYN] do not earn [money to buy food].
| داشتن اشتیاق و آرزو برای شخص تنبل کشنده است، زیرا برای رسیدن به آن تن به کار نمی‌دهد. |
26 All during the day [wicked people] desire to obtain things, but righteous [people] have plenty, [with the result that] they [are able to] give things generously to others.
| او تمام روز در آرزوی گرفتن به سر می‌برد؛ ولی شخص خداشناس سخاوتمند است و از بخشیدن به دیگران دریغ نمی‌کند. |
27 [Yahweh] detests the sacrifices that wicked [people] offer [to him]; [but he] detests it even more when they [think that they will escape being punished for] their evil deeds because of the sacrifices that they bring.
| خدا از قربانیهای بدکاران نفرت دارد، بخصوص اگر با نیت بد تقدیم شده باشد. |
28 Those who tell lies in court will be punished; no one stops/silences witnesses who say what is truthful/reliable.
| شاهد دروغگو نابود خواهد شد، اما سخنان شخص امین تا ابد باقی خواهد ماند. |
29 Wicked people pretend [that they know everything], but righteous people think carefully about [what will happen because of] what they do.
| آدم بدکار خودسرانه عمل می‌کند، اما شخص درستکار تمام جوانب امر را می‌سنجد. |
30 [Thinking that we are] wise, and that we understand many things, and that we have good insight, does not help us if Yahweh is (acting against/not pleased with) us.
| هیچ حکمت و بصیرت و نقشه‌ای نمی‌تواند علیه خداوند عمل کند. |
31 We [can] get horses ready to fight in a battle, but Yahweh is the one who enables us to (win victories/defeat our enemies).
| انسان اسب را برای روز جنگ آماده می‌کند، ولی پیروزی را خداوند می‌بخشد. |
