Proverbs 24
1 Do not envy evil people; do not desire to associate with them,
Huwag kang mananaghili sa mga masamang tao, ni magnasa ka man na masama sa kanila:
2 because they are [constantly] thinking about acting violently, and whenever they speak [MTY], they talk about (causing trouble/hurting someone).
Sapagka't ang kanilang puso ay nagaaral ng pagpighati, at ang kanilang mga labi ay nagsasalita ng kalikuan.
3 People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by [heeding] good advice.
Sa karunungan ay natatayo ang bahay; at sa pamamagitan ng unawa ay natatatag.
4 By using good sense, [they are able to buy] valuable and beautiful things and put them in the rooms of their houses.
At sa pamamagitan ng kaalaman ay napupuno ang mga silid, ng lahat na mahalaga at maligayang mga kayamanan.
5 Being wise is better than being strong/powerful; those who know [many things can accomplish more] than those who are [very] strong.
Ang pantas na tao ay malakas; Oo, ang taong maalam ay lumalago ang kapangyarihan.
6 Leaders can fight battles if they have wise advisors, and they win those battles if they have many good advisors.
Sapagka't sa pamamagitan ng pantas na pamamatnubay ay makikipagdigma ka: at sa karamihan ng mga tagapayo ay may kaligtasan.
7 Foolish people cannot understand wise sayings/talk; at public meetings they are not [able to] say anything [that is useful].
Karunungan ay totoong mataas sa ganang mangmang: hindi niya ibinubuka ang kaniyang bibig sa pintuang-bayan.
8 Those who are [always] planning to do evil things will be called troublemakers.
Siyang kumakatha ng paggawa ng kasamaan, tatawagin siya ng mga tao na masamang tao.
9 It is sinful to plan to do foolish things, and people hate those who make fun of [everything that is good].
Ang pagiisip ng kamangmangan ay kasalanan: at ang mangduduwahagi ay karumaldumal sa mga tao.
10 If you [act as though] you are helpless when you have troubles, you are [truly very] weak.
Kung ikaw ay manglupaypay sa kaarawan ng kasakunaan, ang iyong kalakasan ay munti.
11 [If it is unjustly decided] that someone must be executed, [try hard to] rescue them [DOU].
Iligtas mo silang nangadala sa kamatayan, at ang mga handang papatayin, ay tingnan mo na iyong ibalik.
12 If you say, “I did not know anything about it, [so (it is not my concern/I did not try to help him)],” remember that God knows what we have done, and he knows what we were thinking [IDM, RHQ], and he will certainly [RHQ] repay us as we deserve for what we have done or for not doing what we should have done.
Kung iyong sinasabi, narito, hindi kami nakakaalam nito: hindi ba niya binubulay na tumitimbang ng mga puso? At siyang nagiingat ng iyong kaluluwa, hindi ba niya nalalaman? At hindi ba niya gagantihin ang bawa't tao ayon sa gawa niya?
13 My child/son, eat honey, because it is good [for you]; the honey that drips from honeycombs tastes [very] sweet.
Anak ko, kumain ka ng pulot, sapagka't mabuti; at ng pulot-pukyutan na matamis sa iyong lasa:
14 Similarly, being wise is good for your soul; if you become wise, you will be [happy in] the future, and [God] will certainly [do for you what you are] confidently expecting him to do [LIT].
Sa gayo'y matututo ka ng karunungan na malalagay sa iyong kaluluwa: kung iyong nasumpungan ito, sa gayo'y magkakaroon ka nga ng kagantihan, at ang iyong pagasa ay hindi mahihiwalay.
15 Do not be like wicked people who [hide and] wait to break into the houses of righteous/good [people] and rob/steal things.
Huwag kang bumakay, Oh masamang tao, sa tahanan ng matuwid; huwag mong sirain ang kaniyang dakong pahingahan:
16 [Even if] good people fall down seven/many times, they [always] stand/get up again, but when a disaster happens to wicked [people], it ruins/destroys them.
Sapagka't ang matuwid ay nabubuwal na makapito, at bumabangon uli: nguni't ang masama ay nabubuwal sa kasakunaan.
17 Do not be happy when something bad happens to one of your enemies; do not rejoice when he stumbles and falls,
Huwag kang magalak pagka ang iyong kaaway ay nabubuwal, at huwag matuwa ang iyong puso pagka siya'y nabubuwal:
18 because Yahweh will know what you are thinking, and he will not like it, and [as a result] he will not punish that enemy of yours.
Baka makita ng Panginoon, at ipagdamdam ng loob siya, at kaniyang ihiwalay ang poot niya sa kaniya.
19 Do not become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not [SYN] envy them,
Huwag kang mabalisa dahil sa mga manggagawa ng masama; ni maging mapanaghiliin ka man sa masama:
20 because [nothing good] will happen to wicked people; they are [like] a lamp that will soon be extinguished [MET].
Sapagka't hindi magkakaroon ng kagantihan sa masamang tao; ang ilawan ng masama ay papatayin.
21 My child/son, revere Yahweh and [also] honor the king, and do not associate with people who want to rebel against either of them,
Anak ko, matakot ka sa Panginoon at sa hari: at huwag kang makisalamuha sa kanila na mapagbago:
22 because those people will suddenly experience disasters; and no one knows [RHQ] what great disasters that God or the king can cause to happen to them.
Sapagka't ang kanilang kasakunaan ay darating na bigla; at sinong nakakaalam ng kasiraan nila kapuwa?
23 Here are more things that wise [people] have said: It is wrong for judges to decide matters unfairly [IDM].
Ang mga ito man ay sabi rin ng pantas. Magkaroon ng pagtangi ng mga pagkatao sa kahatulan, ay hindi mabuti.
24 If they say to people who are guilty, “You (are innocent/have not done something that is wrong),” [even] people in other nations will curse and despise them,
Siyang nagsasabi sa masama, Ikaw ay matuwid; susumpain siya ng mga bayan, kayayamutan siya ng mga bansa:
25 but if judges say that guilty people must be punished, things will go well for those judges, and (they will receive blessings/God will bless them).
Nguni't silang nagsisisaway sa kaniya ay magkakaroon ng kaluguran, at ang mabuting pagpapala ay darating sa kanila.
26 Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends [IDM].
Siya'y humahalik sa mga labi niyaong nagbibigay ng matuwid na sagot.
27 First, do the work [that needs to be done] outside [your house], and prepare your fields, [and then plant things], and after you finish doing that, build your house.
Ihanda mo ang iyong gawa sa labas, at ihanda mo sa iyo sa parang; at pagkatapos ay itayo mo ang iyong bahay.
28 [In the courtroom] do not testify against someone when you have no reason to do that, and do not [try to] deceive [people] by what you say [MTY].
Huwag kang sumaksi laban sa iyong kapuwa ng walang kadahilanan; at huwag kang magdaya ng iyong mga labi.
29 Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for [the bad things that] he did to me.”
Huwag mong sabihin, gagawin kong gayon sa kaniya na gaya ng ginawa niya sa akin: aking ibibigay sa tao ang ayon sa kaniyang gawa.
30 One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.
Ako'y nagdaan sa tabi ng bukid ng tamad, at sa tabi ng ubasan ng taong salat sa unawa;
31 I was surprised to see that the fields were full of all kinds of thorny bushes, and the stone wall [around the garden] had (collapsed/fallen down).
At, narito, tinubuang lahat ng mga tinik, ang ibabaw niyaon ay natakpan ng mga dawag, at ang bakod na bato ay nabagsak.
32 When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:
Ako nga'y tumingin, at aking binulay na mabuti: aking nakita, at tumanggap ako ng turo.
33 [If you spend a lot of time] sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest,
Kaunti pang tulog, kaunti pang idlip, kaunti pang paghahalukipkip ng mga kamay upang matulog:
34 [soon] you will become poor; [it will be as though] [PRS, SIM] a bandit who had a weapon in his hand [attacked you and stole all that you had].
Gayon darating ang iyong karalitaan na parang magnanakaw; at ang iyong kasalatan na parang nasasandatahang tao.
