Proverbs 25
1 Here are more wise sayings/words that Solomon [wrote]. Some men who worked for Hezekiah, the king of Judah, copied them [from a scroll that Solomon had written].
| ئەمانەش هەر پەندی سلێمانن کە پیاوەکانی حەزقیای پاشای یەهودا نووسیویانەتەوە: |
2 [We consider] God to be great because he (acts in mysterious ways/does things that we cannot understand); [we consider] kings to be great because they explain things.
| شکۆمەندیی خودا لە شاردنەوەی بابەتدایە، شکۆمەندیی پاشایانیش لە لێکۆڵینەوەی بابەتدایە. |
3 [It is not possible for anyone to measure] how high the sky is or how deep the earth/ocean is; likewise [SIM], it is not possible for us to know [all] that kings are thinking.
| هەروەک ئاسمان بۆ بەرزییە و زەوی بۆ قووڵییە، دڵی پاشایانیش ناپشکنرێت. |
4 [If workers] burn out the impure bits that are in silver, a man who makes things from silver can make something beautiful from the silver.
| خڵت لە زیو داماڵە، ئەو کاتە دەتوانرێت کەرەستەی لێ دروستبکرێت. |
5 [Similarly, if] wicked [advisors] are taken away from a king, his government will remain secure, because [the king will be able to] act justly.
| بەدکار لەبەردەم پاشا داماڵە، بە ڕاستودروستی تەختەکەی دەچەسپێت. |
6 When you stand in front of a king, do not try to (impress him/honor yourself) and do not (act like you are important/ask to sit where important people sit; )
| لەبەردەم پاشا خۆت بەرز مەکەرەوە، لە شوێنی گەورە پیاوان ڕامەوەستە. |
7 it is better if someone tells you to sit closer [to the king] than for [someone to tell you], while the king is listening, to sit further away in order that someone who is more important [may sit closer to the king].
| وا چاکترە پێت بگوترێت: «سەربکەوە بۆ ئێرە،» نەک لەلای میر تەریق بیتەوە. ئەوەی بە چاوی خۆت بینیت، |
8 Do not quickly go to a court [to tell the judge about] something that you have seen, because another witness may later [say something that proves that you are wrong, and as a result] you will be disgraced/ashamed. If that happens, (what will you do?/you will not know what to do.) [RHQ]
| خێرا مەیبە بۆ دادگا، چونکە لە کۆتاییەکەی چی دەکەیت ئەگەر دراوسێکەت شەرمەزاری کردیت؟ |
9 If you and someone else think differently about some matter, settle it between yourselves, and do not tell others any secret [that he has told you].
| کە باسی کێشەکەت دەکەیت لەگەڵ دراوسێکەت، نهێنی خەڵکی دیکە مەدرکێنە، |
10 If others find out that you have told secrets, you will be ashamed, and from that time on, (you will have a bad reputation/people will think badly about you).
| نەوەک گوێگرێک شەرمەزارت بکات، جا ناوە زڕاوەکەت لێ نابێتەوە. |
11 Something that is said that is [very] appropriate is [as delightful as seeing] [SIM] gold apples/ornaments in a silver bowl.
| سێوێکی زێڕە و لە زیو گیراوە، ئەو قسەیەی لە کاتی خۆیدا دەکرێت. |
12 When a wise person rebukes/warns someone [SYN] who is willing to listen, that is [as valuable as] [SIM] a gold ring or a gold chain.
| وەک گوارەی زێڕە و خشڵی زێڕی بێگەردە، سەرزەنشتی دانا بۆ گوێی بیسەر. |
13 A messenger who (is reliable/tells someone else exactly what he was told to say) refreshes [the spirits of] his bosses who sent him like [SIM] (snow/cold water) refreshes [the ground] at the time that [people] harvest crops.
| وەک ساردی بەفرە لە ڕۆژی دروێنەدا، نوێنەری دەستپاک بۆ ئەوانەی دەینێرن، دڵی گەورەکانی فێنک دەکاتەوە. |
14 When someone promises to give a gift to us but never gives it, [that disappoints us] as much as [SIM] clouds and wind that come but do not bring any rain.
| هەور و بای بێ بارانە، ئەوەی شانازی بە دیاری بکات و نەیبەخشێت. |
15 If someone keeps requesting a ruler long enough to do something, he will [often] agree to do it; similarly, by speaking [MTY] gently we can [often] convince [others that what we say is right] [IDM].
| بە نەسرەوتن فەرمانڕەوا قایل دەکرێت، زمانی نەرمیش ئێسک دەشکێنێت. |
16 If you find some honey, do not eat a lot of it, because doing that may cause you to vomit.
| ئەگەر هەنگوینت دۆزییەوە بەگوێرەی پێویست بیخۆ، ئەگینا پڕ دەبیت و دەیڕشێنیتەوە. |
17 Do not go to your neighbor’s house very often [to talk with him]; if you go [very] often, he will get tired of listening to you and start to hate you.
| بە کەمی پێت لە ماڵی دراوسێکەت دابنێ، ئەگینا لێت تێر دەبێت و ڕقی لێت دەبێتەوە. |
18 To falsely accuse others [in court] is like [SIM] [attacking them with] a war-club or a sword or a sharp arrow.
| وەک کوتەک و شمشێر و تیری تیژە، ئەوەی شایەتی درۆ لەسەر دراوسێکەی بدات. |
19 Depending on unreliable people when you have troubles is [as bad] as [trying to eat when] you have a bad/hurting tooth or [trying to walk when] your foot is crippled.
| وەک ددانی کلۆر و قاچی لەجێ چووە، پشتبەستن بە ناپاک لە ڕۆژی تەنگانەدا. |
20 Singing to someone who is depressed [just causes him to feel worse]; it is like [SIM] taking off clothes on a very cold day or like putting vinegar on a wound.
| وەک داکەندنی بەرگ لە ڕۆژی سەرمادا، یان سرکەیە بەسەر سۆدەدا، چڕینی گۆرانی بۆ دڵتەنگ. |
21 If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink;
| ئەگەر دوژمنەکەت برسی بوو نانی دەرخوارد بدە، ئەگەر تینووی بوو ئاوی بدەرێ. |
22 doing that will cause them to feel ashamed [IDM], and Yahweh will reward you for doing that.
| بەمە پشکۆ لەسەر سەری کەڵەکە دەکەیت، یەزدانیش پاداشتت دەداتەوە. |
23 When wind blows from the right direction, it will rain; [similarly] [SIM], if we gossip about others, that causes them to look at us very angrily.
| بای باکوور باران دەهێنێت، زمانی پاشملەش ڕووی گرژ. |
24 It is better to live ([alone/by yourself]) in the corner of an attic/housetop than to live inside the house with a wife who is [always] nagging.
| باشترە لە گۆشەی سەربانێک نیشتەجێ بیت، نەک ماڵێکی هاوبەش لەگەڵ ژنێکی شەڕانی. |
25 Receiving good news from a country far away refreshes our spirits like [SIM] cold water refreshes us when we are very thirsty.
| وەک ئاوی ساردە بۆ گیانێکی شەکەت، هەواڵی خۆش لە وڵاتێکی دوور. |
26 When a righteous/good person (gives in/yields) to wicked [people], that is [as bad] as [SIM] a spring that becomes muddied or a fountain that becomes polluted.
| وەک کانییەکی لێڵ و بیرێکی بۆگەنە، ئەو کەسە ڕاستودروستەی لەبەردەم بەدکار کۆڵ دەدات. |
27 It is not good to eat too much honey, and trying to get people to praise you is also not good.
| زۆر خواردنی هەنگوین باش نییە، ڕێزدار نابێت ئەوەی داوای ڕێزلێنان بۆ خۆی دەکات. |
28 People who (cannot control their tempers/quickly become very angry) [are unable to defend their behavior]; that is like [having] a city without a wall around it, [with the result that no one can defend it].
| وەک شارێکی ڕووخاوی بێ شوورایە، ئەو پیاوەی بەسەر خۆیدا زاڵ نەبێت. |
