Proverbs 26
1 Just [like] [SIM] [it is not appropriate for] snow [to fall] in summer time, or rain [to fall] at harvest time, it is not appropriate to praise/honor foolish people.
Niinkuin lumi suvella ja sede elonaikana, niin ei sovi tyhmälle kunnia.
2 Like [SIM] birds that fly by [and do not alight/land on anything], if someone curses you, it cannot hurt you if you (do not deserve them/have not done to him what is wrong).
Niinkuin lintu menee pois, ja pääskynen lentää, niin ei sovi salvaa kirous ilman syytä.
3 It is necessary to whip a horse and to put a bridle on a donkey [to force them to go where we want them to go], and similarly [SIM] [it is often necessary to strike] foolish people with a stick [to cause them to do what is right].
Hevoselle ruoska ja aasille ohjat, ja hullulle vitsa selkään.
4 If a foolish person asks a foolish question, [do not answer him], because [if you answer his question], you are just as foolish as he is.
Älä vastaa tyhmää hänen tyhmyytensä jälkeen, ettes myös sinä hänen kaltaiseksensa tulisi.
5 If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
Vastaa tyhmää hänen tyhmyytensä jälkeen, ettei hän näkyisi viisaaksi silmissänsä.
6 Anyone who asks a foolish person to take a message to someone [is himself doing something as foolish as] cutting off his own feet or drinking poison.
Joka tyhmäin sanansaattajain kautta asian toimittaa, hän on niinkuin rampa jaloista, ja saa vahingon.
7 A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
Niinkuin nilkku voi hypätä, niin tyhmä taitaa puhua viisaudesta.
8 Tying a stone in a sling [so that it cannot be thrown at a target] is [as foolish as] [SIM] honoring a foolish person.
Joka tyhmälle taritsee kunniaa, on niinkuin joku heittäisi kalliin kiven kiviroukkioon.
9 If a drunk person waves some thorns/brambles with his hand, [he is not able to accomplish anything useful by doing that] (OR, [he does not feel it when a thorn sticks in his hand]); similarly, if foolish people speak [MTY] proverbs, [they do not help anyone who hears them].
Sananlasku on tyhmäin suussa niinkuin orjantappura, joka juopuneen käsiin pistelee.
10 A man who shoots arrows [to try] to wound everybody who is near [is foolish]; similarly, anyone who hires a foolish person [who passes by is very foolish].
Taitava ihminen tekee kappaleen oikein; vaan joka taitamattoman palkkaa, hän sen turmelee.
11 A foolish person will foolishly do something stupid a second time; it is [like] [SIM] a dog returning to [eat] what it has vomited.
Niinkuin koira syö oksennuksensa, niin on hullu joka hulluutensa kertoo.
12 [God] can help/bless foolish people more easily than he can help/bless people who are not wise [RHQ], but think that they are wise.
Koskas näet jonkun, joka luulee itsensä viisaaksi, enempi on silloin toivoa tyhmästä kuin hänestä.
13 Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
Laiska sanoo: nuori jalopeura on tiellä, ja jalopeura kujalla.
14 A door [continually] swings back and forth on its hinges [and does not go anywhere]; similarly [SIM], lazy people [just continually turn over] in their beds [and never do anything].
Laiska kääntelee itsiänsä vuoteella niinkuin ovi saranassa.
15 Some people are extremely lazy; they put their hand in a dish [to get some food] but do not [even] lift the food up to their mouths.
Laiska panee kätensä poveensa: ja se tulee hänelle työlääksi saattaa suuhunsa jälleen.
16 Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
Laiska luulee itsensä viisaammaksi kuin seitsemän, jotka hyviä tapoja opettavat.
17 Anyone who (meddles/involves himself) in a quarrel that does not concern him is [as foolish as] [SIM] someone who tries to grab a passing dog by its ears.
Joka käy ohitse ja sekoittaa itsensä muiden riitoihin, hän on senkaltainen, joka koiraa korvista vetää.
18 Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
Niinkuin se, joka salaa ampuu, tarkoittaa joutsella ja tappaa,
19 are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and [then] say, “I was only joking.”
Niin on petollinen ihminen hänen lähimmäisillensä, ja sanoo: leikillä minä sen tein.
20 If there is no [more] firewood [to put on the fire], the fire will go out; similarly [SIM], if there are no people who (gossip/tell people things that are not true), quarreling will end.
Kuin halot loppuvat, niin tuli sammuu, ja kuin kielikellot pannaan pois, niin riidat lakkaavat.
21 [Putting] charcoal on burning coals or [putting] wood on a fire [causes the fire to keep burning]; similarly, people who like to quarrel cause people to keep arguing.
Niinkuin hiilet tuleen, ja puut liekkiin, niin riitainen ihminen saattaa metelin.
22 People [enjoy listening to what gossips say about others just like] [SIM] they enjoy tasty food; they [enjoy listening to what gossips tell them like] they enjoy swallowing tasty food.
Panettelian sanat ovat niinkuin haavat, ja käyvät läpi sydämen.
23 People who say nice things when they are thinking about doing evil things are like a nice glaze/covering on a [cheap] clay pot.
Viekas kieli ja paha sydän on niinkuin saviastia hopian savulla juotettu.
24 Those who hate someone and are saying [MTY] something very different from what they are thinking are hypocrites; they are only planning [to harm that person].
Vihamien teeskelee itsensä toisin puheellansa; mutta petos on hänen sydämessänsä.
25 When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
Kuin hän liehakoitsee makeilla puheillansa, niin älä usko häntä; sillä seitsemän kauhistusta on hänen sydämessänsä.
26 They try to deceive people to cause them to think that they do not hate [that person], but in a public meeting, the people will find out the evil things [that they have done].
Joka pitää salavihaa, tehdäksensä vahinkoa, hänen pahuutensa tulee ilmi kokouksissa.
27 Those who dig a deep pit [for other people to fall into] will fall into it themselves; rocks will roll down on those who start to cause rocks to roll down [to crush someone].
Joka kuopan kaivaa, hän lankee siihen, ja joka kiven vierittää, se kierittää sen itse päällensä.
28 Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
Petollinen kieli vihaa rangaistusta, ja suu, joka myötäkielin puhuu, saattaa kadotukseen.
