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.
| همان‌طور که باریدن برف در تابستان یا باران در فصل درو خلاف قانون طبیعت است، همچنان است احترام گذاشتن به اشخاص نادان. |
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).
| نفرین، بر کسی که مستحق آن نیست اثری ندارد و مانند گنجشک یا پرستویی است که این سو و آن سو پرواز می‌کند و در جایی نمی‌نشیند. |
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].
| شلّاق برای اسب است و افسار برای الاغ، و چوب تنبیه برای آدم نادان. |
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.
| نادان را مطابق حماقتش جواب نده، مبادا تو هم مثل او شوی. |
5 If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
| نادان را مطابق حماقتش جواب بده، مبادا خودش را عاقل بداند. |
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.
| کسی که توسط آدم نادان پیغام می‌فرستد مثل شخصی است که پای خود را قطع می‌کند و یا زهر می‌نوشد. |
7 A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
| مثلی که از دهان شخص نادان بیرون می‌آید، مانند پای لنگ، سست است. |
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.
| احترام گذاشتن به شخص نادان، مانند بستن سنگ به فلاخن، کار احمقانه‌ای است. |
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].
| مثلی که از دهان شخص نادان بیرون می‌آید همچون خاری که به دست آدم مست فرو می‌رود و او حس نمی‌کند، بی‌اثر است. |
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].
| کسی که نادان یا هر رهگذری را استخدام می‌کند، مانند تیراندازی است که بی‌هدف تیر رها کرده، هر رهگذری را مجروح می‌سازد. |
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.
| همان‌طور که سگ به قی خود باز می‌گردد، آدم احمق نیز حماقت خود را تکرار می‌کند. |
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.
| کسی که در نظر خود عاقل است از یک نادان هم نادانتر است. |
13 Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
| آدم تنبل پایش را از خانه بیرون نمی‌گذارد و می‌گوید: «شیرهای درنده در کوچه‌ها هستند!» |
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].
| او مانند دری که بر پاشنه‌اش می‌چرخد، در رختخوابش می‌غلتد و از آن جدا نمی‌شود. |
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.
| دستش را به طرف بشقاب دراز می‌کند ولی از فرط تنبلی لقمه را به دهانش نمی‌گذارد. |
16 Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
| با این حال او خود را داناتر از هفت مرد عاقل می‌داند. |
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.
| کسی که در نزاعی دخالت می‌کند که به او مربوط نیست مانند شخصی است که گوشهای سگی را می‌کشد. |
18 Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
| شخصی که همسایهٔ خود را فریب بدهد و بعد بگوید که شوخی کرده است، مثل دیوانه‌ای است که به هر طرف آتش و تیرهای مرگبار پرت می‌کند. |
19 are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and [then] say, “I was only joking.”
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.
| هیزم که نباشد آتش خاموش می‌شود، سخن‌چین که نباشد نزاع فرو می‌نشیند. |
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.
| همان‌طور که زغال و هیزم آتش را مشتعل می‌کند، مرد ستیزه‌جو هم جنگ و نزاع بر پا می‌نماید. |
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.
| سخنان سخن‌چین مانند لقمه‌های لذیذی است که با لذت بلعیده می‌شود. |
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.
| سخنان زیبا و فریبنده، شرارت دل را پنهان می‌سازد، درست مانند لعابی که ظرف گلی را می‌پوشاند. |
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].
| شخص کینه‌توز با حرفهایش کینهٔ دلش را مخفی می‌کند؛ |
25 When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
| اما تو گول حرفهای فریبندهٔ او را نخور، زیرا دلش پر از نفرت است. |
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].
| اگرچه نفرتش را با حیله پنهان می‌کند، اما سرانجام پلیدی او بر همگان آشکار خواهد شد. |
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].
| هر که برای دیگران چاه بکند، خود در آن خواهد افتاد. هر که سنگی به طرف دیگران بغلتاند، آن سنگ برمی‌گردد و بر روی خود او می‌افتد. |
28 Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
| زبان دروغگو از مجروح شدگان خود نفرت دارد و دهان چاپلوس خرابی بار می‌آورد. |
