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.
Yaz ortasında kar, hasatta yağmur uygun olmadığı gibi, Akılsıza da onur yakışmaz.
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).
Öteye beriye uçuşan serçe Ve kırlangıç gibi, Hak edilmemiş lanet de tutmaz.
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].
Ata kırbaç, eşeğe gem, Akılsızın sırtına da değnek gerek.
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.
Akılsıza ahmaklığına göre karşılık verme, Yoksa sen de onun düzeyine inersin.
5 If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
Akılsıza ahmaklığına uygun karşılık ver, Yoksa kendini bilge sanır.
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.
Akılsızın eliyle haber gönderen, Kendi ayaklarını kesen biri gibi, Kendine zarar verir.
7 A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
Akılsızın ağzında özdeyiş, Kötürümün sarkan bacakları gibidir.
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.
Akılsızı onurlandırmak, Taşı sapana bağlamak gibidir.
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].
Sarhoşun elindeki dikenli dal ne ise, Akılsızın ağzında özdeyiş de odur.
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].
Oklarını gelişigüzel fırlatan okçu neyse, Yoldan geçen akılsızı ya da sarhoşu ücretle tutan da öyledir.
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.
Ahmaklığını tekrarlayan akılsız, Kusmuğuna dönen köpek gibidir.
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.
Kendini bilge gören birini tanıyor musun? Akılsız bile ondan daha umut vericidir.
13 Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
Tembel, “Yolda aslan var, Sokaklarda aslan dolaşıyor” der.
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].
Menteşeleri üzerinde dönen kapı gibi, Tembel de yatağında döner durur.
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.
Tembel elini sahana daldırır, Yeniden ağzına götürmeye üşenir.
16 Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
Tembel kendini, Akıllıca yanıt veren yedi kişiden daha bilge sanır.
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.
Kendini ilgilendirmeyen bir kavgaya bulaşan kişi, Yoldan geçen köpeği kulaklarından tutana benzer.
18 Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
Ateşli ve öldürücü oklar savuran bir deli neyse, Komşusunu aldatıp, “Şaka yapıyordum” Diyen de öyledir.
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.
Odun bitince ateş söner, Dedikoducu yok olunca kavga diner.
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.
Kor için kömür, ateş için odun neyse, Çekişmeyi alevlendirmek için kavgacı da öyledir.
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.
Dedikodu tatlı lokma gibidir, İnsanın ta içine işler.
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.
Okşayıcı dudaklarla kötü yürek, Sırlanmış toprak kaba benzer.
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].
Yüreği nefret dolu kişi sözleriyle niyetini gizlemeye çalışır, Ama içi hile doludur.
25 When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
Güzel sözlerine kanma, Çünkü yüreğinde yedi iğrenç şey vardır.
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].
Nefretini hileyle örtse bile, Kötülüğü toplumun önünde ortaya çıkar.
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].
Başkasının kuyusunu kazan içine kendi düşer, Taşı yuvarlayan altında kalır.
28 Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
Yalancı dil incittiği kişilerden nefret eder, Yaltaklanan ağızdan yıkım gelir.
