Proverbs 30
1 These are sayings/messages that God gave to Agur, the son of Jakeh. [Agur wrote them] for Ithiel and Ucal.
| سخنان آگور پسر یاکه، شامل این پیام است: خدایا، خسته‌ام؛ ای خدا، خسته و درمانده‌ام. |
2 It seems that I am very stupid; I do not deserve to be considered to be a human; I do not have the good sense that humans should have.
| من نادان‌ترینِ آدمیان هستم و عاری از شعور بشری. |
3 I have not learned [how to become] wise and I do not know [much] about God.
| حکمتی در من نیست و شناختی از خدا ندارم. |
4 [But let me say this]: No one [RHQ] has ascended to heaven [to find out what God is like] and returned [to tell us]. No one [RHQ] has gathered/held the wind in his hand. No one [RHQ] has wrapped the water [in the ocean] in [a piece of] cloth, and no one [RHQ] has established the boundaries of the earth. [If you know who has done those things, tell me] [RHQ] his name, and the names of his children [SAR]! [But you do not know who has done those things, so you cannot speak with authority about what God is like].
| آن کیست که آسمان و زمین را زیر پا می‌گذارد؟ آن کیست که باد را در دست خود نگه می‌دارد و آبها را در ردای خود می‌پیچد؟ آن کیست که حدود زمین را برقرار کرده است؟ نامش چیست و پسرش چه نام دارد؟ اگر می‌دانی بگو! |
5 Everything that God has said is true; he is [like] a shield [MET] for all those who request him to protect them.
| سخنان خدا تمام پاک و مبراست. او مانند یک سپر از تمام کسانی که به او پناه می‌برند محافظت می‌کند. |
6 Do not add to (OR, change) what God has said; if you do that, he will rebuke you and show that you are lying.
| به سخنان او چیزی اضافه نکن، مبادا تو را توبیخ نماید و تو دروغگو قلمداد شوی. |
7 [God], I ask you to do two things for me; [please] do them before I die:
| ای خدا، قبل از آنکه بمیرم دو چیز از تو می‌طلبم: |
8 Help me never to lie or deceive [people] and do not cause me to become poor or to become rich. [Just] give me the food that I need;
| مرا از دروغ گفتن حفظ کن و مرا نه تهیدست بگردان و نه ثروتمند، بلکه روزی مرا به من بده؛ |
9 because if I become rich, I might say that I do not [RHQ] know you and that I do not need you; and if I become poor, I might dishonor you by stealing things.
| چون اگر ثروتمند شوم ممکن است تو را انکار کنم و بگویم: «خداوند کیست؟» و اگر تهیدست گردم امکان دارد دزدی کنم و نام تو را بی‌حرمت نمایم. |
10 Do not (slander/say bad things about) a worker to his boss; if you do that, the worker will curse you, and cause you to have trouble.
| هرگز از کسی نزد کارفرمایش بدگویی نکن، مبادا به نفرین او گرفتار شوی. |
11 [I will list four kinds of evil things that people do]: Some people curse their fathers and do not [ask God to] bless their mothers.
| هستند کسانی که پدر و مادر خود را نفرین می‌کنند. |
12 Some people think that they are perfect, but [really] they have never been cleansed from their guilt for committing disgusting sins.
| هستند کسانی که خود را پاک می‌دانند در حالی که به گناه آلوده‌اند. |
13 Some people are very proud; they think that they are very good and they despise others.
| هستند کسانی که از نگاهشان کبر و غرور می‌بارد، |
14 Some people [act very cruelly toward others]; [it is as though] [MET] they have teeth that are [like] sharp knives; they severely oppress poor [people] and try to cause them to disappear from the land.
| هستند کسانی که دندانهای خود را تیز می‌کنند تا به جان مردم فقیر بیفتند و آنها را ببلعند. |
15 Leeches [are always wanting more blood to suck]; [similarly, greedy people are always] saying “Give [me some]!” or “Give [me more]!” [MET] There are four things that are never (satisfied/content with what they have); they always want more [LIT]:
| زالو را دو دختر است که فریاد می‌کشند: «بده! بده!» سه چیز هست که هرگز سیر نمی‌شوند، بلکه چهار چیز، که نمی‌گویند: «بس است!»: |
16 The place where the dead people are; women who do not have any children; ground that needs water/rain; and a fire that always needs more wood. (Sheol h7585)
| دنیای مردگان، رحم نازا، زمین بی‌آب، آتش مشتعل. (Sheol h7585) |
17 Those who [SYN] make fun of their fathers or refuse to obey their mothers (OR, despise their aged mothers) should [die and] have their eyes pecked out by crows, and the [rest of their corpses should be] fed to the vultures.
| کسی که پدر خود را مسخره کند و مادرش را تحقیر نماید، کلاغها چشمانش را از کاسه در می‌آورند و لاشخورها بدنش را می‌خورند. |
18 There are four things that are wonderful to me, [but] I do not understand any of them:
| سه چیز برای من بسیار عجیبند، بلکه چهار چیز که من آنها را نمی‌فهمم: |
19 How eagles fly in the sky, how snakes [are able to] move/crawl across a big rock, how ships sail on the seas, and how a man falls in love with a woman.
| پرواز عقاب در آسمان، خزیدن مار روی صخره، عبور کشتی از دریا، و راهِ مرد با دختر جوان. |
20 This is what a woman who (is not faithful to/does not have sex only with) her husband does: She commits adultery [EUP], and [then] bathes and says, “I have not done anything that is wrong!”
| همچنین است راه زن بدکاره که می‌خورَد و دهانش را پاک می‌کند و می‌گوید: «کار بدی نکردم.» |
21 There are four things that no [one in] the world can tolerate:
| سه چیز است که زمین را می‌لرزاند، بلکه چهار چیز که زمین تاب تحملش را ندارد: |
22 [What] a slave [does who] becomes a king, a foolish person eating [too much] food,
| برده‌ای که پادشاه شود، احمقی که سیر و توانگر گردد، |
23 [what] a woman who is hated [does when she] gets married, and [what] a female servant [does when she] becomes the boss instead of her mistress.
| زن بداخلاقی که شوهر کرده باشد، و کنیزی که جای بانوی خود را بگیرد. |
24 [There are] four animals on the earth that are small, but they are very wise:
| چهار چیز است بر زمین که بسیار کوچک اما بی‌اندازه دانا هستند: |
25 Ants are not strong, but they store up food during the summer [in order to have it during the winter].
| مورچه‌ها که ضعیف هستند ولی برای زمستان خوراک ذخیره می‌کنند، |
26 Rock badgers [also] are not strong, but they make their homes among the rocks [where they will be safe].
| گورکنها که ناتوانند اما در میان صخره‌ها برای خود لانه می‌سازند، |
27 Locusts do not have a king, but they march like [the soldiers in] an army.
| ملخها که رهبری ندارند ولی در دسته‌های منظم حرکت می‌کنند، |
28 Lizards/Geckos [are very small and] you can hold them in your hand, but they are [cleverly able to get] inside kings’ palaces.
| و مارمولکها که می‌توان آنها را در دست گرفت، اما حتی به کاخ پادشاهان نیز راه می‌یابند. |
29 [There are] four animals that strut around and look very impressive while they walk [DOU]:
| سه چیز است که راه رفتنشان باوقار است، بلکه چهار چیز که با متانت می‌خرامند: |
30 Lions, which are stronger than all other animals and are not afraid of any of them;
| شیر که سلطان حیوانات است و از هیچ چیز نمی‌ترسد، |
31 male goats, strutting roosters, and kings who (parade/walk proudly back and forth) in front of the people whom they rule.
| طاووس، بز نر، و پادشاهی که سپاهیانش همراه او هستند. |
32 If you have acted foolishly, exalting yourself, or if you been planning [to do something] evil, stop it immediately [IDM]!
| اگر از روی حماقت مغرور شده‌ای و اگر نقشه‌های پلید در سر پرورانده‌ای، به خود بیا و از این کارت دست بکش. |
33 If you churn milk, it produces butter/curds, and if you hit [someone hard on his] nose, [his nose] bleeds; similarly, if you do something to cause [people to become] angry, strife [usually] results.
| از زدن شیر، کره به دست می‌آید؛ از ضربه زدن به دماغ خون جاری می‌شود؛ و از برانگیختن خشم، نزاع درمی‌گیرد. |
