Proverbs 6
1 My son, if someone has borrowed money from a friend or a stranger, and if you have promised that you will pay the money back if that person is unable to pay back the money he borrowed,
Hai anakku, jikalau engkau menjadi penanggung sesamamu, dan membuat persetujuan dengan orang lain;
2 you may be trapped by what you have agreed to do, [because if the one who borrowed the money is not able to pay it back, you will have to pay it]. What you have said that you will do will be like a snare to you.
jikalau engkau terjerat dalam perkataan mulutmu, tertangkap dalam perkataan mulutmu,
3 So, my son, I will tell you what you should do to escape from your difficulty, so that the moneylender does not get control over your [wealth: ] Humbly go to your friend and plead with him [to cancel the agreement]!
buatlah begini, hai anakku, dan lepaskanlah dirimu, karena engkau telah jatuh ke dalam genggaman sesamamu: pergilah, berlututlah, dan desaklah sesamamu itu;
4 Do not wait until tomorrow; [go immediately]! Do not rest until you [go and talk with him].
janganlah membiarkan matamu tidur, dan kelopak matamu mengantuk;
5 Save yourself, like a deer that escapes from a deer hunter [or] like a bird that flees from a bird hunter.
lepaskanlah dirimu seperti kijang dari pada tangkapan, seperti burung dari pada tangan pemikat.
6 You lazy individual, learn something from [watching] the ants. Become wise from observing what they do.
Hai pemalas, pergilah kepada semut, perhatikanlah lakunya dan jadilah bijak:
7 They do not have a king or a governor or any [other] person who rules them [and forces them to work],
biarpun tidak ada pemimpinnya, pengaturnya atau penguasanya,
8 [but] they work hard [all] during the summer, gathering and storing food to eat during the winter.
ia menyediakan rotinya di musim panas, dan mengumpulkan makanannya pada waktu panen.
9 [But], you lazy loafer, how long will you [continue to] sleep [RHQ]? Are you never going to get up from sleeping [and go to work]?
Hai pemalas, berapa lama lagi engkau berbaring? Bilakah engkau akan bangun dari tidurmu?
10 You sleep a for a little time; [you say, “I will take] just a short nap.” You lie down and fold/lay your hands [across your chest] and rest;
"Tidur sebentar lagi, mengantuk sebentar lagi, melipat tangan sebentar lagi untuk tinggal berbaring" --
11 and suddenly you will become poor. It will be as though a bandit suddenly comes and takes all that you have.
maka datanglah kemiskinan kepadamu seperti seorang penyerbu, dan kekurangan seperti orang yang bersenjata.
12 [I will describe for you what] worthless and evil people [are like]. They constantly lie;
Tak bergunalah dan jahatlah orang yang hidup dengan mulut serong,
13 by winking their eyes and moving their feet and making signs with their fingers, they signal [to their friends what they are intending/planning to do].
yang mengedipkan matanya, yang bermain kaki dan menunjuk-nunjuk dengan jari,
14 They plan to do evil things. They constantly cause strife/trouble.
yang hatinya mengandung tipu muslihat, yang senantiasa merencanakan kejahatan, dan yang menimbulkan pertengkaran.
15 But disasters will hit them suddenly; they will be crushed/ruined and nothing will be able to heal them.
Itulah sebabnya ia ditimpa kebinasaan dengan tiba-tiba, sesaat saja ia diremukkan tanpa dapat dipulihkan lagi.
16 There are six, [maybe] seven, kinds of people that Yahweh hates. [They are]:
Enam perkara ini yang dibenci TUHAN, bahkan, tujuh perkara yang menjadi kekejian bagi hati-Nya:
17 People who show by their eyes that they are very proud; people who lie [MTY]; people [SYN] who kill others [SYN] who have done nothing wrong;
mata sombong, lidah dusta, tangan yang menumpahkan darah orang yang tidak bersalah,
18 people who plan to do evil deeds; people [SYN] who run quickly to do wrong things;
hati yang membuat rencana-rencana yang jahat, kaki yang segera lari menuju kejahatan,
19 people who easily tell lies in court; and people who cause strife between family members.
seorang saksi dusta yang menyembur-nyemburkan kebohongan dan yang menimbulkan pertengkaran saudara.
20 My son, obey my commands, and do not ignore what your mother has taught you.
Hai anakku, peliharalah perintah ayahmu, dan janganlah menyia-nyiakan ajaran ibumu.
21 Remember the things that we have said. Those things should be [like a beautiful necklace] around your neck.
Tambatkanlah senantiasa semuanya itu pada hatimu, kalungkanlah pada lehermu.
22 [If you follow our advice, it will be as though] what we have taught you [PRS] will lead you, wherever you go. When you sleep, they will protect you. And when you wake up in the morning, they will teach/instruct you.
Jikalau engkau berjalan, engkau akan dipimpinnya, jikalau engkau berbaring, engkau akan dijaganya, jikalau engkau bangun, engkau akan disapanya.
23 These commands and what we teach you [will be like] a lamp to light your path [MET]. When we rebuke you and correct/punish you, we will be showing you the road to having [a good] life.
Karena perintah itu pelita, dan ajaran itu cahaya, dan teguran yang mendidik itu jalan kehidupan,
24 Heeding [PRS] these commands and things that we have taught you will enable you to keep away from immoral women and from [listening to] the enticing words of an adulterous woman.
yang melindungi engkau terhadap perempuan jahat, terhadap kelicikan lidah perempuan asing.
25 [Even] if such a woman is beautiful and has lovely eyes, do not desire to go with her. Do not let her persuade you to go with her (with her eyes/by the way she looks at you).
Janganlah menginginkan kecantikannya dalam hatimu, janganlah terpikat oleh bulu matanya.
26 [Do not forget that] you can hire a prostitute for only a loaf of bread, but [if you sleep with] another man’s wife, (it may cost you/you may lose) your life.
Karena bagi seorang sundal sepotong rotilah yang penting, tetapi isteri orang lain memburu nyawa yang berharga.
27 Can you carry hot coals in your pocket and not be burned [RHQ]?
Dapatkah orang membawa api dalam gelumbung baju dengan tidak terbakar pakaiannya?
28 Can you walk on burning coals and not scorch/burn your feet?
Atau dapatkah orang berjalan di atas bara, dengan tidak hangus kakinya?
29 [No]! And in the same way, anyone who (sleeps with/has sex with) another man’s wife will [suffer for doing that]. [He will certainly] [LIT] be punished severely.
Demikian juga orang yang menghampiri isteri sesamanya; tiada seorangpun, yang menjamahnya, luput dari hukuman.
30 We do not despise a thief if he steals some food because he is very hungry.
Apakah seorang pencuri tidak akan dihina, apabila ia mencuri untuk memuaskan nafsunya karena lapar?
31 But [if he steals something and then] is caught [by the police], he will have to pay back (seven times as much as/much more than) he stole. He may need to sell everything that is in his house [to get enough money to pay it back].
Dan kalau ia tertangkap, haruslah ia membayar kembali tujuh kali lipat, segenap harta isi rumahnya harus diserahkan.
32 [But] a man who commits adultery with some woman is very foolish, [because] he is destroying his own self/soul [by what he is doing].
Siapa melakukan zinah tidak berakal budi; orang yang berbuat demikian merusak diri.
33 [That woman’s husband] will wound him badly, and [other people] will despise him. His shame will never end.
Siksa dan cemooh diperolehnya, malunya tidak terhapuskan.
34 Because that woman’s husband will (be jealous/not want anyone else to sleep with her), he will become furious, and when he gets revenge, he will not act mercifully [toward the man who slept with his wife].
Karena cemburu adalah geram seorang laki-laki, ia tidak kenal belas kasihan pada hari pembalasan dendam;
35 And he will not accept any bribe/money, even if it is a big bribe, to (appease him/cause him to stop being angry).
ia tidak akan mau menerima tebusan suatupun, dan ia akan tetap bersikeras, betapa banyakpun pemberianmu.
