Παροιμίαι 21
1 Η καρδία του βασιλέως είναι εν τη χειρί του Κυρίου ως ρεύματα υδάτων· όπου θέλει στρέφει αυτήν.
Yahweh controls what kings do [MTY] [like] he controls how streams flow; he causes kings to do just what he wants them to do.
2 Πάσαι αι οδοί του ανθρώπου φαίνονται ορθαί εις τους οφθαλμούς αυτού· πλην ο Κύριος σταθμίζει τας καρδίας.
People always think that what they do is right, but Yahweh judges our (motives/reasons [for doing things)] [MTY].
3 Να κάμνη τις δικαιοσύνην και κρίσιν είναι αρεστότερον εις τον Κύριον παρά θυσίαν.
Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh than [bringing] sacrifices [to him].
4 Το επηρμένον όμμα και η αλαζών καρδία, ο λύχνος των ασεβών, είναι αμαρτία.
Being proud and arrogant [DOU] is [like] a lamp [MTY] [that guides] wicked people; being proud and arrogant characterizes (wicked people’s whole behavior/everything that wicked people do).
5 Οι λογισμοί του επιμελούς φέρουσι βεβαίως εις αφθονίαν· παντός δε προπετούς βεβαίως εις ένδειαν.
People who plan carefully will surely have plenty [of what they need]; those who act too quickly [to become rich] will become poor.
6 Το αποκτάν θησαυρούς διά ψευδούς γλώσσης είναι ματαιότης άστατος των ζητούντων θάνατον.
Money that people acquire [by cheating others] by lying [MTY] to them will soon disappear [like] a mist, and doing that will [soon] lead to their death.
7 Αι αρπαγαί των ασεβών θέλουσιν εξολοθρεύσει αυτούς· διότι αρνούνται να πράττωσι το δίκαιον.
Wicked [people] refuse to do what is right/just, but they will be ruined because of the violent things [PRS] that they do.
8 Η οδός του διεφθαρμένου ανθρώπου είναι σκολιά· του δε καθαρού το έργον είναι ευθές.
Guilty [people continually do what is evil; it is as though] [MET] they are walking on a crooked road; but righteous/innocent people [always] do what is right.
9 Καλήτερον να κατοική τις εν γωνία δώματος, παρά εν οίκω ευρυχώρω μετά γυναικός φιλέριδος.
It is better to live in the corner of an attic/housetop [by yourself] than to live inside the house with a wife who is always nagging.
10 Η ψυχή του ασεβούς επιθυμεί κακόν· ο πλησίον αυτού δεν ευρίσκει χάριν εις τους οφθαλμούς αυτού.
Wicked [people] [SYN] are always wanting [to do what is] evil; they never act mercifully toward anyone.
11 Όταν ο χλευαστής τιμωρήται, ο απλούς γίνεται σοφώτερος· και ο σοφός διδασκόμενος λαμβάνει γνώσιν.
When those who ridicule [others] are punished, [even] those who do not have good sense [see that, and] they become wise, and when those who are wise are taught, they become wiser.
12 Ο δίκαιος συλλογίζεται την οικίαν του ασεβούς, όταν οι ασεβείς κατακρημνίζωνται εις την κακίαν αυτών.
[God], the one [who is completely] righteous, knows [what happens inside] the houses of wicked [people], and [he will cause] those people to be completely ruined/destroyed.
13 Όστις εμφράττει τα ώτα αυτού εις την κραυγήν του πτωχού, θέλει φωνάξει και αυτός και δεν θέλει εισακουσθή.
There are people who refuse to listen when poor people cry out [for help]; [but some day] they themselves will cry out [for help], and no one will hear them.
14 Δώρον κρύφιον καταπραΰνει θυμόν· και χάρισμα εις τον κόλπον βαλλόμενον, οργήν ισχυράν.
When someone is angry [with you], if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.
15 Χαρά είναι εις τον δίκαιον να κάμνη κρίσιν· όλεθρος δε εις τους εργάτας της ανομίας.
Good/Righteous [people] are happy when they [see others do] what is just/fair, but those who do what is evil are terrified [when they think about what may happen to them].
16 Άνθρωπος αποπλανώμενος από της οδού της συνέσεως θέλει κατασκηνώσει εν τη συνάξει των τεθανατωμένων.
Those who stop behaving like those who have good sense behave will [soon] discover that they have gone to the place where dead people are.
17 Ο αγαπών ευθυμίαν θέλει κατασταθή πένης· ο αγαπών οίνον και μύρα δεν θέλει πλουτήσει.
Those who spend their money to buy (things that give them pleasure/things that cause them to feel happy) will become poor; those who love [to spend money to buy] wine and nice/fancy food [MTY] will never become rich.
18 Ο ασεβής θέλει είσθαι αντίλυτρον του δικαίου, και των ευθέων ο παραβάτης.
Wicked [people] bring on themselves the sufferings that they were trying to cause righteous [people] to experience [DOU].
19 Καλήτερον να κατοική τις εν γη ερήμω παρά μετά γυναικός φιλέριδος και θυμώδους.
It is better to live [alone] in a desert than [to live] with a wife who is [always] nagging and complaining.
20 Θησαυρός πολύτιμος και μύρα ευρίσκονται εν τω οίκω του σοφού· ο δε άφρων άνθρωπος καταδαπανά αυτά.
Wise people have many valuable things in their houses, but foolish people [quickly] spend/waste [all their money].
21 Ο θηρεύων δικαιοσύνην και έλεος θέλει ευρεί ζωήν, δικαιοσύνην και δόξαν.
Those who [always] try to act in a fair and kind way [toward others] will live [a long time] and be honored/respected.
22 Ο σοφός εκπορθεί την πόλιν των δυνατών και καταβάλλει το οχύρωμα του θάρρους αυτής.
A wise army commander [helps his troops] climb over a wall [to attack] a city that is defended by a strong army, with the result that they are able to (get over/destroy) the high walls that their enemies trusted [would protect them].
23 Όστις φυλάττει το στόμα αυτού και την γλώσσαν αυτού, φυλάττει την ψυχήν αυτού από στενοχωριών.
Those who are very careful about what they say [MTY] are [able to] avoid trouble.
24 Υπερήφανος και αλαζών χλευαστής καλείται, όστις πράττει μετά θυμού αλαζονείας.
Those who make fun of [everything that is good] are proud and conceited [DOU]; they [always] act in an inconsiderate way [toward others].
25 Αι επιθυμίαι του οκνηρού θανατόνουσιν αυτόν· διότι αι χείρες αυτού δεν θέλουσι να εργάζωνται·
Lazy people, who refuse to work, [will] die [of hunger] because they [SYN] do not earn [money to buy food].
26 επιθυμεί όλην την ημέραν επιθυμίας· ο δε δίκαιος δίδει και δεν φείδεται.
All during the day [wicked people] desire to obtain things, but righteous [people] have plenty, [with the result that] they [are able to] give things generously to others.
27 Η θυσία των ασεβών είναι βδέλυγμα· πολλώ μάλλον όταν προσφέρωσιν αυτήν μετά πονηρίας.
[Yahweh] detests the sacrifices that wicked [people] offer [to him]; [but he] detests it even more when they [think that they will escape being punished for] their evil deeds because of the sacrifices that they bring.
28 Ο ψευδής μάρτυς θέλει απολεσθή· ο δε άνθρωπος όστις υπακούει θέλει λαλεί πάντοτε.
Those who tell lies in court will be punished; no one stops/silences witnesses who say what is truthful/reliable.
29 Ο ασεβής άνθρωπος σκληρύνει το πρόσωπον αυτού· αλλ' ο ευθύς κατευθύνει τας οδούς αυτού.
Wicked people pretend [that they know everything], but righteous people think carefully about [what will happen because of] what they do.
30 Δεν είναι σοφία ούτε σύνεσις ούτε βουλή εναντίον του Κυρίου.
[Thinking that we are] wise, and that we understand many things, and that we have good insight, does not help us if Yahweh is (acting against/not pleased with) us.
31 Ο ίππος ετοιμάζεται διά την ημέραν της μάχης· η σωτηρία όμως είναι παρά Κυρίου.
We [can] get horses ready to fight in a battle, but Yahweh is the one who enables us to (win victories/defeat our enemies).
