מִשְׁלֵי 12
| אהב מוסר אהב דעת ושונא תוכחת בער | 1 |
Those who want to know [what is right to do] want to be (disciplined/corrected) when they do what is wrong; it is foolish to not want to be (corrected/told that what you did is wrong).
| טוב--יפיק רצון מיהוה ואיש מזמות ירשיע | 2 |
Yahweh is pleased with good people, but he condemns those who plan to harm [others].
| לא-יכון אדם ברשע ושרש צדיקים בל-ימוט | 3 |
People do not become secure/safe by doing what is wicked; righteous [people] will be very safe and secure [LIT] like [MET] a tree that has deep roots.
| אשת-חיל עטרת בעלה וכרקב בעצמותיו מבישה | 4 |
A good wife is one who causes her husband to be greatly honored, but a wife who does things that cause her husband to be ashamed [will destroy him] like [SIM] cancer [destroys] his bones.
| מחשבות צדיקים משפט תחבלות רשעים מרמה | 5 |
What righteous [people] want to do is [to treat people] fairly; what wicked [people] want to do is to deceive people.
| דברי רשעים ארב-דם ופי ישרים יצילם | 6 |
What wicked [people] say is like a trap [MET] that kills [MTY] people [who pass by], but what righteous [people] say [MTY] rescues those whom [wicked people threaten to harm].
| הפוך רשעים ואינם ובית צדיקים יעמד | 7 |
Wicked [people] will die [before they become old and we will see] them no more, but righteous people will live [for many years] and have many descendants.
| לפי-שכלו יהלל-איש ונעוה-לב יהיה לבוז | 8 |
[People will] praise those who have good sense, but [people will] despise those (who are always thinking about doing evil things/whose thinking is twisted).
| טוב נקלה ועבד לו-- ממתכבד וחסר-לחם | 9 |
It is better to be a humble/ordinary person who has only one servant than to think that you are very important while you have nothing to eat.
| יודע צדיק נפש בהמתו ורחמי רשעים אכזרי | 10 |
Righteous people take care of their domestic animals, but wicked people act cruelly [toward their animals].
| עבד אדמתו ישבע-לחם ומרדף ריקים חסר-לב | 11 |
Farmers who work hard in their fields will [produce good crops] that will give them plenty to eat, but those who waste their time working on worthless projects are foolish.
| חמד רשע מצוד רעים ושרש צדיקים יתן | 12 |
Wicked [people] desire to take away what [other] evil people have, but [Yahweh] enables righteous/godly [people] to be steadfast and productive [MET].
| בפשע שפתים מוקש רע ויצא מצרה צדיק | 13 |
Evil people are trapped by the evil things that they say [MTY], but righteous [people] escape from trouble.
| מפרי פי-איש ישבע-טוב וגמול ידי-אדם ישוב (ישיב) לו | 14 |
People are rewarded for [the good things] that they say [to others], and people are [also] rewarded for the good work that they do [MTY].
| דרך אויל ישר בעיניו ושמע לעצה חכם | 15 |
Foolish people [always] think that what they are doing is right; wise people heed [other people when they give them good] advice.
| אויל--ביום יודע כעסו וכסה קלון ערום | 16 |
Foolish people quickly become angry when someone does something that they don’t like; but those who have good sense ignore it when others insult them.
| יפיח אמונה יגיד צדק ועד שקרים מרמה | 17 |
[In the courtroom], honest people say what is true, but untruthful/dishonest people tell [nothing but] lies.
| יש בוטה כמדקרות חרב ולשון חכמים מרפא | 18 |
What some people say [hurts people badly], as much as [SIM] a sword can; but what wise [people] say (heals [others’ souls]/comforts others).
| שפת-אמת תכון לעד ועד-ארגיעה לשון שקר | 19 |
When people tell [MTY] lies, others soon realize that what they said is not true [IDM]; but when people say what is true, others will remember that forever.
| מרמה בלב-חרשי רע וליעצי שלום שמחה | 20 |
Those who plan to do what is evil are always wanting to deceive [others], but things will go well for those who plan [to do] good things.
| לא-יאנה לצדיק כל-און ורשעים מלאו רע | 21 |
Bad things [usually] [HYP] do not happen to righteous [people], but wicked [people] always have troubles.
| תועבת יהוה שפתי-שקר ועשי אמונה רצונו | 22 |
Yahweh detests those [MTY] who tell lies, but he is delighted with those who faithfully do what they promise that they will do.
| אדם ערום כסה דעת ולב כסילים יקרא אולת | 23 |
Those with good sense do not reveal [all] that they know; foolish people show [clearly] by what they say that they (are ignorant/have not learned much).
| יד-חרוצים תמשול ורמיה תהיה למס | 24 |
Those [SYN] who work hard become rulers [of others]; those who are lazy become slaves [of others.]
| דאגה בלב-איש ישחנה ודבר טוב ישמחנה | 25 |
When people are anxious/worried, they become depressed/dejected, but when others speak kindly to them, it causes them to be cheerful again.
| יתר מרעהו צדיק ודרך רשעים תתעם | 26 |
Godly/Righteous people try to [give good advice to] their friends (OR, try to make friends with others), but the manner in which wicked [people] live misleads their friends.
| לא-יחרך רמיה צידו והון-אדם יקר חרוץ | 27 |
Lazy people do not even [cook the meat of] the animals that they catch/kill, but those who work hard will acquire (OR, are like) a valuable treasure.
| בארח-צדקה חיים ודרך נתיבה אל-מות | 28 |
Those who (live righteously/continually do what is right) are [walking] on the road to a long life; (it is not a road to death/they will not die when they are still young).
