Példabeszédek 26
1 Mint a hó a nyárhoz és az eső az aratáshoz, úgy nem illik a bolondhoz a tisztesség.
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.
2 Miképen a madár elmegy és a fecske elrepül, azonképen az ok nélkül való átok nem száll az emberre.
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).
3 Ostor a lónak, fék a szamárnak; és vessző a bolondok hátának.
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].
4 Ne felelj meg a bolondnak az ő bolondsága szerint, hogy ne légy te is ő hozzá hasonlatos;
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.
5 Felelj meg a bolondnak az ő bolondsága szerint, hogy ne legyen bölcs a maga szemei előtt.
If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
6 A ki bolond által izen valamit, lábait vagdalja el magának, és bosszúságot szenved.
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.
7 Mint a sántának lábai lógnak, úgy a bölcsmondás a bolondoknak szájában.
A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
8 Mint a ki követ köt a parittyába, úgy cselekszik, a ki a bolondnak tisztességet tesz.
Tying a stone in a sling [so that it cannot be thrown at a target] is [as foolish as] [SIM] honoring a foolish person.
9 Mint a részeg ember kezébe akad a tövis, úgy akad az eszes mondás a bolondoknak szájába.
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].
10 Mint a lövöldöző, a ki mindent megsebez, olyan az, a ki bolondot fogad fel, és a ki csavargókat fogad fel.
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].
11 Mint az eb megtér a maga okádására, úgy a bolond megkettőzteti az ő bolondságát.
A foolish person will foolishly do something stupid a second time; it is [like] [SIM] a dog returning to [eat] what it has vomited.
12 Láttál-é oly embert, a ki a maga szemei előtt bölcs? A bolond felől jobb reménységed legyen, hogynem mint a felől!
[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.
13 Azt mondja a rest: ordító oroszlán van az úton! oroszlán van az utczákon!
Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
14 Mint az ajtó forog az ő sarkán, úgy a rest az ő ágyában.
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].
15 Ha a rest az ő kezét a tálba nyujtotta, resteli azt csak szájához is vinni.
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.
16 Bölcsebb a rest a maga szemei előtt, mint hét olyan, a ki okos feleletet ád.
Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
17 Kóbor ebet ragad fülön, a ki felháborodik a perpatvaron, a mely őt nem illeti.
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.
18 Mint a balga, a ki tüzet, nyilakat és halálos szerszámokat lövöldöz,
Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
19 Olyan az, a ki megcsalja az ő felebarátját, és azt mondja: csak tréfáltam!
are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and [then] say, “I was only joking.”
20 Ha a fa elfogy, kialuszik a tűz; ha nincs súsárló, megszűnik a háborgás.
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.
21 Mint az elevenszénre a holtszén, és a fa a tűzre, olyan a háborúságszerző ember a patvarkodásnak felgyujtására.
[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.
22 A fondorlónak beszédei hízelkedők, és azok áthatják a szív belsejét.
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.
23 Mint a meg nem tisztított ezüst, melylyel valami agyagedényt beborítottak, olyanok a gyulasztó ajkak a gonosz szív mellett.
People who say nice things when they are thinking about doing evil things are like a nice glaze/covering on a [cheap] clay pot.
24 Az ő beszédeivel másnak tetteti magát a gyűlölő, holott az ő szívében gondol álnokságot.
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].
25 Mikor kedvesen szól, ne bízzál ő hozzá; mert hét iszonyatosság van szívében.
When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
26 Elfedeztethetik a gyűlölség csalással; de nyilvánvalóvá lesz az ő gonoszsága a gyülekezetben.
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].
27 A ki vermet ás másnak, abba belé esik; és a ki felhengeríti a követ, arra gurul vissza.
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].
28 A hazug nyelv gyűlöli az általa megrontott embert, és a hízelkedő száj romlást szerez.
Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
