Dagiti Proverbio 28
1 Agtaray dagiti managdakdakes uray no awan ti mangkamkamat kadakuada, ngem dagiti agar-aramid iti umno ket natured a kas iti urbon a leon.
Wicked [people] run away [even] when no one is pursuing them, but righteous/good [people are not afraid]; they are as brave as lions.
2 Gapu iti basol ti daga, addaan daytoy kadagiti mangiturturay, ngem babaen iti tao nga addaan iti pannakaawat ken pannakaammo, agpautto daytoy iti atiddug a tiempo.
When [the people of] a nation sin, they will have one ruler after another; but when their leaders are wise and have good sense, their government will last for a long time.
3 Ti maysa a napanglaw a tao a mangidaddadanes kadagiti padana a napanglaw ket kas iti bumayakabak a tudo nga awan ibatina a taraon.
A poor person who oppresses [other] poor [people] is [like] [MET] a very heavy/hard rain that [destroys the crops], with the result that there is no food [for people to eat].
4 Dagiti mangtallikod iti linteg ket dayawenda dagiti nadangkes a tattao, ngem guraen ida dagiti agtultulnog iti linteg.
Those who reject/disobey [God’s] laws always speak well of wicked [people]; but those who obey [God’s] laws [always] oppose what wicked people do.
5 Saan a maawatan dagiti dakes a tattao ti hustisia, ngem maawatan dagiti mangsapsapul kenni Yahweh dagiti amin a banag.
Evil people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well.
6 Nasaysayaat ti napanglaw a tao nga agbibiag iti kinatarnawna, ngem iti nabaknang a tao a dakes dagiti aramidna.
It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.
7 Ti agtungtungpal iti linteg ket maysa nga anak nga addaan iti pannakaawat, ngem ti tao a kadua dagiti narawet ket ibabainna ti amana.
Young people who obey the laws are wise [IDM]; parents whose children associate with those who (carouse/go to wild parties) are humiliated/disgraced because of what their children do.
8 Ti agur-urnong iti kinabaknangna babaen iti nangato a panangporsiyentona iti ipapautangna ket ur-urnongenna ti kinabaknangna a maipaayto iti tao a naasi kadagiti napanglaw a tattao.
When people become very rich by charging very high interest [DOU], their money will [eventually] go to someone who does kind things for the poor.
9 No adda saan a dumdumngeg iti linteg, uray pay ti kararagna ket makarimon.
If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
10 Ti siasinoman a mangiturong iti nalinteg iti dakes a wagas ket matnag iti bukodna nga abut, ngem maaddaan iti nasayaat a tawid ti awan basolna.
Those who cause honest/good [people] to do what is evil will fall into their own pits/traps, but good things will happen to those who (are innocent/have not done what is wrong).
11 Ti baknang a tao ket mabalin a masirib iti bukodna a panagkita, ngem matakuatanto isuna ti napanglaw a tao nga addaan iti pannakaawat.
[Many] rich people think that they are wise, but poor people who have good sense will find out whether rich people really are wise or not.
12 Inton adda balligi para kadagidiay agar-aramid iti umno, addanto naindaklan a dayag, ngem inton bumangon dagiti nadangkes, aglemmeng dagiti tattao.
When righteous/good [people] (succeed/win [elections]), everyone (celebrates/is happy); but when wicked [people win], everyone hides [because they are afraid of what the wicked people will do].
13 Ti mangilemlemmeng kadagiti basolna ket saan a rumang-ay, ngem ti agbabawi ken tumallikod kadagitoy ket makaassianto.
Those who refuse to confess/admit their sins will not prosper, but [God] acts mercifully/kindly toward those who confess their sins and turn away from their sinful behavior.
14 Naragsak ti maysa a tao a kanayon nga agbibiag nga addaan iti panagraem, ngem ti siasinoman a mangpatangken iti pusona ket mariribukanto.
[God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
15 Kas iti agngerngernger a leon wenno agdakdakiwas nga oso ti kaiyarigan ti nadangkes a mangiturturay kadagiti napanglaw a tattao.
Wicked people who [mistreat] poor people whom they rule are [as dangerous to them as] [SIM] a lion roaring [at them] or a bear springing up [to attack them].
16 Maysa a naranggas a mangidadanes ti kaiyarigan ti mangiturturay nga awanan iti pannakaawat, ngem ti manggurgura iti kinaulbod ket pumautto dagiti aldawna.
Rulers who do not have good sense cruelly oppress [the people they rule], but rulers who do not want to become rich by cheating/deceiving [people] will live (OR, rule) for a long time.
17 No nagbiddut ti maysa a tao gapu ta adda pinagsayasayna ti darana, aglemmengto isuna agingga a matay, ket awanto ti tumulong kenkuana.
Those who are guilty of murdering [MTY] another person will (be fugitives/keep running away) until they die; do not help them to escape.
18 Natalgedto ti siasinoman nga agbiag nga addaan iti kinatarnaw, ngem dagus a matnag ti agbibiag iti nakillo a wagas.
Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.
19 Ti tao a mangtrabtrabaho iti dagana ket maaddaanto iti adu a taraon, ngem maaddaanto iti adu a rigat ti siasinoman a mangsurot iti awan serserbina nga aramid.
Farmers who work [hard] in their fields will [produce good crops and always] have plenty of food [to eat], but those who spend all their time (on useless projects/doing things that do not benefit anyone) will become very poor.
20 Ti napudno a tao ket maaddaanto iti adu a bendision, ngem madusanto ti tao a bumaknang iti apagbiit.
[God] will greatly bless those who (are trustworthy/always do what they say that they will do), but he will certainly punish [LIT] those who try to become rich quickly.
21 Saan a nasayaat a mangipakita iti panangidumduma, ngem agbasol ti tao para iti sangapidaso a tinapay.
It is not good [for judges] to decide matters unfairly/unjustly, but [some] people will do what is wrong [even] if they receive [only] a very small bribe [HYP] [for doing it].
22 Kamkamaten ti naimot a tao ti kinabaknang, ngem saanna ammo nga umayto kenkuana ti kinarigat.
Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
23 Ti siasinoman a mangtubngar iti maysa a tao ket makasarakto iti ad-adu a pabor manipud kenkuana ngem ti maysa a tao a mangpatpatiray-ok kenkuana babaen iti dilana.
Those who rebuke someone will be appreciated/thanked more than those who [say nice things to others merely] to (flatter them/cause them to feel good).
24 Siasinoman a mangtakaw iti sanikua ti ama wenno inana nga ibagana a, “Saan a basol dayta,” kadua isuna ti manangdadael.
Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
25 Mangparnuay iti apa ti naagum a tao, ngem rumang-ay ti agtaltalek kenni Yahweh.
Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
26 Maag ti agtaltalek iti bukodna a bagi, ngem ti siasinoman nga agbibiag iti kinasirib ket maiyadayo manipud iti peggad.
Those who believe that what they think [is always right] are foolish; those who act wisely will (escape danger/be safe).
27 Awan pagkurangan ti mangtultulong kadagiti napanglaw, ngem siasinoman a saan a mangikaskaso kadakuada ket aglak-amto iti adu a lunod.
Those who give things to poor [people] will not become poor, but many [people] will curse those who refuse to help [IDM] poor people.
28 No bumileg dagiti nadangkes, aglemmeng dagiti tattao, ngem no mapukaw dagiti nadangkes, umadu dagiti agar-aramid iti umno.
When wicked [people] become rulers, people hide [because they are afraid of what those wicked people will do]; but when wicked people are no longer rulers, good/righteous [people will] become the rulers.
