Amsal 12
1 Siapa mencintai didikan, mencintai pengetahuan; tetapi siapa membenci teguran, adalah dungu.
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).
2 Orang baik dikenan TUHAN, tetapi si penipu dihukum-Nya.
Yahweh is pleased with good people, but he condemns those who plan to harm [others].
3 Orang tidak akan tetap tegak karena kefasikan, tetapi akar orang benar tidak akan goncang.
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.
4 Isteri yang cakap adalah mahkota suaminya, tetapi yang membuat malu adalah seperti penyakit yang membusukkan tulang suaminya.
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.
5 Rancangan orang benar adalah adil, tujuan orang fasik memperdaya.
What righteous [people] want to do is [to treat people] fairly; what wicked [people] want to do is to deceive people.
6 Perkataan orang fasik menghadang darah, tetapi mulut orang jujur menyelamatkan orang.
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].
7 Orang fasik dijatuhkan sehingga mereka tidak ada lagi, tetapi rumah orang benar berdiri tetap.
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.
8 Setiap orang dipuji seimbang dengan akal budinya, tetapi orang yang serong hatinya, akan dihina.
[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).
9 Lebih baik menjadi orang kecil, tetapi bekerja untuk diri sendiri, dari pada berlagak orang besar, tetapi kekurangan makan.
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.
10 Orang benar memperhatikan hidup hewannya, tetapi belas kasihan orang fasik itu kejam.
Righteous people take care of their domestic animals, but wicked people act cruelly [toward their animals].
11 Siapa mengerjakan tanahnya, akan kenyang dengan makanan, tetapi siapa mengejar barang yang sia-sia, tidak berakal budi.
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.
12 Orang fasik mengingini jala orang jahat, tetapi akar orang benar mendatangkan hasil.
Wicked [people] desire to take away what [other] evil people have, but [Yahweh] enables righteous/godly [people] to be steadfast and productive [MET].
13 Orang jahat terjerat oleh pelanggaran bibirnya, tetapi orang benar dapat keluar dari kesukaran.
Evil people are trapped by the evil things that they say [MTY], but righteous [people] escape from trouble.
14 Setiap orang dikenyangkan dengan kebaikan oleh karena buah perkataan, dan orang mendapat balasan dari pada yang dikerjakan tangannya.
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].
15 Jalan orang bodoh lurus dalam anggapannya sendiri, tetapi siapa mendengarkan nasihat, ia bijak.
Foolish people [always] think that what they are doing is right; wise people heed [other people when they give them good] advice.
16 Bodohlah yang menyatakan sakit hatinya seketika itu juga, tetapi bijak, yang mengabaikan cemooh.
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.
17 Siapa mengatakan kebenaran, menyatakan apa yang adil, tetapi saksi dusta menyatakan tipu daya.
[In the courtroom], honest people say what is true, but untruthful/dishonest people tell [nothing but] lies.
18 Ada orang yang lancang mulutnya seperti tikaman pedang, tetapi lidah orang bijak mendatangkan kesembuhan.
What some people say [hurts people badly], as much as [SIM] a sword can; but what wise [people] say (heals [others’ souls]/comforts others).
19 Bibir yang mengatakan kebenaran tetap untuk selama-lamanya, tetapi lidah dusta hanya untuk sekejap mata.
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.
20 Tipu daya ada di dalam hati orang yang merencanakan kejahatan, tetapi orang yang menasihatkan kesejahteraan mendapat sukacita.
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.
21 Orang benar tidak akan ditimpa oleh bencana apapun, tetapi orang fasik akan senantiasa celaka.
Bad things [usually] [HYP] do not happen to righteous [people], but wicked [people] always have troubles.
22 Orang yang dusta bibirnya adalah kekejian bagi TUHAN, tetapi orang yang berlaku setia dikenan-Nya.
Yahweh detests those [MTY] who tell lies, but he is delighted with those who faithfully do what they promise that they will do.
23 Orang yang bijak menyembunyikan pengetahuannya, tetapi hati orang bebal menyeru-nyerukan kebodohan.
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).
24 Tangan orang rajin memegang kekuasaan, tetapi kemalasan mengakibatkan kerja paksa.
Those [SYN] who work hard become rulers [of others]; those who are lazy become slaves [of others.]
25 Kekuatiran dalam hati membungkukkan orang, tetapi perkataan yang baik menggembirakan dia.
When people are anxious/worried, they become depressed/dejected, but when others speak kindly to them, it causes them to be cheerful again.
26 Orang benar mendapati tempat penggembalaannya, tetapi jalan orang fasik menyesatkan mereka sendiri.
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.
27 Orang malas tidak akan menangkap buruannya, tetapi orang rajin akan memperoleh harta yang berharga.
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.
28 Di jalan kebenaran terdapat hidup, tetapi jalan kemurtadan menuju maut.
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).
