Amsal 26
1 Seperti salju di musim panas dan hujan pada waktu panen, demikian kehormatanpun tidak layak bagi orang bebal.
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 Seperti burung pipit mengirap dan burung layang-layang terbang, demikianlah kutuk tanpa alasan tidak akan kena.
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 Cemeti adalah untuk kuda, kekang untuk keledai, dan pentung untuk punggung orang bebal.
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 Jangan menjawab orang bebal menurut kebodohannya, supaya jangan engkau sendiri menjadi sama dengan dia.
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 Jawablah orang bebal menurut kebodohannya, supaya jangan ia menganggap dirinya bijak.
If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
6 Siapa mengirim pesan dengan perantaraan orang bebal mematahkan kakinya sendiri dan meminum kecelakaan.
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 Amsal di mulut orang bebal adalah seperti kaki yang terkulai dari pada orang yang lumpuh.
A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
8 Seperti orang menaruh batu di umban, demikianlah orang yang memberi hormat kepada orang bebal.
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 Amsal di mulut orang bebal adalah seperti duri yang menusuk tangan pemabuk.
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 Siapa mempekerjakan orang bebal dan orang-orang yang lewat adalah seperti pemanah yang melukai tiap orang.
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 Seperti anjing kembali ke muntahnya, demikianlah orang bebal yang mengulangi kebodohannya.
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 Jika engkau melihat orang yang menganggap dirinya bijak, harapan bagi orang bebal lebih banyak dari pada bagi orang itu.
[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 Berkatalah si pemalas: "Ada singa di jalan! Ada singa di lorong!"
Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
14 Seperti pintu berputar pada engselnya, demikianlah si pemalas di tempat tidurnya.
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 Si pemalas mencelupkan tangannya ke dalam pinggan, tetapi ia terlalu lelah untuk mengembalikannya ke mulutnya.
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 Si pemalas menganggap dirinya lebih bijak dari pada tujuh orang yang menjawab dengan bijaksana.
Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
17 Orang yang ikut campur dalam pertengkaran orang lain adalah seperti orang yang menangkap telinga anjing yang berlalu.
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 Seperti orang gila menembakkan panah api, panah dan maut,
Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
19 demikianlah orang yang memperdaya sesamanya dan berkata: "Aku hanya bersenda gurau."
are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and [then] say, “I was only joking.”
20 Bila kayu habis, padamlah api; bila pemfitnah tak ada, redalah pertengkaran.
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 Seperti arang untuk bara menyala dan kayu untuk api, demikianlah orang yang suka bertengkar untuk panasnya perbantahan.
[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 Seperti sedap-sedapan perkataan pemfitnah masuk ke lubuk hati.
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 Seperti pecahan periuk bersalutkan perak, demikianlah bibir manis dengan hati jahat.
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 Si pembenci berpura-pura dengan bibirnya, tetapi dalam hati dikandungnya tipu daya.
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 Kalau ia ramah, janganlah percaya padanya, karena tujuh kekejian ada dalam hatinya.
When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
26 Walaupun kebenciannya diselubungi tipu daya, kejahatannya akan nyata dalam jemaah.
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 Siapa menggali lobang akan jatuh ke dalamnya, dan siapa menggelindingkan batu, batu itu akan kembali menimpa dia.
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 Lidah dusta membenci korbannya, dan mulut licin mendatangkan kehancuran.
Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
