Amsal 27
1 Janganlah memuji diri karena esok hari, karena engkau tidak tahu apa yang akan terjadi hari itu.
Do not boast about [what you will do] tomorrow, because you do not know what will happen [PRS] on any day.
2 Biarlah orang lain memuji engkau dan bukan mulutmu, orang yang tidak kaukenal dan bukan bibirmu sendiri.
Do not praise yourself [MTY, PRS]; allow others to praise you. If someone else praises you, that is okay.
3 Batu adalah berat dan pasirpun ada beratnya, tetapi lebih berat dari kedua-duanya adalah sakit hati terhadap orang bodoh.
[It causes pain to our bodies to carry heavy] stones or [a pail full of] sand, but doing something stupid/foolish [can cause] great [pain to other people’s spirits.]
4 Panas hati kejam dan murka melanda, tetapi siapa dapat tahan terhadap cemburu?
It is cruel to be angry [with others], and our being angry sometimes destroys [others], but being jealous of someone is [RHQ] often more cruel than that.
5 Lebih baik teguran yang nyata-nyata dari pada kasih yang tersembunyi.
It is better to correct someone openly than to show that you l don’t love that person [by not correcting him].
6 Seorang kawan memukul dengan maksud baik, tetapi seorang lawan mencium secara berlimpah-limpah.
If a friend criticizes you, [he is a good friend and] you can trust him; but if one of your enemies kisses you, he is [probably wanting to] deceive you.
7 Orang yang kenyang menginjak-injak madu, tetapi bagi orang yang lapar segala yang pahit dirasakan manis.
When someone’s stomach is full, he does not want to eat honey; but when someone is [very] hungry, he thinks that [even] bitter things taste sweet.
8 Seperti burung yang lari dari sarangnya demikianlah orang yang lari dari kediamannya.
Anyone who wanders [far] from his home/family is like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.
9 Minyak dan wangi-wangian menyukakan hati, tetapi penderitaan merobek jiwa.
[Putting olive] oil and perfume on a person’s skin causes him to feel good, but having a friend [who gives] good advice [is even better].
10 Jangan kautinggalkan temanmu dan teman ayahmu. Jangan datang di rumah saudaramu pada waktu engkau malang. Lebih baik tetangga yang dekat dari pada saudara yang jauh.
Do not neglect your friends or your parents’ friends; and at a time when you are experiencing a disaster, do not go to a relative [who lives far away to request his help]; someone who lives near you can help you more than relatives who live far away.
11 Anakku, hendaklah engkau bijak, sukakanlah hatiku, supaya aku dapat menjawab orang yang mencela aku.
My child/son, cause me to be happy by becoming wise, in order that I will [know how to] reply to those who would criticize me [about your behavior].
12 Kalau orang bijak melihat malapetaka, bersembunyilah ia, tetapi orang yang tak berpengalaman berjalan terus, lalu kena celaka.
Those who have good sense will realize that there is something dangerous ahead, and they will hide; those who do not have good sense [just] keep going, and later they will suffer because of [doing] that.
13 Ambillah pakaian orang yang menanggung orang lain, dan tahanlah dia sebagai sandera ganti orang asing.
[You deserve to] have your property taken from you if you [foolishly] promise to a stranger (OR, a strange woman) that you will pay what she owes if she is unable to pay it [DOU].
14 Siapa pagi-pagi sekali memberi selamat dengan suara nyaring, hal itu akan dianggap sebagai kutuk baginya.
If you rise early in the morning and call out a greeting to your neighbor [while he is still sleeping], he will consider it to be a curse, [not a blessing].
15 Seorang isteri yang suka bertengkar serupa dengan tiris yang tidak henti-hentinya menitik pada waktu hujan.
[Having] a wife that is [constantly] nagging is as [bad as listening] to rain continually dripping on a rainy day.
16 Siapa menahannya menahan angin, dan tangan kanannya menggenggam minyak.
[Trying] to restrain/stop her [from doing that] is as [difficult] [SIM] [as trying] to stop the wind or [trying] to hold oil in your hand.
17 Besi menajamkan besi, orang menajamkan sesamanya.
[We can use one] iron tool to sharpen [another] iron [tool]; similarly [SIM], [when one person shares] what he is thinking, it can help other people [to think more clearly].
18 Siapa memelihara pohon ara akan memakan buahnya, dan siapa menjaga tuannya akan dihormati.
Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat; [similarly], servants who protect their master will be honored [by him].
19 Seperti air mencerminkan wajah, demikianlah hati manusia mencerminkan manusia itu.
[When a person looks] in the water, he sees his own face; similarly [SIM], [when we look at] a person’s behavior, we know what he is thinking.
20 Dunia orang mati dan kebinasaan tak akan puas, demikianlah mata manusia tak akan puas. (Sheol h7585)
[It is as though] the place where the dead people are is always wanting more people to [die and] come there; and humans [SYN] are always wanting to acquire more things, [too]. (Sheol h7585)
21 Kui untuk melebur perak dan perapian untuk melebur emas, dan orang dinilai menurut pujian yang diberikan kepadanya.
[Workers put] silver and gold in a very hot furnace [to burn out what is impure], and [SIM] people learn [what we are really like when they see how we react when people] praise us.
22 Sekalipun engkau menumbuk orang bodoh dalam lesung, dengan alu bersama-sama gandum, kebodohannya tidak akan lenyap dari padanya.
Even if you beat/crush a fool severely [like] [MET] you pulverize grain with a pestle, you [probably] will not be able to cause him to stop (being foolish/doing foolish things).
23 Kenallah baik-baik keadaan kambing dombamu, perhatikanlah kawanan hewanmu.
Take good care of your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle,
24 Karena harta benda tidaklah abadi. Apakah mahkota tetap turun-temurun?
because the money [that you acquired from selling animals previously] will not (last/stay with you) forever; similarly [SIM], governments [MTY] certainly do not [RHQ] last forever.
25 Kalau rumput menghilang dan tunas muda nampak, dan rumput gunung dikumpulkan,
After you cut the hay [DOU] and [store it to feed the animals in the winter while] a new crop of hay is growing,
26 maka engkau mempunyai domba-domba muda untuk pakaianmu dan kambing-kambing jantan untuk pembeli ladang,
you will be able to [shear the sheep and] make clothes from the wool, and you will get money from selling [some of] the goats to buy [more] land,
27 pula cukup susu kambing untuk makananmu dan makanan keluargamu, dan untuk penghidupan pelayan-pelayanmu perempuan.
and you will get enough milk from the [other] goats for you and your family and your female servants.
