Proverbi 29
1 L'uomo, il quale, essendo spesso ripreso, indura il suo collo, Di subito sarà fiaccato, senza rimedio.
Some people remain stubborn [IDM] [even] though they are often reproved/warned [about doing what is wrong], [but some day] they will be crushed/ruined, and nothing will be able to heal them.
2 Quando i giusti sono aggranditi, il popolo si rallegra; Ma quando gli empi signoreggiano, il popolo geme.
When righteous [people] are rulers, people are happy, but when wicked [people] rule, people (groan/are miserable).
3 L'uomo, che ama sapienza, rallegra suo padre; Ma il compagno delle meretrici dissipa i [suoi] beni.
Those who are eager to become wise cause their parents to be glad; those who spend their time with prostitutes will end up giving all their money to them.
4 Il re mantiene il paese con dirittura; Ma chi è dato a' presenti lo distrugge.
When a king rules justly/fairly, he causes his nation to be strong, but a king who is concerned [only] with getting more money from the people ruins his nation.
5 L'uomo che lusinga il suo prossimo, Tende una rete davanti a' passi di esso.
Those who (flatter others/say nice things to others [merely] to cause them to feel good) are really setting a trap for them (OR, for themselves) [SYN].
6 Nel misfatto dell'uomo malvagio [vi è] un laccio; Ma il giusto canterà, e si rallegrerà.
Evil people will be trapped by the sins that they commit, but righteous/honest people will sing and be joyful/happy.
7 Il giusto prende conoscenza della causa de' miseri; [Ma] l'empio non intende alcun conoscimento.
Righteous/Good people know that poor [people] should be treated fairly/justly, [but] wicked people (are not concerned about/do not pay attention to) those matters at all.
8 Gli uomini schernitori allacciano la città; Ma i savi stornano l'ira.
Those who make fun of [everything that is good say things that] cause [everyone in] the city to (be agitated/in turmoil); those who are wise enable [people] to remain calm.
9 L'uomo savio che litiga con un uomo stolto, Or si adira, or ride, e non [ha] alcuna requie.
If a wise person sues a foolish person, the foolish person merely laughs [at him] and yells [at him] and will not be quiet (OR, [the dispute will] not be resolved).
10 Gli uomini di sangue odiano l'[uomo] intiero; Ma gli [uomini] diritti hanno cura della vita di esso.
Those who murder others hate people who (are honest/always do what is right), but righteous [people] try to protect them.
11 Lo stolto sfoga tutta la sua ira; Ma il savio [la] racqueta [e la rattiene] indietro.
People who are wise are patient and restrain/control themselves when they are angry, but foolish people (quickly show others that they are very angry/do not restrain themselves at all).
12 Tutti i ministri del principe, Che attende a parole di menzogna, [sono] empi.
If a ruler (pays attention to/believes) [people who tell] lies, all his officials will [also] become wicked.
13 Il povero e l'usuraio si scontrano l'un l'altro; Il Signore [è] quello che allumina gli occhi di amendue.
There is one thing that is true about both poor people and those who oppress them: Yahweh enables all of them to see.
14 Il trono del re, che fa ragione a' miseri in verità, Sarà stabilito in perpetuo.
If kings judge poor [people] fairly, they will continue to rule for a long time.
15 La verga e la correzione dànno sapienza; Ma il fanciullo lasciato in abbandono fa vergogna a sua madre.
If children are punished/spanked and reproved/warned, they become wise; but if they are allowed to do whatever they want to do, they [do things that] cause their mothers to be ashamed of them.
16 Quando gli empi crescono, cresce il misfatto; Ma i giusti vedranno la ruina di quelli.
When wicked [people] rule, there are more crimes committed {people commit more crimes}, but [some day] those wicked people will (be defeated/no longer rule), and righteous [people] will see that happen.
17 Gastiga il tuo figliuolo, e tu ne sarai in riposo; Ed egli darà di gran diletti all'anima tua.
If you discipline your children, they will no longer [do things that] will cause you to be worried; instead, they [will do things that] will delight you [SYN].
18 Quando non [vi è] visione, il popolo è dissipato; Ma beato chi guarda la Legge.
When the people [of a nation] do not receive messages that come directly from God, they do not control their behavior. [God] is pleased with those who obey his laws.
19 Il servo non si corregge con parole; Benchè intenda, non però risponderà.
It is not possible to correct/discipline servants only by talking to them; they understand what you are saying, but they do not pay attention to it.
20 Hai tu [mai] veduto un uomo precipitoso nel suo parlare? [Vi è] maggiore speranza d'uno stolto che di lui.
[God] can help/bless foolish people more easily [RHQ] than he can help/bless people who speak without thinking first.
21 Se alcuno alleva delicatamente da fanciullo il suo servo, Quello sarà figliuolo alla fine.
If someone gives his servants everything that they want, starting from when they are young, some day those servants will take from him everything that he owns.
22 L'uomo iracondo muove contese, E l'uomo collerico [commette] molti misfatti.
Those who [quickly] become angry cause [many] arguments, and they [also] commit many sins.
23 L'alterezza dell'uomo l'abbassa; Ma chi è umile di spirito otterrà gloria.
Proud people will be disgraced; those who are humble will be respected.
24 Chi partisce col ladro odia l'anima sua; Egli udirà l'esecrazione, e non però manifesterà [il fatto].
Those who help thieves [to steal] only hurt themselves; [when they are in court], they solemnly ask [God] to curse them [if they do not tell the truth], but they do not tell the truth [about the crime that was committed], [and as a result, God will curse them].
25 Lo spavento dell'uomo [gli] mette un laccio; Ma chi si confida nel Signore sarà levato ad alto in salvo.
It is [like] a dangerous trap [MET] [for people] to be (afraid of/worried about) what others will think about them, but those who trust in Yahweh are safe/protected.
26 Molti cercano la faccia di colui che signoreggia; Ma dal Signore [procede] il giudicio di ciascuno.
Many [people] request rulers to do things to help them, but Yahweh is [the only one] who surely does for people what is fair/just.
27 L'uomo iniquo [è] l'abbominio de' giusti; E l'uomo che cammina dirittamente [è] l'abbominio dell'empio.
Righteous [people] hate/detest those who do what is evil, and wicked [people] hate [those whose behavior is always] good.
