잠언 21
1 왕의 마음이 여호와의 손에 있음이 마치 보의 물과 같아서 그가 임의로 인도하시느니라
Yahweh controls what kings do [MTY] [like] he controls how streams flow; he causes kings to do just what he wants them to do.
2 사람의 행위가 자기 보기에는 모두 정직하여도 여호와는 심령을 감찰하시느니라
People always think that what they do is right, but Yahweh judges our (motives/reasons [for doing things)] [MTY].
3 의와 공평을 행하는 것은 제사 드리는 것보다 여호와께서 기쁘게 여기시느니라
Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh than [bringing] sacrifices [to him].
4 눈이 높은 것과 마음이 교만한 것과 악인의 형통한 것은 다 죄니라
Being proud and arrogant [DOU] is [like] a lamp [MTY] [that guides] wicked people; being proud and arrogant characterizes (wicked people’s whole behavior/everything that wicked people do).
5 부지런한 자의 경영은 풍부함에 이를 것이나 조급한 자는 궁핍함에 이를 따름이니라
People who plan carefully will surely have plenty [of what they need]; those who act too quickly [to become rich] will become poor.
6 속이는 말로 재물을 모으는 것은 죽음을 구하는 것이라 곧 불려 다니는 안개니라
Money that people acquire [by cheating others] by lying [MTY] to them will soon disappear [like] a mist, and doing that will [soon] lead to their death.
7 악인의 강포는 자기를 소멸하나니 이는 공의 행하기를 싫어함이니라
Wicked [people] refuse to do what is right/just, but they will be ruined because of the violent things [PRS] that they do.
8 죄를 크게 범한 자의 길은 심히 구부러지고 깨끗한 자의 길은 곧으니라
Guilty [people continually do what is evil; it is as though] [MET] they are walking on a crooked road; but righteous/innocent people [always] do what is right.
9 다투는 여인과 함께 큰 집에서 나는 것보다 움막에서 혼자 사는 것이 나으니라
It is better to live in the corner of an attic/housetop [by yourself] than to live inside the house with a wife who is always nagging.
10 악인의 마음은 남의 재앙을 원하나니 그 이웃도 그 앞에서 은혜를 입지 못하느니라
Wicked [people] [SYN] are always wanting [to do what is] evil; they never act mercifully toward anyone.
11 거만한 자가 벌을 받으면 어리석은 자는 경성하겠고 지혜로운 자가 교훈을 받으면 지식이 더 하리라
When those who ridicule [others] are punished, [even] those who do not have good sense [see that, and] they become wise, and when those who are wise are taught, they become wiser.
12 의로우신 자는 악인의 집을 감찰하시고 악인을 환난에 던지시느니라
[God], the one [who is completely] righteous, knows [what happens inside] the houses of wicked [people], and [he will cause] those people to be completely ruined/destroyed.
13 귀를 막아 가난한 자의 부르짖는 소리를 듣지 아니하면 자기의 부르짖을 때에도 들을 자가 없으리라
There are people who refuse to listen when poor people cry out [for help]; [but some day] they themselves will cry out [for help], and no one will hear them.
14 은밀한 선물은 노를 쉬게 하고 품의 뇌물은 맹렬한 분을 그치게 하느니라
When someone is angry [with you], if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.
15 공의를 행하는 것이 의인에게는 즐거움이요 죄인에게는 패망이니라
Good/Righteous [people] are happy when they [see others do] what is just/fair, but those who do what is evil are terrified [when they think about what may happen to them].
16 명철의 길을 떠난 사람은 사망의 회중에 거하리라
Those who stop behaving like those who have good sense behave will [soon] discover that they have gone to the place where dead people are.
17 연락을 좋아하는 자는 가난하게 되고 술과 기름을 좋아하는 자는 부하게 되지 못하느니라
Those who spend their money to buy (things that give them pleasure/things that cause them to feel happy) will become poor; those who love [to spend money to buy] wine and nice/fancy food [MTY] will never become rich.
18 악인은 의인의 대속이 되고 궤사한 자는 정직한 자의 대신이 되느니라
Wicked [people] bring on themselves the sufferings that they were trying to cause righteous [people] to experience [DOU].
19 다투며 성내는 여인과 함께 사는 것보다 광야에서 혼자 사는 것이 나으니라
It is better to live [alone] in a desert than [to live] with a wife who is [always] nagging and complaining.
20 지혜있는 자의 집에는 귀한 보배와 기름이 있으나 미련한 자는 이것을 다 삼켜버리느니라
Wise people have many valuable things in their houses, but foolish people [quickly] spend/waste [all their money].
21 의와 인자를 따라 구하는 자는 생명과 의와 영광을 얻느니라
Those who [always] try to act in a fair and kind way [toward others] will live [a long time] and be honored/respected.
22 지혜로운 자는 용사의 성에 올라가서 그 성의 견고히 의뢰하는 것을 파하느니라
A wise army commander [helps his troops] climb over a wall [to attack] a city that is defended by a strong army, with the result that they are able to (get over/destroy) the high walls that their enemies trusted [would protect them].
23 입과 혀를 지키는 자는 그 영혼을 환난에서 보전하느니라
Those who are very careful about what they say [MTY] are [able to] avoid trouble.
24 무례하고 교만한 자를 이름하여 망령된 자라 하나니 이는 넘치는 교만으로 행함이니라
Those who make fun of [everything that is good] are proud and conceited [DOU]; they [always] act in an inconsiderate way [toward others].
25 게으른 자의 정욕이 그를 죽이나니 이는 그 손으로 일하기를 싫어 함이니라
Lazy people, who refuse to work, [will] die [of hunger] because they [SYN] do not earn [money to buy food].
26 어떤 자는 종일토록 탐하기만 하나 의인은 아끼지 아니하고 시제하느니라
All during the day [wicked people] desire to obtain things, but righteous [people] have plenty, [with the result that] they [are able to] give things generously to others.
27 악인의 제물은 본래 가증하거든 하물며 악한 뜻으로 드리는 것이랴
[Yahweh] detests the sacrifices that wicked [people] offer [to him]; [but he] detests it even more when they [think that they will escape being punished for] their evil deeds because of the sacrifices that they bring.
28 거짓 증인은 패망하려니와 확실한 증인의 말은 힘이 있느니라
Those who tell lies in court will be punished; no one stops/silences witnesses who say what is truthful/reliable.
29 악인은 그 얼굴을 굳게 하나 정직한 자는 그 행위를 삼가느니라
Wicked people pretend [that they know everything], but righteous people think carefully about [what will happen because of] what they do.
30 지혜로도 명철로도 모략으로도 여호와를 당치 못하느니라
[Thinking that we are] wise, and that we understand many things, and that we have good insight, does not help us if Yahweh is (acting against/not pleased with) us.
31 싸울 날을 위하여 마병을 예비하거니와 이김은 여호와께 있느니라
We [can] get horses ready to fight in a battle, but Yahweh is the one who enables us to (win victories/defeat our enemies).
