잠언 27
1 너는 내일 일을 자랑하지 말라 하루 동안에 무슨 일이 날는지 네가 알 수 없음이니라
Do not boast about [what you will do] tomorrow, because you do not know what will happen [PRS] on any day.
2 타인으로 너를 칭찬하게 하고 네 입으로는 말며 외인으로 너를 칭찬하게 하고 네 입술로는 말지니라
Do not praise yourself [MTY, PRS]; allow others to praise you. If someone else praises you, that is okay.
3 돌은 무겁고 모래도 가볍지 아니하거니와 미련한 자의 분노는 이 둘보다 무거우니라
[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 분은 잔인하고 노는 창수 같거니와 투기 앞에야 누가 서리요
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 면책은 숨은 사랑보다 나으니라
It is better to correct someone openly than to show that you l don’t love that person [by not correcting him].
6 친구의 통책은 충성에서 말미암은 것이나 원수의 자주 입맞춤은 거짓에서 난 것이니라
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 배부른 자는 꿀이라도 싫어하고 주린 자에게는 쓴 것이라도 다니라
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 본향을 떠나 유리하는 사람은 보금자리를 떠나 떠도는 새와 같으니라
Anyone who wanders [far] from his home/family is like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.
9 기름과 향이 사람의 마음을 즐겁게 하나니 친구의 충성된 권고가 이와 같이 아름다우니라
[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 네 친구와 네 아비의 친구를 버리지 말며 네 환난날에 형제의 집에 들어가지 말지어다 가까운 이웃이 먼 형제보다 나으니라
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 내 아들아 지혜를 얻고 내 마음을 기쁘게 하라 그리하면 나를 비방하는 자에게 내가 대답할 수 있겠노라
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 슬기로운 자는 재앙을 보면 숨어 피하여도 어리석은 자들은 나아가다가 해를 받느니라
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 타인을 위하여 보증이 된 자의 옷을 취하라 외인들의 보증이 된자는 그 몸을 볼모로 잡힐지니라
[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 이른 아침에 큰 소리로 그 이웃을 축복하면 도리어 저주 같이 여기게 되리라
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 다투는 부녀는 비오는 날에 이어 떨어지는 물방울이라
[Having] a wife that is [constantly] nagging is as [bad as listening] to rain continually dripping on a rainy day.
16 그를 제어하기가 바람을 제어하는 것 같고 오른손으로 기름을 움키는 것 같으니라
[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 철이 철을 날카롭게 하는 것 같이 사람이 그 친구의 얼굴을 빛나게 하느니라
[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 무화과나무를 지키는 자는 그 과실을 먹고 자기 주인을 시종하는 자는 영화를 얻느니라
Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat; [similarly], servants who protect their master will be honored [by him].
19 물에 비취이면 얼굴이 서로 같은 것 같이 사람의 마음도 서로 비취느니라
[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.
[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 도가니로 은을, 풀무로 금을, 칭찬으로 사람을 시련하느니라
[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 미련한 자를 곡물과 함께 절구에 넣고 공이로 찧을지라도 그의 미련은 벗어지지 아니하느니라
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 네 양떼의 형편을 부지런히 살피며 네 소떼에 마음을 두라
Take good care of your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle,
24 대저 재물은 영영히 있지 못하나니 면류관이 어찌 대대에 있으랴
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 풀을 벤 후에는 새로 움이 돋나니 산에서 꼴을 거둘 것이니라
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 어린 양의 털은 네 옷이 되며 염소는 밭을 사는 값이 되며
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 염소의 젖은 넉넉하여 너와 네 집 사람의 식물이 되며 네 여종의 먹을 것이 되느니라
and you will get enough milk from the [other] goats for you and your family and your female servants.
