Proverbiorum 21
1 sicut divisiones aquarum ita cor regis in manu Domini quocumque voluerit inclinabit illud
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 omnis via viri recta sibi videtur adpendit autem corda Dominus
People always think that what they do is right, but Yahweh judges our (motives/reasons [for doing things)] [MTY].
3 facere misericordiam et iudicium magis placent Domino quam victimae
Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh than [bringing] sacrifices [to him].
4 exaltatio oculorum et dilatatio cordis lucerna impiorum peccatum
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 cogitationes robusti semper in abundantia omnis autem piger semper in egestate
People who plan carefully will surely have plenty [of what they need]; those who act too quickly [to become rich] will become poor.
6 qui congregat thesauros lingua mendacii vanus est et inpingetur ad laqueos mortis
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 rapinae impiorum detrahent eos quia noluerunt facere iudicium
Wicked [people] refuse to do what is right/just, but they will be ruined because of the violent things [PRS] that they do.
8 perversa via viri aliena est qui autem mundus est rectum opus eius
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 melius est sedere in angulo domatis quam cum muliere litigiosa et in domo communi
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 anima impii desiderat malum non miserebitur proximo suo
Wicked [people] [SYN] are always wanting [to do what is] evil; they never act mercifully toward anyone.
11 multato pestilente sapientior erit parvulus et si sectetur sapientem sumet scientiam
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 excogitat iustus de domo impii ut detrahat impios in malum
[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 qui obturat aurem suam ad clamorem pauperis et ipse clamabit et non exaudietur
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 munus absconditum extinguet iras et donum in sinu indignationem maximam
When someone is angry [with you], if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.
15 gaudium iusto est facere iudicium et pavor operantibus iniquitatem
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 vir qui erraverit a via doctrinae in coetu gigantum commorabitur
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 qui diligit epulas in egestate erit qui amat vinum et pinguia non ditabitur
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 pro iusto datur impius et pro rectis iniquus
Wicked [people] bring on themselves the sufferings that they were trying to cause righteous [people] to experience [DOU].
19 melius est habitare in terra deserta quam cum muliere rixosa et iracunda
It is better to live [alone] in a desert than [to live] with a wife who is [always] nagging and complaining.
20 thesaurus desiderabilis et oleum in habitaculo iusti et inprudens homo dissipabit illud
Wise people have many valuable things in their houses, but foolish people [quickly] spend/waste [all their money].
21 qui sequitur iustitiam et misericordiam inveniet vitam et iustitiam et gloriam
Those who [always] try to act in a fair and kind way [toward others] will live [a long time] and be honored/respected.
22 civitatem fortium ascendit sapiens et destruxit robur fiduciae eius
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 qui custodit os suum et linguam suam custodit ab angustiis animam suam
Those who are very careful about what they say [MTY] are [able to] avoid trouble.
24 superbus et arrogans vocatur indoctus qui in ira operatur superbiam
Those who make fun of [everything that is good] are proud and conceited [DOU]; they [always] act in an inconsiderate way [toward others].
25 desideria occidunt pigrum noluerunt enim quicquam manus eius operari
Lazy people, who refuse to work, [will] die [of hunger] because they [SYN] do not earn [money to buy food].
26 tota die concupiscit et desiderat qui autem iustus est tribuet et non cessabit
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 hostiae impiorum abominabiles quia offeruntur ex scelere
[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 testis mendax peribit vir oboediens loquitur victoriam
Those who tell lies in court will be punished; no one stops/silences witnesses who say what is truthful/reliable.
29 vir impius procaciter obfirmat vultum suum qui autem rectus est corrigit viam suam
Wicked people pretend [that they know everything], but righteous people think carefully about [what will happen because of] what they do.
30 non est sapientia non est prudentia non est consilium contra Dominum
[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 equus paratur ad diem belli Dominus autem salutem tribuet
We [can] get horses ready to fight in a battle, but Yahweh is the one who enables us to (win victories/defeat our enemies).
