Salamana Pamācības 26
1 Kā sniegs vasarai un lietus pļaujamam laikam, tā ģeķim nepieder gods.
Just [like] [SIM] [it is not appropriate for] snow [to fall] in summer time, or rain [to fall] at harvest time, it is not appropriate to praise/honor foolish people.
2 Kā putns nolidinājās, kā bezdelīga aizskrien, tā nenopelnīti lāsti neaizņem.
Like [SIM] birds that fly by [and do not alight/land on anything], if someone curses you, it cannot hurt you if you (do not deserve them/have not done to him what is wrong).
3 Zirgam pātaga, ēzelim iemaukti un ģeķa mugurai rīkste.
It is necessary to whip a horse and to put a bridle on a donkey [to force them to go where we want them to go], and similarly [SIM] [it is often necessary to strike] foolish people with a stick [to cause them to do what is right].
4 Neatbildi ģeķim pēc viņa ģeķības, ka tu viņam līdzi netopi.
If a foolish person asks a foolish question, [do not answer him], because [if you answer his question], you are just as foolish as he is.
5 Atbildi ģeķim pēc viņa ģeķības, ka viņš pats neturās par gudru.
If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
6 Darbu uzticēt nelgam rokā, ir nocirst kājas un izbaudīt briesmas.
Anyone who asks a foolish person to take a message to someone [is himself doing something as foolish as] cutting off his own feet or drinking poison.
7 Kā klibam karājās kājas, tā ģeķa mutē gudrības vārdi.
A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
8 Kas ģeķim dod godu, ir kā kas akmeni piesien pie lingas.
Tying a stone in a sling [so that it cannot be thrown at a target] is [as foolish as] [SIM] honoring a foolish person.
9 Kā ērkšķi, kas tikuši piedzēruša rokā, tāds ir sakāms vārds ģeķu mutē.
If a drunk person waves some thorns/brambles with his hand, [he is not able to accomplish anything useful by doing that] (OR, [he does not feel it when a thorn sticks in his hand]); similarly, if foolish people speak [MTY] proverbs, [they do not help anyone who hears them].
10 Manīgs visu izdara; bet kas nelgu der, sader tekuli.
A man who shoots arrows [to try] to wound everybody who is near [is foolish]; similarly, anyone who hires a foolish person [who passes by is very foolish].
11 Kā suns atiet pie saviem vēmekļiem, tā pat ģeķis atgriežas atpakaļ pie savas ģeķības.
A foolish person will foolishly do something stupid a second time; it is [like] [SIM] a dog returning to [eat] what it has vomited.
12 Kad tu redzi vīru, kas savās acīs gudrs, tad no muļķa vairāk cerības, nekā no tāda.
[God] can help/bless foolish people more easily than he can help/bless people who are not wise [RHQ], but think that they are wise.
13 Sliņķis saka: „Jauns lauva uz ceļa, lauva uz ielām!“
Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
14 Durvis grozās eņģēs, un sliņķis savā gultā.
A door [continually] swings back and forth on its hinges [and does not go anywhere]; similarly [SIM], lazy people [just continually turn over] in their beds [and never do anything].
15 Sliņķis slēpj savu roku azotē, un tam grūti to atkal pie mutes likt.
Some people are extremely lazy; they put their hand in a dish [to get some food] but do not [even] lift the food up to their mouths.
16 Sliņķis savā prātā gudrāks nekā septiņi, kas runā prātīgi.
Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
17 Kas garām ejot iejaucās citu ķildā, ir kā kas suni ņem aiz ausīm.
Anyone who (meddles/involves himself) in a quarrel that does not concern him is [as foolish as] [SIM] someone who tries to grab a passing dog by its ears.
18 Tā kā, kad (ārprātīgs) par smieklu šautu ar šķēpiem un nāvīgām bultām,
Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
19 Tā pat ir, kas savu tuvāko pievīlis saka: Vai to par smieklu vien nedarīju?
are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and [then] say, “I was only joking.”
20 Kad malkas nav, tad uguns izdziest, un kad lišķa nav, tad ķilda rimst.
If there is no [more] firewood [to put on the fire], the fire will go out; similarly [SIM], if there are no people who (gossip/tell people things that are not true), quarreling will end.
21 Kā ogles liesmu un malka uguni, tā rējējs cilvēks saceļ ķildu.
[Putting] charcoal on burning coals or [putting] wood on a fire [causes the fire to keep burning]; similarly, people who like to quarrel cause people to keep arguing.
22 Lišķa vārdi ir kā saldi kumosi un iet visai pie sirds.
People [enjoy listening to what gossips say about others just like] [SIM] they enjoy tasty food; they [enjoy listening to what gossips tell them like] they enjoy swallowing tasty food.
23 Dedzīgi vārdi, bet neganta sirds ir poda gabals pārvilkts ar netīru sudrabu.
People who say nice things when they are thinking about doing evil things are like a nice glaze/covering on a [cheap] clay pot.
24 Kas tevi ienīst, ir ar muti draugs, bet savā sirdī viņš domā uz viltu.
Those who hate someone and are saying [MTY] something very different from what they are thinking are hypocrites; they are only planning [to harm that person].
25 Kad tas mīlīgi runā, tad netici viņam, jo septiņas negantības viņa sirdī.
When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
26 Lai gan ienaidu aizsedz ar viltu, tomēr viņa niknums ļaužu priekšā nāks gaismā.
They try to deceive people to cause them to think that they do not hate [that person], but in a public meeting, the people will find out the evil things [that they have done].
27 Kas bedri rok, tas tanī iekritīs, un kas akmeni veļ uz to tas atvelsies.
Those who dig a deep pit [for other people to fall into] will fall into it themselves; rocks will roll down on those who start to cause rocks to roll down [to crush someone].
28 Viltus mēle ienīst to, kam pati dzēlusi, un mīksta mute padara nelaimi.
Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
