Salomos Ordsprog 28
1 Dei gudlause flyr um ingen deim elter, dei rettferdige er som ungløva trygge.
Wicked [people] run away [even] when no one is pursuing them, but righteous/good [people are not afraid]; they are as brave as lions.
2 Syndar eit land, fær det mange herrar, men hev folket mykje vit, varer retten lenge.
When [the people of] a nation sin, they will have one ruler after another; but when their leaders are wise and have good sense, their government will last for a long time.
3 Ein fatig herre som trykkjer dei arme, er eit regn som herjar og ikkje gjev brød.
A poor person who oppresses [other] poor [people] is [like] [MET] a very heavy/hard rain that [destroys the crops], with the result that there is no food [for people to eat].
4 Dei som gjeng ifrå lovi, prisar dei gudlause, men dei som held lovi, harmast på deim.
Those who reject/disobey [God’s] laws always speak well of wicked [people]; but those who obey [God’s] laws [always] oppose what wicked people do.
5 Vonde folk skynar ikkje kva rett er, men dei som søkjer Herren, skynar alt.
Evil people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well.
6 Betre er ein fatigmann som ferdast lytelaust, enn ein rikmann som er rang og gjeng tvo vegar.
It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.
7 Den som agtar på rettleiding, er ein vitug son, men den som hev lag med øydarar, fører skam yver far sin.
Young people who obey the laws are wise [IDM]; parents whose children associate with those who (carouse/go to wild parties) are humiliated/disgraced because of what their children do.
8 Den som aukar si eiga med renta og oker, han sankar åt den som er god mot dei arme.
When people become very rich by charging very high interest [DOU], their money will [eventually] go to someone who does kind things for the poor.
9 Um ein vil venda øyra burt og ikkje høyra lovi, er jamvel bøni hans ein styggedom.
If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
10 Den som villar ærlegt folk inn på ein vond veg, han skal stupa i si eigi grav, men dei lytelause skal erva det som godt er.
Those who cause honest/good [people] to do what is evil will fall into their own pits/traps, but good things will happen to those who (are innocent/have not done what is wrong).
11 Ein rikmann tykkjer han er vis, men ein fatigmann med vit granskar honom ut.
[Many] rich people think that they are wise, but poor people who have good sense will find out whether rich people really are wise or not.
12 Held dei rettferdige høgtid, stend det herleg til, men når gudlause kjem seg upp, lyt ein leita etter folk.
When righteous/good [people] (succeed/win [elections]), everyone (celebrates/is happy); but when wicked [people win], everyone hides [because they are afraid of what the wicked people will do].
13 Den som dyl misgjerningarne sine, hev ikkje lukka med seg, men den som sannar deim og vender seg ifrå deim, han finn miskunn.
Those who refuse to confess/admit their sins will not prosper, but [God] acts mercifully/kindly toward those who confess their sins and turn away from their sinful behavior.
14 Sæl den mannen som alltid ottast, men den som gjer hjarta sitt hardt, han fell i ulukka.
[God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
15 Burande løva og ein grådig bjørn er gudlaus hovding yver fatigt folk.
Wicked people who [mistreat] poor people whom they rule are [as dangerous to them as] [SIM] a lion roaring [at them] or a bear springing up [to attack them].
16 Du hovding fatig på vit og rik på vald! Dei som hatar urett vinning, skal liva lenge.
Rulers who do not have good sense cruelly oppress [the people they rule], but rulers who do not want to become rich by cheating/deceiving [people] will live (OR, rule) for a long time.
17 Ein mann med blodskuld yver seg er på flugt alt til gravi, ingen må hjelpa honom.
Those who are guilty of murdering [MTY] another person will (be fugitives/keep running away) until they die; do not help them to escape.
18 Den som ferdast lytelaust, vert frelst, men den range tvivegs-farar fell på den eine.
Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.
19 Den som dyrkar si jord, fær nøgdi av brød, men den som fer etter fåfengt, fær nøgdi av armod.
Farmers who work [hard] in their fields will [produce good crops and always] have plenty of food [to eat], but those who spend all their time (on useless projects/doing things that do not benefit anyone) will become very poor.
20 Ein trufast mann fær rik velsigning, men den som renner etter rikdom, vert ei urefst.
[God] will greatly bless those who (are trustworthy/always do what they say that they will do), but he will certainly punish [LIT] those who try to become rich quickly.
21 Det er’kje godt når ein gjer mannemun, men mang ein mann vert brotsmann for ein brødbit.
It is not good [for judges] to decide matters unfairly/unjustly, but [some] people will do what is wrong [even] if they receive [only] a very small bribe [HYP] [for doing it].
22 I bråhast vil den ovundsjuke verta rik, og han veit’kje at vanråd vil koma på han.
Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
23 Den som refser ein mann, vinn seg takk til slutt meir enn den som smeikjer med tunga si.
Those who rebuke someone will be appreciated/thanked more than those who [say nice things to others merely] to (flatter them/cause them to feel good).
24 Den som plundrar far sin og mor si og segjer: «Det er ikkje synd, » han er øydelands lagsbror.
Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
25 Den vinnekjære valdar trætta, men den som lit på Herren, fær kveikjing.
Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
26 Den som lit på vitet sitt, han er ein dåre, men den som vandrar i visdom, vert frelst.
Those who believe that what they think [is always right] are foolish; those who act wisely will (escape danger/be safe).
27 Den som gjev den fatige, vantar inkje, men den som let att augo, fær mykje banning yver seg.
Those who give things to poor [people] will not become poor, but many [people] will curse those who refuse to help [IDM] poor people.
28 Når gudlause kjem seg upp, då gøymer folk seg, men når dei gjeng til grunns, då aukar dei rettferdige.
When wicked [people] become rulers, people hide [because they are afraid of what those wicked people will do]; but when wicked people are no longer rulers, good/righteous [people will] become the rulers.
