ਕਹਾਉਤਾਂ 27
Do not boast about [what you will do] tomorrow, because you do not know what will happen [PRS] on any day.
Do not praise yourself [MTY, PRS]; allow others to praise you. If someone else praises you, that is okay.
[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.]
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.
It is better to correct someone openly than to show that you l don’t love that person [by not correcting him].
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.
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.
Anyone who wanders [far] from his home/family is like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.
[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 ੧੦ ਆਪਣੇ ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਿਉ ਦੇ ਮਿੱਤਰ ਨੂੰ ਨਾ ਛੱਡ, ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਬਿਪਤਾ ਦੇ ਦਿਨ ਆਪਣੇ ਭਰਾ ਦੇ ਘਰ ਨਾ ਜਾ, ਦੂਰ ਦੇ ਭਰਾ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਨੇੜੇ ਦਾ ਗੁਆਂਢੀ ਚੰਗਾ ਹੈ।
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 ੧੧ ਹੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ, ਬੁੱਧਵਾਨ ਹੋਵੀਂ ਅਤੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਜੀ ਨੂੰ ਅਨੰਦ ਕਰੀਂ, ਭਈ ਮੈਂ ਉਹ ਨੂੰ ਉੱਤਰ ਦੇ ਸਕਾਂ ਜਿਹੜਾ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਮਿਹਣਾ ਮਾਰਦਾ ਹੈ।
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].
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 ੧੩ ਜਿਹੜਾ ਪਰਦੇਸੀ ਦਾ ਜ਼ਮਾਨਤੀ ਹੋਵੇ ਉਹ ਦੇ ਕੱਪੜੇ ਲਾਹ ਲੈ, ਅਤੇ ਜਿਹੜਾ ਓਪਰੀ ਔਰਤ ਦਾ ਜ਼ਮਾਨਤੀ ਹੋਵੇ ਉਹ ਦਾ ਕੁਝ ਗਹਿਣੇ ਰੱਖ ਲੈ।
[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 ੧੪ ਜਿਹੜਾ ਸਵੇਰੇ ਹੀ ਉੱਠ ਕੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਗੁਆਂਢੀ ਨੂੰ ਉੱਚੀ ਦੇ ਕੇ ਅਸੀਸ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਦੇ ਲਈ ਇਹ ਸਰਾਪ ਹੀ ਗਿਣਿਆ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ।
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].
[Having] a wife that is [constantly] nagging is as [bad as listening] to rain continually dripping on a rainy day.
[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.
[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 ੧੮ ਜਿਹੜਾ ਹੰਜ਼ੀਰ ਦੇ ਰੁੱਖ ਦੀ ਰਾਖ਼ੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਉਹ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਫ਼ਲ ਖਾਵੇਗਾ, ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਆਪਣੇ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਉਹ ਦਾ ਆਦਰ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ।
Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat; [similarly], servants who protect their master will be honored [by him].
19 ੧੯ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਜਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੂੰਹ ਦਾ ਪਰਛਾਵਾਂ ਮੂੰਹ ਨੂੰ ਪਰਗਟ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਤਿਵੇਂ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦਾ ਮਨ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਨੂੰ ਪਰਗਟ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।
[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.
20 ੨੦ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਪਤਾਲ ਅਤੇ ਦੋਜ਼ਖ ਕਦੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੇ, ਓਵੇਂ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦੀਆਂ ਇੱਛਾਵਾਂ ਵੀ ਕਦੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੀਆਂ। (Sheol h7585)
[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 ੨੧ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਚਾਂਦੀ ਦੇ ਲਈ ਕੁਠਾਲੀ ਅਤੇ ਸੋਨੇ ਦੇ ਲਈ ਭੱਠੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ, ਓਵੇਂ ਆਦਮੀ ਦੇ ਜਸ ਨਾਲ ਉਹ ਦੀ ਜਾਚ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ।
[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 ੨੨ ਭਾਵੇਂ ਤੂੰ ਮੂਰਖ ਨੂੰ ਓਖਲੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਾਣਿਆਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਮੋਹਲੇ ਨਾਲ ਕੁੱਟੇਂ, ਤਾਂ ਵੀ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਮੂਰਖਤਾਈ ਉਸ ਤੋਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੱਟਣੀ।
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).
Take good care of your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle,
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.
After you cut the hay [DOU] and [store it to feed the animals in the winter while] a new crop of hay is growing,
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 ੨੭ ਅਤੇ ਬੱਕਰੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਦੁੱਧ ਤੇਰੇ ਅਤੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਟੱਬਰ ਦੀ ਖਾਧ ਖੁਰਾਕ ਲਈ, ਅਤੇ ਤੇਰੀਆਂ ਦਾਸੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਗੁਜ਼ਾਰੇ ਲਈ ਬਥੇਰਾ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ।
and you will get enough milk from the [other] goats for you and your family and your female servants.
