امثال 17
| خوردن نان خشک در آرامش بهتر است از خوردن غذای شاهانه در خانه‌ای که در آن جنگ و دعوا باشد. | 1 |
It is better [to eat] a dry piece [of bread] and not have strife/quarrels than to have a big feast in a house where [everyone] is quarreling.
| بردهٔ دانا بر پسر شرور ارباب خود تسلط خواهد یافت و در ارثی که به او می‌رسد شریک خواهد شد. | 2 |
A slave who acts wisely will [some day] be the boss of his master’s disgraceful son and when his master dies, the slave will receive part of his master’s possessions.
| طلا و نقره را آتش می‌آزماید و دل انسان را خدا. | 3 |
[Workers put] silver and gold in a very hot furnace [to burn out what is impure], and Yahweh [similarly] examines people’s inner beings [to see if they are pure].
| آدم بدکار از همنشینی با آدمهای بد لذت می‌برد و آدم دروغگو از همنشینی با اشخاص دروغگو. | 4 |
Those who do what is evil pay attention to people who say [MTY] what is evil, and liars pay attention to [other people’s] lies.
| مسخره کردن فقرا به منزلهٔ مسخره کردن خدایی است که ایشان را آفریده است. کسانی که از غم و بدبختی دیگران شاد می‌شوند بی‌سزا نخواهند ماند. | 5 |
Those who make fun of poor [people] insult God, the one who made the poor [people], [and] those who are happy when [someone else has] troubles will certainly be punished [LIT] [by God].
| تاج افتخار پیران نوه‌های ایشان می‌باشند و تاج افتخار فرزندان، پدران ایشان. | 6 |
Old [people] are [usually] proud of [MET] their grandchildren, [just like] children are [usually] proud of their parents.
| شخص نجیب هرگز دروغ نمی‌گوید و آدم نادان هرگز سخن با ارزش بر زبان نمی‌آورد. | 7 |
Fine/Eloquent speech is not suitable for foolish people to say, just like lies are not suitable for rulers [to say].
| رشوه در نظرِ دهندهٔ آن مثل سنگ جادوست که او را در هر کاری موفق می‌سازد. | 8 |
People think that a bribe is like a magic stone [to persuade someone to do what they want him to do]; they think that because of the bribe, that person will do whatever they want him to do.
| کسی که اشتباهات دیگران را می‌پوشاند محبت ایجاد می‌کند، اما آدمی که آنها را افشا می‌کند باعث جدایی دوستان می‌گردد. | 9 |
If you want people to like/love you, forgive them for the wrong things that they do to you. If you continue to remind them about those wrong things, they will no longer be your friends.
| یک ملامت به شخص فهیم اثرش بیشتر است از صد ضربه شلّاق به آدم نادان. | 10 |
Rebuking people who have good sense will accomplish more for them than hitting them 100 times [with a stick].
| بدکاران فقط در پی یاغیگری هستند، اما مأمور بی‌رحم سراغشان خواهد رفت. | 11 |
[Because] wicked people are always trying to cause trouble, someone will be sent to severely punish them.
| روبرو شدن با ماده خرسی که بچه‌هایش را از او گرفته‌اند بهتر است از روبرو شدن با شخص نادانی که گرفتار حماقت شده است. | 12 |
A mother bear whose cubs have been taken away from her is dangerous, but it is more dangerous to confront a foolish person who is doing something foolish.
| اگر خوبی را با بدی تلافی کنی، بلا از خانه‌ات دور نخواهد شد. | 13 |
If someone does something evil in return for something good being done to him, evil/trouble will never leave that person’s family.
| شروع کردن دعوا مانند ایجاد رخنه در سد آب است، پس جر و بحث را ختم کن پیش از آنکه به دعوا منجر شود. | 14 |
Starting a quarrel is like allowing water to start to leak out of a dam; they both need to be stopped before they get worse.
| خداوند از کسانی که بی‌گناه را محکوم و گناهکار را تبرئه می‌کنند متنفر است. | 15 |
There are two things that Yahweh hates: (Condemning innocent [people]/Saying that people who have done nothing wrong must be punished), and declaring that people who have done wicked things should not be punished.
| صرف پول برای آموزش آدم نادان بی‌فایده است، زیرا او طالب حکمت نیست. | 16 |
It is useless to allow foolish people [RHQ] to try to become wise by paying for it, because they do not have enough good sense to become wise.
| دوست واقعی در هر موقعیتی محبت می‌کند و برادر برای کمک به هنگام گرفتاری تولد یافته است. | 17 |
Friends love [others] all the time, and relatives are able to help us when we have troubles.
| فقط شخص کم‌عقل است که ضامن شخص دیگری می‌شود. | 18 |
[If someone borrows money from another person], it is foolish for you to promise [IDM] that you will pay the money back if that other person is unable to pay back the money that he borrowed.
| شخص ستیزه‌جو گناه را دوست دارد و آدم بلند پرواز خرابی به بار می‌آورد. | 19 |
Those who like to sin [also] like to cause strife/trouble; [and] those who build fancy doors in their houses [to show that they are very wealthy] (OR, speak proudly) are inviting disaster.
| شخص بداندیش کامیاب نخواهد شد و آدم فریبکار در دام بلا گرفتار خواهد گردید. | 20 |
Those who (have perverse minds/are always thinking about doing evil things) will not prosper, and disasters will happen to those who always tell lies.
| فرزند نادان مایهٔ غم و غصهٔ والدینش می‌باشد. | 21 |
Children who are foolish [soon] cause their parents to be very sad; their parents will not be joyful at all.
| شادی دل مانند دارو شفابخش است اما روح پژمرده انسان را بیمار می‌کند. | 22 |
Being cheerful is [like swallowing] good medicine; being discouraged/gloomy [all the time will] (drain away your energy/cause you to become weak) [MTY].
| آدم بدکار پنهانی رشوه می‌گیرد و مانع اجرای عدالت می‌شود. | 23 |
Wicked people/judges accept bribes that are given to them secretly, and as a result they do not decide matters justly/fairly.
| هدف مرد دانا تحصیل حکمت است، اما شخص نادان در زندگی هیچ هدفی ندارد. | 24 |
Those who have good sense determine to do what is wise, but foolish people are always thinking about many different things [and never decide what they should do].
| پسر نادان مایهٔ غصهٔ پدر و تلخکامی مادر است. | 25 |
Children who are foolish cause their father to be sad and [also] cause their mother to be very sorrowful.
| مجازات کردن نیکان و تنبیه نمودن اشخاص نجیب به خاطر صداقتشان، کار نادرستی است. | 26 |
It is not right to force someone who has done nothing wrong to pay a fine; it is wrong to punish good/respected people.
| شخص دانا پرحرفی نمی‌کند و آدم فهمیده آرام و صبور است. | 27 |
Those who have good sense do not talk a lot, and those who (control their tempers/keep themselves from becoming very angry) are [truly] wise.
| آدم نادان نیز اگر سکوت کند و حرف نزند او را دانا و فهیم می‌شمارند. | 28 |
People [may] think that foolish people who do not say anything are wise; if foolish people (do not say anything/keep their mouths shut), others will think that they are [very] intelligent.
