Провербеле 20
1 Винул есте батжокоритор, бэутуриле тарь сунт гэлэӂиоасе; орьчине се ымбатэ ку еле ну есте ынцелепт.
Drinking a lot of wine or [other] strong drinks causes people to start fighting; it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated.
2 Фрика пе каре о инсуфлэ ымпэратул есте ка рэкнетул унуй леу; чине ыл супэрэ пэкэтуеште ымпотрива са ынсушь.
Being afraid of a king when he is angry is like [SIM] being afraid of a lion when it growls/roars; if you cause the king to become angry, he may execute you.
3 Есте о чинсте пентру ом сэ се феряскэ де чертурь; дар орьче небун се ласэ стэпынит де априндере.
[People] respect those who stay away from disputes/arguments; foolish people [love to] quarrel.
4 Тоамна, ленешул ну арэ; ла сечерат, ар вря сэ стрынгэ роаде, дар ну есте нимик!
[If] a lazy man does not plow [his fields at the right/proper time], he will look for [crops] at harvest [time], but there will be nothing there.
5 Сфатуриле ын инима омулуй сунт ка ниште апе адынчь, дар омул причепут штие сэ скоатэ дин еле.
[Just] as it is difficult to bring up water from a deep well, it is difficult to know what people are thinking, but someone who has good sense/insight will be able to find out what people are thinking.
6 Мулць оамень ышь трымбицязэ бунэтатя; дар чине поате гэси ун ом крединчос?
Many people proclaim that they can be trusted [to do what they say that they will do], but it is very difficult to find [RHQ] someone who can really be trusted.
7 Чел неприхэнит умблэ ын неприхэниря луй; фериче де копиий луй дупэ ел!
If parents conduct their lives as they should, [God] blesses their children (OR, their children are very happy/fortunate).
8 Ымпэратул каре шаде пе скаунул де домние ал дрептэций рисипеште орьче рэу ку привиря луй.
A king who sits on his throne to judge people can [easily] [MTY] find out what things that people have done are good and what things are evil.
9 Чине поате зиче: „Мь-ам курэцит инима, сунт курат де пэкатул меу”?
There is no one [RHQ] who can truthfully say, “I do not know of any wrong things that I have done; I have (gotten rid of all my sinful behavior/quit doing what is sinful).”
10 Доуэ фелурь де греутэць ши доуэ фелурь де мэсурь сунт о скырбэ ынаинтя Домнулуй.
Yahweh detests people who use weights that are not right and measures that are not correct.
11 Копилул ласэ сэ се вадэ ынкэ дин фаптеле луй дакэ пуртаря луй ва фи куратэ ши фэрэ приханэ.
Even children show by what they do whether they are good or not; they show whether (what they do/their behavior) is honest and right [or not].
12 Урекя каре ауде ши окюл каре веде, ши пе уна, ши пе челэлалт, Домнул ле-а фэкут.
Two of the things that Yahweh has created [for us] are ears to hear things and eyes to see things.
13 Ну юби сомнул, кэч вей ажунӂе сэрак; дескиде окий ши те вей сэтура де пыне!
If you want to sleep [all the time], you will become poor; if you stay awake [and work], you will have plenty of food.
14 „Рэу! Рэу!” зиче кумпэрэторул ши, плекынд, се феричеште.
People [look at things that they are about] to buy, [and in order to get it for a lower price sometimes they] say, “(It is no good/It is poor quality),” but [after they buy it], they go and boast [about having bought it for a cheap price].
15 Есте аур ши сунт мулте мэргэритаре; дар бузеле ынцелепте сунт ун лукру скумп.
Gold and precious stones are [valuable], but wise words [MTY] are more valuable.
16 Я-й хайна, кэч с-а пус кезаш пентру алтул; ши цине-л зэлог пентру алций!
If you foolishly promise to a stranger that you will pay what he owes if he is unable to pay it [DOU], [you deserve to] have someone take your coat from you.
17 Пыня минчуний есте дулче омулуй, дар май пе урмэ гура ый есте плинэ де петриш.
People [may] think that food that they acquire by doing what is dishonest will taste very good, but later [they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy] eating gravel/sand.
18 Плануриле се пун ла кале прин сфат. Фэ рэзбоюл ку кибзуинцэ!
When people give you good advice, [if you do what they suggest], your plans will succeed; so be sure to get good advice from wise people before you start fighting a war.
19 Чине умблэ ку бырфель дэ пе фацэ лукруриле аскунсе, ши ку чел че ну-шь поате цине гура сэ ну те аместечь.
Those who go around telling gossip are [always] telling secrets to [others]; so stay away from people who foolishly talk [too much].
20 Дакэ чинева блестемэ пе татэл сэу ши пе мама са, и се ва стинӂе лумина ын мижлокул ынтунерикулуй.
If someone curses his father or his mother, his life will be ended, [just] like a lamp is extinguished.
21 О моштенире репеде кыштигатэ де ла ынчепут ну ва фи бинекувынтатэ ла сфыршит.
If you very quickly take the property that your parents promise will be yours after they die, you will not receive any good/blessing from it.
22 Ну зиче: „Ый вой ынтоарче еу рэул!” Нэдэждуеште ын Домнул, ши Ел те ва ажута.
Do not say, “I will do evil to those who do evil to me;” wait for Yahweh [to do something about it], and he will (help you/[do what is right]).
23 Домнул урэште доуэ фелурь де греутэць, ши кынтарул минчинос ну есте ун лукру бун.
Yahweh detests [those who use] dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.
24 Домнул ындряптэ паший омулуй, дар че ынцелеӂе омул дин каля са?
Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us, so (how can we (understand/know) what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot (understand/know) what will happen before it happens.) [RHQ]
25 Есте о курсэ пентру ом сэ факэ ын припэ о фэгэдуинцэ сфынтэ ши, абя дупэ че а фэкут журуинца, сэ се гындяскэ.
You should think carefully before you solemnly promise to dedicate something to God, because later you might be sorry you have promised to do it.
26 Ун ымпэрат ынцелепт вынтурэ пе чей рэй ши трече ку роата песте ей.
Wise kings find out [MET] which people have done what is wrong, and they punish them very severely [IDM].
27 Суфларя омулуй есте о луминэ а Домнулуй, каре пэтрунде пынэ ын фундул мэрунтаелор.
Our consciences are [like] lamps that Yahweh [has given to us to enable us to know what we are thinking] [MET]; they reveal what is hidden deep in our (minds/inner beings).
28 Бунэтатя ши крединчошия пэзеск пе ымпэрат, ши ел ышь ынтэреште скаунул де домние прин бунэтате.
Kings will continue to rule as long as they faithfully love their people and are loyal to them and as long as they rule righteously/fairly.
29 Слава тинерилор есте тэрия, дар подоаба бэтрынилор сунт перий албь.
We honor/admire young people because they are strong, but we respect [MTY] old people more because they are wise.
30 Мижлоачеле де виндекаре пентру чел рэу сунт бэтэиле ши вынэтэиле пынэ ла ранэ.
When we are beaten or whipped, it [can] cause us to quit doing what is evil in our lives; when someone wounds us [by punishing us], it [can] cause our behavior to become good.
