Провербеле 27
1 Ну те фэли ку зиуа де мыне, кэч ну штий че поате адуче о зи!
Do not boast about [what you will do] tomorrow, because you do not know what will happen [PRS] on any day.
2 Сэ те лауде алтул, ну гура та, ун стрэин, ну бузеле тале!
Do not praise yourself [MTY, PRS]; allow others to praise you. If someone else praises you, that is okay.
3 Пятра есте гря ши нисипул есте греу, дар супэраря пе каре о причинуеште небунул есте май гря декыт амындоуэ.
[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.]
4 Фурия есте фэрэ милэ ши мыния, нэвалникэ, дар чине поате ста ымпотрива ӂелозией?
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.
5 Май бине о мустраре пе фацэ декыт о приетение аскунсэ.
It is better to correct someone openly than to show that you l don’t love that person [by not correcting him].
6 Рэниле фэкуте де ун приетен доведеск крединчошия луй, дар сэрутэриле унуй врэжмаш сунт минчиноасе.
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.
7 Сэтулул калкэ ын пичоаре фагуреле де мьере, дар пентру чел флэмынд тоате амэрэчуниле сунт дулчь.
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.
8 Ка пасэря плекатэ дин куйбул ей, аша есте омул плекат дин локул сэу.
Anyone who wanders [far] from his home/family is like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.
9 Кум ынвеселеск унтделемнул ши тэмыя инима, аша де дулчь сунт сфатуриле плине де драгосте але унуй приетен.
[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 Ну пэрэси пе приетенул тэу ши пе приетенул татэлуй тэу, дар ну интра ын каса фрателуй тэу ын зиуа неказулуй тэу: май бине ун вечин апроапе декыт ун фрате департе.
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 Фиуле, фий ынцелепт ши ынвеселеште-мь инима, ши атунч вой путя рэспунде челуй че мэ батжокореште!
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].
12 Омул кибзуит веде рэул ши се аскунде, дар проштий мерг спре ел ши сунт педепсиць.
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 Я-й хайна, кэч с-а пус кезаш пентру алтул, я-л зэлог ын локул уней стрэине!
[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 Бинекувынтаря апроапелуй ку глас таре дис-де-диминяцэ есте привитэ ка ун блестем.
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].
15 О стряшинэ, каре пикурэ некурмат ынтр-о зи де плоае, ши о невастэ гылчевитоаре сунт тот уна.
[Having] a wife that is [constantly] nagging is as [bad as listening] to rain continually dripping on a rainy day.
16 Чине о опреште паркэ опреште вынтул ши паркэ цине унтделемнул ын мына дряптэ.
[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.
17 Дупэ кум ферул аскуте ферул, тот аша ши омул ацыцэ мыния алтуй ом.
[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 Чине ынгрижеште де ун смокин ва мынка дин родул луй ши чине-шь пэзеште стэпынул ва фи прецуит.
Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat; [similarly], servants who protect their master will be honored [by him].
19 Кум рэспунде ын апэ фаца ла фацэ, аша рэспунде инима омулуй инимий омулуй.
[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 Дупэ кум Локуинца морцилор ши адынкул ну се пот сэтура, тот аша нич окий омулуй ну се пот сэтура. (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 Че есте тигая пентру лэмуриря арӂинтулуй ши купторул пентру лэмуриря аурулуй, ачея есте бунул нуме пентру ун ом.
[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 Пе небун, кяр дакэ л-ай писа ку писэлогул ын пиуэ, ын мижлокул грэунцелор, небуния тот н-ар еши дин ел.
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).
23 Ынгрижеште бине де оиле тале ши я сяма ла турмеле тале!
Take good care of your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle,
24 Кэч ничо богэцие ну цине вешник ши нич кунуна ну рэмыне пе вечие.
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.
25 Дупэ че се ридикэ фынул, се аратэ вердяца ноуэ, ши ербуриле де пе мунць сунт стрынсе.
After you cut the hay [DOU] and [store it to feed the animals in the winter while] a new crop of hay is growing,
26 Меий сунт пентру ымбрэкэминте ши цапий, пентру плата огорулуй;
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 лаптеле капрелор ць-ажунӂе пентру храна та, а касей тале ши пентру ынтрецинеря служничелор тале.
and you will get enough milk from the [other] goats for you and your family and your female servants.
