Proverbios 28
1 Huye el impío sin que nadie lo persiga; mas el justo está confiado como un leoncillo.
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 Por la rebelión de la tierra sus príncipes son muchos; mas por el hombre entendido y sabio permanecerá sin mutación.
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 El hombre pobre y robador de los pobres, es lluvia de avenida que deja sin pan.
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 Los que dejan la ley, alaban al impío; mas los que la guardan, contenderán con ellos.
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 Los hombres malos no entienden el juicio; mas los que buscan al SEÑOR, entienden todas las cosas.
Evil people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well.
6 Mejor es el pobre que camina en su perfección, que el de perversos caminos, aunque sea rico.
It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.
7 El que guarda la ley es hijo prudente; mas el que es compañero de glotones, avergüenza a su padre.
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 El que aumenta sus riquezas con usura y recambio, para que se dé a los pobres las allega.
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 El que aparta su oído para no oír la ley, su oración también será abominable.
If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
10 El que hace errar a los rectos por el mal camino, el caerá en su misma sima; mas los perfectos heredarán el bien.
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 El hombre rico es sabio en su opinión; mas el pobre entendido es más sabio que él.
[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 Cuando los justos se alegran, grande es la gloria; mas cuando los impíos son levantados, el hombre cuerdo se esconderá.
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 El que encubre sus pecados, no prosperará; mas el que los confiesa y se aparta, alcanzará misericordia.
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 Bienaventurado el hombre que siempre teme a Dios; mas el que endurece su corazón, caerá en mal.
[God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
15 León rugiente y oso hambriento, es el príncipe impío sobre el pueblo pobre.
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 El príncipe falto de entendimiento multiplicará los agravios; mas el que aborrece la avaricia, prolongará sus días.
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 El hombre que hace violencia con sangre de persona, huirá hasta el sepulcro, y nadie le sustentará.
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 El que camina en integridad, será salvo; mas el de perversos caminos caerá en alguno.
Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.
19 El que labra su tierra, se saciará de pan; mas el que sigue a los ociosos, se llenará de pobreza.
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 El hombre de la verdad tendrá muchas bendiciones; mas el que se apresura a enriquecer, no será absuelto.
[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 Tener acepción de personas en el juicio, no es bueno; hasta por un bocado de pan prevaricará el hombre.
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 Se apresura a ser rico el hombre de mal ojo; y no conoce que le ha de venir pobreza.
Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
23 El que reprende al hombre, hallará después mayor gracia que el que lisonjea con la lengua.
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 El que roba a su padre o a su madre, y dice que no es maldad, compañero es del hombre destruidor.
Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
25 El altivo de ánimo suscita contiendas; mas el que en el SEÑOR confía, medrará.
Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
26 El que confía en su corazón es loco; mas el que camina en sabiduría, será salvo.
Those who believe that what they think [is always right] are foolish; those who act wisely will (escape danger/be safe).
27 El que da al pobre, nunca tendrá pobreza; mas el que del pobre aparta sus ojos, tendrá muchas maldiciones.
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 Cuando los impíos son levantados, el hombre cuerdo se esconderá; mas cuando perecen, los justos se multiplican.
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.
