Proverbios 28
1 El malvado huye cuando ningún hombre lo persigue, pero los rectos no tienen miedo, como el león.
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 Debido al pecado de la tierra, sus problemas aumentan; pero por un hombre de sabiduría y conocimiento serán apagados como un fuego.
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 Un hombre rico que es cruel con los pobres es como una lluvia violenta que causa destrucción de alimentos.
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 no respetan la ley alaban al malhechor; pero tales que guardan la ley están en contra de él.
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 malvados no tienen conocimiento de lo que es correcto; pero los que van tras el Señor tienen conocimiento de 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 cuyos caminos son rectos, que el hombre rico cuyos caminos no son rectos.
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 sabio, pero el que se hace compañía de los 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 hace que su riqueza sea más grande al tomar interés, solo lo junta para el que tiene compasión de los pobres.
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 En cuanto al hombre que aparta su oído para no oír la ley, incluso su oración es desagradable.
If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
10 Cualquiera que haga que los rectos vayan errantes por el mal camino, él mismo descenderá al hoyo que él ha hecho; pero los rectos tendrán buenas cosas para su herencia.
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 de riqueza parece ser sabio en su opinión, pero el pobre que tiene sentido tiene una baja opinión de 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 rectos hacen bien, hay gran gloria; pero cuando los malhechores son levantados, los hombres se esconden.
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 guarda sus pecados en secreto no hará bien; pero el que está abierto acerca de ellos y los abandona, obtendrá 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 Feliz es el hombre en quien está el temor del Señor en todo momento; pero aquel cuyo corazón es duro entrará en problemas.
[God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
15 Como un león de voz fuerte y un oso errante, es un malvado gobernante sobre un 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 que no tiene sentido es un gobernante cruel; pero el que no desea obtener ganancias por sí mismo tendrá una vida larga.
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 Alguien que ha sido la causa de la muerte de un hombre irá en vuelo al sepulcro: que ningún hombre le dé ayuda.
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 Aquel cuyos caminos son rectos estará a salvo, pero repentina será la caída de aquel cuyos caminos están torcidos.
Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.
19 Al arar su tierra, un hombre tendrá pan en toda su medida; pero el que persigue a los holgazanes será lo suficientemente pobre.
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 Un hombre de buena fe tendrá una gran bendición, pero uno que intenta obtener riqueza rápidamente no quedará libre del castigo.
[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 No es bueno tener respeto por la posición de un hombre: porque un hombre hará lo malo por un poco de pan.
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 El que siempre desea riqueza, corre tras el dinero, y no ve la necesidad vendrá sobre él.
Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
23 El que dice palabras de protesta a un hombre tendrá más aprobación que uno que diga palabras alabadoras con su 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 toma de su padre o de su madre lo que es suyo por derecho, y dice: No es pecado; es lo mismo que un tomador de vida.
Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
25 El que siempre desea ganancias, es causa de pelea; pero el que pone su fe en el Señor prosperará.
Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
26 El que tiene fe en sí mismo es necio; pero todos los que caminan sabiamente estarán a 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 necesidad, pero grandes maldiciones caerán sobre el que no les presta atención.
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 malhechores son levantados, los hombres se esconden; pero cuando la destrucción los alcanza, aumentan los justos.
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.
