Ordspråksboken 28
1 Den ogudaktige flyr, och ingen jagar honom; men den rättfardige är frimodig, såsom ett ungt lejon.
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 För landsens synders skull varda många förvandlingar i Förstadömen; men för deras skull, som förståndige och förnuftige äro, blifva de länge.
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 En armling, som de fattiga oförrättar, är såsom väta, den fruktena förderfvar.
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 De som lagen öfvergifva, lofva den ogudaktiga; men de som bevara lagen, äro dem ogunstige.
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 Onde menniskor akta intet uppå rätt; men de som efter Herran fråga, de akta uppå all ting.
Evil people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well.
6 Bättre är en fattig, den i sine fromhet vandrar, än en rik man, den i vrångom vägom går.
It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.
7 Den der lagen bevarar, han är ett förståndigt barn; men den som slösare uppehåller, han skämmer sin fader.
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 Den sitt gods förmerar med ocker och vinning, han församlar det dem fattigom till nytto.
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 Den sitt öra afvänder till att höra lagen, hans bön är en styggelse.
If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
10 Den som de fromma förförer in uppå en ond väg, han varder i sina grop fallandes; men de fromme skola det goda ärfva.
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 En rik man tycker, att han är vis; men en fattig förståndig märker honom.
[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 När de rättfärdige hafva öfverhandena, så går det ganska väl till; men när ogudaktige uppkomma, så varder en omvändning i folkena.
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 Den sina missgerning nekar, honom varder icke väl gångandes; men den henne bekänner och öfvergifver, han skall få barmhertighet.
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 Säll är den som städse fruktar; men den som halsstyf är, han faller i olycko.
[God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
15 En ogudaktig, som öfver ett fattigt folk regerar, han är ett rytande lejon, och en girig björn.
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 När en Förste utan förstånd är, så sker mycken orätt; men den der girighet hatar, han skall länge lefva.
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 En menniska, som uppå ens själs blod orätt gör, han varder icke behållen, det han än i kulona fore.
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 Den der i fromhet vandrar, han blifver vid sig; men den en ond väg går, han måste engång falla.
Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.
19 Den sin åker brukar, han skall få bröd nog; men den der far efter att gå fåfäng, han skall få fattigdom nog.
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 En trofast man varder mycket välsignad; men den der fiker efter att varda rik, han skall icke oskyldig blifva.
[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 Anse personen är icke godt; ty han gjorde väl illa för ett stycke bröd.
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 Den som hastar efter rikedom, och är nidsk, han vet icke, att honom skall nöd uppåkomma.
Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
23 Den ena mennisko straffar, han skall sedan ynnest finna, mer än den der smekrar.
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 Den som tager ifrå fader eller moder, och säger: Det är icke synd; han är förderfvarens stallbroder.
Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
25 En högmodig man uppväcker träto; men den som förlåter sig uppå Herran, han varder fet.
Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
26 Den sig uppå sitt hjerta förlåter, han är en dåre; men den som går med vishet, han skall friad varda.
Those who believe that what they think [is always right] are foolish; those who act wisely will (escape danger/be safe).
27 Den som den fattiga gifver, honom skall intet fattas; men den som sin ögon afvänder, med honom skall det fast tillbakagå.
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 När de ogudaktige uppkomma, så förgömmer sig folket; men när de förgås, så varda de rättfärdige månge.
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.
