Mga Kawikaan 20
1 Ang alak ay manunuya, ang matapang na alak ay manggugulo; at sinomang napaliligaw sa kaniya ay hindi pantas.
Drinking a lot of wine or [other] strong drinks causes people to start fighting; it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated.
2 Ang kakilabutan ng hari ay parang ungal ng leon: ang namumungkahi sa kaniya sa galit ay nagkakasala laban sa kaniyang sariling buhay.
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 Karangalan sa tao ang magingat sa pakikipagkaalit: nguni't bawa't mangmang ay magiging palaaway.
[People] respect those who stay away from disputes/arguments; foolish people [love to] quarrel.
4 Ang tamad ay hindi magaararo dahil sa tagginaw; kaya't siya'y magpapalimos sa pagaani, at wala anoman.
[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 Payo sa puso ng tao ay parang malalim na tubig; nguni't iibigin ng taong naguunawa.
[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 Maraming tao ay magtatanyag bawa't isa ng kaniyang sariling kagandahang-loob: nguni't sinong makakasumpong sa taong tapat?
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 Ang ganap na tao na lumalakad sa kaniyang pagtatapat, mapapalad ang kaniyang mga anak na susunod sa kaniya.
If parents conduct their lives as they should, [God] blesses their children (OR, their children are very happy/fortunate).
8 Ang hari na nauupo sa luklukan ng kahatulan pinananabog ng kaniyang mga mata ang lahat na kasamaan.
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 Sinong makapagsasabi, nilinis ko ang aking puso, ako'y dalisay sa aking kasalanan?
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 Mga iba't ibang panimbang, at mga iba't ibang takalan, kapuwa mga karumaldumal sa Panginoon.
Yahweh detests people who use weights that are not right and measures that are not correct.
11 Ang bata man ay nagpapakilala sa kaniyang mga gawa, kung ang kaniyang gawa ay magiging malinis, at kung magiging matuwid.
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 Ang nakikinig na tainga, at ang nakakakitang mata, kapuwa ginawa ng Panginoon.
Two of the things that Yahweh has created [for us] are ears to hear things and eyes to see things.
13 Huwag mong ibigin ang pagtulog, baka ka madukha; idilat mo ang iyong mga mata, at mabubusog ka ng tinapay.
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 Walang halaga, walang halaga, sabi ng mamimili: nguni't pagka nakalayo siya, naghahambog nga.
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 May ginto, at saganang mga rubi: nguni't ang mga labi ng kaalaman ay mahalagang hiyas.
Gold and precious stones are [valuable], but wise words [MTY] are more valuable.
16 Kunin mo ang kaniyang suot na nananagot sa di kilala; at tanggapan mo ng sanla ang nananagot sa mga di kilala.
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 Tinapay ng kasinungalingan ay matamis sa tao: nguni't pagkatapos ay mabubusog ang kaniyang bibig ng batong lapok.
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 Bawa't panukala ay natatatag sa pamamagitan ng payo: at sa pamamagitan ng pantas na pamamatnubay ay makikipagdigma ka.
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 Ang yumayaong mapaghatid-dumapit ay naghahayag ng mga lihim: kaya't huwag kang makisalamuha sa kaniya na nagbubukang maluwang ng kaniyang mga labi.
Those who go around telling gossip are [always] telling secrets to [others]; so stay away from people who foolishly talk [too much].
20 Siyang sumusumpa sa kaniyang ama o sa kaniyang ina, ang kaniyang ilawan ay papatayin sa salimuot na kadiliman.
If someone curses his father or his mother, his life will be ended, [just] like a lamp is extinguished.
21 Ang mana ay matatamong madali sa pasimula; nguni't ang wakas niyao'y hindi pagpapalain.
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 Huwag mong sabihin, ako'y gaganti ng kasamaan: maghintay ka sa Panginoon, at kaniyang ililigtas ka.
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 Mga iba't ibang panimbang ay karumaldumal sa Panginoon; at ang sinungaling na timbangan ay hindi mabuti.
Yahweh detests [those who use] dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.
24 Ang mga lakad ng tao ay sa Panginoon; paano ngang mauunawa ng tao ang kaniyang lakad?
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 Silo nga sa tao ang magsabi ng walang pakundangan, banal nga, at magsiyasat pagkatapos ng mga panata.
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 Ang pantas na hari ay nagpapapanabog ng masama. At dinadala sa kanila ang gulong na panggiik.
Wise kings find out [MET] which people have done what is wrong, and they punish them very severely [IDM].
27 Ang diwa ng tao ay ilawan ng Panginoon, na sumisiyasat ng mga pinakaloob na bahagi ng tiyan.
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 Kagandahang-loob at katotohanan ay nagpapalagi sa hari: at ang kaniyang luklukan ay inaalalayan ng kagandahang-loob.
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 Ang kaluwalhatian ng mga binata ay ang kanilang kalakasan: at ang kagandahan ng matanda ay ang ulong may uban.
We honor/admire young people because they are strong, but we respect [MTY] old people more because they are wise.
30 Ang mga latay na sumasakit ay lumilinis ng kasamaan: at ang mga hampas ay dinaramdam sa mga pinakaloob na bahagi ng tiyan.
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.
