Mga Kawikaan 26
1 Kung paano ang niebe sa taginit, at kung paano ang ulan sa pagaani, gayon ang karangalan ay hindi nababagay sa mangmang.
Just [like] [SIM] [it is not appropriate for] snow [to fall] in summer time, or rain [to fall] at harvest time, it is not appropriate to praise/honor foolish people.
2 Kung paano ang maya sa kaniyang paggagala, kung paano ang langaylangayan sa kaniyang paglipad, gayon ang sumpa na walang kadahilanan ay hindi tumatalab.
Like [SIM] birds that fly by [and do not alight/land on anything], if someone curses you, it cannot hurt you if you (do not deserve them/have not done to him what is wrong).
3 Ang paghagupit ay sa kabayo, ang paningkaw ay sa asno, at ang pamalo ay sa likod ng mga mangmang.
It is necessary to whip a horse and to put a bridle on a donkey [to force them to go where we want them to go], and similarly [SIM] [it is often necessary to strike] foolish people with a stick [to cause them to do what is right].
4 Huwag mong sagutin ang mangmang ng ayon sa kaniyang kamangmangan, baka ikaw man ay maging gaya rin niya.
If a foolish person asks a foolish question, [do not answer him], because [if you answer his question], you are just as foolish as he is.
5 Sagutin mo ang mangmang ayon sa kaniyang kamangmangan, baka siya'y maging pantas sa ganang kaniya.
If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
6 Siyang nagsusugo ng pasugo sa pamamagitan ng kamay ng mangmang naghihiwalay ng kaniyang mga paa, at umiinom sa kasiraan.
Anyone who asks a foolish person to take a message to someone [is himself doing something as foolish as] cutting off his own feet or drinking poison.
7 Ang mga hita ng pilay ay nabibitin: gayon ang talinghaga sa bibig ng mga mangmang.
A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
8 Kung paano ang isa'y nagbabalot ng isang bato sa isang lambanog, gayon ang nagbibigay ng karangalan sa mangmang.
Tying a stone in a sling [so that it cannot be thrown at a target] is [as foolish as] [SIM] honoring a foolish person.
9 Kung paano ang tinik na tumutusok sa kamay ng lango, gayon ang talinghaga sa bibig ng mga mangmang.
If a drunk person waves some thorns/brambles with his hand, [he is not able to accomplish anything useful by doing that] (OR, [he does not feel it when a thorn sticks in his hand]); similarly, if foolish people speak [MTY] proverbs, [they do not help anyone who hears them].
10 Kung paano ang mamamana sumusugat sa lahat, gayon ang umupa sa mangmang at umuupa sa pagayongayon.
A man who shoots arrows [to try] to wound everybody who is near [is foolish]; similarly, anyone who hires a foolish person [who passes by is very foolish].
11 Kung paano ang aso na bumabalik sa kaniyang suka, gayon ang mangmang na umuulit ng kaniyang kamangmangan.
A foolish person will foolishly do something stupid a second time; it is [like] [SIM] a dog returning to [eat] what it has vomited.
12 Nakikita mo ba ang taong pantas sa ganang kaniyang sarili. May higit na pagasa sa mangmang kay sa kaniya.
[God] can help/bless foolish people more easily than he can help/bless people who are not wise [RHQ], but think that they are wise.
13 Sinabi ng tamad, may leon sa daan; isang leon ay nasa mga lansangan.
Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
14 Kung paano ang pintuan ay pumipihit sa kaniyang bisagra, gayon ang tamad sa kaniyang higaan.
A door [continually] swings back and forth on its hinges [and does not go anywhere]; similarly [SIM], lazy people [just continually turn over] in their beds [and never do anything].
15 Idinadampot ng tamad ang kaniyang kamay sa pinggan; napapagod siyang dalhin uli sa kaniyang bibig.
Some people are extremely lazy; they put their hand in a dish [to get some food] but do not [even] lift the food up to their mouths.
16 Ang tamad ay lalong pantas sa ganang kaniyang sarili kay sa pitong tao na makapagbibigay katuwiran.
Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
17 Ang nagdaraan, at nakikialam sa pagaaway na hindi ukol sa kaniya, ay gaya ng humahawak ng aso sa mga tainga.
Anyone who (meddles/involves himself) in a quarrel that does not concern him is [as foolish as] [SIM] someone who tries to grab a passing dog by its ears.
18 Kung paano ang taong ulol na naghahagis ng mga dupong na apoy, mga pana, at kamatayan;
Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
19 Gayon ang tao na nagdadaya sa kaniyang kapuwa, at nagsasabi, hindi ko ba ginagawa sa paglilibang?
are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and [then] say, “I was only joking.”
20 Sapagka't sa kakulangan ng gatong ay namamatay ang apoy: at kung saan walang mapaghatid-dumapit ay tumitigil ang pagkakaalit.
If there is no [more] firewood [to put on the fire], the fire will go out; similarly [SIM], if there are no people who (gossip/tell people things that are not true), quarreling will end.
21 Kung paano ang mga uling sa mga baga, at ang kahoy sa apoy; gayon ang taong madaldal na nagpapaningas ng pagkakaalit.
[Putting] charcoal on burning coals or [putting] wood on a fire [causes the fire to keep burning]; similarly, people who like to quarrel cause people to keep arguing.
22 Ang mga salita ng mapaghatid-dumapit ay parang mga masarap na subo, at nagsisibaba sa mga pinakaloob na bahagi ng tiyan.
People [enjoy listening to what gossips say about others just like] [SIM] they enjoy tasty food; they [enjoy listening to what gossips tell them like] they enjoy swallowing tasty food.
23 Mga mapusok na labi at masamang puso ay parang sisidlang-lupa na nababalot ng dumi ng pilak.
People who say nice things when they are thinking about doing evil things are like a nice glaze/covering on a [cheap] clay pot.
24 Ang nagtatanim ay nagpapakunwari ng kaniyang mga labi, nguni't siya'y naglalagay ng pagdaraya sa loob niya:
Those who hate someone and are saying [MTY] something very different from what they are thinking are hypocrites; they are only planning [to harm that person].
25 Pagka siya'y nagsasalitang mainam, huwag mo siyang paniwalaan; sapagka't may pitong karumaldumal sa kaniyang puso:
When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
26 Bagaman ang kaniyang pagtatanim ay magtakip ng karayaan, at ang kaniyang kasamaan ay lubos na makikilala sa harap ng kapisanan.
They try to deceive people to cause them to think that they do not hate [that person], but in a public meeting, the people will find out the evil things [that they have done].
27 Ang humuhukay ng lungaw ay mabubuwal doon: at siyang nagpapagulong ng bato, ay babalikan nito siya.
Those who dig a deep pit [for other people to fall into] will fall into it themselves; rocks will roll down on those who start to cause rocks to roll down [to crush someone].
28 Ang sinungaling na dila ay nagtatanim sa mga sinaktan niya; at ang bibig ng kunwang mapagpuri ay gumagawa ng kapahamakan.
Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
