Mga Kawikaan 21
1 Ang puso ng hari ay isang batis ng tubig sa kamay ni Yahweh; siya ang pumapatnubay dito kahit saan niya naisin.
Yahweh controls what kings do [MTY] [like] he controls how streams flow; he causes kings to do just what he wants them to do.
2 Ang bawat pamamaraan ng tao ay maaaring tama sa kaniyang paningin, ngunit si Yahweh ang sumusukat ng mga puso.
People always think that what they do is right, but Yahweh judges our (motives/reasons [for doing things)] [MTY].
3 Ang paggawa ng kung ano ang tama at makatarungan ay mas katanggap-tanggap kay Yahweh kaysa sa sakripisyo.
Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh than [bringing] sacrifices [to him].
4 Ang mapagmalaking mga mata at mapagmataas na puso - ang ilawan ng masama - ay kasalanan.
Being proud and arrogant [DOU] is [like] a lamp [MTY] [that guides] wicked people; being proud and arrogant characterizes (wicked people’s whole behavior/everything that wicked people do).
5 Ang mga plano ng masipag ang tanging daan sa kasaganahan, ngunit ang lahat ng kumikilos ng masyadong mabilis ay sasapit lamang sa kahirapan.
People who plan carefully will surely have plenty [of what they need]; those who act too quickly [to become rich] will become poor.
6 Ang pagtamo ng kayamanan ng isang sinungaling na dila ay panandaliang singaw at isang patibong na nakamamatay.
Money that people acquire [by cheating others] by lying [MTY] to them will soon disappear [like] a mist, and doing that will [soon] lead to their death.
7 Ang karahasan ng kasamaan ay tatangayin sila palayo, sapagkat sila ay tumatanggi na gawin kung ano ang patas.
Wicked [people] refuse to do what is right/just, but they will be ruined because of the violent things [PRS] that they do.
8 Ang paraan ng makasalanang tao ay liku-liko; ngunit ang taong dalisay ay gumagawa ng tama.
Guilty [people continually do what is evil; it is as though] [MET] they are walking on a crooked road; but righteous/innocent people [always] do what is right.
9 Mas mabuti pang mamuhay sa sulok ng bubungan kaysa sa bahay na kahati ang palaaway na asawang babae.
It is better to live in the corner of an attic/housetop [by yourself] than to live inside the house with a wife who is always nagging.
10 Ang gana ng masama ay nagmimithi ng labis na kasamaan; ang kaniyang kalapit-bahay sa kaniyang mga mata ay walang nakikitang kabaitan.
Wicked [people] [SYN] are always wanting [to do what is] evil; they never act mercifully toward anyone.
11 Kapag ang nangungutya ay naparusahan, ang mangmang ay nagiging matalino, at kapag ang taong marunong ay naturuan, nadadagdagan siya ng kaalaman.
When those who ridicule [others] are punished, [even] those who do not have good sense [see that, and] they become wise, and when those who are wise are taught, they become wiser.
12 Ang isang gumagawa ng tama ay binabantayan ang bahay ng masama; kaniyang dinadala ang masama sa kasiraan.
[God], the one [who is completely] righteous, knows [what happens inside] the houses of wicked [people], and [he will cause] those people to be completely ruined/destroyed.
13 Ang isa na hindi dininig ang iyak ng mga mahihirap na tao, kapag siya din ay umiyak, hindi siya maririnig.
There are people who refuse to listen when poor people cry out [for help]; [but some day] they themselves will cry out [for help], and no one will hear them.
14 Ang lihim na regalo ay nagpapahupa ng galit at ang isang tagong regalo ay nag-aalis nang matinding galit.
When someone is angry [with you], if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.
15 Kapag ang katarungan ay tapos na, nagbibigay ito ng kagalakan sa gumagawa ng tama, ngunit ito ay nagdadala ng takot sa mga masasamang tao.
Good/Righteous [people] are happy when they [see others do] what is just/fair, but those who do what is evil are terrified [when they think about what may happen to them].
16 Ang siyang naliligaw sa daan ng pang-unawa, ay mamamahinga sa pagpupulong ng mga walang buhay.
Those who stop behaving like those who have good sense behave will [soon] discover that they have gone to the place where dead people are.
17 Ang sinumang minamahal ang aliw ay magiging mahirap, ang taong minamahal ang alak at langis ay hindi magiging mayaman.
Those who spend their money to buy (things that give them pleasure/things that cause them to feel happy) will become poor; those who love [to spend money to buy] wine and nice/fancy food [MTY] will never become rich.
18 Ang masamang tao ay magiging katubusan sa gumagawa ng tama, at ang hindi tapat ay katubusan para sa matuwid.
Wicked [people] bring on themselves the sufferings that they were trying to cause righteous [people] to experience [DOU].
19 Mas mabuti pang mamuhay sa disyerto kaysa makasama ang babaeng nagdudulot nang alitan at sobrang makapagreklamo.
It is better to live [alone] in a desert than [to live] with a wife who is [always] nagging and complaining.
20 Ang pinakamahal na yaman at langis ay nasa tahanan ng matalino, ngunit inaaksaya ito ng mangmang na lalaki.
Wise people have many valuable things in their houses, but foolish people [quickly] spend/waste [all their money].
21 Ang gumagawa ng tama at mabait—ang taong ito ay makasusumpong ng buhay, katuwiran at karangalan.
Those who [always] try to act in a fair and kind way [toward others] will live [a long time] and be honored/respected.
22 Isang matalinong tao ang pumunta laban sa lungsod nang makapangyarihan, at kaniyang ginigiba ang matibay na moog na nagtatanggol nito.
A wise army commander [helps his troops] climb over a wall [to attack] a city that is defended by a strong army, with the result that they are able to (get over/destroy) the high walls that their enemies trusted [would protect them].
23 Sinumang nagbabantay sa kaniyang bibig at dila ay nag-iingat na hindi makasali sa gulo.
Those who are very careful about what they say [MTY] are [able to] avoid trouble.
24 Ang hambog at mapagmataas na tao - “mangungutya” ang kaniyang pangalan - kumikilos nang may pagmamataas na kayabangan.
Those who make fun of [everything that is good] are proud and conceited [DOU]; they [always] act in an inconsiderate way [toward others].
25 Ang pagnanais ng tamad ay pumapatay sa kaniyang sarili, dahil ang kaniyang mga kamay ay tumatanggi sa pagtatrabaho.
Lazy people, who refuse to work, [will] die [of hunger] because they [SYN] do not earn [money to buy food].
26 Buong araw siyang nagmimithi at nagmimithi nang labis, ngunit ang isang gumagawa ng tama ay nagbibigay at hindi nagpipigil.
All during the day [wicked people] desire to obtain things, but righteous [people] have plenty, [with the result that] they [are able to] give things generously to others.
27 Ang alay ng masamang tao ay kasuklam-suklam; ito ay mas kasuklam-suklam pa kapag dinala niya ito ng may masasamang motibo.
[Yahweh] detests the sacrifices that wicked [people] offer [to him]; [but he] detests it even more when they [think that they will escape being punished for] their evil deeds because of the sacrifices that they bring.
28 Ang hindi totoong saksi ay mamamatay, ngunit ang isang nakikinig ay magsasalita sa lahat ng oras.
Those who tell lies in court will be punished; no one stops/silences witnesses who say what is truthful/reliable.
29 Ang masamang lalaki ay ginagawa ang sarili na tila malakas, pero ang matuwid na tao ay maingat sa kaniyang mga kilos.
Wicked people pretend [that they know everything], but righteous people think carefully about [what will happen because of] what they do.
30 Walang karunungan, pag-unawa o payo na kayang makatalo kay Yahweh.
[Thinking that we are] wise, and that we understand many things, and that we have good insight, does not help us if Yahweh is (acting against/not pleased with) us.
31 Ang kabayo ay handa para sa araw ng labanan, ngunit kay Yahweh ang tagumpay ay nabibilang.
We [can] get horses ready to fight in a battle, but Yahweh is the one who enables us to (win victories/defeat our enemies).
