Mga Kawikaan 26
1 Tulad ng niyebe sa tag-araw o ulan sa panahon ng tag-ani, ang isang hangal na hindi karapat-dapat sa karangalan.
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 Gaya ng isang maya na mabilis na nagpapalipat-lipat at ng layanglayang na humahagibis kapag sila ay lumilipad, gayundin hindi tatalab ang isang sumpa na hindi nararapat.
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 latigo ay para sa kabayo, ang kabisada ay para sa asno, at ang pamalo ay para sa likod ng mga hangal.
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 sagutin ang isang hangal at sumali sa kanyang kahangalan, o magiging tulad ka 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 Sumagot sa isang hangal at sumali sa kaniyang kahangalan upang hindi siya maging marunong sa kaniyang sariling paningin.
If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
6 Sinumang magpadala ng isang mensahe sa pamamagitan ng kamay ng isang hangal ay pinuputol ang kaniyang sariling mga paa at umiinom nang karahasan.
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 binti ng isang paralitiko na nakabitin ay tulad ng isang kawikaan sa bibig ng mga hangal.
A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
8 Ang pagtatali ng bato sa isang tirador ay gaya ng pagbibigay karangalan sa isang hangal.
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 Ang halamang tinik na hawak ng isang lasing ay tulad ng isang kawikaan sa bibig ng mga hangal.
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 Ang isang mamamana na sumusugat ng lahat ay tulad ng isang umuupa ng isang hangal o ng kahit sinumang dumadaan.
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 Gaya ng isang asong bumabalik sa kanyang sariling suka, ganoon din ang isang hangal na inuulit ang kanyang kahangalan.
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 marunong sa kanyang sariling paningin? Higit na may pag-asa ang isang hangal kaysa sa kanya.
[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 Ang tamad na tao ay nagsasabing, “May isang leon sa kalsada! May isang leon sa pagitan ng mga lantad na lugar!
Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
14 Kung paanong ang isang pinto ay bumabaling sa kaniyang bisagra, ang tamad na tao naman ay sa ibabaw ng kaniyang kama.
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 Nilalagay ng isang tamad na tao ang kaniyang kamay sa pagkain, pero wala siyang lakas na isubo ito 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 na tao ay mas marunong sa kanyang paningin kaysa sa pitong lalaking may kakayahang kumilatis.
Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
17 Tulad ng isang humahawak ng mga tainga ng isang aso ay isang taong dumadaan na nagagalit sa alitan na hindi kanya.
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 Tulad ng isang baliw na pumapana ng nagliliyab na mga palaso,
Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
19 ay ang isang nandaraya ng kanyang kapwa at nagsasabing, “Di ba't nagbibiro lang ako?”
are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and [then] say, “I was only joking.”
20 Dahil sa kakulangan ng gatong, namamatay ang apoy, at kung saan walang tsismoso, tumitigil ang pag-aaway.
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 Tulad ng isang uling na nagbabaga at panggatong ay sa apoy, ganoon din ang isang palaaway na tao na nagpapasiklab ng alitan.
[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 isang tsismoso ay tulad ng masarap na mga pagkain; bumababa sila sa kaloob-loobang mga bahagi ng katawan.
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 Ang pampakintab na bumabalot sa isang banga ay tulad ng nagbabagang mga labi at isang napakasamang puso.
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 isang namumuhi sa iba ay kinukubli ang kanyang damdamin sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang mga labi at nag-iimbak ng panlilinlang sa kaniyang sarili.
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 Magiliw siyang mangungusap, pero huwag siyang paniwalaan, dahil may pitong mga pagkasuklam sa kaniyang puso.
When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
26 Kahit na natatakpan ng panlilinlang ang kaniyang pagkamuhi, ang kaniyang kabuktutan ay malalantad sa kapulungan.
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 Sinumang gumagawa ng isang hukay ay mahuhulog dito at ang bato ay gugulong pabalik sa taong tumulak nito.
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 isang nagsisinungaling na dila ay namumuhi sa mga taong dinudurog nito at ang nambobolang bibig ay nagiging dahilan ng pagkawasak.
Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
