நீதிமொழிகள் 11
Yahweh detests [people who use] scales that do not weigh correctly; he is delighted with [those who use] correct weights on the scales.
[People who are] proud will [eventually] be disgraced; it is wise to be humble.
[People who are] good are guided by [doing what is] honest; those who are not honest will be ruined because of the wrong things that they do.
[Your] money will not help [you] on the day that [God] judges [and punishes people]; but if you live righteously, you will live a long time.
5 ௫ உத்தமனுடைய நீதி அவன் வழியைச் செம்மைப்படுத்தும்; துன்மார்க்கனோ தன்னுடைய துன்மார்க்கத்தினால் விழுவான்.
When people are honest and good, that will (direct their paths/show them what is right for them to do); but wicked [people will] experience disasters because of the evil things that they do.
[God] rescues/protects righteous [people] because they (are honest/do what is right), but those who (are treacherous/cannot be trusted) will be trapped because of their being greedy.
7 ௭ துன்மார்க்கன் மரணமடையும்போது அவனுடைய நம்பிக்கை அழியும்; அக்கிரமக்காரர்களின் எதிர்பார்ப்பு கெட்டுப்போகும்.
When wicked [people] die, they cannot confidently expect to receive anything [that is good]; they expect that [their money] will help/save them, but it will not.
[Yahweh] rescues righteous [people] from their troubles/difficulties; instead, it is the wicked who will have troubles.
Godless people can ruin others by what they say [MTY], but righteous [people will] be saved by [their (own] good sense/being wise).
10 ௧0 நீதிமான்கள் நன்றாக இருந்தால் பட்டணம் சந்தோஷமாக இருக்கும்; துன்மார்க்கர்கள் அழிந்தால் கெம்பீரம் உண்டாகும்.
When things go well for righteous [people], [the people in] [MTY] their city are happy, and they shout joyfully when wicked [people] die.
11 ௧௧ செம்மையானவர்களுடைய ஆசீர்வாதத்தினால் பட்டணம் நிலைபெற்று ஓங்கும்; துன்மார்க்கர்களுடைய வாயினால் அது இடிந்துவிழும்.
When righteous [people request God to] bless a city, that city will become great, but cities are ruined by what wicked [people] say [MTY].
It is foolish to despise others; those who (have good sense/are wise) do not say anything [to criticize others].
13 ௧௩ புறங்கூறித் திரிகிறவன் இரகசியத்தை வெளிப்படுத்துகிறான்; ஆவியில் உண்மையுள்ளவனோ காரியத்தை அடக்குகிறான்.
Those who (spread gossip/tell bad things about others) will tell your secrets [to others], but if there is someone whom you can trust, you can trust him to not tell your secrets [to others].
14 ௧௪ ஆலோசனையில்லாத இடத்தில் மக்கள் விழுந்துபோவார்கள்; அநேக ஆலோசனைக்காரர்கள் உண்டானால் சுகம் உண்டாகும்.
A nation will be destroyed/ruined if it does not have [leaders] who guide it [wisely]; but if there are many [good] advisors, the nation remains secure.
15 ௧௫ அந்நியனுக்காகப் பிணைப்படுகிறவன் மிகுந்த பாடுபடுவான்; பிணைப்படுவதை வெறுப்பவன் சுகமாக இருப்பான்.
If you promise a stranger that you will pay his debt [if he cannot pay it himself], you will regret it. You will be safe if you refuse to guarantee that you will pay someone else’s debts.
[People] honor/respect women who are kind/gracious; ruthless/violent people may get a lot of money, [but that is all that they will get].
17 ௧௭ தயவுள்ள மனிதன் தன்னுடைய ஆத்துமாவுக்கு நன்மை செய்துகொள்ளுகிறான்; கொடூரனோ தன்னுடைய உடலை அலைக்கழிக்கிறான்.
Those who are kind benefit themselves [because others will be kind to them], but those who are cruel will hurt themselves [because others will be cruel to them].
If wicked people earn a lot of money, that will deceive them [because they will not keep it for very long], but those who do what is right will surely be rewarded [by God forever].
Those who always do what is right will live [a long/happy life], but those who insist on doing what is wrong will not live [very long].
20 ௨0 மாறுபாடுள்ள இருதயமுடையவர்கள் யெகோவாவுக்கு அருவருப்பானவர்கள்; உத்தம வழியில் நடக்கிறவர்களோ அவருக்குப் பிரியமானவர்கள்.
Yahweh hates those who are always thinking about doing evil things, but he is delighted with those who always do what is right.
21 ௨௧ கையோடு கைகோர்த்தாலும், கெட்டவன் தண்டனைக்குத் தப்பான்; நீதிமான்களுடைய சந்ததியோ விடுவிக்கப்படும்.
It is certain that [Yahweh] will punish evil people and that righteous people will escape [from being punished].
[It is] ([unsuitable/not proper/disgusting]) for a beautiful woman not to know what is right to do, like [SIM] [it is unsuitable/disgusting] for a pig to have a gold ring in its snout/nose.
When the things that righteous people want happen, it brings good [to them and to others], but when the wicked get what they want, it causes everyone else to become angry.
24 ௨௪ வாரி இறைத்தும் விருத்தியடைந்தவர்களும் உண்டு; அதிகமாக தனக்கென்று மட்டும் வைத்துக்கொண்டும் வறுமையடைபவர்களும் உண்டு.
Some people give [their money] generously [to poor people], but they become richer [in spite of that], and some people hold tightly to their money, but they still become poor [in spite of that].
25 ௨௫ உதாரகுணமுள்ள ஆத்துமா செழிக்கும்; எவன் தண்ணீர் பாய்ச்சுகிறானோ அவனுக்குத் தண்ணீர் பாய்ச்சப்படும்.
Those who give generously [to others] will prosper; if you help others, [they/someone] will help you, too.
26 ௨௬ தானியத்தைக் கட்டிவைக்கிறவனை மக்கள் சபிப்பார்கள்; விற்கிறவனுடைய தலையின்மேல் ஆசீர்வாதம் தங்கும்.
People curse/despise someone who hoards his grain [and does not sell it], waiting to get a higher/bigger price for it, but they praise someone who sells it [when people need it, even when the price is not high].
If you sincerely want to [do what is] right, [people] will respect you, but if you are wanting to cause trouble, trouble is what you will get.
Those who trust in their money will [disappear like the] withered [leaves that fall from the trees], but righteous [people] will keep going strong, like green leaves [in the summer].
Those who bring troubles to their families will inherit nothing [MET] [from them], and those who do foolish things [like that] will [some day] become the servants of wise [people].
Those who live righteously will live [for a long time], but [those who act] violently will destroy [their own] lives (OR, those who are wise will have many people come and live with them).
[Sometimes] righteous [people] are rewarded [here] on the earth, but it is much more certain that very wicked people [DOU] [will be rewarded by being punished].
