நீதிமொழிகள் 21
1 ௧ ராஜாவின் இருதயம் யெகோவாவின் கையில் நீரூற்றைப்போல இருக்கிறது; அதைத் தமது சித்தத்தின்படி அவர் திருப்புகிறார்.
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 ௨ மனிதனுடைய வழியெல்லாம் அவனுடைய பார்வைக்குச் செம்மையாகத் தோன்றும்; யெகோவாவோ இருதயங்களை நிறுத்திப்பார்க்கிறார்.
People always think that what they do is right, but Yahweh judges our (motives/reasons [for doing things)] [MTY].
Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh than [bringing] sacrifices [to him].
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 ௫ ஜாக்கிரதையுள்ளவனுடைய நினைவுகள் செல்வத்திற்கும், பதறுகிறவனுடைய நினைவுகள் தரித்திரத்திற்கும் ஏதுவாகும்.
People who plan carefully will surely have plenty [of what they need]; those who act too quickly [to become rich] will become poor.
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.
Wicked [people] refuse to do what is right/just, but they will be ruined because of the violent things [PRS] that they do.
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 ௯ சண்டைக்காரியோடு ஒரு பெரிய வீட்டில் குடியிருப்பதைவிட, வீட்டின்மேல் ஒரு மூலையில் தங்கியிருப்பதே நலம்.
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 ௧0 துன்மார்க்கனுடைய மனம் தீங்கைச் செய்ய விரும்பும்; அவனுடைய கண்களில் அவனுடைய அயலானுக்கு இரக்கம் கிடையாது.
Wicked [people] [SYN] are always wanting [to do what is] evil; they never act mercifully toward anyone.
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 ௧௨ நீதிபரர் துன்மார்க்கர்களுடைய வீட்டைக் கவனித்துப்பார்க்கிறார்; துன்மார்க்கர்களைத் தீங்கில் கவிழ்த்துப்போடுவார்.
[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 ௧௩ ஏழையின் கூக்குரலுக்குத் தன்னுடைய செவியை அடைத்துக்கொள்ளுகிறவன், தானும் சத்தமிட்டுக் கூப்பிடும்போது கேட்கப்படமாட்டான்.
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.
When someone is angry [with you], if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.
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].
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 ௧௭ சிற்றின்பப்பிரியன் தரித்திரனாவான்; மதுபானத்தையும் எண்ணெயையும் விரும்புகிறவன் செல்வந்தனாவதில்லை.
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 ௧௮ நீதிமானுக்கு பதிலாக துன்மார்க்கனும், செம்மையானவனுக்கு பதிலாக துரோகியும் மீட்கும் பொருளாவார்கள்.
Wicked [people] bring on themselves the sufferings that they were trying to cause righteous [people] to experience [DOU].
It is better to live [alone] in a desert than [to live] with a wife who is [always] nagging and complaining.
Wise people have many valuable things in their houses, but foolish people [quickly] spend/waste [all their money].
Those who [always] try to act in a fair and kind way [toward others] will live [a long time] and be honored/respected.
22 ௨௨ பலவான்களுடைய பட்டணத்தின் மதிலை ஞானமுள்ளவன் ஏறிப்பிடித்து, அவர்கள் நம்பின மதில்சுவரை இடித்துப்போடுவான்.
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 ௨௩ தன்னுடைய வாயையும் தன்னுடைய நாவையும் காக்கிறவன் தன்னுடைய ஆத்துமாவை இடுக்கண்களுக்கு விலக்கிக் காக்கிறான்.
Those who are very careful about what they say [MTY] are [able to] avoid trouble.
24 ௨௪ அகங்காரமும் அகந்தையும் உள்ளவனுக்குப் பரியாசக்காரன் என்று பெயர், அவன் அகந்தையான கோபத்தோடு நடக்கிறான்.
Those who make fun of [everything that is good] are proud and conceited [DOU]; they [always] act in an inconsiderate way [toward others].
Lazy people, who refuse to work, [will] die [of hunger] because they [SYN] do not earn [money to buy food].
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 ௨௭ துன்மார்க்கருடைய பலி அருவருப்பானது; அதைத் தீயசிந்தையோடு செலுத்தினாலோ எத்தனை அதிகமாக அருவருக்கப்படும்.
[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.
Those who tell lies in court will be punished; no one stops/silences witnesses who say what is truthful/reliable.
29 ௨௯ துன்மார்க்கன் தன்னுடைய முகத்தைக் கடினப்படுத்துகிறான்; செம்மையானவனோ தன்னுடைய வழியை நேர்ப்படுத்துகிறான்.
Wicked people pretend [that they know everything], but righteous people think carefully about [what will happen because of] what they do.
[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.
We [can] get horses ready to fight in a battle, but Yahweh is the one who enables us to (win victories/defeat our enemies).
