நீதிமொழிகள் 24
Do not envy evil people; do not desire to associate with them,
because they are [constantly] thinking about acting violently, and whenever they speak [MTY], they talk about (causing trouble/hurting someone).
People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by [heeding] good advice.
By using good sense, [they are able to buy] valuable and beautiful things and put them in the rooms of their houses.
Being wise is better than being strong/powerful; those who know [many things can accomplish more] than those who are [very] strong.
Leaders can fight battles if they have wise advisors, and they win those battles if they have many good advisors.
Foolish people cannot understand wise sayings/talk; at public meetings they are not [able to] say anything [that is useful].
Those who are [always] planning to do evil things will be called troublemakers.
It is sinful to plan to do foolish things, and people hate those who make fun of [everything that is good].
If you [act as though] you are helpless when you have troubles, you are [truly very] weak.
11 ௧௧ மரணத்திற்கு ஒப்புவிக்கப்பட்டவர்களையும், கொலைசெய்வதற்கு கொண்டுபோகிறவர்களையும் விடுவிக்க முடிந்தால் விடுவி.
[If it is unjustly decided] that someone must be executed, [try hard to] rescue them [DOU].
12 ௧௨ அதை நாங்கள் அறியோம் என்று சொன்னால், இருதயங்களைச் சோதிக்கிறவர் அறியமாட்டாரோ? உன்னுடைய ஆத்துமாவைக் காக்கிறவர் கவனிக்கமாட்டாரோ? அவர் மனிதர்களுக்கு அவனவன் செயல்களுக்கு தக்கதாகப் பலனளிக்கமாட்டாரோ?
If you say, “I did not know anything about it, [so (it is not my concern/I did not try to help him)],” remember that God knows what we have done, and he knows what we were thinking [IDM, RHQ], and he will certainly [RHQ] repay us as we deserve for what we have done or for not doing what we should have done.
13 ௧௩ என் மகனே, தேனைச் சாப்பிடு, அது நல்லது; கூட்டிலிருந்து ஒழுகும் தேன் உன் வாய்க்கு இன்பமாக இருக்கும்.
My child/son, eat honey, because it is good [for you]; the honey that drips from honeycombs tastes [very] sweet.
14 ௧௪ அப்படியே ஞானத்தை அறிந்துகொள்வது உன்னுடைய ஆத்துமாவுக்கு இன்பமாக இருக்கும்; அதைப் பெற்றுக்கொண்டால், அது முடிவில் உதவும், உன்னுடைய நம்பிக்கை வீண்போகாது.
Similarly, being wise is good for your soul; if you become wise, you will be [happy in] the future, and [God] will certainly [do for you what you are] confidently expecting him to do [LIT].
15 ௧௫ துன்மார்க்கனே, நீ நீதிமானுடைய வீட்டிற்கு விரோதமாக மறைந்திருக்காதே; அவன் தங்கும் இடத்தைப் பாழாக்கிப்போடாதே.
Do not be like wicked people who [hide and] wait to break into the houses of righteous/good [people] and rob/steal things.
16 ௧௬ நீதிமான் ஏழுமுறை விழுந்தாலும் திரும்பவும் எழுந்திருப்பான்; துன்மார்க்கர்களோ தீங்கிலே இடறுண்டு கிடப்பார்கள்.
[Even if] good people fall down seven/many times, they [always] stand/get up again, but when a disaster happens to wicked [people], it ruins/destroys them.
17 ௧௭ உன் எதிரி விழும்போது சந்தோஷப்படாதே; அவன் இடறும்போது உன்னுடைய இருதயம் சந்தோஷப்படாமல் இருப்பதாக.
Do not be happy when something bad happens to one of your enemies; do not rejoice when he stumbles and falls,
18 ௧௮ யெகோவா அதைக் காண்பார், அது அவருடைய பார்வைக்கு தீங்காக இருக்கும்; அப்பொழுது அவனிடத்திலிருந்து அவர் தமது கோபத்தை நீக்கிவிடுவார்.
because Yahweh will know what you are thinking, and he will not like it, and [as a result] he will not punish that enemy of yours.
Do not become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not [SYN] envy them,
because [nothing good] will happen to wicked people; they are [like] a lamp that will soon be extinguished [MET].
My child/son, revere Yahweh and [also] honor the king, and do not associate with people who want to rebel against either of them,
because those people will suddenly experience disasters; and no one knows [RHQ] what great disasters that God or the king can cause to happen to them.
Here are more things that wise [people] have said: It is wrong for judges to decide matters unfairly [IDM].
24 ௨௪ துன்மார்க்கனைப் பார்த்து: நீதிமானாக இருக்கிறாய் என்று சொல்லுகிறவனை மக்கள் சபிப்பார்கள், குடிமக்கள் அவனை வெறுப்பார்கள்.
If they say to people who are guilty, “You (are innocent/have not done something that is wrong),” [even] people in other nations will curse and despise them,
but if judges say that guilty people must be punished, things will go well for those judges, and (they will receive blessings/God will bless them).
Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends [IDM].
First, do the work [that needs to be done] outside [your house], and prepare your fields, [and then plant things], and after you finish doing that, build your house.
[In the courtroom] do not testify against someone when you have no reason to do that, and do not [try to] deceive [people] by what you say [MTY].
29 ௨௯ அவன் எனக்குச் செய்தபடி நானும் அவனுக்குச் செய்வேன், அவன் செய்த செயல்களுக்குத் தகுந்தபடி நானும் அவனுக்குச் சரிக்கட்டுவேன் என்று நீ சொல்லாதே.
Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for [the bad things that] he did to me.”
One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.
31 ௩௧ இதோ, அதெல்லாம் முள்ளுக்காடாக இருந்தது; நிலத்தின் முகத்தை முட்கள் மூடினது, அதின் கற்சுவர் இடிந்துகிடந்தது.
I was surprised to see that the fields were full of all kinds of thorny bushes, and the stone wall [around the garden] had (collapsed/fallen down).
When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:
[If you spend a lot of time] sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest,
[soon] you will become poor; [it will be as though] [PRS, SIM] a bandit who had a weapon in his hand [attacked you and stole all that you had].
