நீதிமொழிகள் 26
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 ௨ அடைக்கலான் குருவி அலைந்துபோவதுபோலவும், தகைவிலான் குருவி பறந்து போவதுபோலவும், காரணம் இல்லாமல் சொன்னசாபம் தங்காது.
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).
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].
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 ௫ மூடனுக்கு அவனுடைய மதியீனத்தின்படி மறுஉத்திரவு கொடு; கொடுக்காவிட்டால் அவன் தன்னுடைய பார்வைக்கு ஞானியாக இருப்பான்.
If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
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 ௭ நொண்டியின் கால்கள் குந்திக்குந்தி நடக்கும், அப்படியே மூடர்களின் வாயிலுள்ள உவமைச்சொல்லும் குந்தும்.
A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
Tying a stone in a sling [so that it cannot be thrown at a target] is [as foolish as] [SIM] honoring a foolish person.
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 ௧0 பலத்தவன் அனைவரையும் நோகச்செய்து, மூடனையும் வேலைவாங்குகிறான், மீறி நடக்கிறவர்களையும் வேலைவாங்குகிறான்.
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 ௧௧ நாயானது தான் கக்கினதை சாப்பிடும்படித் திரும்புவதுபோல, மூடனும் தன்னுடைய மூடத்தனத்திற்குத் திரும்புகிறான்.
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 ௧௨ தன்னுடைய பார்வைக்கு ஞானியாக இருப்பவனைக் கண்டால், அவனைவிட மூடனைக்குறித்து அதிக நம்பிக்கையாக இருக்கலாம்.
[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.
Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
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 ௧௫ சோம்பேறி தன்னுடைய கையைக் கலத்திலே வைத்து அதைத் தன்னுடைய வாய்க்குத் திரும்ப எடுக்க வருத்தப்படுகிறான்.
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.
Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
17 ௧௭ வழியிலே போகும்போது தனக்கு சம்மந்தமில்லாத வழக்கில் தலையிடுகிறவன் நாயைக் காதைப் பிடித்து இழுக்கிறவனைப்போல இருக்கிறான்.
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.
Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
19 ௧௯ அப்படியே, தன்னோடு இருந்தவனை வஞ்சித்து: நான் விளையாட்டுக்கல்லவோ செய்தேன் என்று சொல்லுகிற மனிதனும் இருக்கிறான்.
are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and [then] say, “I was only joking.”
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 ௨௧ கரிகள் தழலுக்கும், விறகு நெருப்புக்கும் ஏதுவானதுபோல, கோபக்காரன் சண்டைகளை மூட்டுகிறதற்கு ஏதுவானவன்.
[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.
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.
People who say nice things when they are thinking about doing evil things are like a nice glaze/covering on a [cheap] clay pot.
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].
When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
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 ௨௭ படுகுழியை வெட்டுகிறவன் தானே அதில் விழுவான்; கல்லைப் புரட்டுகிறவன்மேல் அந்தக் கல் திரும்ப விழும்.
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].
Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
