நீதிமொழிகள் 29
1 ௧ அடிக்கடி கடிந்துகொள்ளப்பட்டும் தன்னுடைய பிடரியைக் கடினப்படுத்துகிறவன் உதவியின்றி திடீரென்று நாசமடைவான்.
Some people remain stubborn [IDM] [even] though they are often reproved/warned [about doing what is wrong], [but some day] they will be crushed/ruined, and nothing will be able to heal them.
When righteous [people] are rulers, people are happy, but when wicked [people] rule, people (groan/are miserable).
3 ௩ ஞானத்தில் பிரியப்படுகிறவன் தன்னுடைய தகப்பனை சந்தோஷப்படுத்துகிறான்; வேசிகளோடு தொடர்புள்ளவனோ சொத்தை அழிக்கிறான்.
Those who are eager to become wise cause their parents to be glad; those who spend their time with prostitutes will end up giving all their money to them.
When a king rules justly/fairly, he causes his nation to be strong, but a king who is concerned [only] with getting more money from the people ruins his nation.
Those who (flatter others/say nice things to others [merely] to cause them to feel good) are really setting a trap for them (OR, for themselves) [SYN].
Evil people will be trapped by the sins that they commit, but righteous/honest people will sing and be joyful/happy.
Righteous/Good people know that poor [people] should be treated fairly/justly, [but] wicked people (are not concerned about/do not pay attention to) those matters at all.
Those who make fun of [everything that is good say things that] cause [everyone in] the city to (be agitated/in turmoil); those who are wise enable [people] to remain calm.
If a wise person sues a foolish person, the foolish person merely laughs [at him] and yells [at him] and will not be quiet (OR, [the dispute will] not be resolved).
10 ௧0 இரத்தப்பிரியர்கள் உத்தமனைப் பகைக்கிறார்கள்; செம்மையானவர்களோ அவனுடைய உயிரைக் காப்பாற்றுகிறார்கள்.
Those who murder others hate people who (are honest/always do what is right), but righteous [people] try to protect them.
11 ௧௧ மூடன் தன்னுடைய உள்ளத்தையெல்லாம் வெளிப்படுத்துகிறான்; ஞானியோ அதைப் பின்னுக்கு அடக்கிவைக்கிறான்.
People who are wise are patient and restrain/control themselves when they are angry, but foolish people (quickly show others that they are very angry/do not restrain themselves at all).
12 ௧௨ அதிபதியானவன் பொய்களுக்குச் செவிகொடுத்தால், அவனுடைய அலுவலர்கள் எல்லோரும் துன்மார்க்கர்களாவார்கள்.
If a ruler (pays attention to/believes) [people who tell] lies, all his officials will [also] become wicked.
13 ௧௩ தரித்திரனும் கொடுமைக்காரனும் ஒருவரையொருவர் சந்திக்கிறார்கள்; அந்த இருவருடைய கண்களுக்கும் யெகோவா வெளிச்சம் கொடுக்கிறார்.
There is one thing that is true about both poor people and those who oppress them: Yahweh enables all of them to see.
If kings judge poor [people] fairly, they will continue to rule for a long time.
15 ௧௫ பிரம்பும் கடிந்துகொள்ளுதலும் ஞானத்தைக் கொடுக்கும்; தன்னுடைய இஷ்டத்திற்கு விடப்பட்ட பிள்ளையோ தன்னுடைய தாய்க்கு வெட்கத்தை உண்டாக்குகிறான்.
If children are punished/spanked and reproved/warned, they become wise; but if they are allowed to do whatever they want to do, they [do things that] cause their mothers to be ashamed of them.
When wicked [people] rule, there are more crimes committed {people commit more crimes}, but [some day] those wicked people will (be defeated/no longer rule), and righteous [people] will see that happen.
17 ௧௭ உன்னுடைய மகனை தண்டி, அவன் உனக்கு ஆறுதல் செய்வான், உன்னுடைய ஆத்துமாவிற்கு ஆனந்தத்தையும் உண்டாக்குவான்.
If you discipline your children, they will no longer [do things that] will cause you to be worried; instead, they [will do things that] will delight you [SYN].
When the people [of a nation] do not receive messages that come directly from God, they do not control their behavior. [God] is pleased with those who obey his laws.
It is not possible to correct/discipline servants only by talking to them; they understand what you are saying, but they do not pay attention to it.
[God] can help/bless foolish people more easily [RHQ] than he can help/bless people who speak without thinking first.
21 ௨௧ ஒருவன் தன்னுடைய அடிமையைச் சிறு வயதுமுதல் அவனது இஷ்டப்படி வளர்த்தால், முடிவிலே அவன் தன்னை மகனாக உரிமைபாராட்டுவான்.
If someone gives his servants everything that they want, starting from when they are young, some day those servants will take from him everything that he owns.
Those who [quickly] become angry cause [many] arguments, and they [also] commit many sins.
Proud people will be disgraced; those who are humble will be respected.
24 ௨௪ திருடனோடு பங்கிட்டுக்கொள்ளுகிறவன் தன்னுடைய ஆத்துமாவைப் பகைக்கிறான்; சாபத்தை அவன் கேட்டாலும் காரியத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தமாட்டான்.
Those who help thieves [to steal] only hurt themselves; [when they are in court], they solemnly ask [God] to curse them [if they do not tell the truth], but they do not tell the truth [about the crime that was committed], [and as a result, God will curse them].
25 ௨௫ மனிதனுக்குப் பயப்படும் பயம் கண்ணியை வருவிக்கும்; யெகோவாவை நம்புகிறவனோ உயர்ந்த அடைக்கலத்திலே வைக்கப்படுவான்.
It is [like] a dangerous trap [MET] [for people] to be (afraid of/worried about) what others will think about them, but those who trust in Yahweh are safe/protected.
26 ௨௬ ஆளுகை செய்கிறவனுடைய முகதரிசனத்தைத் தேடுகிறவர்கள் அநேகர்; ஆனாலும் அவனவனுடைய நியாயம் யெகோவாவாலே தீரும்.
Many [people] request rulers to do things to help them, but Yahweh is [the only one] who surely does for people what is fair/just.
Righteous [people] hate/detest those who do what is evil, and wicked [people] hate [those whose behavior is always] good.
