Süleyman'In Özdeyişleri 12
1 Terbiye edilmeyi seven bilgiyi de sever, Azarlanmaktan nefret eden budaladır.
Those who want to know [what is right to do] want to be (disciplined/corrected) when they do what is wrong; it is foolish to not want to be (corrected/told that what you did is wrong).
2 İyi kişi RAB'bin lütfuna erer, Ama düzenbazı RAB mahkûm eder.
Yahweh is pleased with good people, but he condemns those who plan to harm [others].
3 Kötülük kişiyi güvenliğe kavuşturmaz, Ama doğruların kökü kazılamaz.
People do not become secure/safe by doing what is wicked; righteous [people] will be very safe and secure [LIT] like [MET] a tree that has deep roots.
4 Erdemli kadın kocasının tacıdır, Edepsiz kadınsa kocasını yer bitirir.
A good wife is one who causes her husband to be greatly honored, but a wife who does things that cause her husband to be ashamed [will destroy him] like [SIM] cancer [destroys] his bones.
5 Doğruların tasarıları adil, Kötülerin öğütleri aldatıcıdır.
What righteous [people] want to do is [to treat people] fairly; what wicked [people] want to do is to deceive people.
6 Kötülerin sözleri ölüm tuzağıdır, Doğruların konuşmasıysa onları kurtarır.
What wicked [people] say is like a trap [MET] that kills [MTY] people [who pass by], but what righteous [people] say [MTY] rescues those whom [wicked people threaten to harm].
7 Kötüler yıkılıp yok olur, Doğru kişinin evi ayakta kalır.
Wicked [people] will die [before they become old and we will see] them no more, but righteous people will live [for many years] and have many descendants.
8 Kişi sağduyusu oranında övülür, Çarpık düşünceliyse küçümsenir.
[People will] praise those who have good sense, but [people will] despise those (who are always thinking about doing evil things/whose thinking is twisted).
9 Köle sahibi olup aşağılanan Büyüklük taslayıp ekmeğe muhtaç olandan yeğdir.
It is better to be a humble/ordinary person who has only one servant than to think that you are very important while you have nothing to eat.
10 Doğru kişi hayvanıyla ilgilenir, Ama kötünün sevecenliği bile zalimcedir.
Righteous people take care of their domestic animals, but wicked people act cruelly [toward their animals].
11 Toprağını işleyenin ekmeği bol olur, Hayal peşinde koşansa sağduyudan yoksundur.
Farmers who work hard in their fields will [produce good crops] that will give them plenty to eat, but those who waste their time working on worthless projects are foolish.
12 Kötü kişi kötülerin ganimetini ister, Ama doğru kişilerin kökü ürün verir.
Wicked [people] desire to take away what [other] evil people have, but [Yahweh] enables righteous/godly [people] to be steadfast and productive [MET].
13 Kötü kişinin günahlı sözleri kendisi için tuzaktır, Ama doğru kişi sıkıntıyı atlatır.
Evil people are trapped by the evil things that they say [MTY], but righteous [people] escape from trouble.
14 İnsan ağzının ürünüyle iyiliğe doyar, Elinin emeğine göre de karşılığını alır.
People are rewarded for [the good things] that they say [to others], and people are [also] rewarded for the good work that they do [MTY].
15 Ahmağın yolu kendi gözünde doğrudur, Bilge kişiyse öğüde kulak verir.
Foolish people [always] think that what they are doing is right; wise people heed [other people when they give them good] advice.
16 Ahmak sinirlendiğini hemen belli eder, Ama ihtiyatlı olan aşağılanmaya aldırmaz.
Foolish people quickly become angry when someone does something that they don’t like; but those who have good sense ignore it when others insult them.
17 Dürüst tanık doğruyu söyler, Yalancı tanıksa hile solur.
[In the courtroom], honest people say what is true, but untruthful/dishonest people tell [nothing but] lies.
18 Düşünmeden söylenen sözler kılıç gibi keser, Bilgelerin diliyse şifa verir.
What some people say [hurts people badly], as much as [SIM] a sword can; but what wise [people] say (heals [others’ souls]/comforts others).
19 Gerçek sözler sonsuza dek kalıcıdır, Oysa yalanın ömrü bir anlıktır.
When people tell [MTY] lies, others soon realize that what they said is not true [IDM]; but when people say what is true, others will remember that forever.
20 Kötülük tasarlayanın yüreği hileci, Barışı öğütleyenin yüreğiyse sevinçlidir.
Those who plan to do what is evil are always wanting to deceive [others], but things will go well for those who plan [to do] good things.
21 Doğru kişiye hiç zarar gelmez, Kötünün başıysa beladan kurtulmaz.
Bad things [usually] [HYP] do not happen to righteous [people], but wicked [people] always have troubles.
22 RAB yalancı dudaklardan iğrenir, Ama gerçeğe uyanlardan hoşnut kalır.
Yahweh detests those [MTY] who tell lies, but he is delighted with those who faithfully do what they promise that they will do.
23 İhtiyatlı kişi bilgisini kendine saklar, Oysa akılsızın yüreği ahmaklığını ilan eder.
Those with good sense do not reveal [all] that they know; foolish people show [clearly] by what they say that they (are ignorant/have not learned much).
24 Çalışkanların eli egemenlik sürer, Tembellikse köleliğe götürür.
Those [SYN] who work hard become rulers [of others]; those who are lazy become slaves [of others.]
25 Kaygılı yürek insanı çökertir, Ama güzel söz sevindirir.
When people are anxious/worried, they become depressed/dejected, but when others speak kindly to them, it causes them to be cheerful again.
26 Doğru kişi arkadaşına da yol gösterir, Kötünün tuttuğu yolsa kendini saptırır.
Godly/Righteous people try to [give good advice to] their friends (OR, try to make friends with others), but the manner in which wicked [people] live misleads their friends.
27 Tembel kişi işini bitirmez, Oysa çalışkan değerli bir servet kazanır.
Lazy people do not even [cook the meat of] the animals that they catch/kill, but those who work hard will acquire (OR, are like) a valuable treasure.
28 Doğru yol yaşam kaynağıdır, Bu yol ölümsüzlüğe götürür.
Those who (live righteously/continually do what is right) are [walking] on the road to a long life; (it is not a road to death/they will not die when they are still young).
