A mulher virtuosa
A mulher virtuosa de Provérbios 31 é um retrato de excelência. Seu valor excede o de rubis — ela é sábia, trabalhadora, generosa e teme ao Senhor acima de tudo.
Uma joia rara
Mulher virtuosa, quem a achará? Seu valor excede o de rubis. Ela é o coração da família e a força do lar.
It is very difficult for a man to [RHQ] find a wife who is good and who is capable of doing many things.
Any woman who is like that is worth more than jewels.
It is very difficult for a man to [RHQ] find a wife who is good and who is capable of doing many things.
Any woman who is like that is worth more than jewels.
Her husband completely trusts her,
and because of her, he has everything that he needs [LIT].
She never does anything that would harm him;
she does good things for him all the days of her life.
She finds wool and flax in the market,
and she enjoys spinning it to make yarn.
She is like [SIM] a ship that brings from far away goods/merchandise to sell,
because she buys food that comes from far away.
She gets up before dawn to prepare food for her family.
Then she plans the work that her servant girls will do on that day.
She goes out and looks at a field that someone wants to sell;
and if it is a good field, she buys it.
She buys grapevines [MTY] with the money that she has earned,
and then she plants them.
She works very hard [IDM];
she makes her arms strong by the work she does.
She knows when she is getting a good profit from her business.
When it is necessary, she works [MTY] until it is late at night.
She holds the ◄spindle/rod which twists the thread that she is making►,
and then she spins the thread [MTY] that she will use.
She generously helps [MTY] those who are poor and needy [DOU].
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.
Now, young lady, I will do everything you ask. Don’t worry that people in this town might think I am doing wrong by marrying you because you are a woman from Moab. All the people in this town know that you are an honorable woman.
Caráter acima da aparência
Enganosa é a graça e vã é a formosura, mas a mulher que teme ao Senhor será louvada. A verdadeira beleza é interior.
Some women who are attractive are not really good women,
but they can deceive us regarding what they are really like.
Furthermore, women’s beauty does not last;
but women who revere Yahweh should be honored.
I would like that the clothing that women wear be ◄modest and sensible/proper and appropriate► [DOU]. I want them to not fix their hair in fancy/elaborate ways, nor wear gold jewelry, nor pearls, nor expensive clothing in order that they may make themselves attractive. Instead, they should be doing things that women who ◄claim to/say that they► worship God should do; that is, they should be doing good deeds.
Wise women [PRS] hold their families together by the wise things that they do,
but foolish women ruin their families by the foolish things that they do.
We can inherit a house or money from our parents when they die,
but only Yahweh can give someone a sensible wife.
Similarly, tell the older women that they should behave ◄in a reverent manner that shows that they are devoted to God/in a manner that honors God►; specifically, they should not ◄slander others/talk evil about others►, and they should not ◄be drinking much/habitually drinking► alcohol. Tell them that they should teach the younger women what is good, in order that they may love their husbands and their children. Older women should teach younger women to control what they say and do and to be pure in every way, to be good workers at home and submissive to their own husbands. The younger women should behave like this in order that no one will speak against the message about God.