1 Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler.
Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion.
He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 Many men claim to be men of unfailing love,
but who can find a faithful man?
7 A righteous man walks in integrity.
Blessed are his children after him.
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment
scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9 Who can say, "I have made my heart pure.
I am clean and without sin?"
10 Differing weights and differing measures,
both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings,
whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
Yahweh has made even both of them.
13 Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty.
Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14 "It’s no good, it’s no good," says the buyer;
but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15 There is gold and abundance of rubies,
but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;
and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man,
but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
18 Plans are established by advice;
by wise guidance you wage war!
19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets;
therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
20 Whoever curses his father or his mother,
his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning
won’t be blessed in the end.
22 Don’t say, "I will pay back evil."
Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
23 Yahweh detests differing weights,
and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
24 A man’s steps are from Yahweh;
how then can man understand his way?
25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication,
then later to consider his vows.
26 A wise king winnows out the wicked,
and drives the threshing wheel over them.
27 The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp,
searching all his innermost parts.
28 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe.
His throne is sustained by love.
29 The glory of young men is their strength.
The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
30 Wounding blows cleanse away evil,
and beatings purge the innermost parts.
1 Die wyn is 'n spotter, en sterk drank 'n lawaaimaker; en elkeen wat daardeur bedwelmd raak, is nie wys nie.
2 Die dreiging van die koning is soos die gebrom van 'n jong leeu; wie hom vertoorn, verbeur sy lewe.
3 Dit is 'n eer vir 'n man om van twis weg te bly, maar elke sot breek los.
4 In die herfs ploeg die luiaard nie; en verlang hy iets in die oestyd, dan is daar niks nie.
5 Die raad in die hart van 'n man mag diep waters wees, 'n man van verstand sal dit tog uitskep.
6 Baie mense roem hulle eie welwillendheid, maar wie vind 'n betroubare man?
7 Wie in sy regskapenheid wandel as 'n regverdige -- gelukkig is sy kinders n hom.
8 'n Koning wat op die regterstoel sit, wan met sy oë alles uit wat sleg is.
9 Wie kan sê: Ek het my hart suiwer gehou, ek is rein van my sonde?
10 Twee soorte gewig, twee soorte maat -- hulle altwee is vir die HERE 'n gruwel.
11 Die seun laat hom alreeds aan sy handelinge ken, of sy handelwyse suiwer en of dit reg is.
12 'n Oor wat hoor, en 'n oog wat sien -- die HERE het hulle altwee gemaak.
13 Moenie die slaap liefhê, sodat jy arm word nie; maak jou oë oop, dat jy jou met brood kan versadig.
14 Sleg, sleg! sê die koper; maar as hy wegloop, beroem hy hom.
15 Daar is goud en 'n menigte korale, maar 'n kosbare sieraad is die lippe van kennis.
16 Neem sy kleed weg, want hy het vir 'n ander borg gestaan, en neem hom as pand vir die vreemdes.
17 Soet is vir 'n mens die brood van bedrog, maar daarna word sy mond vol gruisklippertjies.
18 Planne kom deur beraadslaging tot stand; voer dan oorlog met goeie oorleg.
19 Wie met kwaadsprekery omgaan, maak 'n geheim openbaar; laat jou dus nie in met een wat sy lippe laat oopstaan nie.
20 Wie sy vader of sy moeder vloek, sy lamp gaan in pikdonker dood.
21 'n Besit wat by die begin haastig bymekaargeskraap is -- die einde daarvan sal tog nie geseënd wees nie.
22 Moenie sê: Ek wil die kwaad vergelde nie! Wag op die HERE, dat Hy jou help.
23 Twee soorte gewig is vir die HERE 'n gruwel, en 'n valse weegskaal is nie goed nie.
24 Die voetstappe van 'n man hang van die HERE af: hoe sou 'n mens dan sy weg verstaan?
25 Dit is vir die mens 'n strik dat hy onbedagsaam sê: Heilig! om dan eers n die geloftes te oorweeg.
26 'n Wyse koning wan die goddelose uit en laat die dorswiel oor hulle draai.
27 Die gees van die mens is 'n lamp van die HERE, dit deursoek al die kamers van die binneste.
28 Liefde en trou behoed die koning, en deur liefde stut hy sy troon.
29 Die sieraad van die jongmanne is hulle krag, en die versiersel van grysaards is grys hare.
30 Bloedige wonde suiwer die kwaad uit en slae die kamers van die binneste.