Proverbs, 20

1. It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise.

1. Vino je podsmjevaè, žestoko piæe bukaè, i tko se njima odaje neæe steæi mudrosti.

2. Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul.

2. Kraljev je gnjev kao rika lavlja: tko ga izaziva, griješi protiv sebe samog.

3. Honor is for the man who separates himself from contentions. But all the foolish meddle in altercations.

3. Èast je èovjeku ustegnuti se od raspre, a tko je bezuman poèinje svaðu.

4. Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him.

4. Lijenèina u jesen ne ore: u doba žetve on traži, i ništa nema.

5. Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep waters. But a wise man will draw it out.

5. Savjet je u srcu èovjeèjem voda duboka i razuman æe je èovjek iscrpsti.

6. Many men are called merciful. But who will find a faithful man?

6. Mnogi se naziva dobrim èovjekom, ali tko æe naæi vjerna èovjeka?

7. The just who walks in his simplicity shall leave behind him blessed sons.

7. Pravednik hodi u bezazlenosti svojoj: blago sinovima njegovim poslije njega!

8. The king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters all evil with his gaze.

8. Kralj koji sjedi na stolici sudaèkoj istražuje svako zlo svojim oèima.

9. Who is able to say: “My heart is clean. I am pure from sin?”

9. Tko može reæi: "Oèistih srce svoje, oprah se od grijeha svoga?"

10. Diverse weights, diverse measures: both are abominable with God.

10. Dvojaki utezi i dvojaka mjera mrski su Jahvi podjednako.

11. A child may be understood by his interests: whether his works may be clean and upright.

11. I dijete se poznaje po onome što èini, je li èisto i pravedno djelo njegovo.

12. The hearing ear and the seeing eye: the Lord has made them both.

12. I uho koje èuje i oko koje vidi, oboje je Jahve naèinio.

13. Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.

13. Ne ljubi sna, da ne osiromašiš; otvori oèi svoje i nasitit æeš se kruha.

14. “It is bad, it is bad,” says every buyer; and when he has withdrawn, then he will boast.

14. "Loše, loše", govori kupac, a kad ode, hvali se dobrom kupovinom.

15. There is gold, and there are a multitude of jewels. But lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.

15. Ima zlata i mnogih bisera, ali su mudre usne najdragocjeniji nakit.

16. Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders.

16. Uzmi haljinu onomu tko je jamèio za drugoga; oplijeni njega umjesto tuðinca.

17. The bread of lies is sweet to a man. But afterwards, his mouth will be filled with pebbles.

17. Sladak je èovjeku kruh prijevare, ali mu se usta poslije napune pijeskom.

18. Plans are strengthened by counsels. And wars are to be handled by governments.

18. Naumi se provode savjetom: zato dobro razmisli pa vodi boj!

19. Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips.

19. Tko okolo kleveæe, otkriva tajne: zato se ne miješaj s onim komu su usne uvijek otvorene.

20. Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.

20. Tko kune oca svoga i majku svoju svjetiljka mu se gasi usred tmine.

21. When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing.

21. Od poèetka brzo steèeno imanje na koncu nije blagoslovljeno.

22. Do not say, “I will repay evil.” Wait for the Lord, and he will free you.

22. Nemoj govoriti: "Osvetit æu se za zlo"; èekaj Jahvu, i on æe te spasiti.

23. Diverse weights are an abomination with the Lord. A deceitful balance is not good.

23. Mrski su Jahvi dvojaki utezi, i kriva mjera ne valja.

24. The steps of men are directed by the Lord. But who is the man able to understand his own way?

24. Od Jahve su koraci èovjeèji, i kako da èovjek razumije svoj put?

25. It is ruin for a man to devour what is holy, or, after making vows, to retract them.

25. Zamka je èovjeku nesmotreno reæi: "Ovo je sveto", a poslije promišljati što je zavjetovao.

26. A wise king scatters the impious and bends an archway over them.

26. Mudar kralj umije izluèiti opake i stavlja ih pod toèkove.

27. The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self.

27. Svjetiljka je Gospodnja duh èovjeèji: ona istražuje sve do dna utrobe.

28. Mercy and truth guard the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.

28. Dobrota i vjernost èuvaju kralja, jer dobrotom utvrðuje prijestol svoj.

29. The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs.

29. Ljepota je mladiæima njihova snaga, a starcima je ures sijeda kosa.

30. The bruise of a wound, as well as scourges, shall wipe away evils in the more secret places of the inner self.

30. Krvave masnice oèiste zlo i udarci proèiste odaje utrobe.