en_tn/pro/19/26.md

# brings shame and reproach

Possible meanings are 1) he brings it to himself. AT: "brings shame and reproach to himself" or 2) he brings it to his family. AT: "brings shame and reproach to his family" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# If you cease to hear instruction

Here "listening and obeying" is spoken of as if it were "hearing." AT: "If you stop paying attention to instruction" or "If you stop obeying instruction" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# you will stray from

"you will abandon" or "you will turn your back on"

# the words of knowledge

"knowledge"