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1 ১ দ্ৰাক্ষাৰস নিন্দক, আৰু সুৰা দ্বন্দ্ব-কাজিয়া কৰা লোক; যি কোনোৱে সুৰা পান কৰি মতলীয়া হয়, তেওঁ জ্ঞানী নহয়।
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life.
It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife: but every fool will be quarrelling.
4 ৪ এলেহুৱা লোকে শৰৎ কালত হাল নাবায়; আৰু তেওঁ শস্য দোৱাৰ সময়ত অলপ শস্য বিচাৰে, কিন্তু একোকে নাপায়।
The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Counsel in the heart of man is [like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Most men wilt proclaim every one his own kindness: but a faithful man who can find?
A just man that walketh in his integrity, blessed are his children after him.
8 ৮ সিংহাসনত বহা ৰজাই বিচাৰকৰ দ্বায়ীত্ব পালন কৰে; তেওঁৰ আগত থকা সকলো দুষ্টতা তেওঁৰ দৃষ্টিৰে পৰীক্ষা কৰে।
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
11 ১১ এনেকি যুৱক এজনে তেওঁৰ কাৰ্যৰ দ্বাৰাই পৰিচিত হয়, শুদ্ধ আৰু ন্যায়পৰায়ণ আচৰণৰ দ্বাৰাই তেওঁক বুজিব পৰা যায়।
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
13 ১৩ নিদ্ৰাক ভাল নাপাবা অথবা, তুমি দৰিদ্ৰ হবা; তোমাৰ চকু মেলা, আৰু তোমাৰ প্রচুৰ পৰিমাণে খোৱা বস্তু থাকিব।
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
There is gold, and abundance of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 ১৬ যি জনে অচিনাকীৰ জামিন হয়, তেওঁৰ বস্ত্ৰ লোৱা; যেতিয়া তেওঁ কোনো ব্যভিচাৰিণীৰ বাবে জামিন হয়, তেতিয়া তেওঁৰ পৰা বন্ধক লোৱা।
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge [that is surety] for strangers.
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Every purpose is established by counsel: and by wise guidance make thou war,
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.
An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22 ২২ এইদৰে নকবা, “মই তোমাৰ ভুলৰ বাবে প্ৰতিকাৰ সাধিম!” যিহোৱালৈ অপেক্ষা কৰা, তেওঁ তোমাক উদ্ধাৰ কৰিব।
Say not thou, I will recompense evil: wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
A man’s goings are of the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
25 ২৫ কোনো লোকে হঠাতে “এই বস্তু পবিত্ৰ” বুলি কোৱা, মানুহ; আৰু সঙ্কল্প কৰাৰ পাছত তাৰ অৰ্থ কি সেই বিষয়ে চিন্তা কৰা মানুহৰ বাবে ফান্দৰ দৰে।
It is a snare to a man rashly to say, [It is] holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
A wise king winnoweth the wicked, and bringeth the [threshing] wheel over them.
The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the innermost parts of the belly.
28 ২৮ বিশ্বাসযোগ্য আৰু বিশ্বস্বতাৰ নিয়মে ৰজাক সংৰক্ষিত কৰে, আৰু তেওঁৰ সিংহাসন প্রেমৰ দ্বাৰাই নিৰাপদে থাকে।
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil: and strokes [reach] the innermost parts of the belly.
