প্রবচন 21
1 ১ ৰজাৰ হৃদয় যিহোৱাৰ হাতৰ পৰা বৈ থকা পানীৰ দৰে; তেওঁ এই পানী যি দিশলৈ ইচ্ছা কৰে, সেই দিশলৈ বোৱায়।
As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it wherever he may desire to point out.
Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.
To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
A high-minded man is stout-hearted in [his] pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin.
5 ৫ পৰিশ্ৰমী লোকৰ কল্পনাই কেৱল উন্নতিলৈ লৈ যায়; কিন্তু যি সকলে খৰকৈ কাৰ্য কৰে, তেওঁলোকলৈ কেৱল দৰিদ্ৰতা আহে।
He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity [on] to the snares of death.
Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly.
To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.
[It is] better to dwell in a corner on the house-top, than in plastered [rooms] with unrighteousness, and in an open house.
The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man.
11 ১১ যেতিয়া নিন্দক লোকে দণ্ড পায়, তেতিয়া অশিক্ষিত লোক জ্ঞানী হয়, আৰু যেতিয়া জ্ঞানী লোকে নিৰ্দেশ পায়, তেতিয়া তেওঁৰ জ্ঞান বৃদ্ধি হয়।
When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge.
12 ১২ যি জনে সৎ কাৰ্য কৰে, তেওঁ দুষ্ট লোকৰ ঘৰ পৰ্যবেক্ষণ কৰে; তেওঁ দুষ্ট লোকলৈ সৰ্ব্বনাশ কঢ়িয়াই আনে।
A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness.
He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear [him].
A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.
15 ১৫ যেতিয়া ন্যায় বিচাৰ হয়, তেতিয়া ন্যায় কৰা জনে আনন্দ পায়; কিন্তু কুকৰ্ম কৰা জনলৈ সৰ্ব্বনাশ কঢ়িয়াই আনে।
[It is] the joy of the righteous to do judgement: but a holy [man] is abominable with evil-doers.
A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants.
17 ১৭ যি মানুহে ৰং-ধেমালি কৰি ভাল পায়, তেওঁ দৰিদ্ৰ হ’ব; আৰু যি জনে দ্ৰাক্ষাৰস আৰু তেল ভাল পায় তেওঁ ধনৱান নহ’ব।
A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance;
18 ১৮ সৎ কাৰ্য কৰা লোকৰ বাবে দুষ্টলোকে প্রায়শ্চিত পায়; আৰু ন্যায়পৰায়ণ লোকৰ বাবে বিশ্বাসঘাতকৰ প্রায়শ্চিত হয়।
and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man.
[It is] better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.
A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up.
The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory.
A wise man assaults strong cities, and demolishes the fortress in which the ungodly trusted.
He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble.
A bold and self-willed and insolent [man] is called a pest: and he that remembers injuries is a transgressor.
Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything.
26 ২৬ ওৰে দিনটো তেওঁ অধিকতকৈ অধিক পাবলৈ আকাংক্ষা কৰে; কিন্তু সৎ কাৰ্য কৰা জনে দান দিয়ে, আৰু দান দিয়া বন্ধ নকৰে।
An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate.
The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly.
A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously.
An ungodly man impudently withstands with his face; but the upright man himself understands his ways.
There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly.
A horse is prepared for the day of battle; but help is of the Lord.
