প্রবচন 22
A good name is better than many riches. And good esteem is above silver and gold.
The rich and poor have met one another. The Lord is the maker of them both.
3 ৩ দূৰদৰ্শী লোকে বিপদ দেখা পায়, আৰু নিজকে লুকুৱাই ৰাখে; কিন্তু অশিক্ষিত লোক আগুৱাই যায়, আৰু তেওঁলোকে ইয়াৰ বাবে কষ্ট পায়।
The clever saw evil and hid himself. The innocent continued on and was afflicted with damage.
The end of moderation is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.
5 ৫ কুটিল লোকৰ পথত কাঁইট আৰু প্রৱঞ্চনাৰ ফান্দ থাকে; যিজনে নিজৰ আত্মা ৰক্ষা কৰে, তেওঁ সেইবোৰৰ পৰা দূৰত থাকে।
Weapons and swords are on the way of the perverse. But he who guards his own soul withdraws far from them.
6 ৬ সন্তানক তাৰ চলিবলগীয়া পথ অনুসাৰে শিক্ষা দিয়া, তাতে তেওঁ প্রাপ্ত বয়স্ক হ’লেও তেওঁ তাৰ পৰা ঘূৰি নাহিব।
The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Whoever sows iniquity will reap evils, and by the rod of his own wrath he will be consumed.
Whoever is inclined to mercy shall be blessed, for from his bread he has given to the poor. Whoever gives gifts will acquire victory and honor. But he carries away the soul of the receiver.
Cast out the one who ridicules, and conflict will go out with him, and accusations and insults will cease.
Whoever loves cleanness of heart, because of the grace of his lips, will have the king as his friend.
The eyes of the Lord watch over knowledge. And the words of the iniquitous are supplanted.
The lazy one says: “There is a lion outside. I might be slain in the midst of the streets.”
14 ১৪ ব্যভিচাৰিণীৰ মুখ দ’ গাতৰ দৰে; যি কোনোৱে সেই গাতত পৰিব তেওঁৰ বিৰুদ্ধে যিহোৱাৰ ক্রোধ প্রজ্বলিত হ’ব।
The mouth of a foreign woman is a deep pit; the Lord was angry with him who will fall into it.
Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.
Whoever slanders the poor, so as to augment his own riches, will give it away to one who is richer, and will be in need.
Incline your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Then apply your heart to my doctrine.
18 ১৮ কাৰণ তুমি যদি সেইবোৰক তোমাৰ অন্তৰত ৰাখা, আৰু যদি সেই সকলোবোৰ তোমাৰ ওঁঠত থাকে, তেনেহ’লে সেয়ে তোমাৰ বাবে সুখজনক হ’ব।
It shall be beautiful to you, if you preserve it in your inner self, and it shall overflow from your lips,
19 ১৯ সেয়ে তোমাৰ বিশ্বাস যাতে যিহোৱাত হ’ব পাৰে, মই আজি সেইবোৰ তোমাক শিকালোঁ, এনে কি কেৱল তোমাকেই এই সকলো শিকালোঁ।
so that your confidence may be in the Lord. Therefore, I also have revealed it to you this day.
Behold, I have written it for you in three ways, and with meditations and knowledge,
21 ২১ তোমাক বিশ্বাসযোগ্য বাক্যৰ সত্যতাক শিকালোঁ, যাতে তোমাক পঠোৱা সকলক তুমি বিশ্বাসযোগ্য উত্তৰ দিব পাৰা।
so that I might reveal to you, firmly and with words of truth, in order to respond about these things to those who sent you.
Do not act with violence toward the pauper because he is poor. And do not weary the needy at the gate.
23 ২৩ কিয়নো যিহোৱাই তেওঁলোকৰ অভিযোগৰ প্ৰতিবাদ কৰিব, আৰু যি সকলে তেওঁলোকৰ বস্তু কাঢ়ি লয়, তেওঁ তেওঁলোকৰ জীৱন কাঢ়ি ল’ব।
For the Lord will judge his case, and he will pierce those who have pierced his soul.
24 ২৪ যিজনে ক্রোধেৰে শাসন কৰে, তেওঁৰ সৈতে বন্ধুত্ব নকৰিবা, আৰু ক্ৰোধী লোকৰ সৈতে তুমি যোৱা উচিত নহয়;
Do not be willing to be a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man,
lest perhaps you learn his ways, and take up a stumbling block to your soul.
Do not be willing to be with those who certify with their hands, and who offer themselves as a guarantee against debts.
27 ২৭ যদি ধাৰ শুজিবলৈ তোমাৰ উপায় নাথাকে, তেনেহ’লে তোমাৰ শোৱাপাটি তোমাৰ পৰা তেওঁ লৈ যোৱাত কিহে বাধা দিব পাৰিব?
For if you do not have the means to restore, what reason should there be for him to take the covering from your bed?
Do not cross beyond the ancient limits that your fathers have set.
29 ২৯ নিজৰ কামত নিপুন থকা লোকক তুমি দেখিছা নে? তেওঁ ৰজাৰ আগত থিয় হ’ব, তেওঁ সৰ্ব্বসাধাৰণ লোকৰ আগত থিয় নহ’ব।
Have you seen a man swift in his work? He shall stand in the sight of kings, and not before those who are disreputable.
