প্রবচন 23
1 ১ যেতিয়া তুমি কোনো শাসনকৰ্ত্তাৰ সৈতে ভোজনত বহা, তেতিয়া তোমাৰ সন্মুখত কোন আছে সাৱধানে লক্ষ্য কৰিবা।
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5 ৫ যেতিয়া তোমাৰ দৃষ্টি ধনত পৰে, সেয়ে গুচি যায়, আৰু হঠাতে ডেউকা লগাই, আৰু ঈগলৰ দৰে আকাশলৈ উৰি যায়।
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
6 ৬ তোমাৰ আহাৰলৈ কোনো লোকে বহু সময় চাই থাকিলে, পাপী মানুহৰ আহাৰ ভোজন নকৰিবা, আৰু তেওঁৰ উত্তম খোৱা বস্তুলৈ হেঁপাহ নকৰিবা;
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
7 ৭ কাৰণ তেওঁ এনে এজন মানুহ যি তোমাৰ আহাৰৰ হিচাপ লয়। তেওঁ তোমাক কয়, “ভোজন-পান কৰা!” কিন্তু তেওঁৰ হৃদয় তোমাৰ সৈতে নাথাকে।
for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 ২৪ ন্যায় কাৰ্য কৰা জনৰ পিতৃ অতিশয় উল্লাসিত হয়, আৰু জ্ঞানী পুত্ৰৰ জন্মদাতাই তেওঁৰ বাবে আনন্দ কৰিব।
The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
29 ২৯ কাৰ দুৰ্দশা আছে? কাৰ দুখ আছে? কোনে কাজিয়া কৰে? কোনে অভিযোগ কৰে? কোনে অকাৰণে মাৰ খায়? কাৰ চকু ৰঙা হয়?
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
31 ৩১ যেতিয়া দ্ৰাক্ষাৰস ৰঙা হৈ থাকে, পাত্ৰত দগমগায়, আৰু সহজে পেটলৈ যায়, তেতিয়া তালৈ দৃষ্টি নকৰিবা।
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
35 ৩৫ তুমি কবা, “তেওঁলোকে মোক মাৰিলে!” কিন্তু মই আঘাত পোৱা নাই, তেওঁলোকে মোক প্ৰহাৰ কৰিলে, কিন্তু মই অনুভব কৰা নাই। মই যেতিয়া সাৰ পাম? তেতিয়া মই পুনৰ দ্রাক্ষাৰস পান কৰিম।”
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
