প্রবচন 25
These are also proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed:
The glory of God [is] to hide a thing, And the glory of kings [is] to search out a matter.
The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings—[are] unsearchable.
Take away dross from silver, And a vessel goes forth for the refiner,
Take away the wicked before a king, And his throne is established in righteousness.
Do not honor yourself before a king, And do not stand in the place of the great.
7 ৭ উচ্চপদস্থ ব্যক্তিৰ উপস্থিতিত অপদস্থ হোৱাতকৈ, “ইয়ালৈ আহাঁ”, এই বুলি তেওঁ তোমাক কোৱা ভাল। তোমাৰ সাক্ষ্য কি আছিল,
For better [that] he has said to you, “Come up here,” Than [that] he humbles you before a noble, Whom your eyes have seen.
8 ৮ বিচাৰত বেগাই গৈ উপস্থিত নহ’বা; কাৰণ যেতিয়া তোমাৰ চুবুৰীয়াই তোমাক লাজ দিব, তেতিয়া শেষত তুমি কি কৰিবা?
Do not go forth to strive, hurry, turn, What do you do in its latter end, When your neighbor causes you to blush?
Plead your cause with your neighbor, And do not reveal the secret counsel of another,
10 ১০ তোমাৰ কথা যিজনে শুনে, তেওঁ তোমাক লাজত পেলাব, আৰু দুষ্ট লোকে তোমাৰ বিষয়ে গোচৰ দিলে গুপুতে নাথাকিব।
Lest the hearer put you to shame, And your evil report not turn back.
Apples of gold in imagery of silver, [Is] the word spoken at its fit times.
A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, [Is] the wise reprover to an attentive ear.
13 ১৩ শস্য দোৱাৰ সময়ত হিমৰ চেঁচা যেনে, বিশ্বাসী বাৰ্ত্তাবাহক পঠোৱা সকলৰ বাবে তেনে; তেওঁ তেওঁৰ মালিকৰ আত্মা সতেজ কৰে;
As a vessel of snow in a day of harvest, [So is] a faithful ambassador to those sending him, And he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Clouds and wind without rain, [Is] a man boasting himself in a false gift.
A ruler is persuaded by long-suffering, And a soft tongue breaks a bone.
You have found honey—eat your sufficiency, Lest you are satiated [with] it, and have vomited it.
Withdraw your foot from your neighbor’s house, Lest he is satiated [with] you, and has hated you.
18 ১৮ যিজনে চুবুৰীয়াৰ বিৰুদ্ধে মিছা সাক্ষ্য দিয়ে, তেওঁ যুদ্ধত ব্যৱহাৰ কৰা গদা, বা তৰোৱাল, বা তীক্ষ্ন কাঁড়ৰ দৰে।
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying a false testimony against his neighbor.
A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.
20 ২০ কোনো এজনে মনৰ বেজাৰত গীত গোৱা যেনে, জাৰ কালিত কপোৰ সোলোকাই থোৱা মানুহ, বা খাৰৰ ওপৰত দিয়া ভিনেগাৰো তেনে।
Whoever is taking away a garment in a cold day, [Is as] vinegar on natron, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.
21 ২১ তোমাৰ শত্ৰু যদি ক্ষুধাতুৰ হয়, তেনেহ’লে তেওঁক আহাৰ খাবলৈ দিয়া; আৰু তেওঁ যদি তৃষ্ণাতুৰ হয়, তেনেহ’লে তেওঁক পানী খাবলৈ দিয়া।
If he who is hating you hungers, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirsts, cause him to drink water.
22 ২২ কিয়নো সেইদৰে কৰিলে, তুমি তেওঁৰ মুৰত জ্বলি থকা আঙঠা বেলচাৰে আঁতৰাই দিয়া হ’ব, আৰু যিহোৱাই তোমাক পুৰস্কাৰ দিব।
For you are putting coals on his head, And YHWH gives repayment to you.
A north wind brings forth rain, And a secret tongue—indignant faces.
Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
[As] cold waters for a weary soul, So [is] a good report from a far country.
26 ২৬ ঘোলা পানীৰ নিজৰা, বা নষ্ট হৈ যোৱা ভুমুক যেনে, দুষ্ট লোকৰ সন্মুখত ভাল মানুহো থৰক-বৰক হোৱাও তেনে।
A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, [Is] the righteous falling before the wicked.
The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one’s own honor—honor.
A city broken down without walls, [Is] a man without restraint over his spirit!
