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As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not [seemly] for a fool.
2 ২ যিদৰে ঘৰ চিৰিকাই জাপ মাৰি মাৰি খোৱা বস্তু গিলি ক্ষিপ্র গতিত উৰি যায়, সেইদৰে অকাৰণে দিয়া শাও প্রজ্বলিত নহয়।
As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.
As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so [is] a rod for a simple nation.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you become like him.
Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.
6 ৬ যি জনে অজ্ঞানী লোকৰ হাতত বাৰ্ত্তা পঠিয়াই, তেওঁ নিজৰ ভৰি নিজে কাটি পেলায়, আৰু অত্যাচাৰ ভোগ কৰে।
He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.
[As well] take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.
He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.
Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.
All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; for their fury is brought to nothing.
As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. [There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame [that is] glory and grace.]
I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.
A sluggard when sent on a journey says, [There is] a lion in the ways, and [there are] murderers in the streets.
As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.
15 ১৫ এলেহুৱা এজনে পাত্ৰত থকা আহাৰত হাত সুমুৱাই দিয়ে, কিন্তু তেওঁৰ মুখলৈ সেই আহাৰ নিবলৈ শক্তি নাথাকে।
A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.
A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.
As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause.
As those who need correction put forth [fair] words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown;
so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.
With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.
21 ২১ জ্বলি থকা আঙঠাৰ বাবে কাঠকয়লা আৰু জুইৰ বাবে খৰি যেনে, বিবাদত ইন্ধন যোগাবলৈ দ্বন্দুৰা লোক তেনে।
A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and railing man for the tumult of strife.
The words of cunning knaves are soft; but they strike [even] to the inmost parts of the bowels.
Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd: smooth lips cover a grievous heart.
A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit.
25 ২৫ তেওঁ অমায়িভাবে কথা ক’ব, কিন্তু তেওঁক বিশ্বাস নকৰিবা, কাৰণ তেওঁৰ হৃদয়ত ঘিণলগীয়া বস্তু সাতটা থাকে;
Though [your] enemy entreat you with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies.
27 ২৭ যি কোনোৱে খাল খানে, তেঁৱেই সেই খালত পৰিব; আৰু যি কোনোৱে শিল ঠেলি পঠায়, তেওঁলৈ সেই শিল ঘূৰি আহিব।
He that digs a pit for his neighbour shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.
A lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.
