প্রবচন 26
Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not fitting for a fool.
2 ২ যিদৰে ঘৰ চিৰিকাই জাপ মাৰি মাৰি খোৱা বস্তু গিলি ক্ষিপ্র গতিত উৰি যায়, সেইদৰে অকাৰণে দিয়া শাও প্রজ্বলিত নহয়।
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6 ৬ যি জনে অজ্ঞানী লোকৰ হাতত বাৰ্ত্তা পঠিয়াই, তেওঁ নিজৰ ভৰি নিজে কাটি পেলায়, আৰু অত্যাচাৰ ভোগ কৰে।
One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honour to a fool.
Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.
As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
15 ১৫ এলেহুৱা এজনে পাত্ৰত থকা আহাৰত হাত সুমুৱাই দিয়ে, কিন্তু তেওঁৰ মুখলৈ সেই আহাৰ নিবলৈ শক্তি নাথাকে।
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
is the man who deceives his neighbour and says, “Am I not joking?”
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
21 ২১ জ্বলি থকা আঙঠাৰ বাবে কাঠকয়লা আৰু জুইৰ বাবে খৰি যেনে, বিবাদত ইন্ধন যোগাবলৈ দ্বন্দুৰা লোক তেনে।
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbours evil in his heart.
25 ২৫ তেওঁ অমায়িভাবে কথা ক’ব, কিন্তু তেওঁক বিশ্বাস নকৰিবা, কাৰণ তেওঁৰ হৃদয়ত ঘিণলগীয়া বস্তু সাতটা থাকে;
When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 ২৭ যি কোনোৱে খাল খানে, তেঁৱেই সেই খালত পৰিব; আৰু যি কোনোৱে শিল ঠেলি পঠায়, তেওঁলৈ সেই শিল ঘূৰি আহিব।
Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
