প্রবচন 30
These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease.
For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men.
God has taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the holy.
4 ৪ কোন স্বৰ্গলৈ উঠি গৈছিল, আৰু নামি আহিছিল? কোনে নিজৰ হাতৰ মুঠিত বতাহ ধৰিছিল? কোনে জল সমূহক বান্ধি লুকুৱাই ৰাখিছিল? কোনে পৃথিবীৰ সকলো সীমা স্থাপন কৰিছিল? তেওঁৰ নাম কি? আৰু তেওঁৰ পুত্ৰৰ নাম কি? নিশ্চয় তুমি জানা!
Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children?
For all the words of God are tried in the fire, and he defends those that reverence him.
6 ৬ তেওঁৰ বাক্যৰ লগত একো যোগ নিদিবা; নহ’লে তেওঁ তোমাক তিৰস্কাৰ কৰিব, আৰু তুমি মিছলীয়া বুলি প্রমাণিত হবা।
Add not to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be made a liar.
Two things I ask of you; take not favour from me before I die.
8 ৮ অহংকাৰ আৰু মিছা কথা মোৰ পৰা দূৰ কৰা; মোক দৰিদ্ৰ নাইবা ধনৱান নকৰিবা; কেৱল মোৰ প্রয়োজনীয় আহাৰ মোক দিয়া।
Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth [or] poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:
9 ৯ কাৰণ মোৰ যদি অতিৰিক্ত থাকে, তেনেহ’লে মই তোমাক অস্বীকাৰ কৰিম আৰু ক’ম, “যিহোৱা নো কোন?” বা মই যদি দৰিদ্ৰ হওঁ আৰু চুৰ কৰোঁ, তেনেহ’লে মোৰ ঈশ্বৰৰ নাম মই অপবিত্র কৰিম।
lest I be filled and become false, and say, Who sees me? or be poor and steal, and swear [vainly] by the name of God.
Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse you, and you be utterly destroyed.
A wicked generation curse their father, and do not bless their mother.
A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way.
A wicked generation have lofty eyes, and exalt themselves with their eyelids.
14 ১৪ তেওঁলোক এনে বংশ; যিসকলৰ দাঁত তৰোৱালৰ দৰে, আৰু গালৰ হাড় ছুৰিৰ দৰে, সেয়ে তেওঁলোকে দেশৰ পৰা দৰিদ্ৰ সকলক আৰু মানুহৰ মাজৰ পৰা অভাৱী সকলক গ্রাস কৰিব পাৰে।
A wicked generation have swords [for] teeth and jaw teeth [as] knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from amongst men.
15 ১৫ জোকৰ দুজনী জীয়েক আছে; “দিয়া দিয়া” বুলি তেওঁলোকে কান্দে। তিনিটা বিষয় আছে, যি কেতিয়াও সন্তুষ্ট নহয়, চতুৰ্থ বিষয়ে কেতিয়াও নকয় “যথেষ্ট হ’ল”
The horse-leech had three dearly beloved daughters: and these three did not satisfy her; and the fourth was not contented so as to say, Enough.
16 ১৬ চিয়োল, বাঁজী তিৰোতাৰ গৰ্ভ, পানীৰ বাবে তৃষ্ণাতুৰ হোৱা মাটি, আৰু জুইয়ে কেতিয়াও নকয়, “যথেষ্ট হ’ল।” (Sheol h7585)
The grave, and the love of a woman, and the earth not filled with water; water also and fire will not say, It is enough. (Sheol h7585)
17 ১৭ যি চকুৱে নিজৰ পিতৃক উপহাস কৰে, আৰু মাতৃৰ আজ্ঞা পালন কৰিবলৈ ঘিণ কৰে, তেওঁৰ চকু উপত্যকাৰ কাউৰীবোৰৰ দ্বাৰাই কাঢ়ি উলিওৱা হ’ব, আৰু শগুণে তেওঁক খাব।
The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonours the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.
Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not:
19 ১৯ ঈগলে আকাশত উৰে; সাপে শিলত বগায়; জাহাজে সমুদ্রৰ মাজত গতি কৰে, আৰু পুৰুষে মহিলাৰ সৈতে জীৱনধাৰণ কৰে।
the track of a flying eagle; and the ways of a serpent on a rock; and the paths of a ship passing through the sea; and the ways of a man in youth.
Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing amiss.
By three thing the earth is troubled, and the fourth it can’t bear:
if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food;
or if a maidservant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.
And [there are] four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise:
the ants which are weak, and [yet] prepare [their] food in summer;
the rabbits also [are] a feeble race, who make their houses in the rocks.
The locusts have no king, and [yet] march orderly at one command.
And the eft, which supports itself by [its] hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings.
And there are three things which go well, and a fourth which passes along finely.
A lion's whelp, stronger than [all other] beasts, which turns not away, nor fears [any] beast;
and a cock walking in boldly amongst the hens, and the goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation.
32 ৩২ তুমি যদি অজ্ঞানী হোৱা, তেনেহ’লে তুমি নিজকে প্রশংসা কৰা, বা যদি তুমি কু-কল্পনা কৰা, তেনেহ’লে তোমাৰ মুখত তোমাৰ হাত দিয়া।
If you abandon yourself to mirth, and stretch forth your hand in a quarrel, you shall be disgraced.
Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if you wing [one's] nostrils there shall come out blood: so if you extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes.
