হিতোপদেশ 11
Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.
Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom.
The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.
Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.
The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.
6 ৬ যারা ধার্ম্মিকতায় ঈশ্বরকে সন্তুষ্ট করে তাদেরকে রক্ষা করে; কিন্তু বিশ্বাসঘাতকেরা তাদের অভিলাষে ধরা পড়ে।
The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.
The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.
9 ৯ তার মুখের মাধ্যমে অধার্ম্মিক নিজের প্রতিবেশীকে নষ্ট করে; কিন্তু জ্ঞানের মাধ্যমে ধার্মিকরা উদ্ধার পায়।
With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.
In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.
By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.
Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.
A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.
Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.
Evil [one] suffereth when he hath been surety [for] a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.
A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible [men] retain riches.
A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.
The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness — a true reward.
Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil — for his own death.
20 ২০ সদাপ্রভু তাদেরকে ঘৃণা করেন যাদের হৃদয় বিপথগামী; কিন্তু যারা নিজের পথে নিখুঁত, তারা তাঁর তুষ্টিকর।
An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.
A ring of gold in the nose of a sow — A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.
There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.
A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.
Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling.
27 ২৭ যে সযত্নে ভালো চেষ্টা করে, সে প্রীতির খোঁজ করে; কিন্তু যে অমঙ্গল খুঁজে বেড়ায়, তারই প্রতি তা ঘটে।
Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil — it meeteth him.
Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant [is] the fool to the wise of heart.
The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise.
Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!
