হিতোপদেশ 17
It is better [to eat] a dry piece [of bread] and not have strife/quarrels than to have a big feast in a house where [everyone] is quarreling.
2 ২ একজন বুদ্ধিমান দাস ছেলের ওপর কর্তৃত্ব করবে যে লজ্জাজনক কাজ করে এবং ভাইদের মধ্যে সে অধিকারের অংশী হয়।
A slave who acts wisely will [some day] be the boss of his master’s disgraceful son and when his master dies, the slave will receive part of his master’s possessions.
[Workers put] silver and gold in a very hot furnace [to burn out what is impure], and Yahweh [similarly] examines people’s inner beings [to see if they are pure].
Those who do what is evil pay attention to people who say [MTY] what is evil, and liars pay attention to [other people’s] lies.
Those who make fun of poor [people] insult God, the one who made the poor [people], [and] those who are happy when [someone else has] troubles will certainly be punished [LIT] [by God].
Old [people] are [usually] proud of [MET] their grandchildren, [just like] children are [usually] proud of their parents.
Fine/Eloquent speech is not suitable for foolish people to say, just like lies are not suitable for rulers [to say].
People think that a bribe is like a magic stone [to persuade someone to do what they want him to do]; they think that because of the bribe, that person will do whatever they want him to do.
9 ৯ যে অপরাধ উপেক্ষা করে, সে প্রেমের খোঁজ করে, কিন্তু যে এক বিষয় বার বার বলে, সে ঘনিষ্ট বন্ধুর মধ্যে বিভেদ সৃষ্টি করে।
If you want people to like/love you, forgive them for the wrong things that they do to you. If you continue to remind them about those wrong things, they will no longer be your friends.
Rebuking people who have good sense will accomplish more for them than hitting them 100 times [with a stick].
[Because] wicked people are always trying to cause trouble, someone will be sent to severely punish them.
A mother bear whose cubs have been taken away from her is dangerous, but it is more dangerous to confront a foolish person who is doing something foolish.
If someone does something evil in return for something good being done to him, evil/trouble will never leave that person’s family.
14 ১৪ বিবাদের শুরু হল এমন যে কেউ প্রত্যেক জায়গায় জল ছাড়ে; অতএব ভেঙে যাবার আগে বিতর্ক থেকে সরে যাও।
Starting a quarrel is like allowing water to start to leak out of a dam; they both need to be stopped before they get worse.
15 ১৫ যে দুষ্টকে নির্দোষ বলে প্রমাণ করে ও যে ধার্ম্মিককে দোষী করে, তারা উভয়েই সদাপ্রভুর ঘৃণার পাত্র।
There are two things that Yahweh hates: (Condemning innocent [people]/Saying that people who have done nothing wrong must be punished), and declaring that people who have done wicked things should not be punished.
It is useless to allow foolish people [RHQ] to try to become wise by paying for it, because they do not have enough good sense to become wise.
Friends love [others] all the time, and relatives are able to help us when we have troubles.
18 ১৮ একজন লোক যার কোনো জ্ঞান নেই সে প্রতিশ্রুতির বন্ধন তৈরী করে এবং তার প্রতিবেশীর ঋণের জন্য দায়ী হয়।
[If someone borrows money from another person], it is foolish for you to promise [IDM] that you will pay the money back if that other person is unable to pay back the money that he borrowed.
Those who like to sin [also] like to cause strife/trouble; [and] those who build fancy doors in their houses [to show that they are very wealthy] (OR, speak proudly) are inviting disaster.
Those who (have perverse minds/are always thinking about doing evil things) will not prosper, and disasters will happen to those who always tell lies.
Children who are foolish [soon] cause their parents to be very sad; their parents will not be joyful at all.
Being cheerful is [like swallowing] good medicine; being discouraged/gloomy [all the time will] (drain away your energy/cause you to become weak) [MTY].
Wicked people/judges accept bribes that are given to them secretly, and as a result they do not decide matters justly/fairly.
Those who have good sense determine to do what is wise, but foolish people are always thinking about many different things [and never decide what they should do].
Children who are foolish cause their father to be sad and [also] cause their mother to be very sorrowful.
26 ২৬ এছাড়াও, যে সঠিক কাজ করে তার কখনো শাস্তি দেওয়া উচিত নয়; মহান মানুষ যার সততা আছে তাকে প্রহার করা এটা ভালো নয়।
It is not right to force someone who has done nothing wrong to pay a fine; it is wrong to punish good/respected people.
Those who have good sense do not talk a lot, and those who (control their tempers/keep themselves from becoming very angry) are [truly] wise.
28 ২৮ এমনকি নির্বোধও নীরব থাকলে জ্ঞানবান বলে বিবেচিত হয়; যখন সে মুখ বন্ধ রাখে সে বুদ্ধিমান বলে বিবেচিত হয়।
People [may] think that foolish people who do not say anything are wise; if foolish people (do not say anything/keep their mouths shut), others will think that they are [very] intelligent.
