Proverbs 26
1 Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.
ग्रिष्म ऋतुमा हिउँ वा फसलको समयमा झरी परेझैँ मूर्ख आदरको योग्य हुँदन ।
2 As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.
भुर्र उड्ने भँगेरो र हानिएर जाने गौँथलीझैँ कारणविनाको श्राप पनि लाग्दैन ।
3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.
कोर्रा घोडाको लागि हो; लगाम गधाको लागि हो र लट्ठी मूर्खहरूको पिठिउँको लागि हो ।
4 Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
मूर्खलाई त्यसको मूर्खताअनुसार जवाफ नदे, नत्रता तँ त्योजस्तै हुने छस् ।
5 Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
मूर्खलाई जवाफ दे र त्यसको मूर्खतामा मिल् ताकि त्यो त्यसको आफ्नै दृष्टिमा बुद्धिमान् नहोस् ।
6 He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
मूर्खको हातमा सन्देश पठाउने मानिसले आफ्नै खुट्टामा बन्चरो हानेर हिंसा पिउँछ ।
7 The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.
पक्षाघातीका झुण्डिएका खुट्टाहरूझैँ मूर्खको मुखमा भएको हितोपदेश हुन्छ ।
8 Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
मूर्खलाई आदन दिनु घुयेँत्रोमा ढुङ्गा बाँध्नुजस्तै हो ।
9 Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.
मतवालाको हातमा काँढा भएझैँ मूर्खको मुखमा भएको हितोपदेश हो ।
10 Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.
मूर्ख वा बटुवालाई ज्यालामा काम लगाउनु धनुर्धारीले त्यसको वरिपरि भएका सबैलाई काँड हानी चोट पुर्याउनुजस्तै हो ।
11 Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.
जसरी कुकुर आफ्नै बान्तामा फर्केर आउँछ, त्यसै गरी मूर्खले आफ्नो मूर्खता दोहोर्याउँछ ।
12 Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
के तैँले आफ्नै दृष्टिमा बुद्धिमान् भएको कुनै मानिसलाई देखेको छस्? त्यसको भन्दा त मूर्खको लागि बढी आशा हुन्छ ।
13 The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
अल्छे मानिसले भन्छ, “सडकमा सिंह छ । खुला ठाउँहरूका बिचमा सिंह छ ।”
14 A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.
ढोका आफ्नो कब्जामा यताउता हल्लेझैँ अल्छे मानिस आफ्नो खाटमा पल्टन्छ ।
15 The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.
अल्छे मानिसले आफ्नो हात थालमा गाड्छ, र त्यसलाई आफ्नो मुखसम्म पुर्याउन पनि त्योसित शक्ति हुँदैन ।
16 The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
सही न्यायसहित प्रतिक्रिया दिने सात जना मानिसभन्दा अल्छे मानिस त्यसको आफ्नै दृष्टिमा बुद्धिमान् हुन्छ ।
17 He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.
कुकुरको कान समात्ने मानिस आफूसित सम्बन्धित नभएको झगडामा रिसाउने बटुवाजस्तै हो ।
18 As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,
त्यो घातक काँड हान्ने बौलाहा मानिसजस्तो हो,
19 So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?
जसले आफ्नो छिमेकीलाई धोका दिइसकेपछि भन्छ, “के मैले ठट्टा गर्दै थिइनँ र?”
20 Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.
दाउराको कमीले आगो निभ्छ, र जहाँ कुरौटो हुँदैन त्यहाँ झगडाको अन्त्य हुन्छ ।
21 Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
जसरी भुङ्ग्रोको लागि कोइला र आगोको लागि दाउरा हो, त्यसै गरी झगडालु मानिस कलह सल्काउनको लागि हो ।
22 The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.
कुरौटेका वचनहरू स्वादिष्ट गाँसजस्तै हुन्छन् । ती शरीरको भित्री भागसम्म प्रवेश गर्छन् ।
23 Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste.
माटोको भाँडामा चल्काउने जलप लाएझैँ आघात पुर्याउने ओठ र दुष्ट हृदय हुन्छ ।
24 With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;
अरूहरूलाई घृणा गर्नेले आफ्नो ओठले आफ्ना भावना लुकाउँछ, तर भित्रपट्टि भने त्यसले छलछामलाई आश्रय दिन्छ ।
25 When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:
त्यसले अनुग्रही भएर बोले तपानि त्यसमाथि विश्वास नगर्, किनकि त्यसको हृदयमा सातवटा घृणित कुरा छन् ।
26 Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.
त्यसको घृणालाई छलले ढाकिएको भए तापनि त्यसको दुष्टता सभामा खुला हुने छ ।
27 He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.
खाडल खन्ने मानिस त्यसभित्र जाकिन्छ, र ढुङ्गा गुडाउने मानिसमा नै त्यो ढुङ्गा फर्केर आउने छ ।
28 A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
झुट बोल्ने जिब्रोले पीडामा परेकाहरूलाई घृणा गर्छ, र चापलुसी घस्ने मुखले विनाश ल्याउँछ ।
