Proverbs 23
1 When you sit down to eat with a leader, pay close attention to what has been set before your face,
तँ खानलाई शासकसित बस्दा तेरो सामु राखिएको खानेकुरालाई होसियारीपूर्वक अवलोकन गर् ।
2 and put a knife to your throat, if, in such a way, you could hold your soul in your own power.
तँ धेरै खाने खन्चुवा हो भने तेरो घाँटीमा चक्कु राख् ।
3 Do not desire his foods, in which is the bread of deceit.
तिनको स्वादिष्ट खानेकुराको लालसा नगर्, किनकि यो झुटको खाना हो ।
4 Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence.
धन-सम्पत्ति कमाउन धेरै नघोट्टी । कहिले बन्द गर्ने भनी थाहा पाउन बुद्धिमानी बन् ।
5 Do not raise your eyes toward wealth that you are not able to have. For they will make themselves wings, like those of an eagle, and they will fly in the sky.
के यसमाथि तेरो आँखाको ज्योति चम्कन दिन्छस्? यो बितेर जाने छ, किनकि गरुडका झैँ यसका पखेटाहरू पलाउने छन् र यो आकाशमा उडेर जाने छ ।
6 Do not eat with an envious man, and do not desire his foods.
दुष्ट आँखा भएको मानिसको भोजन नखा, र त्यसको स्वादिष्ट खानेकुराको लालसा नगर् ।
7 For, like a seer and an interpreter of dreams, he presumes what he does not know. “Eat and drink,” he will say to you; and his mind is not with you.
किनकि त्यो भोजनको मूल्य गिन्ती गर्ने मानिस हो । त्यसले भन्छ, “खाऊ र पिऊ ।” तर त्यसको हृदय तँसित हुँदैन ।
8 The foods that you had eaten, you will vomit up. And you will lose the beauty in your words.
तैँले खाएको थोरै खानेकुरा पनि तैँले बान्ता गर्ने छस्, र तैँले तेरो तारिफलाई त्यसै खेर जान दिनेछस् ।
9 Do not speak into the ears of the unwise. They will despise the doctrine of your eloquence.
मूर्खले सुन्ने गरी नबोल्, किनकि त्यसले तेरा वचनहरूको बुद्धिलाई तुच्छ ठान्ने छ ।
10 Do not touch the boundaries of little ones, and do not enter into the field of the fatherless.
प्राचीन साँध-सिमानाको ढुङ्गो नहटा वा अनाथहरूको खेतबारी नमिच् ।
11 For their close relative is strong, and he will judge their case against you.
किनभने तिनीहरूका उद्धारकर्ता शक्तिशाली हुनुहुन्छ, र उहाँले तेरो विरुद्धमा तिनीहरूको मुद्दा लड्नुहुने छ ।
12 Let your heart enter into doctrine, and let your ears enter into words of knowledge.
तेरो हृदयलाई अर्तीतिर लगा, र तेरा कानलाई ज्ञानका वचनहरूमा लगा ।
13 Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
बच्चाबाट अर्तीलाई नरोक्, किनकि तैँले त्यसलाई अनुशासनमा राखिस् भने त्यो मर्ने छैन ।
त्यसलाई छडी लगाउने र पातालबाट त्यसको प्राण जोगाउने तँ नै होस् । (Sheol h7585)
15 My son, if your soul will become wise, my heart will be glad with you.
हे मेरो छोरो, तेरो हृदय बुद्धिमानी छ भने मेरो हृदय पनि प्रसन्न हुने छ ।
16 And my temperament will exult, when your lips will have spoken what is upright.
तेरो ओठले जे ठिक छ, त्यही बोल्दा मेरो अन्तस्करण रमाउने छ ।
17 Let not your heart compete with sinners. But be in the fear of the Lord all day long.
तेरो हृदयलाई पापीहरूको ईर्ष्या गर्न नदे, तर दिनैभरि परमप्रभुको भयमा लागिराख् ।
18 For you will have hope in the end, and your expectation will not be taken away.
निश्चय नै एउटा भविष्य छ, र तेरो आशा निराश हुने छैन ।
19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and direct your soul along the way.
हे मेरो छोरो, सुन् र बुद्धिमान् हो, अनि तेरो हृदयलाई सुमार्गमा लगा ।
20 Do not be willing to be in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in the carousings of those who gather to feed on flesh.
मातेकाहरू वा धेरै मासु हुसर्नेहरूसित सङ्गत नगर्,
21 For those who waste time drinking, and who surrender themselves to symbols, will be consumed. And those who sleep will be clothed in rags.
किनकि मतवाला र घिचुवाहरू गरिब बन्छन्, र यस्तो लट्ठ्याइले तिनीहरूलाई झुत्रे बनाउँछ ।
22 Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old.
तँलाई जन्म दिने बुबाको कुरा सुन्, र तेरी आमा वृद्ध हुँदा उनलाई तुच्छ नठान् ।
23 Purchase truth, and do not sell wisdom, or doctrine, or understanding.
सत्यलाई किन्, र त्यसलाई नबेच् । बुद्धि, अर्ती र समझशक्तिलाई किन् ।
24 The father of the just exults in gladness; he who has conceived the wise will rejoice in him.
धर्मात्माको बुबा अत्यन्तै आनन्दित हुने छ, र बुद्धिमान् छोरोलाई जन्म दिने मानिस त्यसमा प्रसन्न हुने छ ।
25 Let your father and your mother be joyful, and may she who conceived you exult.
तेरा बुबा र आमा प्रसन्न होऊन्, अनि तँलाई जन्म दिने आनन्दित होऊन् ।
26 My son, offer me your heart, and let your eyes keep to my ways.
हे मेरो छोरो, मलाई तेरो हृदय दे, र तेरा आँखाले मेरा मार्गहरू हेरून् ।
27 For a loose woman is a deep pit, and a foreign woman is a constricted well.
किनभने वेश्या एउटा गहिरो खाडल हो, र अनैतिक स्त्री एउटा साँघुरो इनार हो ।
28 She lies in wait along the way like a robber. And the incautious one whom she sees, she will put to death.
त्यो चोरझैँ ढुकिबस्छे, र त्यसले मानिसहरूका बिचमा विश्वासघातीहरूको सङ्ख्या बढाउँछे ।
29 Who has woe? Whose father has woe? Who has quarrels? Who falls into pits? Who has wounds without cause? Who has watery eyes?
कोसित कष्ट छ? कोसित शोक छ? कोसित कलह छ? कोसित गुनासो छ? कोसित विनाकारण चोट छ? कसका आँखा राताराता छन्?
30 Is it not those who linger over wine, and who strive to be drinking from their cups?
तिनीहरूकै जो धेरै मद्य पिउँछन्, जसले मिश्रित मद्य पिउँछन् ।
31 Do not gaze into the wine when it turns gold, when its color shines in the glass. It enters pleasantly,
मद्य रातो हुँदा, कचौरामा त्यसको फिँज उठ्दा र त्यो सहजै उँधो जाँदा त्यसलाई नहेर् ।
32 but in the end, it will bite like a snake, and it will spread poison like a king of snakes.
अन्त्यमा त्यसले सर्पले झैँ डस्छ, र गोमनले झैँ विष हालिदिन्छ ।
33 Your eyes will see women who are outsiders, and your heart will utter perversities.
तेरा आँखाहरूले अनौठा कुराहरू देख्ने छन्, र तेरो मनले टेडा कुराहरू व्यक्त गर्ने छन् ।
34 And you will be like someone sleeping in the middle of the sea, and like a pilot, fast asleep, who has lost his hold on the helm.
तँ महासमुद्रमा सुतिरहने व्यक्तिझैँ वा मस्तुलको डोरीको मास्तिर बस्नेझैँ हुने छ ।
35 And you will say: “They have beaten me, but I did not feel pain. They have dragged me, and I did not realize it. When will I awaken and find more wine?”
तैँले भन्ने छस्, “तिनीहरू मलाई हिर्काए, तर मलाई चोट लागेन ।” तिनीहरूले मलाई पिटे, तर मलाई यसको अनुभूति भएन । म कहिले ब्युँझने छु? म अर्को चुस्की खोज्ने छु ।”
