Proverbs 23
1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:
तँ खानलाई शासकसित बस्दा तेरो सामु राखिएको खानेकुरालाई होसियारीपूर्वक अवलोकन गर् ।
2 And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite.
तँ धेरै खाने खन्चुवा हो भने तेरो घाँटीमा चक्कु राख् ।
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
तिनको स्वादिष्ट खानेकुराको लालसा नगर्, किनकि यो झुटको खाना हो ।
4 Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.
धन-सम्पत्ति कमाउन धेरै नघोट्टी । कहिले बन्द गर्ने भनी थाहा पाउन बुद्धिमानी बन् ।
5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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 Eat you not the bread of him that has an evil eye, neither desire you his dainty meats:
दुष्ट आँखा भएको मानिसको भोजन नखा, र त्यसको स्वादिष्ट खानेकुराको लालसा नगर् ।
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you.
किनकि त्यो भोजनको मूल्य गिन्ती गर्ने मानिस हो । त्यसले भन्छ, “खाऊ र पिऊ ।” तर त्यसको हृदय तँसित हुँदैन ।
8 The morsel which you have eaten shall you vomit up, and lose your sweet words.
तैँले खाएको थोरै खानेकुरा पनि तैँले बान्ता गर्ने छस्, र तैँले तेरो तारिफलाई त्यसै खेर जान दिनेछस् ।
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
मूर्खले सुन्ने गरी नबोल्, किनकि त्यसले तेरा वचनहरूको बुद्धिलाई तुच्छ ठान्ने छ ।
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
प्राचीन साँध-सिमानाको ढुङ्गो नहटा वा अनाथहरूको खेतबारी नमिच् ।
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with you.
किनभने तिनीहरूका उद्धारकर्ता शक्तिशाली हुनुहुन्छ, र उहाँले तेरो विरुद्धमा तिनीहरूको मुद्दा लड्नुहुने छ ।
12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
तेरो हृदयलाई अर्तीतिर लगा, र तेरा कानलाई ज्ञानका वचनहरूमा लगा ।
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beat him with the rod, he shall 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 heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
हे मेरो छोरो, तेरो हृदय बुद्धिमानी छ भने मेरो हृदय पनि प्रसन्न हुने छ ।
16 Yes, my reins shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.
तेरो ओठले जे ठिक छ, त्यही बोल्दा मेरो अन्तस्करण रमाउने छ ।
17 Let not your heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
तेरो हृदयलाई पापीहरूको ईर्ष्या गर्न नदे, तर दिनैभरि परमप्रभुको भयमा लागिराख् ।
18 For surely there is an end; and your expectation shall not be cut off.
निश्चय नै एउटा भविष्य छ, र तेरो आशा निराश हुने छैन ।
19 Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.
हे मेरो छोरो, सुन् र बुद्धिमान् हो, अनि तेरो हृदयलाई सुमार्गमा लगा ।
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
मातेकाहरू वा धेरै मासु हुसर्नेहरूसित सङ्गत नगर्,
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
किनकि मतवाला र घिचुवाहरू गरिब बन्छन्, र यस्तो लट्ठ्याइले तिनीहरूलाई झुत्रे बनाउँछ ।
22 Listen to your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old.
तँलाई जन्म दिने बुबाको कुरा सुन्, र तेरी आमा वृद्ध हुँदा उनलाई तुच्छ नठान् ।
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
सत्यलाई किन्, र त्यसलाई नबेच् । बुद्धि, अर्ती र समझशक्तिलाई किन् ।
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy of him.
धर्मात्माको बुबा अत्यन्तै आनन्दित हुने छ, र बुद्धिमान् छोरोलाई जन्म दिने मानिस त्यसमा प्रसन्न हुने छ ।
25 Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she that bore you shall rejoice.
तेरा बुबा र आमा प्रसन्न होऊन्, अनि तँलाई जन्म दिने आनन्दित होऊन् ।
26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
हे मेरो छोरो, मलाई तेरो हृदय दे, र तेरा आँखाले मेरा मार्गहरू हेरून् ।
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
किनभने वेश्या एउटा गहिरो खाडल हो, र अनैतिक स्त्री एउटा साँघुरो इनार हो ।
28 She also lies in wait as for a prey, and increases the transgressors among men.
त्यो चोरझैँ ढुकिबस्छे, र त्यसले मानिसहरूका बिचमा विश्वासघातीहरूको सङ्ख्या बढाउँछे ।
29 Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has babbling? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes?
कोसित कष्ट छ? कोसित शोक छ? कोसित कलह छ? कोसित गुनासो छ? कोसित विनाकारण चोट छ? कसका आँखा राताराता छन्?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
तिनीहरूकै जो धेरै मद्य पिउँछन्, जसले मिश्रित मद्य पिउँछन् ।
31 Look not you on the wine when it is red, when it gives his color in the cup, when it moves itself aright.
मद्य रातो हुँदा, कचौरामा त्यसको फिँज उठ्दा र त्यो सहजै उँधो जाँदा त्यसलाई नहेर् ।
32 At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
अन्त्यमा त्यसले सर्पले झैँ डस्छ, र गोमनले झैँ विष हालिदिन्छ ।
33 Your eyes shall behold strange women, and your heart shall utter perverse things.
तेरा आँखाहरूले अनौठा कुराहरू देख्ने छन्, र तेरो मनले टेडा कुराहरू व्यक्त गर्ने छन् ।
34 Yes, you shall be as he that lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he that lies on the top of a mast.
तँ महासमुद्रमा सुतिरहने व्यक्तिझैँ वा मस्तुलको डोरीको मास्तिर बस्नेझैँ हुने छ ।
35 They have stricken me, shall you say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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 ।”
