Proverbs 28
1 Wicked [people] run away [even] when no one is pursuing them, but righteous/good [people are not afraid]; they are as brave as lions.
कसैले नलखेट्दा पनि दुष्ट मानिसहरू भाग्छन्, तर धर्मी मानिसहरू जवान सिंहझैँ निर्भीक हुन्छन् ।
2 When [the people of] a nation sin, they will have one ruler after another; but when their leaders are wise and have good sense, their government will last for a long time.
देशको अधर्मको कारण त्यहाँ धेरै शासकहरू हुन्छन्, तर समझशक्ति र ज्ञान भएको मानिसले अमनचैन कायम राख्ने छ ।
3 A poor person who oppresses [other] poor [people] is [like] [MET] a very heavy/hard rain that [destroys the crops], with the result that there is no food [for people to eat].
एउटा गरिब मानिसमाथि थिचोमिचो गर्ने अर्को गरिब मानिस अन्न सखाप पार्ने मुसलधारे वर्षाजस्तो हो ।
4 Those who reject/disobey [God’s] laws always speak well of wicked [people]; but those who obey [God’s] laws [always] oppose what wicked people do.
व्यवस्था त्याग्नेहरूले दुष्ट मानिसहरूको प्रशंसा गर्छन्, तर व्यवस्था पालन गर्नेहरू तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा लड्छन् ।
5 Evil people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well.
खराब मानिसले न्यायलाई बुझ्दैन, तर परमप्रभुको खोजी गर्नेहरूले हरेक कुरो बुझ्दछ ।
6 It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.
आफ्ना मार्गहरूमा टेडो हुने धनी मानिसभन्दा आफ्नो निष्ठामा हिँड्ने गरिब मानिस उत्तम हुन्छ ।
7 Young people who obey the laws are wise [IDM]; parents whose children associate with those who (carouse/go to wild parties) are humiliated/disgraced because of what their children do.
व्यवस्था पालन गर्ने छोरो समझदार हुन्छ, तर घिचावाको सङ्गत गर्नेले चाहिँ आफ्नो बुबालाई लज्जित तुल्याउँछ ।
8 When people become very rich by charging very high interest [DOU], their money will [eventually] go to someone who does kind things for the poor.
धेरै ब्याज लगाएर आफ्नो सम्पत्ति बढाउने मानिसको धनलाई अर्कैले कुम्ल्याउँछ र त्यसले गरिबहरूमाथि दया देखाउँछ ।
9 If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
कसैले व्यवस्था सुन्नबाट आफ्नो कान तर्कायो भने त्यसको प्रार्थना पनि घृणित हुन्छ ।
10 Those who cause honest/good [people] to do what is evil will fall into their own pits/traps, but good things will happen to those who (are innocent/have not done what is wrong).
सोझाहरूलाई खराब मार्गमा लैजाने जो कोही पनि आफूले खनेको खाल्डोमा जाकिने छ, तर खोटरहित मानिसले असल पैतृक-सम्पत्ति पाउने छ ।
11 [Many] rich people think that they are wise, but poor people who have good sense will find out whether rich people really are wise or not.
धनी मानिस आफ्नै दृष्टिमा बुद्धिमान् होला, तर समझशक्ति भएको गरिब मानिसले त्यसलाई पत्ता लगाउने छ ।
12 When righteous/good [people] (succeed/win [elections]), everyone (celebrates/is happy); but when wicked [people win], everyone hides [because they are afraid of what the wicked people will do].
धर्मीहरू विजय हुँदा ठुलो महिमा हुन्छ, तर दुष्टहरूको उदय हुँदा मानिसहरू लुक्न थाल्छन् ।
13 Those who refuse to confess/admit their sins will not prosper, but [God] acts mercifully/kindly toward those who confess their sins and turn away from their sinful behavior.
आफ्ना पापहरू लुकाउनेको उन्नति हुने छैन, तर तिनलाई स्वीकार गरी त्याग्नेलाई कृपा देखाइने छ ।
14 [God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
सधैँ आदरसाथ जिउने आशिषित् हुने छ, तर आफ्नो हृदयलाई कठोर बनाउनेचाहिँ कष्टमा पर्ने छ ।
15 Wicked people who [mistreat] poor people whom they rule are [as dangerous to them as] [SIM] a lion roaring [at them] or a bear springing up [to attack them].
गर्जने सिंह वा झम्टने भालुझैँ मानिसहरूमाथि शासन गर्ने दुष्ट शासक हुन्छ ।
16 Rulers who do not have good sense cruelly oppress [the people they rule], but rulers who do not want to become rich by cheating/deceiving [people] will live (OR, rule) for a long time.
समझशक्ति कमी भएको शासक क्रुर हुन्छ, तर बेइमानीलाई घृणा गर्नेचाहिँको आयु लामो हुन्छ ।
17 Those who are guilty of murdering [MTY] another person will (be fugitives/keep running away) until they die; do not help them to escape.
कसैको रगत बगाएकोले मानिस दोषी छ भने त्यसको मृत्यु नभएसम्म त्यो भगुवा हुने छ र कसैले त्यसलाई सहायता गर्ने छैन ।
18 Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.
निष्ठासहित हिँड्ने सुरक्षित हुने छ, तर टेडो चाल भएको मानिस अकस्मात् पतन हुने छ ।
19 Farmers who work [hard] in their fields will [produce good crops and always] have plenty of food [to eat], but those who spend all their time (on useless projects/doing things that do not benefit anyone) will become very poor.
आफ्नो खेतबारी खनजोत गर्नेको प्रशस्त अन्न हुने छ, तर बेकम्मा कोसिसको पछि लाग्नेचाहिँ दरिद्रताले भरिने छ ।
20 [God] will greatly bless those who (are trustworthy/always do what they say that they will do), but he will certainly punish [LIT] those who try to become rich quickly.
विश्वासयोग्य मानिसले धेरै आशिष्हरू पाउने छ, तर झट्टै धनी हुनेचाहिँ दण्डविना उम्कने छैन ।
21 It is not good [for judges] to decide matters unfairly/unjustly, but [some] people will do what is wrong [even] if they receive [only] a very small bribe [HYP] [for doing it].
पक्षपात गर्नु राम्रो होइन, तरै पनि एक टुक्रा रोटीको लागि मानिसले गलत काम गर्छ ।
22 Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
कन्जुस मानिस धनको पछि लाग्छ, तर दरिद्रता त्यसमाथि आइपर्ने छ भनी त्यसलाई थाहै हुँदैन ।
23 Those who rebuke someone will be appreciated/thanked more than those who [say nice things to others merely] to (flatter them/cause them to feel good).
फुर्क्याउने जिब्रो भएकोले भन्दा अनुशासनमा राख्नेले नै पछि बढी निगाह पाउँछ ।
24 Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
आफ्ना बुबा र आमालाई लुटेर “त्यो पाप होइन” भनी बताउने मानिस बर्बादी ल्याउनेको मित्र हुन्छ ।
25 Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
लोभी मानिसले द्वन्द्व निम्त्याउँछ, तर परमप्रभुमा भरोसा गर्नेको उन्नति हुने छ ।
26 Those who believe that what they think [is always right] are foolish; those who act wisely will (escape danger/be safe).
आफ्नै हृदयमा भरोसा गर्ने मानिस मूर्ख हो, तर बुद्धिमा चल्नेचाहिँ खतराबाट टाढै बस्छ ।
27 Those who give things to poor [people] will not become poor, but many [people] will curse those who refuse to help [IDM] poor people.
गरिबलाई दिनेलाई कुनै कुराको अभाव हुँदैन, तर तिनीहरूप्रति आँखा चिम्लनेले धेरै श्राप पाउने छ ।
28 When wicked [people] become rulers, people hide [because they are afraid of what those wicked people will do]; but when wicked people are no longer rulers, good/righteous [people will] become the rulers.
दुष्टहरूको उदय हुँदा मानिसहरू लुक्छन्, तर तिनीहरू नष्ट हुँदा धर्मीहरूको वृद्धि हुन्छ ।
