Proverbs 8
1 It is as if wisdom, with great understanding [of many things], is calling [PRS] out [to people].
के बुद्धिले आव्हान गर्दैन र? के समझशक्तिले त्यसको सोर उचाल्दैन र?
2 Wisdom stands on hilltops and at crossroads.
बाटोको छेउका उच्च ठाउँहरूमा, चौबाटाहरूमा बुद्धिले आफ्नो ठाउँ लिएको छ ।
3 [Wisdom also stands] at the city gates and shouts loudly,
सहरको मूल ढोकाको सामु, प्रवेशद्वारमा त्यो चर्को सोरले यसरी कराउँछ,
4 “I am calling to everyone! I am shouting loudly to all people!
“हे मानिसहरू हो, म तिमीहरूलाई नै आव्हान गर्दछु । मेरो सोर मानव-जातिका छोराहरूका लागि हो ।
5 You people who do not know how to do things that are smart to do, get sound judgment; you foolish people, get good understanding!
तिमीहरू जो निर्बुद्धि छौ, बुद्धि प्राप्त गर । तिमीहरू जो मूर्ख छौ, तिमीहरूले समझशक्तिको हृदय प्राप्त गर ।
6 Listen to me, because I have some excellent/important things to say. What I say is what is fair/right.
सुन, किनकि म आदरणीय कुराहरूको विषयमा बताउने छु, र मेरो ओठ खुला हुँदा मैले सिधा कुराहरू भन्ने छु ।
7 I speak what is true; I detest speaking [MTY] what is false/deceptive.
किनकि मेरो मुखले भरोसायोग्य कुरा बताउँछ, र दुष्टता मेरो ओठको लागि घृणित कुरो हो ।
8 Everything that I say is honest; there is nothing that I say that deceives [people].
मेरो मुखका सबै वचन न्यायपूर्ण छन् । तिनमा कुनै पनि बाङ्गोटिङ्गो छैन वा तिनले गलत मार्गमा लैजाँदैनन् ।
9 My words are clear to those who have good sense; those who are wise know that what I say is right.
बुझ्नेको व्यक्तिको लागि ती सबै सिधा छन् । ज्ञान पाउनेहरूका लागि मेरा वचनहरू उचित छन् ।
10 [If someone offers you the kind of teaching I give] or offers you silver, choose my teaching. [If he offers to show you how to be wise] or offers you gold, choose to know how to be wise,
चाँदीभन्दा मेरो निर्देशनलाई प्राप्त गर । निखुर सुनभन्दा मेरो ज्ञानलाई प्राप्त गर ।
11 because wisdom is more valuable than jewels. Nothing that you desire [is as valuable] as being wise.
किनकि बुद्धि रत्नहरूभन्दा बहुमूल्य हुन्छ । कुनै पनि खजाना यसको समान छैन ।
12 I, wisdom, and understanding of what is smart to do, cannot be separated. We are like two people who live in the same house. I know how to be wise and how to make smart decisions.
म बुद्धि सावधानीसित बस्छु, र म ज्ञान र विवेक अधिकार गर्छु ।
13 [All the people] who revere Yahweh hate evil. I, wisdom, hate [people who are] proud and [people] who think they are more important [than others]. I hate [people who] behave in an evil way and those who say things to deceive [others].
परमप्रभुको भय खराबीलाई घृणा गर्नु हो । म घमण्ड, अहङ्कार, दुष्ट मार्ग र भड्काउने बोलीवचनलाई घृणा गर्दछु । म तिनीहरूलाई घृणा गर्दछु ।
14 I give [people] good advice and I enable them to do things that are wise. I understand how things really are, and I am strong.
मसित असल सरसल्लाह र पक्का बुद्धि छ । म अन्तर्दृष्टि हुँ । मसित सामर्थ्य छ ।
15 When kings are wise, they rule [well]; and when rulers are wise, they make laws that are just/fair.
मद्वारा नै राजाहरूले शासन गर्छन्, र शासकहरूले न्यायपूर्ण व्यवस्था बनाउँछन् ।
16 Rulers govern their people with the help of me, wisdom, and those who have authority decide things fairly/just with my help.
मद्वारा नै राजकुमारहरू र कुलीनहरूले शासन गर्छन्, अनि सबैले न्यायसित शासन चलाउँछन् ।
17 I, [wisdom], love [all] those who love me, and [all] those who truly seek me [will] find me.
मलाई प्रेम गर्नेहरूलाई म प्रेम गर्दछु, र मलाई परिश्रमसाथ खोज्नेहरूले मलाई भेट्टाउँछन् ।
18 I enable [people] to become rich and to be honored; [I enable them to have] wealth that will last and to be successful.
मसित रुपियाँ-पैसा र इज्जत, टिकिरहने धन-सम्पत्ति र धार्मिकता छन् ।
19 What I can give people is more valuable than fine/pure gold and the best silver.
मेरो फल सुनभन्दा अर्थात् निखुर सुनभन्दा श्रेष्ठ छ । मेरो उत्पादन निखुर चाँदीभन्दा श्रेष्ठ छ ।
20 I always do what is righteous and just/fair.
म धार्मिकताको मार्गमा, न्यायका मार्गहरूका बिचमा हिँड्छु ।
21 I give wealth to those who love me; I fill their houses with valuable things.
परिणामस्वरूप, मलाई प्रेम गर्नेहरूलाई म धन-सम्पत्तिले सम्पन्न तुल्याउने छु । म तिनीहरूका ढुकुटीहरू भरिदिने छु ।
22 Yahweh created me, [wisdom], when he began [to create the world]; he created me [to do my work] before he created anything else.
परमप्रभुले मलाई सुरुमा अर्थात् उहाँका सुरुका कार्यहरूभन्दा पहिले नै सृष्टि गर्नुभयो ।
23 He appointed me long ago, before he created the earth.
पृथ्वीको आरम्भदेखि नै युगौँ पहिले मलाई बनाइएको थियो ।
24 I was born before the oceans were [created], when there were no springs from which water flowed.
महासागरहरू हुनुभन्दा पहिले नै, पानीले भरिपूर्ण खोला-नालाहरू हुनुभन्दा पहिले नै मलाई जन्म दिइयो ।
25 I was born before the hills and mountains were formed;
पहाडहरू स्थापित गरिनुअगि, डाँडाहरू बनाइनुअगि म जन्मेको थिएँ ।
26 [I, wisdom], was born before Yahweh made the earth, before he made the fields and the soil on the earth.
परमप्रभुले पृथ्वी वा जमिनहरू वा संसारको पहिलो धुलो बनाउनुअगि म जन्मेको थिएँ ।
27 I was there when Yahweh put the sky in place, when he marked the place [in the distance] where the sky and the oceans [seem to] come together.
उहाँले आकाशहरू स्थापित गर्नुहुँदा, महासागरको सतहमा घेरा लगाउनुहुँदा म त्यहाँ थिएँ ।
28 I was there when Yahweh put the clouds above [the earth] and when he caused the water that is inside the earth to be secure.
उहाँले माथि बादलहरू स्थापित गर्नुहुँदा र महासागरका मूलहरूलाई तिनीहरूका स्थानमा बसाल्नुहुँदा म त्यहाँ थिएँ ।
29 I was there when he fixed a boundary for the seas, so that the water in the seas would not go past those boundaries, and when he put down the foundations which support the earth.
उहाँको आज्ञाविना पानी आफ्नो सिमानाभन्दा बाहिर नजाओस् भन्नाका लागि उहाँले समुद्रको सिमा तोकिदिनुहुँदा र सुक्खा भूमिका जगहरू बसाल्नुहुँदा म त्यहाँ थिएँ ।
30 I was at the side of Yahweh, the master worker (OR, as though I was his child). I caused him to be happy every day, and I was always rejoicing when I was with him.
एउटा सिपालु कारीगरझैँ म उहाँको छेउमा थिएँ । दिनप्रति दिन म उहाँको आनन्द भएँ र सधैँभरि उहाँको सामु आनन्दित हुन्थेँ ।
31 I was delighted with the world that he created; I was happy with the people whom he created, too.
म उहाँको सारा संसारमा रमाउँदै थिएँ, र मानव-जातिका छोराहरूमा मेरो आनन्द थियो ।
32 So, [you people who are like] my sons, listen to me. [I am] pleased with [all] those who obey my teachings.
अब हे मेरा छोराहरू हो, मेरो कुरा सुन, किनकि मेरा मार्गहरूमा हिँड्ने आशिषित् हुने छन् ।
33 Listen [carefully] to what I teach you and become wise. Do not reject my teaching!
मेरो निर्देशनलाई सुनेर बुद्धिमान् होओ । यसलाई बेवास्ता नगर ।
34 [I am] pleased with those who listen to me, those who are outside my house every day, waiting [for me to come out].
मेरो कुरा सुन्ने जन आशिषित् हुने छ । मेरा ढोकाहरूको चौकोसनेर प्रतीक्षा गर्दै उसले हरेक दिन मेरा ढोकाहरूमा हेर्ने छ ।
35 Those who find me will have [a long] life, and Yahweh [will] be pleased with them.
किनकि मलाई भेट्ने जोसुकैले पनि जीवन पाउँछ, र उसले परमप्रभुको निगाह पाउने छ ।
36 But those who stray away from me [just] harm themselves. All those who hate me, [it is as though] [IRO] they are loving death.”
तर असफल हुनेले चाहिँ आफ्नै जीवनमा हानि ल्याउँछ । मलाई घृणा गर्ने सबैले मृत्युलाई प्रेम गर्छ ।”
