< Proverbs 9 >

1 [It is as though] wisdom [is a woman who] has built a [big] house for herself, and has set up seven columns [to support the roof],
बुद्धिले आफ्नै घर बनाएको छ । त्यसले चट्टानबाट सातवटा खम्बा गाडेको छ ।
2 and has slaughtered an animal [and cooked the meat], and has mixed [nice spices] in the wine, and has put [the food] on the table.
त्यसले आफ्ना पशुहरू मारेको छ । त्यसले आफ्नो दाखमद्य मिसाएको छ, र त्यसले आफ्नो टेबुल तयार पारेको छ ।
3 [It is as though then] she sent out her servant women to call out from the highest place in the town,
त्यसले आफ्ना दासीहरूलाई बाहिर पठाएको छ । त्यो सहरको सबैभन्दा अग्लो टाकुराबाट चिच्‍च्याउँछ ।
4 “You people who need to understand more, come in!” And to those who are ignorant, [it is as though] she calls out,
“निर्बुद्धि को हो? त्यो यहाँ फर्कोस् ।” त्यो समझ नभएको व्यक्तिसित बोल्छ ।
5 “Come and eat the food that I [have prepared], and drink the [good] wine that I have mixed!
“आएर मेरो खाना खाओ, र मैले मिसाएको दाखमद्य पिओ ।
6 (Leave/Go away from) [other] foolish people, and [if you do that, you will continue to] live. Walk on the road that will enable you to (have knowledge/know what is true and what is not true).”
आफ्ना निर्बुद्धि चालहरू त्यागेर बाँच । समझशक्तिको मार्गमा हिँड ।
7 If you rebuke someone who will not allow others to correct him, he will insult you. If you reprove/scold an evil man, he will hurt you.
गिल्ला गर्नेलाई अनुशासनमा राख्‍नेले दुर्व्यवहार पाउँछ, र दुष्‍ट व्यक्तिलाई हप्काउनेले अपमान पाउँछ ।
8 Do not rebuke someone who will not allow others to (correct him/tell him what he has done is wrong), because he will hate you for doing that. [But] if you rebuke a wise person, he will respect you.
गिल्ला गर्नेलाई नहप्का, नत्रता त्यसले तँलाई घृणा गर्ने छ । बुद्धिमान् मानिसलाई हप्का, र त्यसले तँलाई प्रेम गर्ने छ ।
9 If you give instruction to wise people, they will become wiser. And if you teach righteous people, they will learn more.
बुद्धिमान् व्यक्तिलाई निर्देशन दे, र त्यो अझै बुद्धिमान् हुने छ । धर्मी व्यक्तिलाई सिका, र त्यो अझै सिपालु हुने छ ।
10 If you want to be wise, you must start by revering Yahweh, and if you know God, the Holy One, you will understand [which teachings are wise/true].
परमप्रभुको भय नै बुद्धिको सुरु हो, र परमपवित्रको ज्ञान नै समझशक्ति हो ।
11 If you become wise, you will live many years [DOU].
किनकि मद्वारा तेरा दिनहरू धेरै हुने छन्, र तेरो आयु लामो हुने छ ।
12 If you are wise, you are the one who will benefit from it; if you ridicule [becoming wise], you are the one who will suffer.
तँ बुद्धिमान् भइस् भने तँ आफ्नै लागि बुद्धमान् हुने छस् । तैँले गिल्ला गरिस् भने तैँले त्यो आफैसित बोक्‍ने छस् ।”
13 Foolish women talk loudly; they are ignorant and are never ashamed [of the wrong things that they do].
मूर्ख स्‍त्री अज्ञानी हुन्छे । त्यो अशिक्षित हुन्छे र त्यसलाई केही थाहा हुँदैन ।
14 They sit at the doors of their houses [or] they sit on the top [of the hills] in the town,
त्यो आफ्नो घरको ढोकामा, सहरका सबैभन्दा अग्ला ठाउँहरूमा बस्छे ।
15 and they call out to the men who are passing by, who are trying to be concerned with their own affairs,
त्यसले सडकमा हिँड्नेहरू, आफ्नो बाटोम सिधा अगाडि बढ्नेहरूलाई डाक्दै छे ।
16 “You people who need to understand more, come into [my house]!” And to those who are ignorant, they call out,
“कोही निर्बुद्धि छ भने त्यो यहाँ फर्कोस्,” समझशक्ति नभएकाहरूलाई त्यसले भन्छे ।
17 “[Just as] water which you have stolen tastes very good and food that you eat by yourself tastes the best, [if you have sex secretly with someone to whom you are not married, you will enjoy it very much].”
“चोरीको पानी मिठो हुन्छ, र गुप्‍तमा खाएको रोटी स्वादिष्‍ट हुन्छ ।”
18 But men who go to those women’s houses do not know that those who have gone there are now dead; they have descended down into the deepest parts of the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
तर त्यहाँ मरेकाहरू छन् र त्यस स्‍त्रीले निम्तो दिएका पाहुनाहरू पातालको गहिराइमा छन् भनी त्यसलाई थाहा छैन । (Sheol h7585)

< Proverbs 9 >