નીતિવચનો 17
1 ૧ જે ઘર મિજબાનીથી ભરપૂર હોય પણ કજિયાકંકાસવાળું હોય તેના કરતાં શાંતિ સહિત રોટલીનો સૂકો ટુકડો સારો છે.
Better a dry morsel, and peace therewith, than a house full of contentious sacrifices.
2 ૨ ડહાપણથી વર્તનાર ચાકર બદનામી કરાવનાર દીકરા પર અધિકાર ચલાવશે અને એ ચાકરને દીકરાના ભાઈઓમાં વારસનો ભાગ મળશે.
A prudent servant, shall rule over a son who causeth shame, and, in the midst of brothers, shall he share the inheritance.
Fining-pot for silver, crucible for gold, but, he that trieth hearts, is Yahweh.
Discord, giveth heed to the aggrieving lip, —Falsehood, giveth ear to the destroying tongue.
5 ૫ જે ગરીબની મશ્કરી કરે છે તે તેના સર્જનહારની નિંદા કરે છે અને જે કોઈ બીજાની વિપત્તિને જોઈને રાજી થાય છે તે શિક્ષા પામ્યા વગર રહેશે નહિ.
He that mocketh the poor, hath reproached his Maker, He that maketh merry at distress, shall not be held innocent.
The crown of old men, consists of children’s children, and the adornment of children, is their fathers.
Unseemly in an unworthy man, is the lip of excellence, much more, in one of noble mind, the lip of falsehood.
8 ૮ જેને બક્ષિસ મળે છે તે તેની નજરમાં મૂલ્યવાન પથ્થર જેવી છે; જ્યાં જ્યાં તે જાય છે, ત્યાં ત્યાં તે ઉદય પામે છે.
A gift, in the eyes of its owner, is, a stone of beauty, whithersoever it turneth, it bringeth prosperity.
He that hideth a transgression, seeketh love, but, he that repeateth a matter, separateth intimate friends.
A reproof sinketh more deeply into an intelligent man than a hundred stripes, into a dullard!
Nothing less than rebellion, doth a wicked man seek, and, a relentless messenger, shall be sent out against him.
Let a bereaved bear encounter man, rather than a dullard, with his folly!
He that returneth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14 ૧૪ કોઈ પાણીને બહાર આવવાનું બાકું કરી આપે, તે માફક જ ઝઘડાનો આરંભ છે, માટે ઝઘડો થયા અગાઉ સમાધાન કરી લો.
A letting forth of water, is the beginning of strife, therefore, before it breaketh out, abandon, contention.
15 ૧૫ જે કોઈ દુષ્ટને નિર્દોષ ઠરાવે છે અને જે કોઈ નેકીવાનને દોષપાત્ર ઠરાવે છે તે બન્નેને યહોવાહ ધિક્કારે છે.
He that justifieth the lawless, and he that condemneth the righteous, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a dullard? that he who is without sense, may acquire wisdom.
At all times, doth a friend love, and, a brother for distress, must be born.
A man lacking sense, is one who striketh hands, giving security, before his neighbour.
A lover of transgression, is one who loveth strife, he that heighteneth his door, seeketh grievous harm.
The crooked in heart, shall not find good, and, he that is perverse with his tongue, shall fall into wickedness.
He that begetteth a dullard, it is to his own grief, neither can the father of the base, rejoice.
A joyful heart, worketh an excellent cure, —but, a stricken spirit, drieth up the bone.
A bribe out of his bosom, doth a lawless man take, to pervert the ways of justice.
Before the face of the discerning, is wisdom, but, the eyes of a dullard, are in the ends of the earth.
A vexation to his father, is the son that is a dullard, and a bitterness, to her that bare him.
Surely, to chastise the righteous, is not good, to smite the noble-minded for equity.
Sparing of his words, is one who valueth knowledge, and, of a thoughtful spirit, is a man of intelligence.
28 ૨૮ મૂર્ખ ચૂપ રહે ત્યાં સુધી તે ડાહ્યો ગણાય છે, જ્યાં સુધી તે બોલે નહિ, ત્યાં સુધી તે શાણો લેખાય છે.
Even a fool, holding his peace, is accounted, wise, —He that closeth his lips, [is thought] to have understanding.
