નીતિવચનો 20
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is noisy; and whosoever indulgeth therein will never be wise.
Like the roaring of a young lion is the dread of a king: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
It is an honor for a man to cease from a contest; but every fool enrageth himself.
4 ૪ આળસુ માણસ શિયાળાનું બહાનું કાઢીને ખેડતો નથી, તેથી કાપણી વખતે પાક લેવા જાય છે, ત્યારે તેને કશું મળતું નથી.
Because it is winter's cold, will the sluggard not plough: when he therefore seeketh in the harvest time, there will be nothing.
Like deep water is counsel in the heart of man; but the man of understanding will draw it out.
Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but who can find a faithful man?
7 ૭ ન્યાયી માણસ પોતાના પ્રામાણિક માર્ગમાં ચાલે છે અને તેના પછી તેને અનુસરનારા તેનાં બાળકો આશીર્વાદિત છે.
The righteous walketh in his integrity: happy will be his children after him.
A king that sitteth on the throne of justice scattereth away with his eyes all evil.
Who can say, I have made my heart pure, I am cleansed from my sin.
Divers weights, and divers measures, are both of them alike an abomination of the Lord.
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, whether his work will be pure, and whether it will be upright.
The ear that heareth, and the eye that seeth, the Lord hath made both of them alike.
13 ૧૩ ઊંઘ સાથે પ્રીત કરીશ નહિ, રખેને તું દરિદ્રાવસ્થામાં આવી પડે; તારી આંખો ઉઘાડ એટલે તું અન્નથી તૃપ્ત થશે.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty: open thy eyes, so wilt thou be satisfied with bread.
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then doth he boast.
There is gold, and a multitude of pearls; but a precious vessel are the lips of knowledge.
Take away his garment, because he hath become surety for a stranger; and on account of a strange woman take a pledge from him.
Bread of falsehood is pleasant to a man; but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel-stones.
Plans are established by counsel; and with wise reflection conduct war.
19 ૧૯ જે કૂથલી કરવા માટે અહીંતહીં ભટકે છે તે ગુપ્ત વાતો પ્રગટ કરે છે માટે એવા માણસના કામમાં હાથ નાખતો નહિ.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that enticeth with his lips.
20 ૨૦ જો કોઈ વ્યક્તિ પોતાનાં માતા કે પિતાને શાપ આપે છે, તો તેનો દીવો ઘોર અંધકારમાં હોલવી નાખવામાં આવશે.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother—his lamp shall be quenched in obscure darkness.
An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning will at its end not be blessed,
Do not say, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the Lord, and he will help thee.
Divers weights are an abomination of the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good.
From the Lord are the steps of man [ordained]; but man— how can he understand his own way?
25 ૨૫ વગર વિચારે એમ કહી દેવું કે, “આ વસ્તુઓ પવિત્ર છે,” અને માનતા માન્યા પછી તેના વિષે તપાસ કરવી એ માણસને ફાંદારૂપ છે.
It is a snare to a man to sanctify things hastily, and to make inquiry only after having made vows.
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and turneth over them the threshing-wheel.
A lamp of the Lord is the soul of man, searching all the inner chambers of the body.
Kindness and truth will watch over a king, and he will prop up through kindness his throne.
The ornament of young men is their strength; and the glory of old men is a hoary head.
The bruises of a wound are cleansing means for the bad, and stripes [will reach] the inner chambers of the body.
