નીતિવચનો 9
Wisdom has built her house. She has hewn out her seven pillars.
2 ૨ તેણે પોતાનાં પશુઓ કાપ્યાં છે અને દ્રાક્ષારસ મિશ્ર કર્યો છે; તેણે પોતાની મેજ પર ભોજન તૈયાર રાખ્યું છે.
She has killed her beasts. She has mingled her wine. She has also furnished her table.
She has sent forth her maidens. She cries out upon the highest places of the city:
He who is simple, let him turn in here. As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Forsake ye simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of understanding.
7 ૭ જે ઉદ્ધત માણસને ઠપકો આપે છે તે અપમાનિત થાય છે, જે દુષ્ટ માણસને સુધારવા જાય છે તેને બટ્ટો લાગે છે.
He who corrects a scoffer gets himself reviling. And he who reproves a wicked man gets himself a bruise.
8 ૮ ઉદ્ધત માણસને ઠપકો ન આપો, નહિ તો તે તમારો તિરસ્કાર કરશે, જ્ઞાની માણસને ભૂલ બતાવશો તો તે તમને પ્રેમ કરશે.
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 ૯ જો તમે જ્ઞાની વ્યક્તિને સલાહ આપશો તો તે વધુ જ્ઞાની બનશે; અને ન્યાયી વ્યક્તિને શિક્ષણ આપશો તો તેના ડહાપણમાં વૃદ્ધિ થશે.
Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
12 ૧૨ જો તું જ્ઞાની હોય તો તે તારે પોતાને માટે જ્ઞાની છે, જો તું તિરસ્કાર કરીશ તો તારે એકલા એ જ તેનું ફળ ભોગવવાનું છે.”
If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.
The foolish woman is clamorous, simple, and knows nothing.
And she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
to call to those who pass by, who go right on their ways:
He who is simple, let him turn in here. And as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.
