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 upon the highest places of the city,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go 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 that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.
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 scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 ૯ જો તમે જ્ઞાની વ્યક્તિને સલાહ આપશો તો તે વધુ જ્ઞાની બનશે; અને ન્યાયી વ્યક્તિને શિક્ષણ આપશો તો તેના ડહાપણમાં વૃદ્ધિ થશે.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your 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 you be wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing.
For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Whoso is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
