नीतिवचन 14
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish woman plucks it down with her own hands.
2 २ जो सिधाई से चलता वह यहोवा का भय माननेवाला है, परन्तु जो टेढ़ी चाल चलता वह उसको तुच्छ जाननेवाला ठहरता है।
He who walks in his uprightness fears Jehovah, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.
In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but by the strength of the ox is much increase.
A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness utters lies.
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and finds it not, but knowledge is easy to him who has understanding.
Go into the presence of a foolish man, and thou shall not perceive the lips of knowledge.
The wisdom of a prudent man is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.
The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not intermeddle with its joy.
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is heaviness.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and a good man from his own fruits.
A simple man believes every word, but the prudent man looks well to his going.
A wise man fears, and departs from evil, but the fool bears himself insolently, and is confident.
17 १७ जो झट क्रोध करे, वह मूर्खता का काम करेगा, और जो बुरी युक्तियाँ निकालता है, उससे लोग बैर रखते हैं।
He who is soon angry will deal foolishly. And a man of wicked devices is hated.
The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The poor man is regarded inferior even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.
21 २१ जो अपने पड़ोसी को तुच्छ जानता, वह पाप करता है, परन्तु जो दीन लोगों पर अनुग्रह करता, वह धन्य होता है।
He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor, happy is he.
22 २२ जो बुरी युक्ति निकालते हैं, क्या वे भ्रम में नहीं पड़ते? परन्तु भली युक्ति निकालनेवालों से करुणा और सच्चाई का व्यवहार किया जाता है।
Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth are to those who devise good.
In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.
The crown of the wise is their riches. The foolishness of fools is folly.
25 २५ सच्चा साक्षी बहुतों के प्राण बचाता है, परन्तु जो झूठी बातें उड़ाया करता है उससे धोखा ही होता है।
A true witness delivers souls, but he who utters lies causes deceit.
In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence, and his sons shall have a place of refuge.
The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
29 २९ जो विलम्ब से क्रोध करनेवाला है वह बड़ा समझवाला है, परन्तु जो अधीर होता है, वह मूर्खता को बढ़ाता है।
He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
31 ३१ जो कंगाल पर अंधेर करता, वह उसके कर्ता की निन्दा करता है, परन्तु जो दरिद्र पर अनुग्रह करता, वह उसकी महिमा करता है।
He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.
An evil man is thrust down in his evil-doing, but a righteous man has hope in his death.
33 ३३ समझवाले के मन में बुद्धि वास किए रहती है, परन्तु मूर्ख मनुष्य बुद्धि के विषय में कुछ भी नहीं जानता।
Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the inward part of fools is made known.
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
35 ३५ जो कर्मचारी बुद्धि से काम करता है उस पर राजा प्रसन्न होता है, परन्तु जो लज्जा के काम करता, उस पर वह रोष करता है।
The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath will be to him who causes shame.
