नीतिवचन 14
Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.
2 २ जो सिधाई से चलता वह यहोवा का भय माननेवाला है, परन्तु जो टेढ़ी चाल चलता वह उसको तुच्छ जाननेवाला ठहरता है।
Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted [in] his ways is despising Him.
In the mouth of a fool [is] a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.
Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.
A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.
A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy.
Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.
The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.
Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright — a pleasing thing.
The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.
The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.
There is a way — right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.
Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.
From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man — from his fruits.
The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.
The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing 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।
Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.
The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.
The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many.
21 २१ जो अपने पड़ोसी को तुच्छ जानता, वह पाप करता है, परन्तु जो दीन लोगों पर अनुग्रह करता, वह धन्य होता है।
Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.
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 not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,
In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly 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 is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.
In the fear of Jehovah [is] strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge.
The fear of Jehovah [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
In the multitude of a people [is] the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.
29 २९ जो विलम्ब से क्रोध करनेवाला है वह बड़ा समझवाला है, परन्तु जो अधीर होता है, वह मूर्खता को बढ़ाता है।
Whoso is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.
A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.
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।
An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death [is] the righteous.
33 ३३ समझवाले के मन में बुद्धि वास किए रहती है, परन्तु मूर्ख मनुष्य बुद्धि के विषय में कुछ भी नहीं जानता।
In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.
Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples [is] a sin-offering.
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 favour of a king [is] to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame!
