नीतिवचन 24
Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.
For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.
By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.
And by knowledge the inner parts are filled, [With] all precious and pleasant wealth.
Mighty [is] the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,
For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.
Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.
Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.
The thought of folly [is] sin, And an abomination to man [is] a scorner.
Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,
If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter — thou keepest back.
12 १२ यदि तू कहे, कि देख मैं इसको जानता न था, तो क्या मन का जाँचनेवाला इसे नहीं समझता? और क्या तेरे प्राणों का रक्षक इसे नहीं जानता? और क्या वह हर एक मनुष्य के काम का फल उसे न देगा?
When thou sayest, 'Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.
13 १३ हे मेरे पुत्र तू मधु खा, क्योंकि वह अच्छा है, और मधु का छत्ता भी, क्योंकि वह तेरे मुँह में मीठा लगेगा।
Eat my son, honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb — sweet to thy palate.
14 १४ इसी रीति बुद्धि भी तुझे वैसी ही मीठी लगेगी; यदि तू उसे पा जाए तो अन्त में उसका फल भी मिलेगा, और तेरी आशा न टूटेगी।
So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.
15 १५ तू दुष्ट के समान धर्मी के निवास को नष्ट करने के लिये घात में न बैठ; और उसके विश्रामस्थान को मत उजाड़;
Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.
16 १६ क्योंकि धर्मी चाहे सात बार गिरे तो भी उठ खड़ा होता है; परन्तु दुष्ट लोग विपत्ति में गिरकर पड़े ही रहते हैं।
For seven [times] doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.
In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,
Lest Jehovah see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.
Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,
For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
21 २१ हे मेरे पुत्र, यहोवा और राजा दोनों का भय मानना; और उनके विरुद्ध बलवा करनेवालों के साथ न मिलना;
Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,
For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both — who knoweth!
These also are for the wise: — To discern faces in judgment is not good.
24 २४ जो दुष्ट से कहता है कि तू निर्दोष है, उसको तो हर समाज के लोग श्राप देते और जाति-जाति के लोग धमकी देते हैं;
Whoso is saying to the wicked, 'Thou [art] righteous,' Peoples execrate him — nations abhor him.
And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.
Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words.
Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field — go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.
Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
29 २९ मत कह, “जैसा उसने मेरे साथ किया वैसा ही मैं भी उसके साथ करूँगा; और उसको उसके काम के अनुसार पलटा दूँगा।”
Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'
Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
31 ३१ तो क्या देखा, कि वहाँ सब कहीं कटीले पेड़ भर गए हैं; और वह बिच्छू पौधों से ढँक गई है, और उसके पत्थर का बाड़ा गिर गया है।
And lo, it hath gone up — all of it — thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.
And I see — I — I do set my heart, I have seen — I have received instruction,
A little sleep — a little slumber — A little folding of the hands to lie down.
And thy poverty hath come [as] a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
