नीतिवचन 26
As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honor is not [seemly] for a fool.
As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.
As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so [is] a rod for a simple nation.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you become like him.
Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.
He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.
[As well] take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.
He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.
Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.
10 १० जैसा कोई तीरन्दाज जो अकारण सब को मारता हो, वैसा ही मूर्खों या राहगीरों का मजदूरी में लगानेवाला भी होता है।
All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; for their fury is brought to nothing.
As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. [There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame [that is] glory and grace.]
I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.
A sluggard when sent on a journey says, [There is] a lion in the ways, and [there are] murderers in the streets.
As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.
A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.
A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.
17 १७ जो मार्ग पर चलते हुए पराए झगड़े में विघ्न डालता है, वह उसके समान है, जो कुत्ते को कानों से पकड़ता है।
As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause.
As those who need correction put forth [fair] words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown;
so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.
20 २० जैसे लकड़ी न होने से आग बुझती है, उसी प्रकार जहाँ कानाफूसी करनेवाला नहीं, वहाँ झगड़ा मिट जाता है।
With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.
A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and railing man for the tumult of strife.
The words of cunning knaves are soft; but they strike [even] to the inmost parts of the bowels.
23 २३ जैसा कोई चाँदी का पानी चढ़ाया हुआ मिट्टी का बर्तन हो, वैसा ही बुरे मनवाले के प्रेम भरे वचन होते हैं।
Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd: smooth lips cover a grievous heart.
A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit.
Though [your] enemy entreat you with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies.
He that digs a pit for his neighbor shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.
28 २८ जिसने किसी को झूठी बातों से घायल किया हो वह उससे बैर रखता है, और चिकनी चुपड़ी बात बोलनेवाला विनाश का कारण होता है।
A lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.
