नीतिवचन 27
Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.
2 २ तेरी प्रशंसा और लोग करें तो करें, परन्तु तू आप न करना; दूसरा तुझे सराहे तो सराहे, परन्तु तू अपनी सराहना न करना।
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7 ७ सन्तुष्ट होने पर मधु का छत्ता भी फीका लगता है, परन्तु भूखे को सब कड़वी वस्तुएँ भी मीठी जान पड़ती हैं।
The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10 १० जो तेरा और तेरे पिता का भी मित्र हो उसे न छोड़ना; और अपनी विपत्ति के दिन, अपने भाई के घर न जाना। प्रेम करनेवाला पड़ोसी, दूर रहनेवाले भाई से कहीं उत्तम है।
your own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11 ११ हे मेरे पुत्र, बुद्धिमान होकर मेरा मन आनन्दित कर, तब मैं अपने निन्दा करनेवाले को उत्तर दे सकूँगा।
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.
12 १२ बुद्धिमान मनुष्य विपत्ति को आती देखकर छिप जाता है; परन्तु भोले लोग आगे बढ़े चले जाते और हानि उठाते हैं।
A prudent man forsees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Take his garment that is guarantor for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Whosoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which betrayed itself.
17 १७ जैसे लोहा लोहे को चमका देता है, वैसे ही मनुष्य का मुख अपने मित्र की संगति से चमकदार हो जाता है।
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18 १८ जो अंजीर के पेड़ की रक्षा करता है वह उसका फल खाता है, इसी रीति से जो अपने स्वामी की सेवा करता उसकी महिमा होती है।
Whoso keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waits on his master shall be honoured.
As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
23 २३ अपनी भेड़-बकरियों की दशा भली भाँति मन लगाकर जान ले, और अपने सब पशुओं के झुण्डों की देख-भाल उचित रीति से कर;
Be you diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.
For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?
25 २५ कटी हुई घास उठा ली जाती और नई घास दिखाई देती है और पहाड़ों की हरियाली काटकर इकट्ठी की जाती है;
The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
27 २७ और बकरियों का इतना दूध होगा कि तू अपने घराने समेत पेट भरकर पिया करेगा, और तेरी दासियों का भी जीवन निर्वाह होता रहेगा।
And you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidens.
