नीतिवचन 30
The words of Gatherer the son of Vomiter. The vision which the man spoke with whom God is, and who being strengthened by God, abiding with him, said:
2 २ निश्चय मैं पशु सरीखा हूँ, वरन् मनुष्य कहलाने के योग्य भी नहीं; और मनुष्य की समझ मुझ में नहीं है।
I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.
I have not learned wisdom, and have not known the science of saints.
4 ४ कौन स्वर्ग में चढ़कर फिर उतर आया? किसने वायु को अपनी मुट्ठी में बटोर रखा है? किसने महासागर को अपने वस्त्र में बाँध लिया है? किसने पृथ्वी की सीमाओं को ठहराया है? उसका नाम क्या है? और उसके पुत्र का नाम क्या है? यदि तू जानता हो तो बता!
Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath held the wind in his hands? who hath bound up the waters together as in a garment? who hath raised up all the borders of the earth? what is his name, and what is the name of his son, if thou knowest?
Every word of God is fire tried: he is a buckler to them that hope in him.
Add not any thing to his words, lest thou be reproved, and found a liar:
Two things I have asked of thee, deny them not to me before I die.
8 ८ अर्थात् व्यर्थ और झूठी बात मुझसे दूर रख; मुझे न तो निर्धन कर और न धनी बना; प्रतिदिन की रोटी मुझे खिलाया कर।
Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life:
9 ९ ऐसा न हो कि जब मेरा पेट भर जाए, तब मैं इन्कार करके कहूँ कि यहोवा कौन है? या निर्धन होकर चोरी करूँ, और परमेश्वर के नाम का अनादर करूँ।
Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God.
10 १० किसी दास की, उसके स्वामी से चुगली न करना, ऐसा न हो कि वह तुझे श्राप दे, और तू दोषी ठहराया जाए।
Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou fall.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
13 १३ एक पीढ़ी के लोग ऐसे हैं उनकी दृष्टि क्या ही घमण्ड से भरी रहती है, और उनकी आँखें कैसी चढ़ी हुई रहती हैं।
A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up on high.
14 १४ एक पीढ़ी के लोग ऐसे हैं, जिनके दाँत तलवार और उनकी दाढ़ें छुरियाँ हैं, जिनसे वे दीन लोगों को पृथ्वी पर से, और दरिद्रों को मनुष्यों में से मिटा डालें।
A generation, that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.
15 १५ जैसे जोंक की दो बेटियाँ होती हैं, जो कहती हैं, “दे, दे,” वैसे ही तीन वस्तुएँ हैं, जो तृप्त नहीं होतीं; वरन् चार हैं, जो कभी नहीं कहती, “बस।”
The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. There are three things that never are satisfied, and the fourth never saith: It is enough.
16 १६ अधोलोक और बाँझ की कोख, भूमि जो जल पी पीकर तृप्त नहीं होती, और आग जो कभी नहीं कहती, ‘बस।’ (Sheol h7585)
Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough. (Sheol h7585)
17 १७ जिस आँख से कोई अपने पिता पर अनादर की दृष्टि करे, और अपमान के साथ अपनी माता की आज्ञा न माने, उस आँख को तराई के कौवे खोद खोदकर निकालेंगे, और उकाब के बच्चे खा डालेंगे।
The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labour of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.
Three things are hard to me, and the fourth I am utterly ignorant of.
19 १९ आकाश में उकाब पक्षी का मार्ग, चट्टान पर सर्प की चाल, समुद्र में जहाज की चाल, और कन्या के संग पुरुष की चाल।
The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in youth.
20 २० व्यभिचारिणी की चाल भी वैसी ही है; वह भोजन करके मुँह पोंछती, और कहती है, मैंने कोई अनर्थ काम नहीं किया।
Such is also the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.
By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot bear:
By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when he is filled with meat:
By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.
There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:
The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in the harvest:
The rabbit, a weak people, which maketh its bed in the rock:
The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands.
The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings’ houses.
There are three things, which go well, and the fourth that walketh happily:
A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth:
A cock girded about the loins: and a ram: and a king, whom none can resist.
There is that hath appeared a fool after he was lifted up on high: for if he had understood, he would have laid his hand upon his mouth.
33 ३३ क्योंकि जैसे दूध के मथने से मक्खन और नाक के मरोड़ने से लहू निकलता है, वैसे ही क्रोध के भड़काने से झगड़ा उत्पन्न होता है।
And he that strongly squeezeth the papa to bring out milk, straineth out butter: and he that violently bloweth his nose, bringeth out blood: and he that provoketh wrath bringeth forth strife.
