नीतिवचन 30
These are sayings/messages that God gave to Agur, the son of Jakeh. [Agur wrote them] for Ithiel and Ucal.
2 २ निश्चय मैं पशु सरीखा हूँ, वरन् मनुष्य कहलाने के योग्य भी नहीं; और मनुष्य की समझ मुझ में नहीं है।
It seems that I am very stupid; I do not deserve to be considered to be a human; I do not have the good sense that humans should have.
I have not learned [how to become] wise and I do not know [much] about God.
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!
[But let me say this]: No one [RHQ] has ascended to heaven [to find out what God is like] and returned [to tell us]. No one [RHQ] has gathered/held the wind in his hand. No one [RHQ] has wrapped the water [in the ocean] in [a piece of] cloth, and no one [RHQ] has established the boundaries of the earth. [If you know who has done those things, tell me] [RHQ] his name, and the names of his children [SAR]! [But you do not know who has done those things, so you cannot speak with authority about what God is like].
Everything that God has said is true; he is [like] a shield [MET] for all those who request him to protect them.
Do not add to (OR, change) what God has said; if you do that, he will rebuke you and show that you are lying.
[God], I ask you to do two things for me; [please] do them 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।
Help me never to lie or deceive [people] and do not cause me to become poor or to become rich. [Just] give me the food that I need;
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।
because if I become rich, I might say that I do not [RHQ] know you and that I do not need you; and if I become poor, I might dishonor you by stealing things.
10 १० किसी दास की, उसके स्वामी से चुगली न करना, ऐसा न हो कि वह तुझे श्राप दे, और तू दोषी ठहराया जाए।
Do not (slander/say bad things about) a worker to his boss; if you do that, the worker will curse you, and cause you to have trouble.
[I will list four kinds of evil things that people do]: Some people curse their fathers and do not [ask God to] bless their mothers.
Some people think that they are perfect, but [really] they have never been cleansed from their guilt for committing disgusting sins.
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।
Some people are very proud; they think that they are very good and they despise others.
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।
Some people [act very cruelly toward others]; [it is as though] [MET] they have teeth that are [like] sharp knives; they severely oppress poor [people] and try to cause them to disappear from the land.
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।”
Leeches [are always wanting more blood to suck]; [similarly, greedy people are always] saying “Give [me some]!” or “Give [me more]!” [MET] There are four things that are never (satisfied/content with what they have); they always want more [LIT]:
16 १६ अधोलोक और बाँझ की कोख, भूमि जो जल पी पीकर तृप्त नहीं होती, और आग जो कभी नहीं कहती, ‘बस।’ (Sheol h7585)
The place where the dead people are; women who do not have any children; ground that needs water/rain; and a fire that always needs more wood. (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।
Those who [SYN] make fun of their fathers or refuse to obey their mothers (OR, despise their aged mothers) should [die and] have their eyes pecked out by crows, and the [rest of their corpses should be] fed to the vultures.
There are four things that are wonderful to me, [but] I do not understand any of them:
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।
How eagles fly in the sky, how snakes [are able to] move/crawl across a big rock, how ships sail on the seas, and how a man falls in love with a woman.
20 २० व्यभिचारिणी की चाल भी वैसी ही है; वह भोजन करके मुँह पोंछती, और कहती है, मैंने कोई अनर्थ काम नहीं किया।
This is what a woman who (is not faithful to/does not have sex only with) her husband does: She commits adultery [EUP], and [then] bathes and says, “I have not done anything that is wrong!”
There are four things that no [one in] the world can tolerate:
[What] a slave [does who] becomes a king, a foolish person eating [too much] food,
[what] a woman who is hated [does when she] gets married, and [what] a female servant [does when she] becomes the boss instead of her mistress.
[There are] four animals on the earth that are small, but they are very wise:
Ants are not strong, but they store up food during the summer [in order to have it during the winter].
Rock badgers [also] are not strong, but they make their homes among the rocks [where they will be safe].
Locusts do not have a king, but they march like [the soldiers in] an army.
Lizards/Geckos [are very small and] you can hold them in your hand, but they are [cleverly able to get] inside kings’ palaces.
[There are] four animals that strut around and look very impressive while they walk [DOU]:
Lions, which are stronger than all other animals and are not afraid of any of them;
male goats, strutting roosters, and kings who (parade/walk proudly back and forth) in front of the people whom they rule.
If you have acted foolishly, exalting yourself, or if you been planning [to do something] evil, stop it immediately [IDM]!
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।
If you churn milk, it produces butter/curds, and if you hit [someone hard on his] nose, [his nose] bleeds; similarly, if you do something to cause [people to become] angry, strife [usually] results.
