नीतिवचन 8
It is as if wisdom, with great understanding [of many things], is calling [PRS] out [to people].
Wisdom stands on hilltops and at crossroads.
[Wisdom also stands] at the city gates and shouts loudly,
“I am calling to everyone! I am shouting loudly to all people!
You people who do not know how to do things that are smart to do, get sound judgment; you foolish people, get good understanding!
Listen to me, because I have some excellent/important things to say. What I say is what is fair/right.
I speak what is true; I detest speaking [MTY] what is false/deceptive.
Everything that I say is honest; there is nothing that I say that deceives [people].
My words are clear to those who have good sense; those who are wise know that what I say is right.
[If someone offers you the kind of teaching I give] or offers you silver, choose my teaching. [If he offers to show you how to be wise] or offers you gold, choose to know how to be wise,
11 ११ क्योंकि बुद्धि, बहुमूल्य रत्नों से भी अच्छी है, और सारी मनभावनी वस्तुओं में कोई भी उसके तुल्य नहीं है।
because wisdom is more valuable than jewels. Nothing that you desire [is as valuable] as being wise.
I, wisdom, and understanding of what is smart to do, cannot be separated. We are like two people who live in the same house. I know how to be wise and how to make smart decisions.
13 १३ यहोवा का भय मानना बुराई से बैर रखना है। घमण्ड और अहंकार, बुरी चाल से, और उलट-फेर की बात से मैं बैर रखती हूँ।
[All the people] who revere Yahweh hate evil. I, wisdom, hate [people who are] proud and [people] who think they are more important [than others]. I hate [people who] behave in an evil way and those who say things to deceive [others].
I give [people] good advice and I enable them to do things that are wise. I understand how things really are, and I am strong.
When kings are wise, they rule [well]; and when rulers are wise, they make laws that are just/fair.
Rulers govern their people with the help of me, wisdom, and those who have authority decide things fairly/just with my help.
17 १७ जो मुझसे प्रेम रखते हैं, उनसे मैं भी प्रेम रखती हूँ, और जो मुझ को यत्न से तड़के उठकर खोजते हैं, वे मुझे पाते हैं।
I, [wisdom], love [all] those who love me, and [all] those who truly seek me [will] find me.
I enable [people] to become rich and to be honored; [I enable them to have] wealth that will last and to be successful.
What I can give people is more valuable than fine/pure gold and the best silver.
I always do what is righteous and just/fair.
I give wealth to those who love me; I fill their houses with valuable things.
Yahweh created me, [wisdom], when he began [to create the world]; he created me [to do my work] before he created anything else.
He appointed me long ago, before he created the earth.
I was born before the oceans were [created], when there were no springs from which water flowed.
I was born before the hills and mountains were formed;
26 २६ जब यहोवा ने न तो पृथ्वी और न मैदान, न जगत की धूलि के परमाणु बनाए थे, इनसे पहले मैं उत्पन्न हुई।
[I, wisdom], was born before Yahweh made the earth, before he made the fields and the soil on the earth.
I was there when Yahweh put the sky in place, when he marked the place [in the distance] where the sky and the oceans [seem to] come together.
I was there when Yahweh put the clouds above [the earth] and when he caused the water that is inside the earth to be secure.
29 २९ जब उसने समुद्र की सीमा ठहराई, कि जल उसकी आज्ञा का उल्लंघन न कर सके, और जब वह पृथ्वी की नींव की डोरी लगाता था,
I was there when he fixed a boundary for the seas, so that the water in the seas would not go past those boundaries, and when he put down the foundations which support the earth.
30 ३० तब मैं प्रधान कारीगर के समान उसके पास थी; और प्रतिदिन मैं उसकी प्रसन्नता थी, और हर समय उसके सामने आनन्दित रहती थी।
I was at the side of Yahweh, the master worker (OR, as though I was his child). I caused him to be happy every day, and I was always rejoicing when I was with him.
I was delighted with the world that he created; I was happy with the people whom he created, too.
So, [you people who are like] my sons, listen to me. [I am] pleased with [all] those who obey my teachings.
Listen [carefully] to what I teach you and become wise. Do not reject my teaching!
34 ३४ क्या ही धन्य है वह मनुष्य जो मेरी सुनता, वरन् मेरी डेवढ़ी पर प्रतिदिन खड़ा रहता, और मेरे द्वारों के खम्भों के पास दृष्टि लगाए रहता है।
[I am] pleased with those who listen to me, those who are outside my house every day, waiting [for me to come out].
Those who find me will have [a long] life, and Yahweh [will] be pleased with them.
36 ३६ परन्तु जो मुझे ढूँढ़ने में विफल होता है, वह अपने ही पर उपद्रव करता है; जितने मुझसे बैर रखते, वे मृत्यु से प्रीति रखते हैं।”
But those who stray away from me [just] harm themselves. All those who hate me, [it is as though] [IRO] they are loving death.”
