ಜ್ಞಾನೋಕ್ತಿಗಳು 30
1 ೧ ದೈವೋಕ್ತಿ. ಯಾಕೆ ಎಂಬುವವನ ಮಗನಾದ ಆಗೂರನ ಮಾತುಗಳು. ಇವನು ಇಥಿಯೇಲನಿಗೆ, ಇಥಿಯೇಲನಿಗೂ ಉಕ್ಕಾಲನಿಗೂ ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದನು.
The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end:
For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:
I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.
4 ೪ ಆಕಾಶಕ್ಕೆ ಏರಿ ಇಳಿದಿರುವವನಾರು? ಮುಷ್ಠಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗಾಳಿಯನ್ನು ಕೂಡಿಸಿರುವವರು ಯಾರು? ತನ್ನ ಬಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರನ್ನು ಮೂಟೆಕಟ್ಟಿರುವವರು ಯಾರು? ಭೂಮಿಯ ಎಲ್ಲೆಗಳನ್ನೆಲ್ಲಾ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿರುವವರು ಯಾರು? ಅವನ ಹೆಸರೇನು? ಅವನ ಮಗನ ಹೆಸರೇನು? ನೀನೇ ಬಲ್ಲವನು.
Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?
Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.
Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.
7 ೭ ನಿನ್ನಿಂದ ಎರಡು ವರಗಳನ್ನು ಬೇಡಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದೇನೆ, ಅನುಗ್ರಹಿಸದಿರಬೇಡ, ನಾನು ಸಾಯುವುದರೊಳಗಾಗಿ ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಕೈಗೂಡಿಸು.
I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:
8 ೮ ನನ್ನಿಂದ ಕಪಟವನ್ನೂ, ಸುಳ್ಳುಮಾತನ್ನೂ ತೊಲಗಿಸು, ಬಡತನವನ್ನಾಗಲಿ, ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯವನ್ನಾಗಲಿ ಕೊಡದೆ ನನಗೆ ತಕ್ಕಷ್ಟು ಆಹಾರವನ್ನು ಭೋಜನಮಾಡಿಸು.
Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:
9 ೯ ಹಾಗಾಗದೆ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆತುಂಬಿದವನಾದರೆ, “ಯೆಹೋವನು ಯಾರೋ?” ಎಂದು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ತಿರಸ್ಕರಿಸೇನು, ಬಡವನಾದರೆ ಕಳ್ಳತನಮಾಡಿ ನನ್ನ ದೇವರಾದ ನಿನ್ನ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ಅಯೋಗ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಎತ್ತೆನು.
For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.
There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.
There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!
14 ೧೪ ಖಡ್ಗದಂತಿರುವ ಹಲ್ಲುಗಳೂ ಕತ್ತಿಯಂತಿರುವ ಕೋರೆಗಳೂ ಉಳ್ಳವರಾಗಿ ಭೂಮಿಯೊಳಗಿಂದ ಬಡವರನ್ನೂ, ಮನುಷ್ಯರ ಮಧ್ಯದೊಳಗಿಂದ ದಿಕ್ಕಿಲ್ಲದವರನ್ನೂ, ಅಗೆದು ನುಂಗಿಬಿಡುವ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ತರದವರು ಉಂಟು.
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.
15 ೧೫ ಕೊಡು, ಕೊಡು ಅನ್ನುವ ಎರಡು ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಜಿಗಣೆಗೆ ಉಂಟು. ತೃಪ್ತಿಪಡದವುಗಳು ಮೂರು ಉಂಟು, ಹೌದು, ಸಾಕೆನ್ನದವುಗಳು ನಾಲ್ಕು ಉಂಟು.
The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough:
16 ೧೬ ಯಾವುವೆಂದರೆ, ಪಾತಾಳ, ಹೆರದ ಗರ್ಭ, ನೀರಿನಿಂದ ತೃಪ್ತಿಪಡದ ಭೂಮಿ, ಸಾಕಾಯಿತೆಂದು ಹೇಳದ ಬೆಂಕಿ, ಇವೇ. (Sheol h7585)
The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough. (Sheol h7585)
17 ೧೭ ತಂದೆಯನ್ನು ಹಾಸ್ಯಮಾಡಿ ತಾಯಿಯ ಅಪ್ಪಣೆಯನ್ನು, ಧಿಕ್ಕರಿಸುವವನ ಕಣ್ಣನ್ನು, ಹಳ್ಳಕೊಳ್ಳದ ಕಾಗೆಗಳು ಕುಕ್ಕುವವು, ರಣಹದ್ದುಗಳು ತಿಂದುಬಿಡುವವು.
The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:
19 ೧೯ ಯಾವುವೆಂದರೆ, ಆಕಾಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಹದ್ದಿನ ಹಾದಿ, ಬಂಡೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಸರ್ಪದ ಸರಣಿ, ಸಾಗರದ ನಡುವೆ ಹಡಗಿನ ಮಾರ್ಗ, ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪುರುಷನ ಪದ್ಧತಿ, ಇವೇ.
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a girl.
This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with:
A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;
A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.
There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:
The ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of food in the summer;
The conies are only a feeble people, but they make their houses in the rocks;
The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands;
You may take the lizard in your hands, but it is in kings' houses.
There are three things whose steps are good to see, even four whose goings are fair:
The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any;
The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him.
If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.
The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting.
