ಜ್ಞಾನೋಕ್ತಿಗಳು 30
1 ೧ ದೈವೋಕ್ತಿ. ಯಾಕೆ ಎಂಬುವವನ ಮಗನಾದ ಆಗೂರನ ಮಾತುಗಳು. ಇವನು ಇಥಿಯೇಲನಿಗೆ, ಇಥಿಯೇಲನಿಗೂ ಉಕ್ಕಾಲನಿಗೂ ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದನು.
The words of Agur, son of Jakeh, [even] the oracle, —The utterance of the man, for Ithiel, for Ithiel and Ucal.
Surely, more brutish, am, I, than any man, nor doth, the understanding of a son of earth, pertain to me;
Neither have I learned wisdom, nor, the knowledge of the Holy Ones, can I acquire.
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 hath ascended the heavens and then descended? Who hath gathered the wind into his two hands? Who hath wrapped up the waters in a mantle? Who hath set up all the ends of the earth? What is his name and what the name of his son, when thou knowest?
Every saying of God is refined, A shield, is, he, to them who seek refuge in him.
Do not add unto his words, lest he convict thee, and thou be found false.
7 ೭ ನಿನ್ನಿಂದ ಎರಡು ವರಗಳನ್ನು ಬೇಡಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದೇನೆ, ಅನುಗ್ರಹಿಸದಿರಬೇಡ, ನಾನು ಸಾಯುವುದರೊಳಗಾಗಿ ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಕೈಗೂಡಿಸು.
Two things, have I asked of thee, withhold them not from me, ere yet I die:
8 ೮ ನನ್ನಿಂದ ಕಪಟವನ್ನೂ, ಸುಳ್ಳುಮಾತನ್ನೂ ತೊಲಗಿಸು, ಬಡತನವನ್ನಾಗಲಿ, ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯವನ್ನಾಗಲಿ ಕೊಡದೆ ನನಗೆ ತಕ್ಕಷ್ಟು ಆಹಾರವನ್ನು ಭೋಜನಮಾಡಿಸು.
Vanity and falsehood, remove far from me, Neither poverty nor riches, give me, Feed me with the food appointed me:
9 ೯ ಹಾಗಾಗದೆ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆತುಂಬಿದವನಾದರೆ, “ಯೆಹೋವನು ಯಾರೋ?” ಎಂದು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ತಿರಸ್ಕರಿಸೇನು, ಬಡವನಾದರೆ ಕಳ್ಳತನಮಾಡಿ ನನ್ನ ದೇವರಾದ ನಿನ್ನ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ಅಯೋಗ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಎತ್ತೆನು.
Lest I be full, and deny, and say—Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.
Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he revile thee, and thou be found guilty.
A generation! Its father, it revileth, and, its mother, it doth not bless.
A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,
A generation! How lofty are its eyes, and its eyelashes uplifted.
14 ೧೪ ಖಡ್ಗದಂತಿರುವ ಹಲ್ಲುಗಳೂ ಕತ್ತಿಯಂತಿರುವ ಕೋರೆಗಳೂ ಉಳ್ಳವರಾಗಿ ಭೂಮಿಯೊಳಗಿಂದ ಬಡವರನ್ನೂ, ಮನುಷ್ಯರ ಮಧ್ಯದೊಳಗಿಂದ ದಿಕ್ಕಿಲ್ಲದವರನ್ನೂ, ಅಗೆದು ನುಂಗಿಬಿಡುವ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ತರದವರು ಉಂಟು.
A generation! Swords, are its teeth, and, knives, its incisors, —to devour the humbled out of the earth, and the needy, from among men.
15 ೧೫ ಕೊಡು, ಕೊಡು ಅನ್ನುವ ಎರಡು ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಜಿಗಣೆಗೆ ಉಂಟು. ತೃಪ್ತಿಪಡದವುಗಳು ಮೂರು ಉಂಟು, ಹೌದು, ಸಾಕೆನ್ನದವುಗಳು ನಾಲ್ಕು ಉಂಟು.
The vampire, hath two daughters, Give! Give! Three, there are will not be satisfied, four, have not said, Enough!
16 ೧೬ ಯಾವುವೆಂದರೆ, ಪಾತಾಳ, ಹೆರದ ಗರ್ಭ, ನೀರಿನಿಂದ ತೃಪ್ತಿಪಡದ ಭೂಮಿ, ಸಾಕಾಯಿತೆಂದು ಹೇಳದ ಬೆಂಕಿ, ಇವೇ. (Sheol h7585)
Hades, and barrenness, —A land not satisfied with water, and fire, that saith not, Enough! (Sheol h7585)
17 ೧೭ ತಂದೆಯನ್ನು ಹಾಸ್ಯಮಾಡಿ ತಾಯಿಯ ಅಪ್ಪಣೆಯನ್ನು, ಧಿಕ್ಕರಿಸುವವನ ಕಣ್ಣನ್ನು, ಹಳ್ಳಕೊಳ್ಳದ ಕಾಗೆಗಳು ಕುಕ್ಕುವವು, ರಣಹದ್ದುಗಳು ತಿಂದುಬಿಡುವವು.
The eye that mocketh a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young of the eagle shall eat it.
Three, things there are, too difficult for me, yea, four, which I do not understand:
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 heavens, the way of a serpent on the rock, —the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.
So, is the way of a woman committing adultery, —she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no iniquity!
Under three things, a land is stirred, yea, under four, she cannot bear up:
Under a servant, when he reigneth, and a base man, when he is surfeited with food;
Under a hateful woman, when she is married, and a handmaid when she driveth out her mistress.
Four, things there are, the small of the earth, —yet, they, are wiser than the wise:
The ants, a people, not strong, —yet prepare they, in summer, their food;
The conies, a people of, no power, yet set they, among the crags, their house;
King, is there none, to, the locusts, —yet go forth in swarms, do they all;
The lizard, with hands, reneweth its hold, —yet, the same, is in the palaces of the king.
Three, things there are which step along well, ye, four, which excel in going:
The lion, hero among beasts, which turneth aside from the face of no one;
The greyhound, or the he-goat, —and a king, having a band of soldiers with him.
If thou hast acted basely by lifting thyself up, —if thou hast plotted evil, [put thy] hand to [thy] mouth!
Surely, the pressing of milk, bringeth forth curd, and, the pressing of the nose, bringeth forth blood, and, the pressing of wrath, bringeth forth strife.
