സദൃശവാക്യങ്ങൾ 23
1 ൧ നീ അധിപതിയോടുകൂടെ ഭക്ഷണത്തിന് ഇരിക്കുമ്പോൾ നിന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ വെച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത് എന്തെന്ന് കരുതിക്കൊള്ളുക.
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
Do not be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
Do not weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
5 ൫ നിന്റെ ദൃഷ്ടി ധനത്തിന്മേൽ പതിക്കുന്നത് എന്തിന്? അത് ഇല്ലാതെയായിപ്പോകുമല്ലോ. കഴുകൻ ആകാശത്തേക്ക് എന്നപോലെ അത് ചിറകെടുത്ത് പറന്നുകളയും.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies,
7 ൭ അവൻ തന്റെ മനസ്സിൽ കണക്ക് കൂട്ടുന്നതുപോലെ ആകുന്നു; ‘തിന്നു കുടിച്ചുകൊള്ളുക’ എന്ന് അവൻ നിന്നോട് പറയും; അവന്റെ ഹൃദയമോ നിനക്ക് അനുകൂലമല്ല.
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Do not move the ancient boundary stone. Do not encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Do not withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol (Sheol h7585).
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear the LORD all day long.
Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
Do not be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
22 ൨൨ നിന്നെ ജനിപ്പിച്ച അപ്പന്റെ വാക്ക് കേൾക്കുക; നിന്റെ അമ്മ വൃദ്ധയായിരിക്കുമ്പോൾ അവളെ നിന്ദിക്കരുത്.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Buy the truth, and do not sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
29 ൨൯ ആർക്ക് കഷ്ടം, ആർക്ക് സങ്കടം, ആർക്ക് കലഹം? ആർക്ക് ആവലാതി, ആർക്ക് അനാവശ്യമായ മുറിവുകൾ, ആർക്ക് കൺചുവപ്പ്?
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
Do not look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
35 ൩൫ “അവർ എന്നെ അടിച്ചു എനിക്ക് നൊന്തില്ല; അവർ എന്നെ തല്ലി, ഞാൻ അറിഞ്ഞതുമില്ല. ഞാൻ എപ്പോൾ ഉണരും? ഞാൻ ഇനിയും അത് തന്നെ തേടും” എന്ന് നീ പറയും.
“They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I do not feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I will look for more.”
