नीतिसूत्रे 16
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but Jehovah weighs the spirits.
Commit thy works to Jehovah, and thy purposes shall be established.
4 ४ परमेश्वराने सर्वकाही त्याच्या उद्देशासाठी बनवलेले आहे, दुर्जनदेखील अरिष्टाच्या दिवसासाठी केलेला आहे.
Jehovah has made everything for its own end, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
5 ५ प्रत्येक गर्विष्ठ मनाच्या मनुष्याचा परमेश्वरास वीट आहे, जरी ते हातात हात घालून उभे राहिले, तरी त्यांना शिक्षा झाल्यावाचून राहणार नाही.
Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah. Hand in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
6 ६ कराराचा प्रामाणिकपणा व विश्वसनीयता ह्यांच्या योगाने पापांचे प्रायश्चित होते, आणि परमेश्वराचे भय धरल्याने, लोक वाईटापासून वळून दूर राहतील.
By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
7 ७ मनुष्याचे मार्ग परमेश्वरास आवडले म्हणजे, त्या मनुष्याच्या शत्रूलाही त्याच्याशी समेट करण्यास भाग पाडतो.
When a man's ways please Jehovah, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Better is a little, with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
A man's heart devises his way, but Jehovah directs his steps.
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.
A just balance and scales are Jehovah's. All the weights of the bag are his work.
12 १२ जेव्हा राजा वाईट गोष्टी करतो, त्या गोष्टी त्यास तिरस्कारणीय आहेत, कारण राजासन नीतिमत्तेनेच स्थापित होते.
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks right.
The wrath of a king is messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
16 १६ सोन्यापेक्षा ज्ञान प्राप्त करून घेणे किती तरी उत्तम आहे. रुप्यापेक्षा समजुतदारपणा निवडून घ्यावा.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
17 १७ दुष्कर्मापासून वळणे हा सरळांचा राजमार्ग आहे, जो आपल्या मार्गाकडे लक्ष ठेवतो तो आपला जीव राखतो.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
Pride is before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
20 २० जो कोणी जे काही चांगले आहे ते शोधतो, त्यास शिकवीले त्याचे निरीक्षण करतो, आणि जो परमेश्वरावर विश्वास ठेवतो तो आनंदीत होतो.
He who gives heed to the word shall find good, and whoever trusts in Jehovah, happy is he.
The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.
Understanding is a well-spring of life to him who has it, but the correction of fools is folly.
23 २३ सुज्ञ मनुष्याच्या हृदयापासून त्याच्या मुखास शिक्षण मिळते; आणि त्याच्या वाणीत विद्येची भर घालते.
The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
Pleasant words are a honeycomb: Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him.
A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
A perverse man scatters abroad strife, and a whisperer separates chief friends.
A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
30 ३० जो कोणी मनुष्य कुटिल गोष्टीच्या योजणेला डोळे मिचकावतो; जो आपले ओठ आवळून धरतो तो दुष्कर्म घडून आणतो.
He who shuts his eyes devises perverse things. He who moves his lips brings evil to pass.
The hoary head is a crown of glory. It shall be found in the way of righteousness.
32 ३२ ज्याला लवकर राग येत नाही तो योद्धापेक्षा, आणि जो आत्म्यावर अधिकार चालवतो तो नगर जिंकऱ्यापेक्षा उत्तम आहे.
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.
