नीतिसूत्रे 20
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4 ४ आळशी मनुष्य हिवाळा लागल्यामुळे नांगरीत नाही, तो हंगामाच्या वेळी पिक शोधेल पण त्यास काहीही मिळणार नाही.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 ६ बरेच व्यक्ती विश्वासू असल्याची घोषणा करतात, पण जो कोणी विश्वासू आहे त्या व्यक्तीस कोण शोधून काढेल? पण खरोखरच असा व्यक्ती सापडणे कठीण असते.
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7 ७ जो कोणी मनुष्य चांगले करतो त्याच्या प्रामाणिकतेने चालतो, आणि त्याच्या मागे त्याची मुले त्यास अनुसरतात आणि ते सुखी होतात.
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
8 ८ जेव्हा राजा राजासनावर बसून न्यायनिवाड्याचे कार्य करतो, तो आपल्या डोळ्यांनी सर्व वाईट गोष्टी उडवून टाकतो.
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Differing weights, and differing measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
It is nothing, it is nothing, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
There is gold, and an abundance of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 १६ जो अनोळख्याला जामीन राहतो त्याचे वस्त्र ठेवून घे, जेव्हा तो परक्यास जामीन झाला आहे म्हणून त्यास तारणादाखल ठेव.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for an adulteress.
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25 २५ हे पवित्र आहे असे उतावळीने म्हणणे व असला नवस केल्यावर मग विचार करीत बसणे हे मनुष्याने पाशात पडणे होय.
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy.
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
