नीतिसूत्रे 23
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, seeing they are deceitful food.
Do not weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
5 ५ जेव्हा तू जो जाणारा पैसा आहे त्यावर आपली नजर लावशील, आणि अचानक ते पंख धारण करतील, आणि ते गरुडासारखे आकाशाकडे उडून जातील.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
6 ६ जो कोणी तुझ्या अन्नाकडे खूप वेळ पाहतो त्या दुष्ट मनुष्याचे अन्न खाऊ नको, आणि त्याच्या मिष्टान्नाची इच्छा धरू नको,
Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies:
7 ७ तो अशाप्रकारचा मनुष्य आहे जो अन्नाची किंमत मोजतो. तो तुला खा व पी! म्हणतो, परंतु त्याचे मन तुझ्यावर नाही.
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink." he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good 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 YHWH all the day long.
For surely there is a future, 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.
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 २९ कोणाला हाय? कोणाला दुःख? कोणाला लढाई? कोणाला गाऱ्हाणी? कोणाला विनाकारण जखमा? कोणाला आरक्त डोळे आहे?
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 serpent, and poisons like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
34 ३४ जो समुद्रामध्ये आडवा पडला त्याच्यासारखा, अथवा डोलकाठीच्या माथ्यावर जो झोपला त्याच्यासारखा तू होशील.
Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
35 ३५ तुम्ही म्हणाल, “त्यांनी मला तडाखा दिला! पण मला काही लागले नाही. त्यांनी मला पिटले पण मला ते जाणवले नाही. मी केव्हा जागा होईल? मी पुन्हा त्याचे सेवन करीन.”
"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 can find another."
