नीतिसूत्रे 24
Do not be envious of evil men, And do not desire to be with them.
For their heart meditates [on] destruction, And their lips speak perverseness.
A house is built by wisdom, And it establishes itself by understanding.
And the inner parts are filled by knowledge, [With] all precious and pleasant wealth.
The wise [is] mighty in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,
6 ६ कारण शहाणपणाचे मार्गदर्शन घेऊन तू युध्द चालू करू शकतो; आणि पुष्कळ सल्लागारबरोबर असल्याने विजय मिळतो.
For you make war for yourself by plans, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.
Wisdom [is] high for a fool, he does not open his mouth in the gate.
Whoever is devising to do evil, They call him a master of wicked thoughts.
The thought of folly [is] sin, And a scorner [is] an abomination to man.
You have showed yourself weak in a day of adversity, Your power is restricted,
11 ११ ज्या कोणाला ठार मारण्यासाठी दूर घेऊन जात असतील तर त्यांना वाचव, ज्यांच्या वधाची तयारी झाली आहे त्यांचा बचाव करण्याचा होईल तितका प्रयत्न कर.
If [from] delivering those taken to death, And you take back those slipping to the slaughter.
12 १२ जर तू म्हणशील, “तेथे! आम्हांस ह्याबद्दल काहीच माहित नव्हते.” तर तू काय म्हणतो हे जो कोणी हृदये तोलून पाहतो त्यास हे समजणार नाही का? आणि जो कोणी तुझ्या जिवाचे रक्षण करतो त्यास माहित नाही का? आणि देव प्रत्येकाला ज्याच्या त्याच्या कृतीप्रमाणे प्रतिफळ देत नाही कां?
When you say, “Behold, we did not know this.” Is the Ponderer of hearts not He who understands? And the Keeper of your soul He who knows? And He has rendered to man according to his work.
13 १३ माझ्या मुला, मध खा, कारण तो चांगला आहे, कारण मधाच्या पोळ्यातून टिपकणारा मध तुझ्या जिभेला गोड आहे.
My son, eat honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb [is] sweet to your palate.
14 १४ त्याचप्रमाणे ज्ञान तुझ्या जिवासाठी आहे; जर तुला ते प्राप्त झाले, तर तेथे भविष्य आहे, आणि तुझी आशा कधीही तोडली जाणार नाही.
So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to your soul, If you have found that there is a posterity And your hope is not cut off.
Do not lay wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting place.
16 १६ कारण जर कोणी मनुष्य चांगले करतो तो सात वेळा पडला तरी, तो पुन्हा उठतो, पण दुर्जनांचा संकटात विध्वंस होईल.
For the righteous fall and rise seven [times], And the wicked stumble in evil.
Do not rejoice in the falling of your enemy, And do not let your heart be joyful in his stumbling,
Lest YHWH see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He has turned His anger from off him.
Do not fret yourself at evildoers, do not be envious at the wicked,
For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
21 २१ माझ्या मुला, परमेश्वराचे आणि राजाचे भय बाळग. जे त्यांच्या विरुध्द बंड करीत आहेत त्यामध्ये सामील होऊ नकोस.
Fear YHWH, my son, and the king, Do not mix yourself up with changers,
22 २२ कारण त्यांच्यावर अचानक विपत्ती येईल, आणि त्यांच्या वर्षाचा नाश त्या दोघांकडून केव्हा होईल कोण जाणे?
For their calamity rises suddenly, And the ruin of them both—who knows!
These are also for the wise: [It] is not good to discern faces in judgment.
24 २४ जो कोणी अपराधी मनुष्यास म्हणेल, तू योग्य आहेस; तर लोक शाप देतील आणि राष्ट्रे त्यांचा द्वेष करतील.
Whoever is saying to the wicked, “You [are] righteous,” Peoples execrate him—nations abhor him.
And it is pleasant to those reproving, And a good blessing comes on them.
He who is returning straightforward words kisses lips.
Prepare your work in an out-place, And make it ready in the field—go afterward, Then you have built your house.
Do not be a witness against your neighbor for nothing, Or you have enticed with your lips.
29 २९ “त्याने जसे मला केले तसे मी त्यास करीन. मी त्यास त्याच्या करण्याप्रमाणे भरून देईन.” असे म्हणू नको.
Do not say, “As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.”
I passed by near the field of a slothful man, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
31 ३१ तेव्हा त्या सर्वांवर काटेरी झाडे वाढली होती, त्याची जमीन खाजकुइरीने झाकली होती, आणि त्याची दगडी भिंत मोडून पडली होती.
And behold, it has gone up—all of it—thorns! Nettles have covered its face, And its stone wall has been broken down.
And I see—I set my heart, I have seen—I have received instruction,
A little sleep—a little slumber—A little folding of the hands to lie down.
And your poverty has come [as] a traveler, And your want as an armed man!
