नीतिसूत्रे 24
Be not thou envious of wicked men, neither crave to be with them;
For, violence, their heart muttereth, and, mischief, their lips do speak.
In wisdom, is a house builded, and, in understanding, is it established;
And, in knowledge, chambers are filled, with all acquisitions, costly and fair.
A wise man, is mighty, and, a man of knowledge, becometh alert in vigour.
6 ६ कारण शहाणपणाचे मार्गदर्शन घेऊन तू युध्द चालू करू शकतो; आणि पुष्कळ सल्लागारबरोबर असल्याने विजय मिळतो.
Surely, with concerted measures, shalt thou make for thyself war, and, success, lieth in the greatness of the counsellor.
Unattainable to a foolish man, are the dictates of wisdom, in the gate, he openeth not his mouth.
He that deviseth to do mischief, him, shall men call, a master of plots.
The purpose of folly, is sin, and, an abomination to mankind, is a buffoon.
Thou hast been slothful in the day of straitness, Strait, is thy strength.
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.
Deliver thou such as are being led forth to death, and, them who are tottering to slaughter, oh that thou wouldst hold back!
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?
Though thou say, Lo! we knew not this, Shall not, he that proveth hearts, himself, discern? And, he that formeth thy soul, himself, know? and bring back to a son of earth according to his deed?
13 १३ माझ्या मुला, मध खा, कारण तो चांगला आहे, कारण मधाच्या पोळ्यातून टिपकणारा मध तुझ्या जिभेला गोड आहे.
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good, —and droppings from the comb [because they are] sweet to thy palate:
14 १४ त्याचप्रमाणे ज्ञान तुझ्या जिवासाठी आहे; जर तुला ते प्राप्त झाले, तर तेथे भविष्य आहे, आणि तुझी आशा कधीही तोडली जाणार नाही.
Thus, take knowledge of wisdom, for thine own soul; If thou find it, then there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.
Do not lie in wait, thou lawless man, against the home of the righteous, —neither destroy thou his place of rest;
16 १६ कारण जर कोणी मनुष्य चांगले करतो तो सात वेळा पडला तरी, तो पुन्हा उठतो, पण दुर्जनांचा संकटात विध्वंस होईल.
For, seven times, may the righteous fall and yet arise, but, lawless men, shall stumble into calamity.
When thine enemy falleth, do not thou rejoice, and, when he stumbleth, let not thy heart exult:
Lest Yahweh see it, and it be wicked in his eyes, and he turn away from him his anger.
Burn not with vexation against evil doers, be not envious of lawless men;
For there shall be no future for the wicked, The lamp of the lawless, shall go out.
21 २१ माझ्या मुला, परमेश्वराचे आणि राजाचे भय बाळग. जे त्यांच्या विरुध्द बंड करीत आहेत त्यामध्ये सामील होऊ नकोस.
Revere thou Yahweh, my son, and the king, and, with the fickle, have thou no fellowship;
22 २२ कारण त्यांच्यावर अचानक विपत्ती येईल, आणि त्यांच्या वर्षाचा नाश त्या दोघांकडून केव्हा होईल कोण जाणे?
For, suddenly, shall arise their calamity; and, the misfortune of their years, who knoweth?
These things also, concern the wise, To take note of faces in judgment, is not good.
24 २४ जो कोणी अपराधी मनुष्यास म्हणेल, तू योग्य आहेस; तर लोक शाप देतील आणि राष्ट्रे त्यांचा द्वेष करतील.
He that saith to the lawless man, Righteous, thou art, peoples shall denounce him, populations shall curse him;
But, to reprovers, one should be pleasant, and, upon them, should come an excellent blessing:
Lips, should one kiss with one who answereth in right words.
Prepare, in the open, thy work, and make ready, in the field, for thyself, Afterwards, shalt thou build thy house.
Do not become a needless witness against thy neighbour, so mightest thou open too wide thy lips:
29 २९ “त्याने जसे मला केले तसे मी त्यास करीन. मी त्यास त्याच्या करण्याप्रमाणे भरून देईन.” असे म्हणू नको.
Do not say—According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.
By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;
31 ३१ तेव्हा त्या सर्वांवर काटेरी झाडे वाढली होती, त्याची जमीन खाजकुइरीने झाकली होती, आणि त्याची दगडी भिंत मोडून पडली होती.
And lo! there had come up all over it—thorns, there had covered the face thereof—thistles, and, the stone fence thereof, had been thrown down.
So I observed it, for myself, I applied my heart, I looked—I accepted correction:
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:
So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.
