नीतिसूत्रे 24
Do not envy evil people; do not desire to associate with them,
because they are [constantly] thinking about acting violently, and whenever they speak [MTY], they talk about (causing trouble/hurting someone).
People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by [heeding] good advice.
By using good sense, [they are able to buy] valuable and beautiful things and put them in the rooms of their houses.
Being wise is better than being strong/powerful; those who know [many things can accomplish more] than those who are [very] strong.
6 ६ कारण शहाणपणाचे मार्गदर्शन घेऊन तू युध्द चालू करू शकतो; आणि पुष्कळ सल्लागारबरोबर असल्याने विजय मिळतो.
Leaders can fight battles if they have wise advisors, and they win those battles if they have many good advisors.
Foolish people cannot understand wise sayings/talk; at public meetings they are not [able to] say anything [that is useful].
Those who are [always] planning to do evil things will be called troublemakers.
It is sinful to plan to do foolish things, and people hate those who make fun of [everything that is good].
If you [act as though] you are helpless when you have troubles, you are [truly very] weak.
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 it is unjustly decided] that someone must be executed, [try hard to] rescue them [DOU].
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?
If you say, “I did not know anything about it, [so (it is not my concern/I did not try to help him)],” remember that God knows what we have done, and he knows what we were thinking [IDM, RHQ], and he will certainly [RHQ] repay us as we deserve for what we have done or for not doing what we should have done.
13 १३ माझ्या मुला, मध खा, कारण तो चांगला आहे, कारण मधाच्या पोळ्यातून टिपकणारा मध तुझ्या जिभेला गोड आहे.
My child/son, eat honey, because it is good [for you]; the honey that drips from honeycombs tastes [very] sweet.
14 १४ त्याचप्रमाणे ज्ञान तुझ्या जिवासाठी आहे; जर तुला ते प्राप्त झाले, तर तेथे भविष्य आहे, आणि तुझी आशा कधीही तोडली जाणार नाही.
Similarly, being wise is good for your soul; if you become wise, you will be [happy in] the future, and [God] will certainly [do for you what you are] confidently expecting him to do [LIT].
Do not be like wicked people who [hide and] wait to break into the houses of righteous/good [people] and rob/steal things.
16 १६ कारण जर कोणी मनुष्य चांगले करतो तो सात वेळा पडला तरी, तो पुन्हा उठतो, पण दुर्जनांचा संकटात विध्वंस होईल.
[Even if] good people fall down seven/many times, they [always] stand/get up again, but when a disaster happens to wicked [people], it ruins/destroys them.
Do not be happy when something bad happens to one of your enemies; do not rejoice when he stumbles and falls,
because Yahweh will know what you are thinking, and he will not like it, and [as a result] he will not punish that enemy of yours.
Do not become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not [SYN] envy them,
because [nothing good] will happen to wicked people; they are [like] a lamp that will soon be extinguished [MET].
21 २१ माझ्या मुला, परमेश्वराचे आणि राजाचे भय बाळग. जे त्यांच्या विरुध्द बंड करीत आहेत त्यामध्ये सामील होऊ नकोस.
My child/son, revere Yahweh and [also] honor the king, and do not associate with people who want to rebel against either of them,
22 २२ कारण त्यांच्यावर अचानक विपत्ती येईल, आणि त्यांच्या वर्षाचा नाश त्या दोघांकडून केव्हा होईल कोण जाणे?
because those people will suddenly experience disasters; and no one knows [RHQ] what great disasters that God or the king can cause to happen to them.
Here are more things that wise [people] have said: It is wrong for judges to decide matters unfairly [IDM].
24 २४ जो कोणी अपराधी मनुष्यास म्हणेल, तू योग्य आहेस; तर लोक शाप देतील आणि राष्ट्रे त्यांचा द्वेष करतील.
If they say to people who are guilty, “You (are innocent/have not done something that is wrong),” [even] people in other nations will curse and despise them,
but if judges say that guilty people must be punished, things will go well for those judges, and (they will receive blessings/God will bless them).
Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends [IDM].
First, do the work [that needs to be done] outside [your house], and prepare your fields, [and then plant things], and after you finish doing that, build your house.
[In the courtroom] do not testify against someone when you have no reason to do that, and do not [try to] deceive [people] by what you say [MTY].
29 २९ “त्याने जसे मला केले तसे मी त्यास करीन. मी त्यास त्याच्या करण्याप्रमाणे भरून देईन.” असे म्हणू नको.
Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for [the bad things that] he did to me.”
One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.
31 ३१ तेव्हा त्या सर्वांवर काटेरी झाडे वाढली होती, त्याची जमीन खाजकुइरीने झाकली होती, आणि त्याची दगडी भिंत मोडून पडली होती.
I was surprised to see that the fields were full of all kinds of thorny bushes, and the stone wall [around the garden] had (collapsed/fallen down).
When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:
[If you spend a lot of time] sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest,
[soon] you will become poor; [it will be as though] [PRS, SIM] a bandit who had a weapon in his hand [attacked you and stole all that you had].
