नीतिसूत्रे 27
Do not boast about [what you will do] tomorrow, because you do not know what will happen [PRS] on any day.
2 २ तुझ्या स्वतःच्या मुखाने नव्हे तर दुसऱ्याने तुझी स्तुती करावी, तुझ्याच ओठांनी नव्हे तर परक्याने तुझी स्तुती करावी,
Do not praise yourself [MTY, PRS]; allow others to praise you. If someone else praises you, that is okay.
[It causes pain to our bodies to carry heavy] stones or [a pail full of] sand, but doing something stupid/foolish [can cause] great [pain to other people’s spirits.]
It is cruel to be angry [with others], and our being angry sometimes destroys [others], but being jealous of someone is [RHQ] often more cruel than that.
It is better to correct someone openly than to show that you l don’t love that person [by not correcting him].
If a friend criticizes you, [he is a good friend and] you can trust him; but if one of your enemies kisses you, he is [probably wanting to] deceive you.
7 ७ जो कोणी पूर्ण तृप्त आहे त्यास मधाच्या पोळाचा कंटाळा येतो, भुकेल्याला प्रत्येक कडू गोष्ट गोड आहे.
When someone’s stomach is full, he does not want to eat honey; but when someone is [very] hungry, he thinks that [even] bitter things taste sweet.
Anyone who wanders [far] from his home/family is like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.
[Putting olive] oil and perfume on a person’s skin causes him to feel good, but having a friend [who gives] good advice [is even better].
10 १० स्वतःच्या आणि आपल्या वडिलांच्या मित्रांना सोडू नकोस; आणि आपल्या संकटाच्या दिवशी भावाच्या घरी जाऊ नको. दूरवरच्या आपल्या भावाकडे जाण्यापेक्षा जवळचा शेजारी चांगला आहे.
Do not neglect your friends or your parents’ friends; and at a time when you are experiencing a disaster, do not go to a relative [who lives far away to request his help]; someone who lives near you can help you more than relatives who live far away.
11 ११ माझ्या मुला, शहाणा हो आणि माझे मन आनंदीत कर, नंतर जो कोणी माझ्यावर टीका करेल त्यास मी उत्तर देईन.
My child/son, cause me to be happy by becoming wise, in order that I will [know how to] reply to those who would criticize me [about your behavior].
12 १२ शहाणा मनुष्य संकटाला पाहतो आणि स्वतःला लपवतो, पण भोळेपुढे जातात आणि त्यांना त्याची किंमत द्यावी लागते.
Those who have good sense will realize that there is something dangerous ahead, and they will hide; those who do not have good sense [just] keep going, and later they will suffer because of [doing] that.
13 १३ जो परक्याच्या कर्जासाठी पैसे ठेवून जामीन झाला आहे त्याचे वस्त्र ठेवून घे; पण जेव्हा तो व्यभिचारी स्त्रीसाठी जामीन होतो त्यास तारणादाखल ठेव.
[You deserve to] have your property taken from you if you [foolishly] promise to a stranger (OR, a strange woman) that you will pay what she owes if she is unable to pay it [DOU].
14 १४ जो कोणी पहाटेस उठून आपल्या शेजाऱ्याला मोठ्या आवाजात आशीर्वाद देतो, तो त्यास शाप असा गणला जाईल.
If you rise early in the morning and call out a greeting to your neighbor [while he is still sleeping], he will consider it to be a curse, [not a blessing].
[Having] a wife that is [constantly] nagging is as [bad as listening] to rain continually dripping on a rainy day.
16 १६ तिला ताब्यात ठेवणे म्हणजे वाऱ्याला ताब्यात ठेवण्यासारखे आहे, किंवा आपल्या हातात तेल पकडून ठेवण्याचा प्रयत्न करणे.
[Trying] to restrain/stop her [from doing that] is as [difficult] [SIM] [as trying] to stop the wind or [trying] to hold oil in your hand.
[We can use one] iron tool to sharpen [another] iron [tool]; similarly [SIM], [when one person shares] what he is thinking, it can help other people [to think more clearly].
18 १८ जो कोणी अंजिराच्या झाडाची निगा राखतो तो त्याचे फळ खाईल. आणि तसेच जो कोणी आपल्या धन्याचे रक्षण करतो त्याचा मान होईल.
Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat; [similarly], servants who protect their master will be honored [by him].
19 १९ जसे पाण्यात मनुष्याच्या चेहऱ्याचे प्रतिबिंब जशाचे तसे दिसते, तसेच मनुष्याचे हृदय मनुष्याचे प्रतिबिंब दाखविते.
[When a person looks] in the water, he sees his own face; similarly [SIM], [when we look at] a person’s behavior, we know what he is thinking.
20 २० मृतलोक आणि विनाशस्थान ही कधीही तृप्त होत नाही. त्याचप्रमाणे मनुष्याचे डोळे कधी तृप्त होत नाही. (Sheol h7585)
[It is as though] the place where the dead people are is always wanting more people to [die and] come there; and humans [SYN] are always wanting to acquire more things, [too]. (Sheol h7585)
[Workers put] silver and gold in a very hot furnace [to burn out what is impure], and [SIM] people learn [what we are really like when they see how we react when people] praise us.
22 २२ जरी तू मूर्खाला कुटलेल्या धान्याबरोबर उखळात घालून मुसळाने कुटले, तरी त्याची मूर्खता त्याच्यापासून जाणार नाही.
Even if you beat/crush a fool severely [like] [MET] you pulverize grain with a pestle, you [probably] will not be able to cause him to stop (being foolish/doing foolish things).
23 २३ तू आपल्या शेरडामेंढरांना एकत्र जमून त्यांची स्थिती जाणून खात्री कर. आणि आपल्या कळपाकडे नीट लक्ष दे.
Take good care of your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle,
because the money [that you acquired from selling animals previously] will not (last/stay with you) forever; similarly [SIM], governments [MTY] certainly do not [RHQ] last forever.
After you cut the hay [DOU] and [store it to feed the animals in the winter while] a new crop of hay is growing,
you will be able to [shear the sheep and] make clothes from the wool, and you will get money from selling [some of] the goats to buy [more] land,
27 २७ बकरीचे दूध तुझ्या खाण्यासाठी व तुझ्या घरच्यांच्या खाण्यासाठी, आणि तुझ्या दासींच्या पोषणापुरते तुझ्याजवळ आहे.
and you will get enough milk from the [other] goats for you and your family and your female servants.
