नीतिसूत्रे 28
Wicked [people] run away [even] when no one is pursuing them, but righteous/good [people are not afraid]; they are as brave as lions.
2 २ देशाच्या अपराधांमुळे त्याचे पुष्कळ अधिपती होतात; पण जेव्हा समंजस आणि सुज्ञानी माणसाच्या हातून त्यांची सुस्थिती दीर्घकाळ राहते.
When [the people of] a nation sin, they will have one ruler after another; but when their leaders are wise and have good sense, their government will last for a long time.
A poor person who oppresses [other] poor [people] is [like] [MET] a very heavy/hard rain that [destroys the crops], with the result that there is no food [for people to eat].
Those who reject/disobey [God’s] laws always speak well of wicked [people]; but those who obey [God’s] laws [always] oppose what wicked people do.
Evil people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well.
6 ६ श्रीमंत पुरुष असून त्याचे मार्ग वाकडे असण्यापेक्षा, गरीब पुरुष असून जो त्याच्या प्रामाणिकपणात चालतो तो उत्तम आहे.
It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.
7 ७ जो कोणी मुलगा नियमाचे पालन करतो तो हुशार असतो, पण जो खादाडाचा सोबती आहे तो आपल्या वडिलांना लाज आणतो.
Young people who obey the laws are wise [IDM]; parents whose children associate with those who (carouse/go to wild parties) are humiliated/disgraced because of what their children do.
8 ८ जो कोणी आपले धन खूप जास्त व्याज लावून वाढवतो त्याची संपत्ती जो कोणी गरिबांवर दया करतो त्या दुसऱ्यासाठी साठवतो.
When people become very rich by charging very high interest [DOU], their money will [eventually] go to someone who does kind things for the poor.
If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
10 १० जो कोणी सरळांना बहकावून वाईट मार्गाकडे नेईल, तो आपल्या स्वतःच्या खड्ड्यात पडेल, पण जे निर्दोष आहेत त्यांना चांगले वतन मिळेल.
Those who cause honest/good [people] to do what is evil will fall into their own pits/traps, but good things will happen to those who (are innocent/have not done what is wrong).
11 ११ श्रीमंत मनुष्य आपल्या स्वतःच्या दृष्टीने शहाणा असतो, पण गरीब मनुष्य ज्याला समंजसपणा आहे त्यास शोधून काढतो.
[Many] rich people think that they are wise, but poor people who have good sense will find out whether rich people really are wise or not.
12 १२ नीतिमानांचा विजय होतो तेव्हा तेथे मोठा नावलौकिक होतो, पण जेव्हा दुर्जन उठला, म्हणजे लोक स्वतः लपून बसतात.
When righteous/good [people] (succeed/win [elections]), everyone (celebrates/is happy); but when wicked [people win], everyone hides [because they are afraid of what the wicked people will do].
13 १३ एखाद्याने आपले पाप लपवले तर त्याची उन्नती होत नाही, पण एखाद्याने त्याच्या पापांची कबुली दिली आणि ते सोडून दिले तर त्याच्यावर दया दाखवण्यात येईल.
Those who refuse to confess/admit their sins will not prosper, but [God] acts mercifully/kindly toward those who confess their sins and turn away from their sinful behavior.
14 १४ जर एखादा व्यक्ती वाईट करण्यात नेहमी घाबरतो तो सुखी आहे, पण जो कोणी आपले हृदय कठोर करतो तो संकटात पडतो.
[God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
15 १५ गरीब लोकांवर राज्य करणारा दुष्ट अधिकारी, गर्जणाऱ्या सिंहासारखा किंवा हल्ला करणाऱ्या अस्वलासारखा आहे.
Wicked people who [mistreat] poor people whom they rule are [as dangerous to them as] [SIM] a lion roaring [at them] or a bear springing up [to attack them].
16 १६ जो कोणी अधिकारी ज्ञानहीन असतो तो क्रूर जुलूम करणारा आहे, पण जो अप्रामाणिकपणाचा द्वेष करतो तो दिर्घायुषी होतो.
Rulers who do not have good sense cruelly oppress [the people they rule], but rulers who do not want to become rich by cheating/deceiving [people] will live (OR, rule) for a long time.
17 १७ जर एखादा मनुष्य रक्तपाताचा अपराधी आहे तर तो शवगर्तेत आश्रय शोधेल, पण त्यास कोणीही परत आणणार नाही. आणि त्यास कोणीही मदत करणार नाही.
Those who are guilty of murdering [MTY] another person will (be fugitives/keep running away) until they die; do not help them to escape.
Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.
19 १९ जो कोणी आपली शेती स्वतः करतो त्यास विपुल अन्न मिळते, पण जो कोणी निरर्थक गोष्टींचा पाठलाग करतो त्यास विपुल दारिद्र्य येते.
Farmers who work [hard] in their fields will [produce good crops and always] have plenty of food [to eat], but those who spend all their time (on useless projects/doing things that do not benefit anyone) will become very poor.
20 २० विश्वासू मनुष्यास महान आशीर्वाद मिळतात, पण जो कोणी झटपट श्रीमंत होण्याचा प्रयत्न करतो त्यास शिक्षा झाल्यावाचून राहणार नाही.
[God] will greatly bless those who (are trustworthy/always do what they say that they will do), but he will certainly punish [LIT] those who try to become rich quickly.
It is not good [for judges] to decide matters unfairly/unjustly, but [some] people will do what is wrong [even] if they receive [only] a very small bribe [HYP] [for doing it].
Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
23 २३ जो कोणी आपल्या जिभेने खोटी स्तुती करतो; त्याऐवजी जो कोणी धिक्कारतो त्यालाच नंतर अधिक अनुग्रह मिळेल.
Those who rebuke someone will be appreciated/thanked more than those who [say nice things to others merely] to (flatter them/cause them to feel good).
24 २४ जो कोणी आपल्या आई वडिलांना लुटतो आणि म्हणतो “ह्यात काही पाप नाही,” पण जो कोणी नाश करतो त्याचा तो सोबती आहे.
Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
26 २६ जो कोणी आपल्या हृदयावर भरवसा ठेवतो तो मूर्ख आहे, पण जो कोणी ज्ञानात चालतो तो धोक्यापासून दूर राहतो.
Those who believe that what they think [is always right] are foolish; those who act wisely will (escape danger/be safe).
27 २७ जो कोणी गरीबाला देतो त्यास कशाचीही उणीव पडणार नाही, पण जो कोणी त्यांना पाहूनदेखील न पाहिल्यासारखे करतो त्याच्यावर खूप शाप येतील.
Those who give things to poor [people] will not become poor, but many [people] will curse those who refuse to help [IDM] poor people.
When wicked [people] become rulers, people hide [because they are afraid of what those wicked people will do]; but when wicked people are no longer rulers, good/righteous [people will] become the rulers.
