नीतिसूत्रे 30
1 १ याकेचा मुलगा आगूर याची वचने म्हणजे देववाणी आहेत. त्या पुरुषाने इथीएलाला, इथीएलाने उकालाला सांगितले,
These are sayings/messages that God gave to Agur, the son of Jakeh. [Agur wrote them] for Ithiel and Ucal.
It seems that I am very stupid; I do not deserve to be considered to be a human; I do not have the good sense that humans should have.
I have not learned [how to become] wise and I do not know [much] about God.
4 ४ आकाशापर्यंत चढून कोण गेला आहे आणि खाली उतरला आहे? कोणी वाऱ्याला आपल्या ओंजळीत एकवटून घेतला आहे? कोणी आपल्या कपड्यात जलाशय बांधून ठेवला आहे? पृथ्वीच्या सर्व सीमा कोणी स्थापिल्या आहेत? त्याचे नाव काय किंवा त्याच्या मुलाचे नाव काय? खात्रीने ते तुला माहित आहे काय?
[But let me say this]: No one [RHQ] has ascended to heaven [to find out what God is like] and returned [to tell us]. No one [RHQ] has gathered/held the wind in his hand. No one [RHQ] has wrapped the water [in the ocean] in [a piece of] cloth, and no one [RHQ] has established the boundaries of the earth. [If you know who has done those things, tell me] [RHQ] his name, and the names of his children [SAR]! [But you do not know who has done those things, so you cannot speak with authority about what God is like].
Everything that God has said is true; he is [like] a shield [MET] for all those who request him to protect them.
Do not add to (OR, change) what God has said; if you do that, he will rebuke you and show that you are lying.
[God], I ask you to do two things for me; [please] do them before I die:
8 ८ पोकळ गर्व आणि लबाड्या माझ्यापासून दूर कर; मला खूप श्रीमंत किंवा खूप गरीब करू नकोस. मला आवश्यक तेवढेच अन्न दे.
Help me never to lie or deceive [people] and do not cause me to become poor or to become rich. [Just] give me the food that I need;
9 ९ माझी जर अतीतृप्ती झाली तर मी तुला नाकारीन आणि परमेश्वर कोण आहे? असे म्हणेन; मी जर दरिद्री राहिलो तर मी कदाचित् चोरी करेन. आणि माझ्या देवाच्या नामाची निंदा करेन.
because if I become rich, I might say that I do not [RHQ] know you and that I do not need you; and if I become poor, I might dishonor you by stealing things.
10 १० सेवकाची निंदानालस्ती त्याच्या धन्याजवळ करू नको, करशील तर तो तुला शिव्याशाप देईल आणि तू अपराधी ठरशील.
Do not (slander/say bad things about) a worker to his boss; if you do that, the worker will curse you, and cause you to have trouble.
[I will list four kinds of evil things that people do]: Some people curse their fathers and do not [ask God to] bless their mothers.
Some people think that they are perfect, but [really] they have never been cleansed from their guilt for committing disgusting sins.
Some people are very proud; they think that they are very good and they despise others.
14 १४ गरीबांना पृथ्वीतून व गरजवंताना मनुष्यामधून खाऊन टाकायला, जिचे दात तलवारीसारखे व जिच्या दाढा सुऱ्यांसारख्या आहेत अशी एक पिढी आहे.
Some people [act very cruelly toward others]; [it is as though] [MET] they have teeth that are [like] sharp knives; they severely oppress poor [people] and try to cause them to disappear from the land.
15 १५ जळवेच्या दोन मुली आहेत, त्या दे, व दे अशा ओरडतात. तीन गोष्टी कधीही समाधानी नसतात, चार गोष्टी, कधीही पुरे म्हणत नाही.
Leeches [are always wanting more blood to suck]; [similarly, greedy people are always] saying “Give [me some]!” or “Give [me more]!” [MET] There are four things that are never (satisfied/content with what they have); they always want more [LIT]:
16 १६ मृत्यूची जागा, वांझ उदर, पाण्याने तहानलेली पृथ्वी आणि जो अग्नी पुरे कधी म्हणत नाही. (Sheol h7585)
The place where the dead people are; women who do not have any children; ground that needs water/rain; and a fire that always needs more wood. (Sheol h7585)
17 १७ जो डोळा पित्याची चेष्टा करतो, किंवा त्याच्या आईची आज्ञा पाळणे तुच्छ मानतो, त्यांचे डोळे खोऱ्यातले डोमकावळे टोचून बाहेर काढतील आणि त्यास गिधडाची पिल्ले खाऊन टाकतील.
Those who [SYN] make fun of their fathers or refuse to obey their mothers (OR, despise their aged mothers) should [die and] have their eyes pecked out by crows, and the [rest of their corpses should be] fed to the vultures.
There are four things that are wonderful to me, [but] I do not understand any of them:
19 १९ आकाशात उडणाऱ्या गरुडाचा मार्ग; दगडावर चालणाऱ्या सापाचा मार्ग, समुद्राच्या हृदयात जाणाऱ्या जहाजाचा मार्ग, आणि तरुण स्त्रीबरोबर पुरुषाच्या संबंधाचा मार्ग,
How eagles fly in the sky, how snakes [are able to] move/crawl across a big rock, how ships sail on the seas, and how a man falls in love with a woman.
This is what a woman who (is not faithful to/does not have sex only with) her husband does: She commits adultery [EUP], and [then] bathes and says, “I have not done anything that is wrong!”
There are four things that no [one in] the world can tolerate:
[What] a slave [does who] becomes a king, a foolish person eating [too much] food,
[what] a woman who is hated [does when she] gets married, and [what] a female servant [does when she] becomes the boss instead of her mistress.
[There are] four animals on the earth that are small, but they are very wise:
Ants are not strong, but they store up food during the summer [in order to have it during the winter].
Rock badgers [also] are not strong, but they make their homes among the rocks [where they will be safe].
Locusts do not have a king, but they march like [the soldiers in] an army.
Lizards/Geckos [are very small and] you can hold them in your hand, but they are [cleverly able to get] inside kings’ palaces.
[There are] four animals that strut around and look very impressive while they walk [DOU]:
Lions, which are stronger than all other animals and are not afraid of any of them;
male goats, strutting roosters, and kings who (parade/walk proudly back and forth) in front of the people whom they rule.
If you have acted foolishly, exalting yourself, or if you been planning [to do something] evil, stop it immediately [IDM]!
33 ३३ कारण जसे दूध घुसळण्याने लोणी निघते, आणि नाक पिळण्याने रक्त निघते, तसे राग चेतवल्याने भांडणे निर्माण होतात.
If you churn milk, it produces butter/curds, and if you hit [someone hard on his] nose, [his nose] bleeds; similarly, if you do something to cause [people to become] angry, strife [usually] results.
