नीतिसूत्रे 4
Hear, ye sons, the correction of a father, and attend, that ye may know understanding.
For, good teaching, have I given you, mine instruction, do not ye forsake.
For, a son, became I to my father, tender and most precious in the sight of my mother.
4 ४ त्यांनी मला शिकवले आणि मला म्हणाले, “तुझे मन माझी वचने घट्ट धरून ठेवो; माझ्या आज्ञा पाळ आणि जिवंत राहा.
So he taught me, and said to me—Let thy heart, lay hold of my words, Keep my commandments and live!
Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, Do not forget, neither decline thou from the sayings of my mouth.
Do not forsake her, and she will guard thee, —love her and she will keep thee.
7 ७ ज्ञान हे सर्वात महत्वाची गोष्ट आहे म्हणून ज्ञान संपादन कर, आणि आपले सर्वस्व खर्चून सुज्ञता मिळव.
The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding.
8 ८ ज्ञान हृदयात जतन करून ठेव आणि ते तुला उंचावेल, जेव्हा तू त्यास आलिंगन देशील तर ते तुझा सन्मान करील.
Exalt her, and she will set thee on high, she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her:
She will give for thy head, a wreath of beauty, A crown of adorning, will she bestow upon thee.
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and they will multiply to thee the years of life.
In the way of wisdom, have I taught thee, I have guided thee in tracks of uprightness.
12 १२ जेव्हा तू चालशील, तेव्हा तुझ्या मार्गात कोणीही उभा राहणार नाही. आणि जर तू धावशील, तर तू अडखळणार नाहीस.
When thou walkest, thy step shall not be hemmed in, and, if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Take fast hold of correction, let her not go, —keep her, for, she, is thy life.
Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked:
Avoid it, do not pass thereon—turn from it, and depart.
16 १६ कारण त्यांनी वाईट केल्याशिवाय त्यांना चैन पडत नाही आणि कोणाला अडखळून पाडल्याशिवाय त्यांना झोप लागत नाही.
For they sleep not, unless they can do mischief, —They rob themselves of their sleep, if they cannot cause someone to stumble,
For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.
18 १८ परंतु योग्य करणाऱ्याचा मार्ग जो उदयाच्या प्रकाशासारखा आहे; मध्यान्हापर्यंत अधिकाधिक प्रकाशणाऱ्यासारखा आहे.
But, the path of the righteous, is as the light of dawn, —going on and brightening, unto meridian day.
The way of the lawless, is like darkness, they know not, at what they stumble.
My son, to my words, attend, to my sayings, incline thou thine ear;
Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart;
For, life, they are, to them who find them, —and, to every part of one’s flesh, they bring healing.
23 २३ तुझे अंतःकरण सुरक्षित ठेव आणि सर्व दक्षतेने त्याचे संरक्षण कर, कारण त्यातूनच जीवनाचा झरा वाहतो.
Above all that must be guarded, keep thou thy heart, for, out of it, are the issues of life.
Remove from thee, perverseness of mouth, and, craftiness of lips, put far from thee.
Let, thine eyes, right onward, look, —and, thine eyelashes, point straight before thee.
Make level the track of thy foot, that, all thy ways, may be directed aright:
Decline not, to the right hand or to the left, —Turn away thy foot from wickedness.
