नीतिसूत्रे 6
1 १ माझ्या मुला, शेजाऱ्याच्या कर्जाला जामीनासाठी जर तू आपला पैसा बाजूला ठेवलास, ज्याला तू ओळखत नाही अशा कोणाला तू कर्जासाठी वचन दिले,
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
3 ३ ह्याकरिता, माझ्या मुला, तू हे कर आणि आपला बचाव कर, कारण तू शेजाऱ्याच्या तावडीत सापडला आहेस. जा आणि आपल्याला नम्र कर आणि आपल्या शेजाऱ्याला तुला मुक्त करण्यास आग्रह कर.
then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
8 ८ तरी ती उन्हाळ्यात आपले अन्न तयार करते, आणि जे काय खाण्यास लागणारे कापणीच्या समयी ते जमा करून ठेवते.
it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
22 २२ जेव्हा तू चालशील, ते तुला मार्गदर्शन करील; जेव्हा तू झोपशील, तेव्हा ते तुझे रक्षण करील; आणि जेव्हा तू उठशील तेव्हा ते तुझ्याशी बोलेल.
When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
24 २४ ते तुला अनितीमान स्त्रीकडे जाण्यापासून परावृत्त करते, व्यभिचारी स्त्रीच्या गोडबोल्या जिभेपासून तुझे रक्षण करते.
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26 २६ वेश्येबरोबर झोपल्याने भाकरीच्या तुकड्याची किंमत चुकवावी लागते, पण दुसऱ्याच्या पत्नीची किंमत म्हणून तुला तुझ्या स्वतःचे जीवन द्यावे लागेल.
For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
29 २९ जो कोणी आपल्या शेजाऱ्याच्या पत्नीबरोबर जातो तो असाच आहे; जो कोणी तिच्याबरोबर संबंध ठेवतो त्यास शिक्षा झाल्याशिवाय राहणार नाही.
So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30 ३० जर चोर चोरी करताना पकडला तर लोक त्यास तुच्छ मानत नाही; तो भुकेला असताना त्याची भूक शमविण्यासाठी त्याने चोरी केली.
Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
31 ३१ पण तो पकडला गेला, तर त्याने चोरी केली त्याच्या सातपट परत देईल, तो आपल्या घरचे सर्वच द्रव्य देईल.
Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
