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, suppose you have pledged to guarantee your neighbor's debt, or you have shaken hands in agreement with a stranger,
then you've trapped yourself by what you promised, you've been caught by what you said.
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.
So this is what you have to do. You need to get out of it, because you've put yourself in that person's power. Go to your neighbor in all humility and ask him to release you from the commitment.
Don't delay, saying that you'll sleep on it. Don't rest until you've done it.
Get out of it like a gazelle escaping from a trap, like a bird from a bird-catcher's net.
Go and observe the ants, you slacker! Learn from what they do and become wise.
They don't have a leader, an officer, or a ruler,
8 ८ तरी ती उन्हाळ्यात आपले अन्न तयार करते, आणि जे काय खाण्यास लागणारे कापणीच्या समयी ते जमा करून ठेवते.
yet they work hard during the summer getting their food, gathering what they need during the harvest.
So how long are you going to lie there, you slacker? When are you going to get up from your sleep?
You may say, “Please, just a little more sleep, a little longer snooze, a little more folding of the arms to rest”—
and poverty will attack you like a robber, destitution like an armed warrior.
Rebellious and wicked people go around telling lies,
winking slyly, giving sneaky foot gestures, rudely pointing with their fingers.
Their warped minds plot evil schemes; they're always causing trouble.
As a result, disaster falls suddenly on such people; in just a moment they're destroyed without hope of healing.
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven things that he absolutely detests:
arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that murder the innocent,
a mind that plots evil schemes, feet that hurriedly run to do wrong,
a false witness that speaks lies, those who caused arguments in families.
My son, pay attention to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching.
Keep them always in mind. 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.
They will lead you as you walk along; they will watch over you as you sleep; when you wake up they will talk with you.
For the instruction is a lamp, and the teaching is a light. The correction that comes from discipline is the way to life.
24 २४ ते तुला अनितीमान स्त्रीकडे जाण्यापासून परावृत्त करते, व्यभिचारी स्त्रीच्या गोडबोल्या जिभेपासून तुझे रक्षण करते.
It will protect you from an evil woman and the seductive words of a prostitute.
Don't let your mind lust after her beauty, or let her hypnotize you with her fluttering eyelashes.
26 २६ वेश्येबरोबर झोपल्याने भाकरीच्या तुकड्याची किंमत चुकवावी लागते, पण दुसऱ्याच्या पत्नीची किंमत म्हणून तुला तुझ्या स्वतःचे जीवन द्यावे लागेल.
You can buy a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery with another man's wife can cost you your life.
Can you put fire in your lap and not burn your clothes?
Can you walk on hot coals and not scorch your feet?
29 २९ जो कोणी आपल्या शेजाऱ्याच्या पत्नीबरोबर जातो तो असाच आहे; जो कोणी तिच्याबरोबर संबंध ठेवतो त्यास शिक्षा झाल्याशिवाय राहणार नाही.
It's the same for anyone who sleeps with another man's wife. No one who touches her will remain unpunished.
30 ३० जर चोर चोरी करताना पकडला तर लोक त्यास तुच्छ मानत नाही; तो भुकेला असताना त्याची भूक शमविण्यासाठी त्याने चोरी केली.
People don't condemn a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he's hungry.
31 ३१ पण तो पकडला गेला, तर त्याने चोरी केली त्याच्या सातपट परत देईल, तो आपल्या घरचे सर्वच द्रव्य देईल.
But if he's caught, he has to pay back seven times what he stole, even if it means handing over everything he has in his house.
Any man who commits adultery with a woman has no sense; he who does so destroys himself.
He will be wounded and dishonored. His disgrace will never be removed.
For jealousy makes a husband furious, and he won't hold back when he takes revenge.
He refuses any compensation, and won't be paid off, however big the amount.
