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 thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger,
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy 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.
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbour.
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
8 ८ तरी ती उन्हाळ्यात आपले अन्न तयार करते, आणि जे काय खाण्यास लागणारे कापणीच्या समयी ते जमा करून ठेवते.
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
A worthless person, a man of iniquity; he walketh with a froward mouth;
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he maketh signs with his fingers;
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken and that without remedy.
There be six things which the LORD hateth; yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief;
A false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Bind them continually upon thine heart, tie them about thy 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 thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24 २४ ते तुला अनितीमान स्त्रीकडे जाण्यापासून परावृत्त करते, व्यभिचारी स्त्रीच्या गोडबोल्या जिभेपासून तुझे रक्षण करते.
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger’s tongue.
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26 २६ वेश्येबरोबर झोपल्याने भाकरीच्या तुकड्याची किंमत चुकवावी लागते, पण दुसऱ्याच्या पत्नीची किंमत म्हणून तुला तुझ्या स्वतःचे जीवन द्यावे लागेल.
For on account of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
29 २९ जो कोणी आपल्या शेजाऱ्याच्या पत्नीबरोबर जातो तो असाच आहे; जो कोणी तिच्याबरोबर संबंध ठेवतो त्यास शिक्षा झाल्याशिवाय राहणार नाही.
So he that goeth in to his nieghbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be 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 a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
31 ३१ पण तो पकडला गेला, तर त्याने चोरी केली त्याच्या सातपट परत देईल, तो आपल्या घरचे सर्वच द्रव्य देईल.
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he doeth it that would destroy his own soul.
Wounds and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
For jealousy is the rage of a man; and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
