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 have become surety for thy neighbour, —have struck for a stranger thy hands,
Thou hast been snared by the sayings of thy mouth, —thou hast been caught by the sayings 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 then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;
Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;
Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;
Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler,
8 ८ तरी ती उन्हाळ्यात आपले अन्न तयार करते, आणि जे काय खाण्यास लागणारे कापणीच्या समयी ते जमा करून ठेवते.
Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.
How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest: —
So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.
An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, [is he] who—goeth on in perversity of mouth;
Winketh with his eyes, speaketh with his foot, pointeth with his fingers;
[Hath] perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.
For this cause, suddenly cometh his doom, in a moment, shall he be torn in pieces and there be no mending.
These six things, doth Yahweh hate, yea, seven, are the abomination of his soul: —
Eyes that are lofty, a tongue that is false, and hands shedding innocent blood;
A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;
One that uttereth lies—a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.
Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:
Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon 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 abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee:
For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction:
24 २४ ते तुला अनितीमान स्त्रीकडे जाण्यापासून परावृत्त करते, व्यभिचारी स्त्रीच्या गोडबोल्या जिभेपासून तुझे रक्षण करते.
To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.
Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;
26 २६ वेश्येबरोबर झोपल्याने भाकरीच्या तुकड्याची किंमत चुकवावी लागते, पण दुसऱ्याच्या पत्नीची किंमत म्हणून तुला तुझ्या स्वतःचे जीवन द्यावे लागेल.
Because, for the sake of an impure woman, [a man may be brought] even to a cake of bread, —and, a man’s wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!
Can a man snatch up fire in his bosom, and, his clothes, not be burned?
Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and, his feet, not be burned?
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 unto his neighbour’s wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!
30 ३० जर चोर चोरी करताना पकडला तर लोक त्यास तुच्छ मानत नाही; तो भुकेला असताना त्याची भूक शमविण्यासाठी त्याने चोरी केली.
Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;
31 ३१ पण तो पकडला गेला, तर त्याने चोरी केली त्याच्या सातपट परत देईल, तो आपल्या घरचे सर्वच द्रव्य देईल.
Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:
He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;
Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out;
For, jealousy, is the rage of a man, nor will he spare, in the day of avenging;
He will not look, at any ransom, neither will he consent, though thou increase the bribe.
