नीतिसूत्रे 8
Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice?
Standing in the top of the highest places by the way, in the midst of the paths.
Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh, saying:
O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
5 ५ अहो भोळ्यांनो, तुम्ही समंजसपणा समजून घ्या आणि तुम्ही कोणी ज्ञानाचा द्वेष करता, त्या तुम्ही सुबुद्ध हृदयाचे व्हा.
O little ones, understand subtilty, and ye unwise, take notice.
6 ६ ऐका आणि मी उत्कृष्ट गोष्टी सांगणार आहे, आणि जेव्हा माझे ओठ उघडतील तेव्हा जे योग्य आहे ते मी सांगेन,
Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.
My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.
All my words are just, there is nothing wicked nor perverse in them.
9 ९ ज्या कोणाला समज आहे त्यास माझी सर्व वचने सरळ आहेत; ज्या कोणाला ज्ञान प्राप्त झाले आहे त्यास माझी वचने योग्य आहेत.
They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.
Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.
11 ११ कारण मी, ज्ञान, मौल्यवान खड्यांपेक्षा उत्तम आहे; त्याची आपल्याला हव्या असलेल्या कोणत्याही वस्तूशी माझी तुलना होऊ शकत नाही.
For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.
I wisdom dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.
13 १३ परमेश्वराचे भय म्हणजे वाईटाचा द्वेष करणे आहे; मी गर्व, अभिमान, वाईट मार्ग व कुटिल वाणी यांचा मी द्वेष करते.
The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.
By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things,
By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice.
17 १७ माझ्यावर जे प्रीती करतात त्यांच्यावर मी प्रीती करते; आणि जे मला परिश्रमाने शोधतात, त्यांना मी सापडते.
I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.
With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.
19 १९ माझे फळ सोन्यापेक्षा, शुद्ध सोन्यापेक्षाही उत्तम आहे; मी जे काही उत्पन्न करतो ते शुद्ध रुप्यापेक्षा उत्तम आहे.
For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.
I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.
I was set up from eternity, and of old before the earth was made.
The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived. neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out:
The mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth:
He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.
27 २७ जेव्हा त्याने आकाशाची स्थापना केली तेव्हा मी तिथे होते, जेव्हा त्याने जलाशयाची वर्तुळाकार सीमा आखली.
When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:
When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:
29 २९ जेव्हा त्याने सागराच्या पाण्याला सीमाबध्द केले तेव्हा ही मी होते. पाण्याने त्याच्या आज्ञेच उल्लंघन करून पसरू नये, आणि जेव्हा त्याने आज्ञा केली पृथ्वीचा पाया जेथे असायला पाहिजे तेथे मी होते.
When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when be balanced the foundations of the earth;
30 ३० तेव्हा मी त्याच्याजवळ कुशल कारागिर होते, दिवसेंदिवस मी आनंदाने भरत होतो, मी त्याच्यासमोर सर्वदा हर्ष करीत असे.
I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;
Playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men.
Now therefore, ye children, hear me: Blessed are they that keep my ways.
Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.
34 ३४ जो माझे ऐकतो तो सुखी होईल तो माझ्या दारांशी प्रत्येक दिवशी जागत राहतो; तो माझ्या घराच्या दाराजवळ माझ्यासाठी थांबतो.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors.
He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord:
36 ३६ पण जो कोणी मला शोधण्यास अयशस्वी होतो, जिवाची हानी करून घेतो; जे सर्व कोणी माझा द्वेष करतात, त्यांना मरण प्रिय आहे.”
But he that shall sin against me, shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.
