नीतिसूत्रे 8
Doth not, wisdom, cry aloud? and, understanding, send forth her voice?
At the top of the high places above the way, at the place where paths meet, she taketh her stand:
Beside the gates, at the entrance of the city, —at the going in of the openings, she shouteth: —
Unto you, O men, I call, and, my voice, is unto the sons of men;
5 ५ अहो भोळ्यांनो, तुम्ही समंजसपणा समजून घ्या आणि तुम्ही कोणी ज्ञानाचा द्वेष करता, त्या तुम्ही सुबुद्ध हृदयाचे व्हा.
Understand, ye simple ones, shrewdness, and, ye dullards understand sense;
6 ६ ऐका आणि मी उत्कृष्ट गोष्टी सांगणार आहे, आणि जेव्हा माझे ओठ उघडतील तेव्हा जे योग्य आहे ते मी सांगेन,
Hear, for, princely things, will I speak, and the opening of my lips shall be of equity;
For, faithfulness, shall my mouth softly utter, but, the abomination of my lips, shall be lawlessness;
In righteousness, shall be all the sayings of my mouth, nothing therein, shall be crafty or perverse;
9 ९ ज्या कोणाला समज आहे त्यास माझी सर्व वचने सरळ आहेत; ज्या कोणाला ज्ञान प्राप्त झाले आहे त्यास माझी वचने योग्य आहेत.
All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge.
Receive my correction, and not silver, and knowledge, rather than choicest gold.
11 ११ कारण मी, ज्ञान, मौल्यवान खड्यांपेक्षा उत्तम आहे; त्याची आपल्याला हव्या असलेल्या कोणत्याही वस्तूशी माझी तुलना होऊ शकत नाही.
For better is wisdom, than ornaments of coral, and, no delightful things, can equal her.
I, wisdom, inhabit shrewdness, —and, the knowledge of sagacious things, I gain.
13 १३ परमेश्वराचे भय म्हणजे वाईटाचा द्वेष करणे आहे; मी गर्व, अभिमान, वाईट मार्ग व कुटिल वाणी यांचा मी द्वेष करते.
The reverence of Yahweh, is to hate wickedness: pride, arrogance, and the way of wickedness; And a mouth of perverse things, do I hate.
Mine, are counsel, and effective working, I, am understanding, mine, is valour:
By me, kings reign, and dignitaries decree righteousness;
By me, rulers govern, and nobles—all the righteous judges:
17 १७ माझ्यावर जे प्रीती करतात त्यांच्यावर मी प्रीती करते; आणि जे मला परिश्रमाने शोधतात, त्यांना मी सापडते.
I love, them who love me, and, they who diligently seek me, find me:
Riches and honour, are with me, lordly wealth, and righteousness;
19 १९ माझे फळ सोन्यापेक्षा, शुद्ध सोन्यापेक्षाही उत्तम आहे; मी जे काही उत्पन्न करतो ते शुद्ध रुप्यापेक्षा उत्तम आहे.
Better is my fruit, than gold—yea fine gold, and mine increase, than choice silver;
In the way of righteousness, I march along, in the middle of the paths of justice:
That I may cause them who love me to inherit substance, and, their treasuries, I may fill.
Yahweh, had constituted me the beginning of his way, before his works, at the commencement of that time;
At the outset of the ages, had I been established, in advance of the antiquities of the earth;
When there was no resounding deep, I had been brought forth, when there were no fountains, abounding with water;
Ere yet the mountains had been settled, before the hills, had I been brought forth;
Or ever he had made the land and the wastes, or the top of the dry parts 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, there, was I! When he decreed a vault upon the face of the resounding deep;
When he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the resounding deep, waxed strong;
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 fixed for the sea its bound, that, the waters, should not go beyond his bidding, when he decreed the foundations of the earth: —
30 ३० तेव्हा मी त्याच्याजवळ कुशल कारागिर होते, दिवसेंदिवस मी आनंदाने भरत होतो, मी त्याच्यासमोर सर्वदा हर्ष करीत असे.
Then became I beside him, a firm and sure worker, then became I filled with delight, day by day, exulting before him on every occasion;
Exulting in the fruitful land of his earth, Yea, my fulness of delight, was with the sons of men.
Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, for how happy are they who, to my ways, pay regard!
Hear ye correction, and be wise, and do not neglect.
34 ३४ जो माझे ऐकतो तो सुखी होईल तो माझ्या दारांशी प्रत्येक दिवशी जागत राहतो; तो माझ्या घराच्या दाराजवळ माझ्यासाठी थांबतो.
How happy the man that doth hearken to me, —keeping guard at my doors, day by day, watching at the posts of my gates;
For, he that findeth me, findeth life, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh;
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 misseth me, wrongeth his own soul, all who hate me, love death.
