नीतिसूत्रे 8
It is as if wisdom, with great understanding [of many things], is calling [PRS] out [to people].
Wisdom stands on hilltops and at crossroads.
[Wisdom also stands] at the city gates and shouts loudly,
“I am calling to everyone! I am shouting loudly to all people!
5 ५ अहो भोळ्यांनो, तुम्ही समंजसपणा समजून घ्या आणि तुम्ही कोणी ज्ञानाचा द्वेष करता, त्या तुम्ही सुबुद्ध हृदयाचे व्हा.
You people who do not know how to do things that are smart to do, get sound judgment; you foolish people, get good understanding!
6 ६ ऐका आणि मी उत्कृष्ट गोष्टी सांगणार आहे, आणि जेव्हा माझे ओठ उघडतील तेव्हा जे योग्य आहे ते मी सांगेन,
Listen to me, because I have some excellent/important things to say. What I say is what is fair/right.
I speak what is true; I detest speaking [MTY] what is false/deceptive.
Everything that I say is honest; there is nothing that I say that deceives [people].
9 ९ ज्या कोणाला समज आहे त्यास माझी सर्व वचने सरळ आहेत; ज्या कोणाला ज्ञान प्राप्त झाले आहे त्यास माझी वचने योग्य आहेत.
My words are clear to those who have good sense; those who are wise know that what I say is right.
[If someone offers you the kind of teaching I give] or offers you silver, choose my teaching. [If he offers to show you how to be wise] or offers you gold, choose to know how to be wise,
11 ११ कारण मी, ज्ञान, मौल्यवान खड्यांपेक्षा उत्तम आहे; त्याची आपल्याला हव्या असलेल्या कोणत्याही वस्तूशी माझी तुलना होऊ शकत नाही.
because wisdom is more valuable than jewels. Nothing that you desire [is as valuable] as being wise.
I, wisdom, and understanding of what is smart to do, cannot be separated. We are like two people who live in the same house. I know how to be wise and how to make smart decisions.
13 १३ परमेश्वराचे भय म्हणजे वाईटाचा द्वेष करणे आहे; मी गर्व, अभिमान, वाईट मार्ग व कुटिल वाणी यांचा मी द्वेष करते.
[All the people] who revere Yahweh hate evil. I, wisdom, hate [people who are] proud and [people] who think they are more important [than others]. I hate [people who] behave in an evil way and those who say things to deceive [others].
I give [people] good advice and I enable them to do things that are wise. I understand how things really are, and I am strong.
When kings are wise, they rule [well]; and when rulers are wise, they make laws that are just/fair.
Rulers govern their people with the help of me, wisdom, and those who have authority decide things fairly/just with my help.
17 १७ माझ्यावर जे प्रीती करतात त्यांच्यावर मी प्रीती करते; आणि जे मला परिश्रमाने शोधतात, त्यांना मी सापडते.
I, [wisdom], love [all] those who love me, and [all] those who truly seek me [will] find me.
I enable [people] to become rich and to be honored; [I enable them to have] wealth that will last and to be successful.
19 १९ माझे फळ सोन्यापेक्षा, शुद्ध सोन्यापेक्षाही उत्तम आहे; मी जे काही उत्पन्न करतो ते शुद्ध रुप्यापेक्षा उत्तम आहे.
What I can give people is more valuable than fine/pure gold and the best silver.
I always do what is righteous and just/fair.
I give wealth to those who love me; I fill their houses with valuable things.
Yahweh created me, [wisdom], when he began [to create the world]; he created me [to do my work] before he created anything else.
He appointed me long ago, before he created the earth.
I was born before the oceans were [created], when there were no springs from which water flowed.
I was born before the hills and mountains were formed;
[I, wisdom], was born before Yahweh made the earth, before he made the fields and the soil on the earth.
27 २७ जेव्हा त्याने आकाशाची स्थापना केली तेव्हा मी तिथे होते, जेव्हा त्याने जलाशयाची वर्तुळाकार सीमा आखली.
I was there when Yahweh put the sky in place, when he marked the place [in the distance] where the sky and the oceans [seem to] come together.
I was there when Yahweh put the clouds above [the earth] and when he caused the water that is inside the earth to be secure.
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.
I was there when he fixed a boundary for the seas, so that the water in the seas would not go past those boundaries, and when he put down the foundations which support the earth.
30 ३० तेव्हा मी त्याच्याजवळ कुशल कारागिर होते, दिवसेंदिवस मी आनंदाने भरत होतो, मी त्याच्यासमोर सर्वदा हर्ष करीत असे.
I was at the side of Yahweh, the master worker (OR, as though I was his child). I caused him to be happy every day, and I was always rejoicing when I was with him.
I was delighted with the world that he created; I was happy with the people whom he created, too.
So, [you people who are like] my sons, listen to me. [I am] pleased with [all] those who obey my teachings.
Listen [carefully] to what I teach you and become wise. Do not reject my teaching!
34 ३४ जो माझे ऐकतो तो सुखी होईल तो माझ्या दारांशी प्रत्येक दिवशी जागत राहतो; तो माझ्या घराच्या दाराजवळ माझ्यासाठी थांबतो.
[I am] pleased with those who listen to me, those who are outside my house every day, waiting [for me to come out].
Those who find me will have [a long] life, and Yahweh [will] be pleased with them.
36 ३६ पण जो कोणी मला शोधण्यास अयशस्वी होतो, जिवाची हानी करून घेतो; जे सर्व कोणी माझा द्वेष करतात, त्यांना मरण प्रिय आहे.”
But those who stray away from me [just] harm themselves. All those who hate me, [it is as though] [IRO] they are loving death.”
