नीतिसूत्रे 9
Wisdom has built her house. She has hewn out her seven pillars.
2 २ तिने रात्रीच्या भोजनासाठी आपले पशू तयार केले आहेत; तिने आपला द्राक्षरस मिसळला आहे; आणि तिने मेजही वाढून तयार केले आहे, तिने अन्न तिच्या मेजावर ठेवले आहे.
She has killed her beasts. She has mingled her wine. She has also furnished her table.
3 ३ तिने आपल्या दासीकरवी आमंत्रण पाठवले आहे आणि ते नगराच्या उंचस्थानांच्या टोकापासून हाक मारून म्हणतेः
She has sent forth her maidens. She cries out upon the highest places of the city:
He who is simple, let him turn in here. As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Forsake ye simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of understanding.
7 ७ जो निंदकाला सुबोध करतो तो अप्रतिष्ठेला आंमत्रण करतो, आणि जो दुर्जन मनुष्यास बोल लावतो तो आपले नुकसान करून घेतो.
He who corrects a scoffer gets himself reviling. And he who reproves a wicked man gets himself a bruise.
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 ९ ज्ञानी मनुष्यास शिक्षण दिले तर तो ज्ञानात अधिक वाढत जाईल; नितीमान मनुष्यास शिक्षण दिले तर तो शिक्षणात अधिक वाढेल.
Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
12 १२ जर तुम्ही ज्ञानी असलास, तर तू आपणासाठी ज्ञानी असशील, पण जर तू निंदा केली तर तूच मात्र तिचे फळ भोगशील.
If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.
The foolish woman is clamorous, simple, and knows nothing.
And she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
to call to those who pass by, who go right on their ways:
He who is simple, let him turn in here. And as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.
