हितोपदेश 2
1 हे मेरो छोरो, तैँले मेरा वचनहरू ग्रहण गरिस् र मेरा आज्ञाहरूलाई तेरो मनमा राखिस् भने,
My son, if you accept what I say and value my instructions,
2 बुद्धिका कुराहरू सुन्न तेरो कान थापिस्, र तेरो हृदयलाई समझशक्तितिर लगाइस् भने,
if you pay attention to wisdom and really try to understand;
3 तैँले समझशक्तिको लागि पुकारा गरिस्, र यसको लागि सोर उचालिस् भने,
if you cry out for insight and call loudly for help in understanding;
4 तैँले चाँदीलाई झैँ यसलाई खोजिस्, र गाडधनलाई झैँ समझशक्तिको खोजी गरिस् भने,
if you look for it as if it were silver and search for it as if it were hidden treasure;
5 तैँले परमप्रभुको भय बुझ्ने छस्, र परमेश्वरको ज्ञान पाउने छस् ।
then you will understand how to relate to the Lord and discover the truth about God.
6 किनकि परमप्रभुले नै बुद्धि दिनुहुन्छ, अनि उहाँको मुखबाट ज्ञान र समझशक्ति निस्कन्छन् ।
The Lord is the source of wisdom; what he says provides knowledge that makes sense.
7 उहाँलाई खुसी तुल्याउनेहरूका लागि उहाँले पक्का बुद्धि साँचेर राख्नुभएको छ । निष्ठामा चल्नेहरूका लागि उहाँ ढाल हुनुहुन्छ ।
He gives good judgment to those who live right; he defends those who have good sense.
8 उहाँले न्यायका मार्गहरूलाई सुरक्षा दिनुहुन्छ, र उहाँप्रति विश्वासयोग्य हुनेहरूको मार्ग रक्षा गर्नुहुन्छ ।
He supports those who act fairly and protects those who trust in him.
9 तब तैँले धार्मिकता, न्याय, समानता र हरेक असल मार्गलाई बुझ्ने छस् ।
Then you will be able to recognize what is right and just and fair, in fact all that is good in the way you should live.
10 किनकि बुद्धि तेरो हृदयमा आउने छ, र ज्ञान तेरो प्राणको लागि आनन्ददायक हुने छ ।
For wisdom will fill your mind, and knowledge will make you happy.
11 विवेकले तँमाथि निगरानी गर्ने छ; समझशक्तिले तेरो रक्षा गर्ने छ ।
Good decisions will keep you on track; thinking logically will keep you safe.
12 तिनीहरूले तँलाई दुष्ट चालबाट र छली कुराहरू गर्नेबाट जोगाउने छन् ।
Doing this will save you from the ways of evil, from men who tell twisted lies,
13 त्यस्ताहरूले ठिक मार्गलाई त्याग्छन्, र अन्धकारका मार्गमा हिँड्छन् ।
who turn away from following what is right to walk down paths of darkness.
14 तिनीहरूले खराबी गर्दा तिनीहरू रमाउँछन्, र दुष्टका बदमासीहरूमा आनन्द मनाउँछन् ।
They happily do wrong; they love how twisted evil is.
15 तिनीहरू बाङ्गाटिङ्गा बाटाहरूमा हिँड्छन्, र छलको प्रयोग गर्दै तिनीहरूले आफ्ना चाल लुकाउँछन् ।
They live crooked lives doing deceitful things.
16 बुद्धि र विवेकले तँलाई व्यभिचारी स्त्री, र अनैतिक स्त्रीसाथै त्यसका चाप्लुसी वचानहरूबाट बचाउने छ ।
Doing this will also save you from a woman who acts immorally, from a woman who like a prostitute tries to seduce you with flattering words.
17 त्यसले आफ्नो युवावस्थाको मित्रलाई त्याग्छे, र आफ्ना परमेश्वरको करारलाई भुल्छे ।
Such a woman has left her husband she married when she was young, forgetting the promises she made before God.
18 किनकि त्यसको घरले मृत्युमा डोर्याउँछ, र त्यसका बाटाहरूले तँलाई चिहानमा भएकाहरूकहाँ पुर्याउने छन् ।
What happens in her house leads to death; following her way leads to the grave.
19 त्यसकहाँ जाने कोही पनि फेरि फर्केर आउने छैनन्, र तिनीहरूले जीवनका मार्गहरू भेट्टाउने छैनन् ।
No one who goes to her comes back; they don't ever find the way back to life again.
20 त्यसकारण असल मानिसहरूको बाटोमा हिँड्, र धर्मी मानिसहरूको मार्गको पछि लाग ।
So you should follow the way of the good, and make sure you stay on the paths of those who do right.
21 किनकि ती ठिक गर्नेहरूले देशमा घर बनाउने छन्, र निष्ठावान्हरू यसमा रहने छन् ।
For only people who live right will live in the land; only honest people will remain there.
22 तर दुष्टहरूचाहिँ देशबाट जरैदेखि उखेलिने छन्, र विश्वासहीनहरू यसबाट मिल्काइने छन् ।
But the wicked will be thrown out of the land; those who are untrustworthy will be pulled out by the roots.
