हितोपदेश 20
1 दाखमद्य खिल्ली उडाउने कुरो हो र मदिराचाहिँ कचिङ्गाल मच्चाउने कुरो हो । मदिराद्वारा बहकाइने कोही पनि बुद्धिमान् हुँदैन ।
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is noisy; and whosoever indulgeth therein will never be wise.
2 राजाको डर गर्जिरहेको जवान सिंहको डरजस्तै हुन्छ । तिनलाई रिस उठाउनेले आफ्नो जीवन गुमाउँछ ।
Like the roaring of a young lion is the dread of a king: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
3 द्वन्द्वलाई हटाउनु हरेकको लागि आदर हो, तर हरेक मूर्खचाहिँ तर्क-वितर्कमा फस्छ ।
It is an honor for a man to cease from a contest; but every fool enrageth himself.
4 अल्छेले शरद् ऋतुमा जोत्दैन । त्यसले कटनीको बेला फसल खोज्छ, तर केहीँ पाउने छैन ।
Because it is winter's cold, will the sluggard not plough: when he therefore seeketh in the harvest time, there will be nothing.
5 मानवीय हृदयमा भएको उद्धेश्य गहिरो पानीजस्तै हो, तर समझशक्ति भएको मानिसले यसलाई बाहिर निकाल्ने छ ।
Like deep water is counsel in the heart of man; but the man of understanding will draw it out.
6 धैरेले आफू भक्त भएको घोषणा गर्छन्, तर कसले विश्वासयोग्य जन पाउन सक्छ?
Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but who can find a faithful man?
7 धर्मात्मा आफ्नो सत्यनिष्ठामा चल्छ, र त्यसलाई पछ्याउने त्यसका छोराहरू आशिषित् हुने छन् ।
The righteous walketh in his integrity: happy will be his children after him.
8 न्यायको काम गर्दै सिंहासनमा बस्ने राजाले आफ्नो सामु भएका सबै खराबी आफ्नै आँखाले केलाउँछन् ।
A king that sitteth on the throne of justice scattereth away with his eyes all evil.
9 कसले भन्न सक्छ, “मैले मेरो हृदय शुद्ध राखेको छु । म मेरो पापबाट सफा छु?”
Who can say, I have made my heart pure, I am cleansed from my sin.
10 नमिल्ने नापहरू असमान ढकहरू दुवैलाई परमप्रभु घृणा गर्नुहुन्छ ।
Divers weights, and divers measures, are both of them alike an abomination of the Lord.
11 एउटा बालकलाई पनि त्यसका गतिविधिहरूबाट त्यसको आचरण शुद्ध र सोझो छ कि छैन भनेर चिनिन्छ ।
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, whether his work will be pure, and whether it will be upright.
12 सुन्ने कान र देख्ने आँखा दुवैलाई परमप्रभुले बनाउनुभयो ।
The ear that heareth, and the eye that seeth, the Lord hath made both of them alike.
13 निद्रालाई प्रेम नगर्, नत्रता तँ दरिद्र हुने छस् । तेरा आँखा खोल्, र तँसित खानलाई प्रशस्त हुने छ ।
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty: open thy eyes, so wilt thou be satisfied with bread.
14 “यो खराब छ, यो खराब छ,” ग्राहकले भन्छ, तर पर पुगेपछि त्यसले घमण्ड गर्छ ।
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then doth he boast.
15 सुन छ, र प्रशस्त महङ्गा मणिहरू छन्, तर ज्ञानको ओठ बहुमूल्य रत्न हो ।
There is gold, and a multitude of pearls; but a precious vessel are the lips of knowledge.
16 परदेशीको जमानी बस्नेको खास्टो पनि खोस्नू, र त्यसले अनैतिक स्त्रीको लागि यसो गरेको भए त्यो धरौटी राख्नू ।
Take away his garment, because he hath become surety for a stranger; and on account of a strange woman take a pledge from him.
17 छलद्वारा प्राप्त रोटीको स्वाद मिठो होला, तर पछि त्यसको मुखभरि रोडा हालेसरह हुन्छ ।
Bread of falsehood is pleasant to a man; but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel-stones.
18 सरसल्लाहद्वारा योजनाहरू स्थापित हुन्छन्, र बुद्धिमान् मार्ग-दर्शनद्वारा मात्र तैँले लडाइँ लड् ।
Plans are established by counsel; and with wise reflection conduct war.
19 कुरौटेले गुप्त कुराहरू बाहिर ल्याउँछ । त्यसैले धेरै कुरा गर्ने मानिसहरूसित सङ्गत नगर् ।
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that enticeth with his lips.
20 कसैले आफ्नो बुबा वा आफ्नी आमालाई सराप्यो भने निस्पट्ट अन्धकारमा त्यसो बत्ती निभाइने छ ।
Whoso curseth his father or his mother—his lamp shall be quenched in obscure darkness.
21 सुरुमा झट्टै प्राप्त गरेको पैतृक-सम्पत्तिले अन्त्यमा थोरै भलाइ गर्ने छ ।
An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning will at its end not be blessed,
22 यसो नभन्, “म यस खराबीको बदला लिने छु ।” परमप्रभुको प्रतीक्षा गर्, र उहाँले तँलाई छुटकारा दिनुहुने छ ।
Do not say, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the Lord, and he will help thee.
23 परमप्रभुले असमान ढकहरूलाई घृणा गर्नुहुन्छ, र बेइमान तराजुहरू ठिक होइनन् ।
Divers weights are an abomination of the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good.
24 मानिसका कदमहरू परमप्रभुद्वारा निर्देशित हुन्छन् भने तब त्यसले कसरी आफ्नो मार्ग बुझ्न सक्ला त?
From the Lord are the steps of man [ordained]; but man— how can he understand his own way?
25 “यो कुरो पवित्र छ,” भनी हतारमा भन्ने र भाकल गरिसकेपछि मात्र त्यसको बारेमा सोच्नु मानिसको लागि पासो हुन्छ ।
It is a snare to a man to sanctify things hastily, and to make inquiry only after having made vows.
26 बुद्धिमान् राजाले दुष्टहरूलाई पन्साउँछन्, र तिनले अन्न चुट्ने चक्काले तिनीहरूलाई प्रहार गर्छन् ।
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and turneth over them the threshing-wheel.
27 मानिसको आत्मा परमप्रभुको बत्ती हो जसले त्यसका भित्री भागहरूको खोजी गर्छ ।
A lamp of the Lord is the soul of man, searching all the inner chambers of the body.
28 करारको विश्वसनीयता र भरोसाले राजालाई जोगाउँछ । प्रेमद्वारा नै तिनको सिंहासन सुरक्षित हुन्छ ।
Kindness and truth will watch over a king, and he will prop up through kindness his throne.
29 युवाहरूको महिमा तिनीहरूको शक्ति हो, र पाकाहरूको शोभा तिनीहरूको फुलेको कपाल हो ।
The ornament of young men is their strength; and the glory of old men is a hoary head.
30 चोट लगाउने मुक्काले खराबीलाई साफ गर्छ, र पिटाइले भित्री भागहरूलाई शुद्ध पार्छ ।
The bruises of a wound are cleansing means for the bad, and stripes [will reach] the inner chambers of the body.
