हितोपदेश 24

1 खराब मानिसहरूको लालच नगर्, न त तिनीहरूसित सङ्गत गर्ने चाहना राख् ।

Do not envy evil people; do not desire to associate with them,

2 किनभने तिनीहरूको हृदयले हिंसाको षड्यन्त्र रच्छ, र तिनीहरूको ओठले कष्‍टबारे कुराकानी गर्छ ।

because they are [constantly] thinking about acting violently, and whenever they speak [MTY], they talk about (causing trouble/hurting someone).

3 बुद्धिद्वारा घर निर्माण गरिन्छ, र समझशक्तिद्वारा यसलाई स्थापित गरिन्छ ।

People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by [heeding] good advice.

4 ज्ञानद्वारा सारा बहुमूल्य र उत्कृष्‍ट थोकहरूले कोठाहरू भरिन्छन् ।

By using good sense, [they are able to buy] valuable and beautiful things and put them in the rooms of their houses.

5 बुद्धिमान् योद्धा बलियो हुन्छ, र ज्ञानी मानिसले आफ्नो शक्ति बढाउँछ ।

Being wise is better than being strong/powerful; those who know [many things can accomplish more] than those who are [very] strong.

6 किनभने बुद्धिमानी निर्देशनद्वारा तैँले आफ्नो युद्ध लड्न सक्छस्, र धेरै परामर्शदाताहरूद्वारा विजय हासिल गरिन्छ ।

Leaders can fight battles if they have wise advisors, and they win those battles if they have many good advisors.

7 मूर्खको लागि बुद्धि अति उच्‍च हुन्छ । ढोकामा त्यसले आफ्नो मुख खोल्दैन ।

Foolish people cannot understand wise sayings/talk; at public meetings they are not [able to] say anything [that is useful].

8 खराबी गर्न योजनाहरू बनाउने एउटा छ जसलाई मानिसहरू “षड्यन्त्रकारीको गुरु” भन्छन् ।

Those who are [always] planning to do evil things will be called troublemakers.

9 मूर्ख योजना पाप हो, र मानिसहरूले खिल्ली उडाउनेलाई तुच्छ ठान्छन् ।

It is sinful to plan to do foolish things, and people hate those who make fun of [everything that is good].

10 कष्‍टको दिनमा तँ डरले कमजोर भइस् भने तेरो शक्ति क्षीण हुने छ ।

If you [act as though] you are helpless when you have troubles, you are [truly very] weak.

11 मृत्युको लागि लगिँदै गरेकाहरूलाई छुटकारा दे, र मारिनका लागि ढुनमुनिएकाहरूलाई बचा ।

[If it is unjustly decided] that someone must be executed, [try hard to] rescue them [DOU].

12 “हामीलाई यस विषयमा केही थाहा थिएन,” भनी तैँले भनिस् भने के हृदयको जाँच गर्नुहुनेले तैँले भनिरहेको कुरालाई बुझ्नुहुन्‍न र? तेरो जीवनको रखवाली गर्नुहुनेलाई के यो कुरा थाहा छैन र? के परमेश्‍वरले हरेकलाई त्यसको प्रतिफलअनुसार दिनुहुन्‍न र?

If you say, “I did not know anything about it, [so (it is not my concern/I did not try to help him)],” remember that God knows what we have done, and he knows what we were thinking [IDM, RHQ], and he will certainly [RHQ] repay us as we deserve for what we have done or for not doing what we should have done.

13 हे मेरो छोरो, मह खा, किनकि यो गुलियो हुन्छ, किनकि महको चाकाबाटको महको स्वाद तँलाई गुलियो हुन्छ ।

My child/son, eat honey, because it is good [for you]; the honey that drips from honeycombs tastes [very] sweet.

14 तेरो प्राणको लागि बुद्धि यही होः तैँले यसलाई भेट्टाइस् भने तेरो भविष्य सुन्दर हुने छ, र तेरो आशा निराश हुने छैन ।

Similarly, being wise is good for your soul; if you become wise, you will be [happy in] the future, and [God] will certainly [do for you what you are] confidently expecting him to do [LIT].

15 धर्मात्माको घरमाथि आक्रमण गर्ने दुष्‍ट मानिसजस्तै ढुकेर नबस् । त्यसको घर नभत्का ।

Do not be like wicked people who [hide and] wait to break into the houses of righteous/good [people] and rob/steal things.

16 किनकि धर्मात्मा सात पटक लोट्छ र फेरि उठ्छ, तर दुष्‍ट मानिसहरू विपत्तिद्वारा तल खसालिन्छन् ।

[Even if] good people fall down seven/many times, they [always] stand/get up again, but when a disaster happens to wicked [people], it ruins/destroys them.

17 तेरो शत्रुको पतन हुँदा उत्सव नमना, र त्यसले ठक्‍कर खाँदा तेरो हृदयलाई प्रसन्‍न हुन नदे ।

Do not be happy when something bad happens to one of your enemies; do not rejoice when he stumbles and falls,

18 नत्रता परमप्रभुले देख्‍नुहुने छ र असहमति जनाउनुहुने छ अनि त्यसबाट आफ्नो क्रोध हटाउनुहुने छ ।

because Yahweh will know what you are thinking, and he will not like it, and [as a result] he will not punish that enemy of yours.

19 खराबी गर्नेहरूको कारण चिन्ता नमान्, र दुष्‍ट मानिसहरूको ईर्ष्या नगर् ।

Do not become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not [SYN] envy them,

20 किनभने दुष्‍ट मानिसको कुनै भविष्य छैन, र दुष्‍ट मानिसको बत्ती निभाइने छ ।

because [nothing good] will happen to wicked people; they are [like] a lamp that will soon be extinguished [MET].

21 हे मेरो छोरो, परमप्रभुको भय मान्, र राजादेखि डरा । तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा लाग्‍नेहरूको सङ्गत नगर् ।

My child/son, revere Yahweh and [also] honor the king, and do not associate with people who want to rebel against either of them,

22 किनभने उहाँहरूको विपत्ति अकस्मात आइपर्ने छ, र उहाँहरू दुवैबाट आउने विनाशको मात्रा कसलाई थाहा छ र?

because those people will suddenly experience disasters; and no one knows [RHQ] what great disasters that God or the king can cause to happen to them.

23 यी पनि बुद्धिमान्‌का नीति-वचनहरू हुन् । मुद्दाको न्यायमा पक्षपात गर्नु राम्रो होइन ।

Here are more things that wise [people] have said: It is wrong for judges to decide matters unfairly [IDM].

24 दुष्‍ट मानिसलाई “तिमी धर्मात्मा हौ,” भनी भन्‍ने कुनै पनि व्यक्ति मानिसहरूद्वारा श्रापित हुने छ, र जाति-जातिहरूद्वारा घृणित हुने छ ।

If they say to people who are guilty, “You (are innocent/have not done something that is wrong),” [even] people in other nations will curse and despise them,

25 तर दुष्‍टलाई अनुशासनमा राख्‍नेहरू आनन्दित हुने छन्, र तिनीहरूमा भलाइका उपहारहरू आउने छन् ।

but if judges say that guilty people must be punished, things will go well for those judges, and (they will receive blessings/God will bless them).

26 इमानदार जवाफ दिनेले ओठमा चुम्बन दिन्छ ।

Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends [IDM].

27 तेरो बाहिरको काम तयार गर्, र खेतबारीमा गरिने हरेक काम तँ आफैले तयार राख् । त्यसपछि तेरो घर बना ।

First, do the work [that needs to be done] outside [your house], and prepare your fields, [and then plant things], and after you finish doing that, build your house.

28 विनाकारण तेरो छिमेकीको विरुद्धमा साक्षी नबन्, र तेरो ओठले छल्ने काम नगर् ।

[In the courtroom] do not testify against someone when you have no reason to do that, and do not [try to] deceive [people] by what you say [MTY].

29 यसो नभन्, “त्यसले मलाई गरेजस्तै म त्यसलाई गर्ने छु । त्यसले मलाई गरेको साटो म लिने छु ।”

Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for [the bad things that] he did to me.”

30 म अल्छे मानिसको खेतनेरबाट गएँ, बेसमझ मानिसको दाखबारीबाट भएर गएँ ।

One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.

31 जताततै काँढाहरू उम्रेका थिए; जमिन झारैझारले ढाकिएको थियो, र यसको ढुङ्गाको पर्खाल तोडिएको थियो ।

I was surprised to see that the fields were full of all kinds of thorny bushes, and the stone wall [around the garden] had (collapsed/fallen down).

32 तब मैले देखेका कुरामा मैले विचार गरेँ । मैले हेरेँ र अर्ती प्राप्‍त गरेँ ।

When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:

33 क्षणिक सुताइ, क्षणिक उँघाइ र आरामको लागि क्षणिक हात बाँध्‍ने कामले

[If you spend a lot of time] sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest,

34 गरिबी चोरझैँ आउने छ, र आवश्यकताचाहिँ हतियार भिरेको सिपाहीझैँ आउने छ ।

[soon] you will become poor; [it will be as though] [PRS, SIM] a bandit who had a weapon in his hand [attacked you and stole all that you had].