हितोपदेश 27
1 भोलीको विषयमा घमण्ड नगर्, किनकि एकै दिनमा के आइपर्छ भनी तँलाई थाहा छैन ।
Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
2 कसैले तेरो प्रशंसा गरोस्, तेरै आफ्नै मुखले होइन; परदेशीले गरोस्, तेरो ओठले होइन ।
Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
3 ढुङ्गाको बोझ र बालुवाको ओजनलाई विचार गर् । मूर्खको चिढ्याइ ती दुवैभन्दा गरुङ्गो हुन्छ ।
A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
4 झोँकको क्रोध र रिसको बाढी छ, तर डाहको सामु को खडा हुन सक्छ र?
Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
5 गुप्त प्रेमभन्दा खुला हप्की बेस हो ।
Better is open protest than love kept secret.
6 मित्रले दिएको चोट पत्यारलाग्दो हुन्छ, तर शत्रुले तँलाई प्रचुर मात्रामा चुम्बन गर्न सक्छ ।
The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
7 पेटभरि खाएको मानिसले महको चाकालाई पनि इन्कार गर्छ, तर भोकाएको व्यक्तिलाई हरेक तितो कुरो मिठो लाग्छ ।
The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.
8 आफ्नो गुँडबाट भट्किएर निस्केको चरा आफ्नो बासस्थानबाट बरालिएको मानिसझैँ हुन्छ ।
Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
9 अत्तर र धूपले हृदयलाई आनन्द दिन्छ, तर मित्रको मिठास उसको इमानदार सल्लाहबाट आउँछ ।
Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
10 आफ्नो मित्र र मित्रको बुबालाई नत्याग्, अनि तेरो विपत्तिको दिनमा तेरो भाइको घरमा नजा । टाढाको भाइभन्दा नजिकको छिमेकी उत्तम हुन्छ ।
Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.
11 हे मेरो छोरो, बुद्धिमान हो, र मेरो हृदयलाई आनन्दित तुल्या । तब मेरो खिल्ली उडाउनेलाई म जवाफ दिने छु ।
My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.
12 विवेकी मानिसले सङ्कष्ट देखेर आफैलाई लुकाउँछ, तर निर्बुद्धि अगाडि बढ्छ र त्यसैको कारण दुःख भोग्छ ।
The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
13 परदेशीको जमानी बस्नेको खास्टो पनि खोस्नू, र त्यसले अनैतिक स्त्रीको लागि यसो गरेको भए त्यो धरौटी राख्नू ।
Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
14 कसैले आफ्नो छिमेकीलाई बिहान सबेरै चर्को सोरमा आशिष् दिन्छ भने, त्यो आशिष्लाई श्राप ठानिन्छ ।
He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.
15 झगडालु पत्नी वर्षाको समयमा एकहोरो तपतप चुहुने झरीजस्तै हो ।
Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
16 त्यसलाई नियन्त्रण गर्नु बतासलाई नियन्त्रण गर्नुझैँ हो वा दाहिने हातमा तेललाई समात्नुझैँ हो ।
He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.
17 फलामले फलामलाई उध्याउँछ । त्यसै गरी, मानिसले आफ्नो मित्रलाई उध्याउँछ ।
Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.
18 अञ्जीरको रुख गोडमेल गर्नेले यसको फल खाने छ, र आफ्नो गुरुको रक्षा गर्नेले आदर पाउँछ ।
Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.
19 जसरी पानीले मानिसको अनुहार प्रतिबिम्बित गर्छ, त्यसै गरी मानिसको हृदयले उसको प्रतिबिम्बित गर्छ ।
Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.
20 जसरी पाताल र एब्बाड्डोन कहिल्यै सन्तुष्ट हुँदैनन्, त्यसै गरी मानिसका आँखा कहिल्यै सन्तुष्ट हुँदैनन् । (Sheol h7585)
The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough. (Sheol h7585)
21 चाँदी पगाल्न भाँडो र सुन खार्न आरन हुन्छ, अनि मानिसको प्रशंसा हुँदा त्यसको जाँच हुन्छ ।
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.
22 मूर्खलाई खलमा वा अन्नलाई झैँ जाँतोमा हालेर पिँधे तापनि त्यसको मूर्खता त्यसबाट हट्ने छैन ।
Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
23 तेरा भेडा-बाख्राहरूको अवस्था राम्ररी थाहा गर, र तेरा गाईवस्तुहरूको बारेमा ध्यान दे ।
Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
24 किनकि धन-सम्पत्ति सदाको लागि होइन । के मुकुट सबै पुस्ताभरि रहन्छ र?
For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.
25 पराल कहिले हटाइन्छ र नयाँ पालुवा कहिले पलाउँछ अनि डाँडापाखाबाट घाँस कहिले बटुलिन्छ भनी तँलाई थाहा हुनुपर्छ ।
The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.
26 ती भेडाहरूले तेरो वस्त्र जुटाउने छन्, र बाख्राहरूले खेतको मूल्य जुटाउने छन् ।
The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:
27 तँ र तेरो घरानाको भोजनको लागि बाख्रीको दूध उपलब्ध हुने छ र त्यो तेरा नोकर्नीहरूलाई पोषण हुने छ ।
There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.
