हितोपदेश 30
1 याकेका छोरा आगूरका वचनहरू अर्थात् ईश्वरवाणीः यी मानिसले इथीएल र यूकाललाई घोषणा गरेका हुन्:
Words of Agur, son of Jakeh, the burden, a declaration of the man to Ithiel—to Ithiel and Ucal: I have wearied myself [for] God, I have wearied myself [for] God, and am consumed.
2 निश्चय नै म कुनै पनि मानिसभन्दा पशुजस्तो छु, र मसित मानिसको समझशक्ति छैन ।
For I am more brutish than anyone, And do not have the understanding of a man.
3 मैले बुद्धि प्राप्त गरेको छैनँ, न त मसित परमपवित्रको ज्ञान नै छ ।
Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet I know the knowledge of the Holy Ones.
4 स्वर्ग उक्लेर को तल झरेको छ र? आफ्ना हातको मुट्ठीमा कसले बतासलाई बटुलेको छ र? कसले पानीलाई आफ्नो खास्टोमा जम्मा गरेको छ र? कसले पृथ्वीका कुना-कुनालाई स्थापित गरेको छ र? उहाँको नाउँ के हो र उहाँका पुत्रको नाउँ के हो? निश्चय नै तँलाई थाहा होला!
Who went up to the heavens, and comes down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What [is] His Name? And what [is] His Son’s Name? Surely you know!
5 परमेश्वरको हरेक वचन जाँचिएको छ । उहाँमा शरण लिनेहरूका लागि उहाँ ढाल हुनुहुन्छ ।
Every saying of God [is] tried, He [is] a shield to those trusting in Him.
6 उहाँका वचनहरूमा नथप् नत्रता उहाँले तँलाई अनुशासनमा राख्नुहुने छ, र तँ झुटो ठहरिने छस् ।
Do not add to His words, lest He reason with you, And you have been found false.
7 म तपाईंबाट दुईवटा कुरा माग्दछु । म मर्नुअगि ती मबाट नरोक्नुहोस् ।
Two things I have asked from You, Do not withhold from me before I die.
8 व्यर्थता र झुटलाई मबाट पर राखिदिनुहोस् । मलाई दरिद्रता वा धन-सम्पत्ति नदिनुहोस् । मलाई आवश्यक पर्ने भोजन मात्र दिनुहोस् ।
Put vanity and a lying word far from me, Do not give poverty or wealth to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,
9 किनकि मसित धेरै भए भने मैले तपाईंलाई इन्कार गरेर भनूँला, “परमप्रभु को हो र?” वा गरिब भएँ भने, मैले चोरेर मेरा परमेश्वरको नाउँ अपवित्र तुल्याउँला ।
Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, “Who [is] YHWH?” And lest I am poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the Name of my God.
10 मालिकको सामु त्यसको नोकरको निन्दा नगर्, नत्रता त्यसले तँलाई सराप्ने छ, र तँ दोषी बन्ने छस् ।
Do not accuse a servant to his lord, Lest he disapprove of you, and you are found guilty.
11 आफ्ना बुबाहरूलाई सराप्ने र आमाहरूलाई आशिष् नदिने पुस्ता पनि छ ।
A generation lightly esteems their father, And does not bless their mother.
12 आफ्नै दृष्टिमा शुद्ध हुने पुस्ता पनि छ, तापनि तिनीहरू आफ्नो फोहोरबाट सफा भएका छैनन् ।
A generation—pure in their own eyes, But not washed from their own filth.
13 अहङ्कारी आँखा भएकाहरूको पुस्ता पनि छ, जसको हेराइ अति घृणास्पद हुन्छ ।
A generation—how high are their eyes, Indeed, their eyelids are lifted up.
14 यस्तो पुस्ता पनि छ जसका दाँत तरवारहरू हुन्, र तिनीहरूका बङ्गारा छुराजस्तै छन्, ताकि तिनीहरूले देशबाट गरिबहरूलाई र मानव-जातिबाट खाँचोमा परेकाहरूलाई निल्न सकून् ।
A generation—their teeth [are] swords, And their jaw-teeth [are] knives, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from [among] men.
15 जूकाका दुई छोरी छन् । “देऊ, देऊ” भन्दै तिनीहरू चिच्च्याउँछन् । तिनवटा कुरा छन् जुन कहिल्यै सन्तुष्ट हुँदैनन्, र चारवटा कुरा जसले कहिल्यै “पुग्यो” भन्दैनन् ।
To the leech [are] two daughters—Give! Give! Behold, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said “Sufficiency”;
16 पाताल, बाँझी स्त्री, पानीले कहिल्यै सन्तुष्ट नहुने जमिन र कहिल्यै “पुग्यो” नभन्ने आगो । (Sheol h7585)
Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth—it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire—it has not said, “Sufficiency,” (Sheol h7585)
17 बुबालाई खिल्ली उडाउने र आमाको आज्ञालाई खिसी गर्ने आँखालाई बेँसीका कागहरूले ठुँगेर बाहिर निकाल्ने छन्, र त्यसलाई गिद्धहरूले खाने छन् ।
An eye that mocks at a father, And despises to obey a mother, Ravens of the valley dig it out, And young eagles eat it.
18 तिनवटा कुरा छन्, जुन मेरा लागि ज्यादै उदेकका छन्, चारवटा छन्, जसलाई म बुझ्न सक्दिनँ:
Three things have been too wonderful for me, Indeed, four that I have not known:
19 आकाशमा चिलको चाल, चट्टानमा सर्पको चाल, समुद्रको बिचमा जहाजको चाल र तरुणीसित पुरुषको चाल ।
The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.
20 व्यभिचारी स्त्रीको चाल यस्तो हुन्छः त्यसले खाएर आफ्नो मुख पुछ्छे अनि भन्छे, “मैले कुनै गल्ती गरेकी छैनँ ।”
So—the way of an adulterous woman, She has eaten and has wiped her mouth, And has said, “I have not done iniquity.”
21 तिनवटा कुराबाट पृथ्वी काम्छ, र चारवटा कुरालाई यसले सहन सक्दैनः
For three things has earth been troubled, And for four—it is not able to bear:
22 राजा भएको नोकर, खानाले टन्न अघाएको मूर्ख,
For a servant when he reigns, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
23 विवाह गर्ने माया नपाएकी स्त्री र आफ्नी मालिक्नीलाई पन्छाएर उक्त ठाउँमा बस्ने नोकर्नी ।
For a hated one when she rules, And a maidservant when she succeeds her mistress.
24 पृथ्वीमा चारवटा कुरा साना छन्, र पनि तिनीहरू अत्यन्तै बुद्धिमान् छन्:
Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:
25 कमिलाहरू निर्बल प्राणी हुन्, तरै पनि तिनीहरूले ग्रीष्म ऋतुमा आफ्नो भोजन तयार पार्छन् ।
The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare their food in summer,
26 शापानहरू शक्तिशाली प्राणी होइनन्, तरै पनि पहरामा तिनीहरूले आफ्नो घर बनाउछन् ।
hyraxes [are] a people not strong, And they place their house in a rock,
27 सलहहरूको कुनै राजा हुँदैन, तरै पनि तिनीहरू हुल बाँधेर अगाडि बढ्छन् ।
There is no king to the locust, And it goes out—each one shouting,
28 छेपाराहरूलाई तपाईंका दुईवटा हातले समात्न सकिन्छ, तरै पनि तिनीहरू राजदरबारमा पाइन्छन् ।
A spider with two hands takes hold, And is in the palaces of a king.
29 तिनवटा कुरा छन्, जो आफ्नो हिँडाइमा रवाफिला छन् र चारवटा छन् जुन शानसँग हिँड्छन्:
There are three going well, Indeed, four are good in going:
30 सिंह पशुहरूमध्ये सबैभन्दा शक्तिशाली हुन्छ, जो कुनै प्राणीदेखि तर्कंदैन ।
An old lion—mighty among beasts, That does not turn back from the face of any,
31 शानसँग हिँड्ने कुखुराको भाले, बोका र आफ्नो छेउमा सिपाहीहरू राखेर हिँड्ने राजा ।
A girt one of the loins, Also a male goat, And a king—troops with him.
32 आफैलाई उचालेर तँ मूर्ख भएको छस् भने वा तैँले खराबीको योजना रचेको छस् भने हातले तेरो मुख थुनिहाल् ।
If you have been foolish in lifting yourself up, And if you have devised evil—hand to mouth!
33 जसरी दूध मथेर घिउ निस्कन्छ, र नाक ठोक्किँदा रगत निस्कन्छ, त्यसरी नै रिसमा गरिएको कामले द्वन्द्व उत्पन्न गराउँछ ।
For the churning of milk brings out butter, And the wringing of the nose brings out blood, And the forcing of anger brings out strife!
