हितोपदेश 4
1 हे मेरा छोराहरू हो, बुबाको निर्देशन सुन, र ध्यान देओ ताकि समझशक्ति के रहेछ भनी तिमीहरूले जान्न सक ।
Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence.
2 म तिमीहरूलाई असल निर्देशनहरू दिँदै छु । मेरो शिक्षालाई नत्याग ।
I will bestow upon you a good gift. Do not relinquish my law.
3 म मेरो बुबाको छोरो हुँदा, मेरी आमाको कोमल र एक मात्र सन्तान हुँदा,
For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother.
4 उहाँले मलाई सिकाउनुभयो, र भन्नुभयो, “तेरो हृदयले मेरा वचनहरू पक्रिराख् । मेरा आज्ञाहरू पालन गरेर बाँच् ।
And he taught me, and he also said: “Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live.
5 बुद्धि र समझशक्ति प्राप्त गर् । मेरो मुखका वचनहरूलाई नबिर्सी र इन्कार नगर् ।
Obtain wisdom, obtain prudence. May you neither forget, nor turn away from, the words of my mouth.
6 बुद्धिलाई नत्याग् र त्यसले तेरो निगरानी गर्ने छ । त्यसलाई प्रेम गर्, र त्यसले तँलाई सुरक्षा दिने छ ।
Do not send her away, and she will guard you. Love her, and she will preserve you.
7 बुद्धि सबैभन्दा महत्त्वपूर्ण वस्तु हो । त्यसैले बुद्धि प्राप्त गर्, र समझशक्ति प्राप्त गर्न सबै मूल्य चुका ।
The beginning of wisdom is to obtain wisdom, and, with all that you possess, to acquire prudence.
8 बुद्धिलाई कदर गर्, र त्यसले तँलाई माथि उठाउने छ । तैँले त्यसलाई अङ्गाल्दा त्यसले तेरो इज्जत गर्ने छ ।
Grasp her, and she will exalt you. You will be glorified by her, when you have embraced her.
9 बुद्धिले तेरो शिरमा आदरको माला पहिराइदिने छ । त्यसले तँलाई सुन्दर मुकुट दिने छ ।”
She will bestow upon your head an increase in graces, and she will protect you with a noble crown.
10 हे मेरो छोरो, मेरा वचनहरू सुन्, र तिनलाई ध्यान दे, अनि तेरो जीवनको आयु लामो हुने छ ।
Listen, my son, and accept my words, so that years of life may be multiplied for you.
11 म तँलाई बुद्धिको बाटोमा लैजान्छु । म तँलाई सिधा बाटाहरूमा अगुवाइ गर्छु ।
I will demonstrate to you the way of wisdom. I will lead you along the paths of equity.
12 तँ हिँड्दा तेरो बाटोमा कोही खडा हुने छैन, र तँ दौडिस् भने पनि ठक्कर खाने छैनस् ।
When you have entered by these, your steps will not be constrained, and when running, you will have no obstacle.
13 निर्देशनलाई समातेर राख्; यसलाई जान नदे । यसलाई पहरा दे, किनकि यो तेरो जीवन हो ।
Take hold of discipline. Do not dismiss it. Guard it, for it is your life.
14 दुष्टहरूको चालमा नहिँड् र खराबी गर्नेहरूको मार्गमा नजा ।
Do not delight in the paths of the impious, nor permit the way of evil-doers to please you.
15 त्यसलाई त्यागिदे; त्यसमा नहिँड् । त्यसबाट फर्केर अर्को बाटो लाग् ।
Take flight from it. Do not pass close to it. Turn away and abandon it.
16 किनकि तिनीहरूले खराबी नगरेसम्म तिनीहरू सुत्न सक्दैनन्, र तिनीहरूले कसैलाई नलडाएसम्म तिनीहरूलाई निन्द्रै लाग्दैन ।
For they do not sleep, unless they have done evil. And their sleep is quickly taken away from them, unless they have overthrown.
17 किनकि तिनीहरूले दुष्टताको रोटी खान्छन्, र हिंसाको मद्य पिउँछन् ।
They eat the bread of impiety, and they drink the wine of iniquity.
18 तर धर्मी मानिसहरूको मार्ग प्रभातको पहिलो किरणजस्तै हो । मध्यदिन नआएसम्म यो झन्-झन् चम्किलो हुन्छ ।
But the path of the just is like a shining light: it advances and increases, even to the day of completion.
19 दुष्टहरूको मार्ग अन्धकारजस्तै छ । तिनीहरू केमा ठक्कर खान्छन् भनी तिनीहरूलाई थाहै हुँदैन ।
The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall.
20 हे मेरो छोरो, मेरा वचनहरूलाई ध्यान दे । मेरा भनाइहरू सुन्न तेरो कान थाप ।
My son, pay attention to my sermons, and incline your ear to my eloquent words.
21 तेरो नजरबाट तिनलाई उम्केर जान नदे । तिनलाई तेरो हृदयमा राख् ।
Let them not recede from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
22 किनकि मेरा वचनहरू पाउनेका लागि ती जीवन हुन्, र तिनीहरूको पुरै शरीरको लागि स्वास्थ्य हो ।
For they are life to those who find them and health to all that is flesh.
23 तेरो हृदयलाई सुरक्षित राख्, र पुरा मेहनतसाथ यसको रक्षा गर्, किनकि यसबाट नै जीवनका मूलहरू उम्रन्छन् ।
Preserve your heart with all watchfulness, for life proceeds from this.
24 कुवाक्यलाई तँबाट पर राख्, र भ्रष्ट कुराकानीलाई तँबाट टाढा राख् ।
Remove from yourself a corrupt mouth, and let detracting lips be far from you.
25 तेरा आँखाले सिधा अगाडि हेरून्, र तेरो अगिल्तिर सिधा एकटक लगाएर हेर् ।
Let your eyes look straight ahead, and let your eyelids precede your steps.
26 तेरो खुट्टाको लागि नैतिकताको मार्ग बना । तब तेरा सबै मार्गहरू सुरक्षित हुने छन् ।
Direct the path of your feet, and all your ways shall be secure.
27 दाहिने वा देब्रेतिर नलाग् । खराबीबाट तेरो चाललाई फर्का ।
Turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left; yet turn your foot away from evil. For the Lord knows the ways that are on the right, and truly, those that are on the left are perverse. But he himself will make your courses straight. Then your journey will advance in peace.
