हितोपदेश 5
1 हे मेरो छोरो, मेरो बुद्धिमा ध्यान लगा । मेरो समझशक्तिमा कान थाप ।
[My] son, attend to my wisdom, and apply your ear to my words;
2 यसरी तैँले विवेकको विषयमा सिक्ने छस्, र तेरो ओठले ज्ञानको रक्षा गर्न सक्ने छ ।
that you may keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives you a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman;
3 किनकि व्यभिचारी स्त्रीको ओठबाट मह चुहन्छ, र त्यसको मुख तेलभन्दा पनि चिल्लो हुन्छ ।
for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases your palate:
4 तर अन्त्यमा त्यो ऐरेलु जत्तिकै तितो हुन्छ, र दुईधारे तरवारजस्तै धारिलो हुन्छ ।
but afterwards you will find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword.
For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established. (Sheol h7585)
6 त्यसले जीवनको मार्गको बारेमा सोच्दैन । त्यसका चालहरू भौँतारिन्छन् । कहाँ जाँदै छे भनी त्यसलाई थाहै हुँदैन ।
For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known.
7 अब हे मेरा छोराहरू हो, मेरो कुरा सुन । मेरो मुखका वचनहरू सुन्नदेखि नतर्क ।
Now then, [my] son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect.
8 तिमीहरूको मार्ग त्यसबाट परै राख, र त्यसको घरको ढोका नजिक नआओ ।
Remove your way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house:
9 यसरी तिमीहरूले आफ्नो इज्जत अरूलाई दिने छैनौ वा तिमीहरूको उमेर क्रुर व्यक्तिलाई दिने सुम्पने छैनौ ।
lest you give away your life to others, and your substance to the merciless:
10 परदेशीहरूले तिमीहरूको धन-सम्पत्तिमा भोज लगाउने छैनन् । तिमीहरूले जेको लागि काम गरेका छौ, त्यो परदेशीहरूको घरमा जाने छैन ।
lest strangers be filled with your strength, and your labors come into the houses of strangers;
11 तिमीहरूका मासु र छाला गलिसक्दा तिमीहरूको जीवनको अन्त्यमा तिमीहरूले विलाप गर्ने छौ ।
And you repent at last, when the flesh of your body is consumed,
12 तिमीहरूले भन्ने छौ, “हाय, मैले निर्देशनलाई कसरी घृणा गरेँ, र मेरो हृदयले सुधारलाई तुच्छ ठान्यो!
and you shall say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs!
13 मैले मेरा शिक्षकहरूको आज्ञा मानिनँ वा मेरा प्रशिक्षकहरूका कुरा सुन्न कान थापिनँ ।
I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear.
14 सभाको बिचमा, मानिसहरूको जमघटमा म झण्डै पूर्ण रूपमा विनाश भएँ ।”
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15 आफ्नै कुण्डको पानी पिउनू, र आफ्नै कुवाबाट बगेको पानी पिउनू ।
Drink waters out of your own vessels, and out of your own springing wells.
16 के तेरो कुवाको पानी जताततै र तेरो खोलाको पानी सार्वजनिक चोकहरूमा बग्न दिने?
Let not waters out of your fountain be spilt by you, but let your waters go into your streets.
17 ती तेरा लागि मात्र होऊन्, र तँसित भएका परदेशीहरूका लागि नहोऊन् ।
Let them be only your own, and let no stranger partake with you.
18 तेरो फुहाराले आशिष् पाओस्, र तेरो युवावस्थाकी पत्नीसित तँ आनन्दित भएको होस् ।
Let your fountain of water be [truly] your own; and rejoice with the wife of your youth.
19 किनकि त्यो मायालु मृग र अनुग्रहमय हरिणझैँ छे । त्यसका स्तनहरूले तँलाई सधैँभरि सन्तुष्ट पारून् । त्यसको प्रेमद्वारा तँ निरन्तर रूपमा मोहित तुल्याइएको होस् ।
Let [your] loving hart and your graceful colt company with you, and let her be considered your own, and be with you at all times; for ravished with her love you shall be greatly increased.
20 हे मेरो छोरो, तँ किन व्यभिचारी स्त्रीद्वारा फसाइने? तैँले किन अनैतिक स्त्रीलाई अङ्गालो हाल्ने?
Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold yourself in the arms of a woman not your own.
21 मानिसले गर्ने हरेक कुरो परमप्रभुले देख्नुहुन्छ, र त्यसका सबै मार्गलाई उहाँले निगरानी गर्नुहुन्छ ।
For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on all his paths.
22 दुष्ट व्यक्ति आफ्नै अधर्मद्वारा पासोमा पर्ने छ । त्यसको पापका डोरीहरूले त्यसलाई कसेर बाँध्ने छ ।
Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins.
23 निर्देशनको कमीले त्यो मर्ने छ । त्यसको असीम मूर्खताद्वारा त्यसले बाटो बिराउँछ ।
Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly.
