हितोपदेश 7
1 हे मेरो छोरो, मेरा वचनहरू पालन गर्, र मेरा आज्ञाहरू तँभित्र सञ्चय गरेर राख् ।
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
2 मेरा आज्ञाहरू पालन गरेर बाँच्, र मेरो निर्देशनलाई तेरो आँखाको नानीजस्तै जोगाइराख् ।
Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.
3 तिनलाई तेरा औँलाहरूमा बेह्रेर राख् । तिनलाई तेरो हृदयको पाटीमा लेखेर राख् ।
Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
4 बुद्धिलाई भन्, “तिमी मेरी बहिनी हौँ,” र समझशक्तिलाई आफ्नो आफन्त भन् ।
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
5 तब तिनले तँलाई व्यभिचारी स्त्री र अनैतिक स्त्रीको मोहित तुल्याउने कुराहरूबाट बचाउने छन् ।
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
6 मेरो घरको झ्यालमा बसेर मैले आँखी-झ्यालबाट हेर्दै थिएँ ।
For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
7 मैले सोझा मानिसहरूलाई हेरेँ, र युवाहरूका बिचमा एक जना निर्बुद्धिलाई ख्याल गरेँ ।
And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
8 त्यो जवान मानिस त्यस स्त्री बस्ने गल्ली नजिकबाट गयो, र त्यो स्त्रीको घरतर्फ लाग्यो ।
Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,
9 साँझको बेलामा दिन ढल्कँदै थियो, जुन बेला अन्धकार छाएको थियो ।
In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
10 एउटी स्त्रीले त्यसलाई भेटी, जसले वेश्याले जस्तै पहिरन लगाएकी थिई र त्यसको हृदय धूर्त थियो ।
And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
11 त्यो चञ्चली र जिद्दीवाल थिई । त्यो आफ्नो घरमा बस्दिनथी ।
(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:
12 त्यो कहिले सडकमा त कहिले बजारमा बस्थी, अनि हरेक कुनाकाप्चामा त्यो लुकेर बस्थी ।
Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)
13 त्यसले उसलाई पक्रेर चुम्बन गरी, र निर्लज्ज चेहरा लिएर भनी,
So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] with an impudent face she said unto him:
14 “आज मैले आफ्नो मेलबलि चढाएँ; मेरा भाकलहरू पुरा गरेँ ।
Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows.
15 त्यसैले म तपाईंलाई भेट्न, उत्सुकतासाथ तपाईंको मुहार हेर्न आएकी हुँ, र अहिले मैले तपाईंलाई भेट्टाएकी छु ।
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16 मैले मेरो ओछ्यानमा मिश्र देशको रङ्गिन तन्ना ओछ्याएकी छु ।
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
17 मैले मेरो ओछ्यानमा मूर्र, एलवा र दालचिनी छर्केकी छु ।
I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 आउनुहोस्, बिहानसम्मै हामी प्रेमको सागरमा डुबौँ । हामी प्रेमको कार्यमा रमाऔँ ।
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.
19 किनकि मेरा पति घरमा हुनुहुन्न । उहाँ लामो यात्रामा जानुभएको छ ।
For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:
20 उहाँले आफूसित पैसाको थैली लिएर जानुभएको छ । उहाँ पूर्णिमामा मात्र घर फर्कनुहुने छ ।”
He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.
21 धेरै कुराकानी गरेर त्यो उसकहाँ फर्की । त्यसले आफ्ना मोहित तुल्याउने कुराहरूलाई उसलाई फकाई ।
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
22 मारिनलाई लगिएको गोरुझैँ र पासोमा परेको मृगझैँ त्यो अकस्मात् स्त्रीको पछि लाग्यो ।
He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;
23 वाणले त्यसको कलेजो नछेडेसम्म त्यो पछि लागरिरह्यो । त्यो जालतिर कुदिरहरेको चरोजस्तो थियो । आफ्नो ज्यानै गुमाउनुपर्थ्यो भनी त्यसलाई थाहा थिएन ।
Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
24 अब हे मेरा छोराहरू हो, मेरो कुरा सुन । मेरा मुखका वचनहरूलाई ध्यान देओ ।
Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.
25 तिमीहरूको हृदय त्यसका मार्गहरूमा नलागोस् । त्यसका मार्गहरूमा बरालिएर नजाओ ।
Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.
26 त्यसले धेरै मानिसहरूलाई फसाएकी छे । त्यसका सिकारहरू धेरै छन् ।
For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
