ਕਹਾਉਤਾਂ 30
These are sayings/messages that God gave to Agur, the son of Jakeh. [Agur wrote them] for Ithiel and Ucal.
It seems that I am very stupid; I do not deserve to be considered to be a human; I do not have the good sense that humans should have.
I have not learned [how to become] wise and I do not know [much] about God.
4 ੪ ਅਕਾਸ਼ ਉੱਤੇ ਕੌਣ ਚੜਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਫੇਰ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਉਤਰਿਆ? ਕਿਹ ਨੇ ਪੌਣ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੀ ਮੁੱਠੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਮੇਟਿਆ? ਕਿਹ ਨੇ ਪਾਣੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਚਾਦਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੰਨਿਆ? ਕਿਹ ਨੇ ਧਰਤੀ ਦੇ ਸਾਰੇ ਬੰਨੇ ਠਹਿਰਾਏ? ਉਹ ਦਾ ਕੀ ਨਾਮ ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਦੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਦਾ ਕੀ ਨਾਮ ਹੈ? ਜੇ ਤੂੰ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹੈਂ, ਤਾਂ ਦੱਸ!
[But let me say this]: No one [RHQ] has ascended to heaven [to find out what God is like] and returned [to tell us]. No one [RHQ] has gathered/held the wind in his hand. No one [RHQ] has wrapped the water [in the ocean] in [a piece of] cloth, and no one [RHQ] has established the boundaries of the earth. [If you know who has done those things, tell me] [RHQ] his name, and the names of his children [SAR]! [But you do not know who has done those things, so you cannot speak with authority about what God is like].
Everything that God has said is true; he is [like] a shield [MET] for all those who request him to protect them.
Do not add to (OR, change) what God has said; if you do that, he will rebuke you and show that you are lying.
[God], I ask you to do two things for me; [please] do them before I die:
8 ੮ ਮਿੱਥਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਝੂਠ ਨੂੰ ਮੇਰੇ ਤੋਂ ਦੂਰ ਕਰ ਦੇ, ਮੈਨੂੰ ਨਾ ਤਾਂ ਗਰੀਬੀ ਨਾ ਧਨ ਦੇ, ਮੇਰੀ ਰੋਜ਼ ਦੀ ਰੋਟੀ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਖਿਲਾ,
Help me never to lie or deceive [people] and do not cause me to become poor or to become rich. [Just] give me the food that I need;
9 ੯ ਕਿਤੇ ਮੈਂ ਰੱਜ ਪੁੱਜ ਕੇ ਮੁੱਕਰ ਜਾਂਵਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਆਖਾਂ “ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਕੌਣ ਹੈ?” ਅਥਵਾ ਕਿਤੇ ਮੈਂ ਥੁੜਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੋਵਾਂ ਤੇ ਚੋਰੀ ਕਰਾਂ, ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦੇ ਨਾਮ ਦੀ ਬਦਨਾਮੀ ਕਰਾਂਵਾਂ।
because if I become rich, I might say that I do not [RHQ] know you and that I do not need you; and if I become poor, I might dishonor you by stealing things.
Do not (slander/say bad things about) a worker to his boss; if you do that, the worker will curse you, and cause you to have trouble.
[I will list four kinds of evil things that people do]: Some people curse their fathers and do not [ask God to] bless their mothers.
Some people think that they are perfect, but [really] they have never been cleansed from their guilt for committing disgusting sins.
13 ੧੩ ਅਜਿਹੀ ਪੀੜ੍ਹੀ ਵੀ ਹੈ! ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟ ਕਿਹੀ ਘਮੰਡ ਭਰੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਪਲਕਾਂ ਕੇਹੀਆਂ ਉਤਾਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਉੱਠੀਆਂ ਰਹਿੰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ!
Some people are very proud; they think that they are very good and they despise others.
14 ੧੪ ਅਜਿਹੀ ਪੀੜ੍ਹੀ ਵੀ ਹੈ ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਦੰਦ ਤਲਵਾਰਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਦਾੜਾਂ ਛੁਰੀਆਂ ਹਨ, ਭਈ ਓਹ ਮਸਕੀਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੋਂ ਅਤੇ ਕੰਗਾਲਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਆਦਮੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਖਾ ਜਾਣ।
Some people [act very cruelly toward others]; [it is as though] [MET] they have teeth that are [like] sharp knives; they severely oppress poor [people] and try to cause them to disappear from the land.
15 ੧੫ ਜੋਕ ਦੀਆਂ ਦੋ ਧੀਆਂ ਹਨ ਜੋ ਦੇ, ਦੇ ਆਖਦੀਆਂ ਰਹਿੰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ। ਤਿੰਨ ਚੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਹਨ ਜੋ ਕਦੀ ਰੱਜਦੀਆਂ ਹੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਗੋਂ ਚਾਰ ਹਨ ਜੋ ਕਦੀ ਬਸ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਖਦੀਆਂ,
Leeches [are always wanting more blood to suck]; [similarly, greedy people are always] saying “Give [me some]!” or “Give [me more]!” [MET] There are four things that are never (satisfied/content with what they have); they always want more [LIT]:
16 ੧੬ ਪਤਾਲ ਅਤੇ ਬਾਂਝ ਦੀ ਕੁੱਖ, ਧਰਤੀ ਜੋ ਜਲ ਨਾਲ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੀ, ਅਤੇ ਅੱਗ ਜੋ ਕਦੀ “ਬਸ” ਨਹੀਂ ਆਖਦੀ। (Sheol h7585)
The place where the dead people are; women who do not have any children; ground that needs water/rain; and a fire that always needs more wood. (Sheol h7585)
17 ੧੭ ਜਿਹੜੀ ਅੱਖ ਪਿਉ ਦਾ ਮਖ਼ੌਲ ਉਡਾਉਂਦੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਮਾਂ ਦੀ ਆਗਿਆਕਾਰੀ ਨੂੰ ਤੁੱਛ ਜਾਣਦੀ ਹੈ, ਵਾਦੀ ਦੇ ਕਾਂ ਉਹ ਨੂੰ ਖੋਦ-ਖੋਦ ਕੱਢਣਗੇ, ਅਤੇ ਗਿਰਝਾਂ ਦੇ ਬੱਚੇ ਉਹ ਨੂੰ ਖਾ ਜਾਣਗੇ।
Those who [SYN] make fun of their fathers or refuse to obey their mothers (OR, despise their aged mothers) should [die and] have their eyes pecked out by crows, and the [rest of their corpses should be] fed to the vultures.
There are four things that are wonderful to me, [but] I do not understand any of them:
19 ੧੯ ਅਕਾਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਕਾਬ ਦਾ ਰਾਹ, ਚੱਟਾਨ ਉੱਤੇ ਸੱਪ ਦਾ ਰਾਹ, ਸਮੁੰਦਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਦਾ ਰਾਹ, ਅਤੇ ਕੁਆਰੀ ਨਾਲ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦੀ ਚਾਲ।
How eagles fly in the sky, how snakes [are able to] move/crawl across a big rock, how ships sail on the seas, and how a man falls in love with a woman.
20 ੨੦ ਵਿਭਚਾਰਨ ਦੀ ਚਾਲ ਵੀ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਖਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਮੂੰਹ ਪੂੰਝ ਲੈਂਦੀ, ਤੇ ਆਖਦੀ ਹੈ, ਮੈਂ ਕੋਈ ਬੁਰਿਆਈ ਨਹੀਂ ਕੀਤੀ।
This is what a woman who (is not faithful to/does not have sex only with) her husband does: She commits adultery [EUP], and [then] bathes and says, “I have not done anything that is wrong!”
There are four things that no [one in] the world can tolerate:
[What] a slave [does who] becomes a king, a foolish person eating [too much] food,
[what] a woman who is hated [does when she] gets married, and [what] a female servant [does when she] becomes the boss instead of her mistress.
[There are] four animals on the earth that are small, but they are very wise:
Ants are not strong, but they store up food during the summer [in order to have it during the winter].
Rock badgers [also] are not strong, but they make their homes among the rocks [where they will be safe].
Locusts do not have a king, but they march like [the soldiers in] an army.
Lizards/Geckos [are very small and] you can hold them in your hand, but they are [cleverly able to get] inside kings’ palaces.
[There are] four animals that strut around and look very impressive while they walk [DOU]:
Lions, which are stronger than all other animals and are not afraid of any of them;
male goats, strutting roosters, and kings who (parade/walk proudly back and forth) in front of the people whom they rule.
32 ੩੨ ਜੇ ਤੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਉੱਚਿਆਂ ਕਰਕੇ ਮੂਰਖਤਾ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ, ਜਾਂ ਕੋਈ ਬੁਰਾ ਮਤਾ ਪਕਾਇਆ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਮੂੰਹ ਉੱਤੇ ਹੱਥ ਰੱਖ,
If you have acted foolishly, exalting yourself, or if you been planning [to do something] evil, stop it immediately [IDM]!
33 ੩੩ ਕਿਉਂ ਜੋ ਦੁੱਧ ਰਿੜਕਣ ਨਾਲ ਮੱਖਣ ਨਿੱਕਲਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਨੱਕ ਮਰੋੜਨ ਨਾਲ ਲਹੂ ਨਿੱਕਲਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਭੜਕਾਉਣ ਨਾਲ ਝਗੜਾ ਪੈਦਾ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
If you churn milk, it produces butter/curds, and if you hit [someone hard on his] nose, [his nose] bleeds; similarly, if you do something to cause [people to become] angry, strife [usually] results.
