సామెతలు 22
A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.
The rich and the poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
The reward of humility [and] the fear of the LORD [is] riches, and honour, and life.
Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the froward: he that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
8 ౮ దుర్మార్గాన్ని విత్తనంగా చల్లేవాడు కీడు అనే పంట కోసుకుంటాడు. వాడి క్రోధమనే కర్ర నిరర్థకమై పోతుంది.
He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity: and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and ignominy shall cease.
He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
12 ౧౨ జ్ఞానం గలవాడిపై యెహోవా చూపు నిలుపుకుని అతణ్ణి కాపాడతాడు. విశ్వాస ఘాతకుల మాటలు ఆయన కొట్టి పారేస్తాడు.
The eyes of the LORD preserve [him that hath] knowledge, but he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be murdered in the streets.
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
15 ౧౫ పిల్లవాడి హృదయంలో మూఢత్వం సహజంగానే ఉంటుంది. బెత్తంతో విధించే శిక్ష దాన్ని వాడిలోనుండి తోలివేస్తుంది.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16 ౧౬ తన ఆస్తిపాస్తులు పెంచుకోవాలని పేదలను పీడించే వారికి, ధనవంతులకే ఇచ్చే వాడికి నష్టమే కలుగుతుంది.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain, and] he that giveth to the rich, [cometh] only to want.
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.
Have not I written unto thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge;
To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them.
24 ౨౪ కోపం అదుపులో ఉంచుకోలేని వాడితో స్నేహం చెయ్య వద్దు. క్రోధంతో రంకెలు వేసే వాడి దగ్గరికి వెళ్ల వద్దు.
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; and with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts:
If thou hast not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
