సామెతలు 30
The words of Agur the son of Yakeh, even the prophecy: the man said unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ukkal,
“Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a common man.
Nor have I learned wisdom, so that I should have knowledge of the Holy One.
4 ౪ ఆకాశానికెక్కి దిగివచ్చిన వాడెవడు? తన పిడికిళ్లతో గాలిని పట్టుకున్నవాడెవడు? బట్టలో నీళ్లు మూటకట్టినవాడెవడు? భూమి దిక్కులన్నిటిని స్థాపించిన వాడెవడు? ఆయన పేరుగానీ ఆయన కుమారుడి పేరుగానీ నీకు తెలుసా?
Who was it that ascended into heaven, and came down again? who gathered the wind in his fists? who bound the waters in a garment? who set up all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest it?”
Every saying of God is purified: he is a shield unto those that put their trust in him.
Do not add aught unto his words: lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Two things do I request of thee: deny them not to me before I die.
8 ౮ వ్యర్థమైన వాటిని ఆబద్ధాలను నాకు దూరం చెయ్యి. పేదరికాన్నిగానీ ఐశ్వర్యాన్ని గానీ నాకు ఇవ్వొద్దు. చాలినంత అన్నం మాత్రం పెట్టు.
Vanity and lying words do thou remove far from me: neither poverty nor riches give thou unto me; let me eat the bread appointed unto me:
9 ౯ ఎక్కువైతే నేను కడుపు నిండి నిన్ను తిరస్కరించి “యెహోవా ఎవరు?” అంటానేమో. లేదా పేదరికం వల్ల దొంగతనం చేసి నా దేవుని నామాన్ని తెగనాడతానేమో.
Lest I become over-full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I become poor, and steal, and trespass against the name of my God.
10 ౧౦ దాసుని గూర్చి వాడి యజమానితో కొండేలు చెప్పకు. వాడు నిన్ను తిట్టుకుంటాడు. ఒకవేళ నీవు శిక్షార్హుడి వౌతావు.
Do not calumniate a servant unto his master: lest he curse thee, and thou incur guilt.
There is a generation that curseth its father, and doth not bless its mother.
There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not washed [clean] of its filthiness.
There is a generation—O how lofty are its eyes! and its eyelids are so lifted up.
14 ౧౪ దేశంలో ఉండకుండాా దరిద్రులను మింగేస్తూ మనుషుల్లో ఉండకుండాా పేదలను నశింపజేయడానికి కత్తుల్లాటి పళ్లు, పదునైన దవడ పళ్లు ఉన్న వారి తరం ఉంది.
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and whose string teeth are as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
15 ౧౫ జలగకు ఇవ్వు, ఇవ్వు అనే పేరున్న కూతురులిద్దరు ఉన్నారు. తృప్తిలేనివి మూడు ఉన్నాయి. చాలు అని పలకనివి నాలుగు ఉన్నాయి.
Insatiability hath two daughters, [crying, ] Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things which never say, Enough:
The nether world; and a barren womb; the earth which is not satisfied with water; and the fire which never saith, Enough. (Sheol h7585)
17 ౧౭ తండ్రిని దూషిస్తూ తల్లి మాట వినని వాడి కళ్ళు లోయ కాకులు పీక్కుతింటాయి. పక్షిరాజు పిల్లలు వాటిని తింటాయి.
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, this shall the ravens of the valley pick out; and the young eagles shall eat it.
Three things there are which are too wonderful for me; and four, which I know not:
19 ౧౯ అవి, అంతరిక్షంలో గరుడ పక్షి జాడ, బండమీద పాము జాడ, నడిసముద్రంలో ఓడ వెళ్ళే జాడ, కన్యతో మగవాడి జాడ.
The way of the eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a young woman.
Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wrong.
Under three things the earth trembleth, and under four which she cannot bear:
Under a servant when he becometh king, and a worthless fool when he hath eaten enough bread;
Under an odious woman when she is married, and a bond-woman when she dispossesseth her mistress.
There are four which are the little ones of the earth, and they are nevertheless exceedingly wise:
The ants are a people not strong, therefore do they prepare in the summer their food;
The conies are but a feeble people, therefore do they place on the rocks their houses;
The locusts have no king, and yet they go forth in troops altogether;
The spider thou canst catch with [thy] hands, and yet she is in the palaces of a king.
Three there are that have a stately step, and four, that are stately in going:
The lion, the mightiest among beasts, who turneth not round from before any one;
The light-legged greyhound, and the he-goat; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
If thou hast become degraded by lifting up thyself, or if thou hast devised evil, put thy hand to thy mouth:
For the pressure of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressure of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the pressure of wrath bringeth forth strife.
