సామెతలు 8
It is as if wisdom, with great understanding [of many things], is calling [PRS] out [to people].
Wisdom stands on hilltops and at crossroads.
3 ౩ నగర ప్రధాన ద్వారం దగ్గర, ఇంటి గుమ్మాల దగ్గర, పట్టణపు కేంద్రాల దగ్గర నిలబడి జ్ఞానం బిగ్గరగా ఇలా ప్రకటిస్తూ ఉంది.
[Wisdom also stands] at the city gates and shouts loudly,
“I am calling to everyone! I am shouting loudly to all people!
5 ౫ జ్ఞానం లేని మనుషులారా, జ్ఞానం అంటే ఏమిటో తెలుసుకోండి. బుద్ధిహీనులారా, బుద్ధి అంటే ఎలాంటిదో ఆలోచించి గ్రహించండి.
You people who do not know how to do things that are smart to do, get sound judgment; you foolish people, get good understanding!
Listen to me, because I have some excellent/important things to say. What I say is what is fair/right.
I speak what is true; I detest speaking [MTY] what is false/deceptive.
Everything that I say is honest; there is nothing that I say that deceives [people].
My words are clear to those who have good sense; those who are wise know that what I say is right.
10 ౧౦ వెండి కోసం, స్వచ్ఛమైన బంగారం కోసం ఆశ పడకుండా నా ఉపదేశం అంగీకరించి, తెలివితేటలు సంపాదించుకోండి.
[If someone offers you the kind of teaching I give] or offers you silver, choose my teaching. [If he offers to show you how to be wise] or offers you gold, choose to know how to be wise,
because wisdom is more valuable than jewels. Nothing that you desire [is as valuable] as being wise.
I, wisdom, and understanding of what is smart to do, cannot be separated. We are like two people who live in the same house. I know how to be wise and how to make smart decisions.
13 ౧౩ దుష్టత్వాన్ని అసహ్యించుకోవడం అంటే యెహోవాపట్ల భయభక్తులు గలిగి ఉండడమే. గర్వం, అహంకారం, దుర్మార్గం, కుటిలమైన మాటలు నాకు హేయం.
[All the people] who revere Yahweh hate evil. I, wisdom, hate [people who are] proud and [people] who think they are more important [than others]. I hate [people who] behave in an evil way and those who say things to deceive [others].
14 ౧౪ అమితమైన జ్ఞానం, వివేకంతో కూడిన ఆలోచనలు నేనే అనుగ్రహిస్తాను. జ్ఞానానికి బల ప్రభావాలకు ఆధారం నేనే.
I give [people] good advice and I enable them to do things that are wise. I understand how things really are, and I am strong.
When kings are wise, they rule [well]; and when rulers are wise, they make laws that are just/fair.
Rulers govern their people with the help of me, wisdom, and those who have authority decide things fairly/just with my help.
17 ౧౭ నన్ను ప్రేమించే వాళ్ళను నేను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను. నన్ను జాగ్రత్తగా వెదికే వాళ్ళు నన్ను కనుక్కుంటారు.
I, [wisdom], love [all] those who love me, and [all] those who truly seek me [will] find me.
I enable [people] to become rich and to be honored; [I enable them to have] wealth that will last and to be successful.
19 ౧౯ నా వల్ల కలిగే ఫలం బంగారం కంటే, మేలిమి బంగారం కంటే విలువైనది. నాణ్యమైన వెండి కంటే నా ద్వారా కలిగే సమృద్ధి ప్రయోజనకరమైనది.
What I can give people is more valuable than fine/pure gold and the best silver.
I always do what is righteous and just/fair.
I give wealth to those who love me; I fill their houses with valuable things.
Yahweh created me, [wisdom], when he began [to create the world]; he created me [to do my work] before he created anything else.
He appointed me long ago, before he created the earth.
I was born before the oceans were [created], when there were no springs from which water flowed.
I was born before the hills and mountains were formed;
[I, wisdom], was born before Yahweh made the earth, before he made the fields and the soil on the earth.
I was there when Yahweh put the sky in place, when he marked the place [in the distance] where the sky and the oceans [seem to] come together.
I was there when Yahweh put the clouds above [the earth] and when he caused the water that is inside the earth to be secure.
29 ౨౯ భూమికి పునాదులు వేసినప్పుడు, సముద్ర జలాలు తమ సరిహద్దులు దాటకుండా సముద్రాలకు పొలిమేరలు ఏర్పరచినప్పుడు నేను ఉన్నాను.
I was there when he fixed a boundary for the seas, so that the water in the seas would not go past those boundaries, and when he put down the foundations which support the earth.
30 ౩౦ నేను ఆయనతోనే ఉన్నాను. ఆయన ముఖ్యమైన శిల్పకారుణ్ణి నేనే. నిరంతరం ఆయన నన్ను గూర్చి ఆనందించాడు. ఆయన సన్నిధిలో నేను నిత్యమూ ఆనందిస్తున్నాను.
I was at the side of Yahweh, the master worker (OR, as though I was his child). I caused him to be happy every day, and I was always rejoicing when I was with him.
31 ౩౧ ఆయన సృష్టించిన లోకాన్నిబట్టి, భూమిని బట్టి నాకు సంతోషం కలుగుతుంది. భూమిపై ఉన్న మానవ జాతిని చూసి ఆనందిస్తున్నాను.
I was delighted with the world that he created; I was happy with the people whom he created, too.
So, [you people who are like] my sons, listen to me. [I am] pleased with [all] those who obey my teachings.
Listen [carefully] to what I teach you and become wise. Do not reject my teaching!
34 ౩౪ నా ఉపదేశం వినేవాళ్ళు ధన్యులు. ప్రతిరోజూ నా గుమ్మం దగ్గర కనిపెట్టుకుని నా గుమ్మం తలుపుల దగ్గర నా కోసం కాచుకుని నా ఉపదేశం వినేవారు ధన్యులు.
[I am] pleased with those who listen to me, those who are outside my house every day, waiting [for me to come out].
Those who find me will have [a long] life, and Yahweh [will] be pleased with them.
36 ౩౬ నన్ను తృణీకరించేవాడు తనకు తానే హాని కలిగించుకుంటాడు. నన్ను అసహ్యించుకొనే వాళ్ళు మరణానికి స్నేహితులౌతారు.”
But those who stray away from me [just] harm themselves. All those who hate me, [it is as though] [IRO] they are loving death.”
