ಜ್ಞಾನೋಕ್ತಿಗಳು 8
Thou shalt proclaim wisdom, that understanding may be obedient to thee.
For she is on lofty eminences, and stands in the midst of the ways.
For she sits by the gates of princes, and sings in the entrances, [saying],
You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men.
O ye simple, understand subtlety, and ye that are untaught, imbibe knowledge.
Hearken to me; for I will speak solemn [truths]; and will produce right [sayings] from my lips.
For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse.
They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.
Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold.
For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.
I wisdom have dwelt [with] counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding.
13 ೧೩ ಯೆಹೋವನ ಭಯವು ಪಾಪದ್ವೇಷವನ್ನು ಹುಟ್ಟಿಸುತ್ತದೆ; ಗರ್ವ, ಅಹಂಭಾವ, ದುರ್ಮಾರ್ಗತನ, ಕುಟಿಲ ಭಾಷಣ ಇವುಗಳನ್ನು ಹಗೆಮಾಡುತ್ತೇನೆ.
The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.
Counsel and safety are mine; prudence is mine, and strength is mine.
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth.
I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find [me].
Wealth and glory belong to me; yea, abundant possessions and righteousness.
19 ೧೯ ನನ್ನಿಂದಾಗುವ ಫಲವು ಬಂಗಾರಕ್ಕಿಂತಲೂ ಹೌದು ಅಪರಂಜಿಗಿಂತಲೂ ಉತ್ತಮ. ನನ್ನ ಮೂಲಕವಾದ ಆದಾಯವು ಚೊಕ್ಕ ಬೆಳ್ಳಿಗಿಂತಲೂ ಅಮೂಲ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ.
[It is] better to have my fruit than [to have] gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.
I walk in ways of righteousness, and [am] conversant with the paths of judgment;
that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things. If I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember [also] to recount the things of old.
The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.
He established me before time [was] in the beginning, before he made the earth:
even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth:
before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.
The Lord made countries and uninhabited [tracks], and the highest inhabited parts of the world.
When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds:
and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:
29 ೨೯ ಪ್ರವಾಹಗಳು ತನ್ನ ಅಪ್ಪಣೆಯನ್ನು ಮೀರದ ಹಾಗೆ ಆತನು ಸಮುದ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಮೇರೆಯನ್ನು ನೇಮಿಸಿ, ಭೂಮಿಯ ಅಸ್ತಿವಾರಗಳನ್ನು ಗೊತ್ತುಮಾಡುವಾಗ,
decree. and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:
I was by him, suiting [myself to him], I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.
For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.
Now then, [my] son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall hearken to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;
[Hear wisdom and be wise, and ] [be not strangers to it. ]
34 ೩೪ ನನ್ನ ದ್ವಾರಗಳ ಬಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿದಿನವೂ ಕಾಯುತ್ತಾ ಬಾಗಿಲಿನ ನಿಲವುಗಳ ಹತ್ತಿರವಿದ್ದು, ಜಾಗರೂಕನಾಗಿ ನನ್ನ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇಳುವವನು ಭಾಗ್ಯವಂತನು.
watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances.
For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and [in them] is prepared favour from the Lord.
36 ೩೬ ಯಾವನು ನನಗೆ ತಪ್ಪುಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೋ ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ಆತ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಕೇಡುಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾನೆ; ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಹಗೆಮಾಡುವವರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಮರಣವನ್ನು ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.”
But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.
