नीतिसूत्रे 14
Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.
2 २ जो सरळपणे चालतो तो परमेश्वराचे भय धरतो, पण जो कोणी आपल्या मार्गात अप्रामाणिक आहे तो त्यास तुच्छ मानतो.
He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
6 ६ निंदक ज्ञानाचा शोध करतो आणि काहीच मिळत नाही, पण जो कोणी बुद्धिमान आहे त्यास ज्ञान मिळवणे सोपे आहे.
A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands.
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.
The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14 १४ जो कोणी अविश्वासू आहे त्यास त्याच्या वागणुकीचे फळ मिळेल, पण चांगल्या मनुष्यास जे काही त्याचे आहे तेच मिळेल.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.
A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends.
21 २१ जो कोणी आपल्या शेजाऱ्याचा तिरस्कार करतो तो पापी आहे, परंतु जो कोणी गरीबावर दया दाखवतो तो आनंदी आहे.
He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
22 २२ जो दुष्ट योजना आखतो तो चुकीच्या मार्गाने जात नाही का? पण जो कोणी चांगले करण्याची योजना करतो, तो कराराचा विश्वास आणि विश्वसनियता स्वीकारतो.
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies.
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In the multitude of people is the king’s honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
31 ३१ जो मनुष्य गरीबांवर जुलूम करतो तो त्याच्या निर्माणकर्त्याला शाप देतो, परंतु जो गरजवंतावर दया करतो तो त्याचा सन्मान करतो.
He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.
Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the middle of fools is made known.
Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
35 ३५ शहाणपणाने वागणाऱ्या सेवकावर राजाची मर्जी असते, पण जो लज्जास्पद कृत्य करतो त्याच्यासाठी त्याचा राग आहे.
The king’s favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.
