Proverbs 8
1 Does not wisdom call out, and prudence bestow her voice?
के बुद्धिले आव्हान गर्दैन र? के समझशक्तिले त्यसको सोर उचाल्दैन र?
2 At the summits and the tops of exalted places, standing above the ways, in the midst of the paths,
बाटोको छेउका उच्च ठाउँहरूमा, चौबाटाहरूमा बुद्धिले आफ्नो ठाउँ लिएको छ ।
3 beside the gates of the city, at the very doors, she speaks, saying:
सहरको मूल ढोकाको सामु, प्रवेशद्वारमा त्यो चर्को सोरले यसरी कराउँछ,
4 “O men, to you I call out, and my voice is to the sons of men.
“हे मानिसहरू हो, म तिमीहरूलाई नै आव्हान गर्दछु । मेरो सोर मानव-जातिका छोराहरूका लागि हो ।
5 O little ones, understand discernment. And you who are unwise, turn your souls.
तिमीहरू जो निर्बुद्धि छौ, बुद्धि प्राप्त गर । तिमीहरू जो मूर्ख छौ, तिमीहरूले समझशक्तिको हृदय प्राप्त गर ।
6 Listen, for I will speak about great things, and my lips will be opened, so as to foretell what is right.
सुन, किनकि म आदरणीय कुराहरूको विषयमा बताउने छु, र मेरो ओठ खुला हुँदा मैले सिधा कुराहरू भन्ने छु ।
7 My throat shall practice truth, and my lips shall detest the impious.
किनकि मेरो मुखले भरोसायोग्य कुरा बताउँछ, र दुष्टता मेरो ओठको लागि घृणित कुरो हो ।
8 All my words are just. There is no depravity in them, and no perversity.
मेरो मुखका सबै वचन न्यायपूर्ण छन् । तिनमा कुनै पनि बाङ्गोटिङ्गो छैन वा तिनले गलत मार्गमा लैजाँदैनन् ।
9 They are upright to those who understand, and equitable to those who discover knowledge.
बुझ्नेको व्यक्तिको लागि ती सबै सिधा छन् । ज्ञान पाउनेहरूका लागि मेरा वचनहरू उचित छन् ।
10 Accept my discipline, and not money. Choose the doctrine that is greater than gold.
चाँदीभन्दा मेरो निर्देशनलाई प्राप्त गर । निखुर सुनभन्दा मेरो ज्ञानलाई प्राप्त गर ।
11 For wisdom is better than all that is most precious, and everything that is desirable cannot compare to her.
किनकि बुद्धि रत्नहरूभन्दा बहुमूल्य हुन्छ । कुनै पनि खजाना यसको समान छैन ।
12 I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and I am inside learned thoughts.
म बुद्धि सावधानीसित बस्छु, र म ज्ञान र विवेक अधिकार गर्छु ।
13 The fear of the Lord hates evil. I detest arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
परमप्रभुको भय खराबीलाई घृणा गर्नु हो । म घमण्ड, अहङ्कार, दुष्ट मार्ग र भड्काउने बोलीवचनलाई घृणा गर्दछु । म तिनीहरूलाई घृणा गर्दछु ।
14 Counsel is mine, and equity. Prudence is mine. Strength is mine.
मसित असल सरसल्लाह र पक्का बुद्धि छ । म अन्तर्दृष्टि हुँ । मसित सामर्थ्य छ ।
15 Through me, kings reign and legislators decree just conditions.
मद्वारा नै राजाहरूले शासन गर्छन्, र शासकहरूले न्यायपूर्ण व्यवस्था बनाउँछन् ।
16 Through me, princes rule and the powerful decree justice.
मद्वारा नै राजकुमारहरू र कुलीनहरूले शासन गर्छन्, अनि सबैले न्यायसित शासन चलाउँछन् ।
17 I love those who love me. And those who stand watch for me until morning shall discover me.
मलाई प्रेम गर्नेहरूलाई म प्रेम गर्दछु, र मलाई परिश्रमसाथ खोज्नेहरूले मलाई भेट्टाउँछन् ।
18 With me, are wealth and glory, superb riches and justice.
मसित रुपियाँ-पैसा र इज्जत, टिकिरहने धन-सम्पत्ति र धार्मिकता छन् ।
19 For my fruit is better than gold and precious stones, and my progeny better than choice silver.
मेरो फल सुनभन्दा अर्थात् निखुर सुनभन्दा श्रेष्ठ छ । मेरो उत्पादन निखुर चाँदीभन्दा श्रेष्ठ छ ।
20 I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
म धार्मिकताको मार्गमा, न्यायका मार्गहरूका बिचमा हिँड्छु ।
21 so that I may enrich those who love me, and thus complete their treasures.
परिणामस्वरूप, मलाई प्रेम गर्नेहरूलाई म धन-सम्पत्तिले सम्पन्न तुल्याउने छु । म तिनीहरूका ढुकुटीहरू भरिदिने छु ।
22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning.
परमप्रभुले मलाई सुरुमा अर्थात् उहाँका सुरुका कार्यहरूभन्दा पहिले नै सृष्टि गर्नुभयो ।
23 I was ordained from eternity, and out of antiquity, before the earth was formed.
पृथ्वीको आरम्भदेखि नै युगौँ पहिले मलाई बनाइएको थियो ।
24 The abyss did not yet exist, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains of waters yet erupted.
महासागरहरू हुनुभन्दा पहिले नै, पानीले भरिपूर्ण खोला-नालाहरू हुनुभन्दा पहिले नै मलाई जन्म दिइयो ।
25 The mountains, with their great mass, had not yet been established. Before the hills, I was brought forth.
पहाडहरू स्थापित गरिनुअगि, डाँडाहरू बनाइनुअगि म जन्मेको थिएँ ।
26 Still he had not made the earth, and the rivers, and the poles of the globe of the earth.
परमप्रभुले पृथ्वी वा जमिनहरू वा संसारको पहिलो धुलो बनाउनुअगि म जन्मेको थिएँ ।
27 I was already present: when he prepared the heavens; when, with a certain law and a circuit, he fortified the abyss;
उहाँले आकाशहरू स्थापित गर्नुहुँदा, महासागरको सतहमा घेरा लगाउनुहुँदा म त्यहाँ थिएँ ।
28 when he made firm the sky above, and set free the fountains of waters;
उहाँले माथि बादलहरू स्थापित गर्नुहुँदा र महासागरका मूलहरूलाई तिनीहरूका स्थानमा बसाल्नुहुँदा म त्यहाँ थिएँ ।
29 when he encompassed the sea within its limits, and laid down a law for the waters, lest they transgress their limits; when he weighed the foundations of the earth.
उहाँको आज्ञाविना पानी आफ्नो सिमानाभन्दा बाहिर नजाओस् भन्नाका लागि उहाँले समुद्रको सिमा तोकिदिनुहुँदा र सुक्खा भूमिका जगहरू बसाल्नुहुँदा म त्यहाँ थिएँ ।
30 I was with him in composing all things. And I was delighted, throughout every day, by playing in his sight at all times,
एउटा सिपालु कारीगरझैँ म उहाँको छेउमा थिएँ । दिनप्रति दिन म उहाँको आनन्द भएँ र सधैँभरि उहाँको सामु आनन्दित हुन्थेँ ।
31 playing in globe of the earth. And my delight was to be with the sons of men.
म उहाँको सारा संसारमा रमाउँदै थिएँ, र मानव-जातिका छोराहरूमा मेरो आनन्द थियो ।
32 Therefore, sons, hear me now. Blessed are those who preserve my ways.
अब हे मेरा छोराहरू हो, मेरो कुरा सुन, किनकि मेरा मार्गहरूमा हिँड्ने आशिषित् हुने छन् ।
33 Listen to discipline, and become wise, and do not be willing to cast it aside.
मेरो निर्देशनलाई सुनेर बुद्धिमान् होओ । यसलाई बेवास्ता नगर ।
34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, and who stands watch at my gates every day, and who observes at the posts of my doors.
मेरो कुरा सुन्ने जन आशिषित् हुने छ । मेरा ढोकाहरूको चौकोसनेर प्रतीक्षा गर्दै उसले हरेक दिन मेरा ढोकाहरूमा हेर्ने छ ।
35 He who finds me, finds life, and he will draw salvation from the Lord.
किनकि मलाई भेट्ने जोसुकैले पनि जीवन पाउँछ, र उसले परमप्रभुको निगाह पाउने छ ।
36 But he who sins against me will wound his own soul. All who hate me love death.”
तर असफल हुनेले चाहिँ आफ्नै जीवनमा हानि ल्याउँछ । मलाई घृणा गर्ने सबैले मृत्युलाई प्रेम गर्छ ।”
