நீதிமொழிகள் 23
1 ௧ நீ ஒரு அதிபதியோடு சாப்பிடுவதற்கு உட்கார்ந்தால், உனக்கு முன்பாக இருக்கிறதை நன்றாகக் கவனித்துப்பார்.
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
Do not be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
Do not weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
5 ௫ இல்லாமற்போகும் பொருள்மேல் உன்னுடைய கண்களை ஏன் பறக்கவிடவேண்டும்? அது கழுகைப்போல சிறகுகளைத் தனக்கு உண்டாக்கிக்கொண்டு, வானில் பறந்துபோகும்.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies,
7 ௭ அவனுடைய இருதயத்தின் நினைவு எப்படியோ, அப்படியே அவனும் இருக்கிறான்; சாப்பிடும், குடியும் என்று அவன் உன்னோடு சொன்னாலும், அவனுடைய இருதயம் உன்னோடு இருக்காது.
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Do not move the ancient boundary stone. Do not encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Do not withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14 ௧௪ நீ பிரம்பினால் அவனை அடிக்கிறதினால் பாதாளத்திற்கு அவனுடைய ஆத்துமாவைத் தப்புவிப்பாயே. (Sheol h7585)
Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol (Sheol h7585).
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear the LORD all day long.
Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
Do not be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Buy the truth, and do not sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
29 ௨௯ ஐயோ, யாருக்கு வேதனை? யாருக்குத் துக்கம்? யாருக்குச் சண்டைகள்? யாருக்குப் புலம்பல்? யாருக்குக் காரணமில்லாத காயங்கள்? யாருக்கு இரத்தம்கலங்கின கண்கள்?
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 ௩0 மதுபானம் இருக்கும் இடத்திலே தங்கி வாழ்பவர்களுக்கும், கலப்புள்ள சாராயத்தை நாடுகிறவர்களுக்கும்தானே.
Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
31 ௩௧ மதுபானம் இரத்த நிறமாக இருந்து, பாத்திரத்தில் பளபளப்பாகத் தோன்றும்போது, நீ அதைப் பார்க்காதே; அது மெதுவாக இறங்கும்.
Do not look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
35 ௩௫ என்னை அடித்தார்கள், எனக்கு நோகவில்லை; என்னை அறைந்தார்கள், எனக்குச் சுரணையில்லை; நான் அதைப் பின்னும் தொடர்ந்து தேட எப்பொழுது விழிப்பேன் என்பாய்.
“They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I do not feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I will look for more.”
