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if you don't work, you don't eat; no work, no food
A well-known proverb emphasizing the duty to work for one's living; often quoted in discussions about work ethic or social welfare.
「働かざる者食うべからず」という言葉は、勤労の大切さを教えている。
The saying 'If you don't work, you don't eat' teaches the importance of labor.
彼は働かざる者食うべからずの精神で、毎日真面目に働いている。
He works diligently every day with the spirit of 'no work, no food'.
A Japanese rendering of a biblical principle (2 Thessalonians 3:10), using classical negative form ざる and the volitional/imperative べからず.