أَمْثَالٌ 1
| أَمْثَالُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: | ١ 1 |
The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
| لِمَعْرِفَةِ حِكْمَةٍ وَأَدَبٍ. لِإِدْرَاكِ أَقْوَالِ ٱلْفَهْمِ. | ٢ 2 |
That one may learn wisdom and instruction, And receive words of understanding;
| لِقُبُولِ تَأْدِيبِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ وَٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ. | ٣ 3 |
That one may gain the instruction of prudence, Justice, equity, and uprightness;
| لِتُعْطِيَ ٱلْجُهَّالَ ذَكَاءً، وَٱلشَّابَّ مَعْرِفَةً وَتَدَبُّرًا. | ٤ 4 |
Which will give caution to the simple, To the young man wisdom and discretion;
| يَسْمَعُهَا ٱلْحَكِيمُ فَيَزْدَادُ عِلْمًا، وَٱلْفَهِيمُ يَكْتَسِبُ تَدْبِيرًا. | ٥ 5 |
Let the wise man hear, and he will increase his knowledge, And the man of understanding will gain wise counsels;
| لِفَهْمِ ٱلْمَثَلِ وَٱللُّغْزِ، أَقْوَالِ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ وَغَوَامِضِهِمْ. | ٦ 6 |
So as to understand a proverb and a deep maxim, The words of the wise and their dark sayings.
| مَخَافَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ رَأْسُ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ، أَمَّا ٱلْجَاهِلُونَ فَيَحْتَقِرُونَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلْأَدَبَ. | ٧ 7 |
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
| اِسْمَعْ يَا ٱبْنِي تَأْدِيبَ أَبِيكَ، وَلَا تَرْفُضْ شَرِيعَةَ أُمِّكَ، | ٨ 8 |
Hear, O my son! the instruction of thy father, And neglect not the teaching of thy mother!
| لِأَنَّهُمَا إِكْلِيلُ نِعْمَةٍ لِرَأْسِكَ، وَقَلَائِدُ لِعُنُقِكَ. | ٩ 9 |
For they shall be a graceful wreath for thy head, And a chain around thy neck.
| يَا ٱبْنِي، إِنْ تَمَلَّقَكَ ٱلْخُطَاةُ فَلَا تَرْضَ. | ١٠ 10 |
My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not!
| إِنْ قَالُوا: «هَلُمَّ مَعَنَا لِنَكْمُنْ لِلدَّمِ. لِنَخْتَفِ لِلْبَرِيءِ بَاطِلًا. | ١١ 11 |
If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us lurk secretly for him who is innocent in vain;
| لِنَبْتَلِعْهُمْ أَحْيَاءً كَٱلْهَاوِيَةِ، وَصِحَاحًا كَٱلْهَابِطِينَ فِي ٱلْجُبِّ، (Sheol h7585) | ١٢ 12 |
Let us swallow them up alive, like the underworld, Yea, in full health, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
| فَنَجِدَ كُلَّ قِنْيَةٍ فَاخِرَةٍ، نَمْلَأَ بُيُوتَنَا غَنِيمَةً. | ١٣ 13 |
We shall find all kinds of precious substance, We shall fill our houses with spoil;
| تُلْقِي قُرْعَتَكَ وَسْطَنَا. يَكُونُ لَنَا جَمِيعًا كِيسٌ وَاحِدٌ». | ١٤ 14 |
Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse;”—
| يَا ٱبْنِي، لَا تَسْلُكْ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ مَعَهُمْ. اِمْنَعْ رِجْلَكَ عَنْ مَسَالِكِهِمْ. | ١٥ 15 |
My son, walk thou not in their way, Refrain thy foot from their path!
| لِأَنَّ أَرْجُلَهُمْ تَجْرِي إِلَى ٱلشَّرِّ وَتُسْرِعُ إِلَى سَفْكِ ٱلدَّمِ. | ١٦ 16 |
For their feet run to evil, And make haste to shed blood.
| لِأَنَّهُ بَاطِلًا تُنْصَبُ ٱلشَّبَكَةُ فِي عَيْنَيْ كُلِّ ذِي جَنَاحٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
For as the net is spread in vain Before the eyes of any bird,
| أَمَّا هُمْ فَيَكْمُنُونَ لِدَمِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ. يَخْتَفُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ. | ١٨ 18 |
So they lie in wait for their own blood; They lurk secretly for their own lives.
| هَكَذَا طُرُقُ كُلِّ مُولَعٍ بِكَسْبٍ. يَأْخُذُ نَفْسَ مُقْتَنِيهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
Such are the ways of every one greedy of unjust gain; It taketh away the life of the possessor thereof.
| اَلْحِكْمَةُ تُنَادِي فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ. فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ تُعْطِي صَوْتَهَا. | ٢٠ 20 |
Wisdom crieth out in the highway; In the market-place she uttereth her voice;
| تَدْعُو فِي رُؤُوسِ ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ، فِي مَدَاخِلِ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ. فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تُبْدِي كَلَامَهَا | ٢١ 21 |
At the head of the noisy streets she crieth aloud; At the entrances of the gates, throughout the city, she proclaimeth her words [[saying]]:
| قَائِلَةً: «إِلَى مَتَى أَيُّهَا ٱلْجُهَّالُ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْجَهْلَ، وَٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئُونَ يُسَرُّونَ بِٱلِٱسْتِهْزَاءِ، وَٱلْحَمْقَى يُبْغِضُونَ ٱلْعِلْمَ؟ | ٢٢ 22 |
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? How long will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
| اِرْجِعُوا عِنْدَ تَوْبِيخِي. هَأَنَذَا أُفِيضُ لَكُمْ رُوحِي. أُعَلِّمُكُمْ كَلِمَاتِي. | ٢٣ 23 |
Turn ye at my reproof! Behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make known my words to you!
| «لِأَنِّي دَعَوْتُ فَأَبَيْتُمْ، وَمَدَدْتُ يَدِي وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُبَالِي، | ٢٤ 24 |
“Because I have called, and ye have refused, —Because I have stretched out my hand, and no one hath regarded.
| بَلْ رَفَضْتُمْ كُلَّ مَشُورَتِي، وَلَمْ تَرْضَوْا تَوْبِيخِي. | ٢٥ 25 |
Because ye have rejected all my counsel, And have slighted my rebuke, —
| فَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَضْحَكُ عِنْدَ بَلِيَّتِكُمْ. أَشْمَتُ عِنْدَ مَجِيءِ خَوْفِكُمْ. | ٢٦ 26 |
I also will laugh at your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;
| إِذَا جَاءَ خَوْفُكُمْ كَعَاصِفَةٍ، وَأَتَتْ بَلِيَّتُكُمْ كَٱلزَّوْبَعَةِ، إِذَا جَاءَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ شِدَّةٌ وَضِيقٌ. | ٢٧ 27 |
When your fear cometh upon you like a storm. And destruction overtaketh you like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.
| حِينَئِذٍ يَدْعُونَنِي فَلَا أَسْتَجِيبُ. يُبَكِّرُونَ إِلَيَّ فَلَا يَجِدُونَنِي. | ٢٨ 28 |
Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer! They will seek me early, But they shall not find me!
| لِأَنَّهُمْ أَبْغَضُوا ٱلْعِلْمَ وَلَمْ يَخْتَارُوا مَخَافَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ٢٩ 29 |
Because they have hated knowledge, And have not chosen the fear of the LORD, —
| لَمْ يَرْضَوْا مَشُورَتِي. رَذَلُوا كُلَّ تَوْبِيخِي. | ٣٠ 30 |
Because they would not attend to my counsel, And have despised all my reproof, —
| فَلِذَلِكَ يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ ثَمَرِ طَرِيقِهِمْ، وَيَشْبَعُونَ مِنْ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ. | ٣١ 31 |
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own devices;
| لِأَنَّ ٱرْتِدَادَ ٱلْحَمْقَى يَقْتُلُهُمْ، وَرَاحَةَ ٱلْجُهَّالِ تُبِيدُهُمْ. | ٣٢ 32 |
Yea, the turning away of the simple shall slay them, And the carelessness of fools shall destroy them.
| أَمَّا ٱلْمُسْتَمِعُ لِي فَيَسْكُنُ آمِنًا، وَيَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ خَوْفِ ٱلشَّرِّ». | ٣٣ 33 |
But whoso hearkeneth to me shall dwell securely, And shall not be disquieted with the fear of evil.”
