أَمْثَالٌ 11
| مَوَازِينُ غِشٍّ مَكْرَهَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَٱلْوَزْنُ ٱلصَّحِيحُ رِضَاهُ. | ١ 1 |
A false balance is an abomination to Adonai, but accurate weights are his delight.
| تَأْتِي ٱلْكِبْرِيَاءُ فَيَأْتِي ٱلْهَوَانُ، وَمَعَ ٱلْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ حِكْمَةٌ. | ٢ 2 |
When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.
| اِسْتِقَامَةُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ تَهْدِيهِمْ، وَٱعْوِجَاجُ ٱلْغَادِرِينَ يُخْرِبُهُمْ. | ٣ 3 |
The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
| لَا يَنْفَعُ ٱلْغِنَى فِي يَوْمِ ٱلسَّخَطِ، أَمَّا ٱلْبِرُّ فَيُنَجِّي مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ. | ٤ 4 |
Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
| بِرُّ ٱلْكَامِلِ يُقَوِّمُ طَرِيقَهُ، أَمَّا ٱلشِّرِّيرُ فَيَسْقُطُ بِشَرِّهِ. | ٥ 5 |
The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
| بِرُّ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ يُنَجِّيهِمْ، أَمَّا ٱلْغَادِرُونَ فَيُؤْخَذُونَ بِفَسَادِهِمْ. | ٦ 6 |
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
| عِنْدَ مَوْتِ إِنْسَانٍ شِرِّيرٍ يَهْلِكُ رَجَاؤُهُ، وَمُنْتَظَرُ ٱلْأَثَمَةِ يَبِيدُ. | ٧ 7 |
When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of vain striving of iniquity comes to nothing.
| اَلصِّدِّيقُ يَنْجُو مِنَ ٱلضِّيقِ، وَيَأْتِي ٱلشِّرِّيرُ مَكَانَهُ. | ٨ 8 |
A upright person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.
| بِٱلْفَمِ يُخْرِبُ ٱلْمُنَافِقُ صَاحِبَهُ، وَبِالْمَعْرِفَةِ يَنْجُو ٱلصِّدِّيقُونَ. | ٩ 9 |
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the upright will be delivered through knowledge.
| بِخَيْرِ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ تَفْرَحُ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ، وَعِنْدَ هَلَاكِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ هُتَافٌ. | ١٠ 10 |
When it goes well with the upright, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
| بِبَرَكَةِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ تَعْلُو ٱلْمَدِينَةُ، وَبِفَمِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ تُهْدَمُ. | ١١ 11 |
By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
| اَلْمُحْتَقِرُ صَاحِبَهُ هُوَ نَاقِصُ ٱلْفَهْمِ، أَمَّا ذُو ٱلْفَهْمِ فَيَسْكُتُ. | ١٢ 12 |
One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.
| ٱلسَّاعِي بِٱلْوِشَايَةِ يُفْشِي ٱلسِّرَّ، وَٱلْأَمِينُ ٱلرُّوحِ يَكْتُمُ ٱلْأَمْرَ. | ١٣ 13 |
One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.
| حَيْثُ لَا تَدْبِيرٌ يَسْقُطُ ٱلشَّعْبُ، أَمَّا ٱلْخَلَاصُ فَبِكَثْرَةِ ٱلْمُشِيرِينَ. | ١٤ 14 |
Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.
| ضَرَرًا يُضَرُّ مَنْ يَضْمَنُ غَرِيبًا، وَمَنْ يُبْغِضُ صَفْقَ ٱلْأَيْدِي مُطْمَئِنٌّ. | ١٥ 15 |
He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
| اَلْمَرْأَةُ ذَاتُ ٱلنِّعْمَةِ تُحَصِّلُ كَرَامَةً، وَٱلْأَشِدَّاءُ يُحَصِّلُونَ غِنًى. | ١٦ 16 |
A chen ·gracious· woman obtains kavod ·weighty glory·, but violent men obtain riches.
| اَلرَّجُلُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ يُحْسِنُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ، وَٱلْقَاسِي يُكَدِّرُ لَحْمَهُ. | ١٧ 17 |
The man of chesed ·loving-kindness· does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
| اَلشِّرِّيرُ يَكْسَبُ أُجْرَةَ غِشٍّ، وَٱلزَّارِعُ ٱلْبِرَّ أُجْرَةَ أَمَانَةٍ. | ١٨ 18 |
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
| كَمَا أَنَّ ٱلْبِرَّ يَؤُولُ إِلَى ٱلْحَيَاةِ كَذَلِكَ مَنْ يَتْبَعُ ٱلشَّرَّ فَإِلَى مَوْتِهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
He who is truly upright gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.
| كَرَاهَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ مُلْتَوُو ٱلْقَلْبِ، وَرِضَاهُ مُسْتَقِيمُو ٱلطَّرِيقِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Adonai, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
| يَدٌ لِيَدٍ لَا يَتَبَرَّرُ ٱلشِّرِّيرُ، أَمَّا نَسْلُ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ فَيَنْجُو. | ٢١ 21 |
Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the upright will be delivered.
| خِزَامَةُ ذَهَبٍ فِي فِنْطِيسَةِ خِنْزِيرَةٍ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ ٱلْجَمِيلَةُ ٱلْعَدِيمَةُ ٱلْعَقْلِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
| شَهْوَةُ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ خَيْرٌ فَقَطْ. رَجَاءُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ سَخَطٌ. | ٢٣ 23 |
The desire of the upright is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
| يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُفَرِّقُ فَيَزْدَادُ أَيْضًا، وَمَنْ يُمْسِكُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱللَّائِقِ وَإِنَّمَا إِلَى ٱلْفَقْرِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
| ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلسَّخِيَّةُ تُسَمَّنُ، وَٱلْمُرْوِي هُوَ أَيْضًا يُرْوَى. | ٢٥ 25 |
The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.
| مُحْتَكِرُ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ يَلْعَنُهُ ٱلشَّعْبُ، وَٱلْبَرَكَةُ عَلَى رَأْسِ ٱلْبَائِعِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
| مَنْ يَطْلُبُ ٱلْخَيْرَ يَلْتَمِسُ ٱلرِّضَا، وَمَنْ يَطْلُبُ ٱلشَّرَّ فَٱلشَّرُّ يَأْتِيهِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
| مَنْ يَتَّكِلْ عَلَى غِنَاهُ يَسْقُطْ، أَمَّا ٱلصِّدِّيقُونَ فَيَزْهُونَ كَٱلْوَرَقِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the upright shall flourish as the green leaf.
| مَنْ يُكَدِّرُ بَيْتَهُ يَرِثِ ٱلرِّيحَ، وَٱلْغَبِيُّ خَادِمٌ لِحَكِيمِ ٱلْقَلْبِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
| ثَمَرُ ٱلصِّدِّيقِ شَجَرَةُ حَيَاةٍ، وَرَابِحُ ٱلنُّفُوسِ حَكِيمٌ. | ٣٠ 30 |
The fruit of the upright is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
| هُوَذَا ٱلصِّدِّيقُ يُجَازَى فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ ٱلشِّرِّيرُ وَٱلْخَاطِئُ! | ٣١ 31 |
Behold, the upright are paid what they deserve here on earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner ·deviant (from the standard goal) person·!
