< أَمْثَالٌ 14 >
حِكْمَةُ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ تَبْنِي بَيْتَهَا، وَٱلْحَمَاقَةُ تَهْدِمُهُ بِيَدِهَا. | ١ 1 |
Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.
اَلسَّالِكُ بِٱسْتِقَامَتِهِ يَتَّقِي ٱلرَّبَّ، وَٱلْمُعَوِّجُ طُرُقَهُ يَحْتَقِرُهُ. | ٢ 2 |
He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.
فِي فَمِ ٱلْجَاهِلِ قَضِيبٌ لِكِبْرِيَائِهِ، أَمَّا شِفَاهُ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ فَتَحْفَظُهُمْ. | ٣ 3 |
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
حَيْثُ لَا بَقَرٌ فَٱلْمَعْلَفُ فَارِغٌ، وَكَثْرَةُ ٱلْغَلَّةِ بِقُوَّةِ ٱلثَّوْرِ. | ٤ 4 |
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
اَلشَّاهِدُ ٱلْأَمِينُ لَنْ يَكْذِبَ، وَٱلشَّاهِدُ ٱلزُّورُ يَتَفَوَّهُ بِٱلْأَكَاذِيبِ. | ٥ 5 |
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
اَلْمُسْتَهْزِئُ يَطْلُبُ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَلَا يَجِدُهَا، وَٱلْمَعْرِفَةُ هَيِّنَةٌ لِلْفَهِيمِ. | ٦ 6 |
A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands.
اِذْهَبْ مِنْ قُدَّامِ رَجُلٍ جَاهِلٍ إِذْ لَا تَشْعُرُ بِشَفَتَيْ مَعْرِفَةٍ. | ٧ 7 |
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.
حِكْمَةُ ٱلذَّكِيِّ فَهْمُ طَرِيقِهِ، وَغَبَاوَةُ ٱلْجُهَّالِ غِشٌّ. | ٨ 8 |
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
اَلْجُهَّالُ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ بِٱلْإِثْمِ، وَبَيْنَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ رِضًى. | ٩ 9 |
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.
اَلْقَلْبُ يَعْرِفُ مَرَارَةَ نَفْسِهِ، وَبِفَرَحِهِ لَا يُشَارِكُهُ غَرِيبٌ. | ١٠ 10 |
The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.
بَيْتُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ يُخْرَبُ، وَخَيْمَةُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ تُزْهِرُ. | ١١ 11 |
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
تُوجَدُ طَرِيقٌ تَظْهَرُ لِلْإِنْسَانِ مُسْتَقِيمَةً، وَعَاقِبَتُهَا طُرُقُ ٱلْمَوْتِ. | ١٢ 12 |
There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
أَيْضًا فِي ٱلضِّحِكِ يَكْتَئِبُ ٱلْقَلْبُ، وَعَاقِبَةُ ٱلْفَرَحِ حُزْنٌ. | ١٣ 13 |
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
اَلْمُرْتَدُّ فِي ٱلْقَلْبِ يَشْبَعُ مِنْ طُرُقِهِ، وَٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلصَّالِحُ مِمَّا عِنْدَهُ. | ١٤ 14 |
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
اَلْغَبِيُّ يُصَدِّقُ كُلَّ كَلِمَةٍ، وَٱلذَّكِيُّ يَنْتَبِهُ إِلَى خَطَوَاتِهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.
اَلْحَكِيمُ يَخْشَى وَيَحِيدُ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَٱلْجَاهِلُ يَتَصَلَّفُ وَيَثِقُ. | ١٦ 16 |
A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
اَلسَّرِيعُ ٱلْغَضَبِ يَعْمَلُ بِٱلْحَمَقِ، وَذُو ٱلْمَكَايِدِ يُشْنَأُ. | ١٧ 17 |
He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
اَلْأَغْبِيَاءُ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْحَمَاقَةَ، وَٱلْأَذْكِيَاءُ يُتَوَّجُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ. | ١٨ 18 |
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
ٱلْأَشْرَارُ يَنْحَنُونَ أَمَامَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ، وَٱلْأَثَمَةُ لَدَى أَبْوَابِ ٱلصِّدِّيقِ. | ١٩ 19 |
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
أَيْضًا مِنْ قَرِيبِهِ يُبْغَضُ ٱلْفَقِيرُ، وَمُحِبُّو ٱلْغَنِيِّ كَثِيرُونَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends.
مَنْ يَحْتَقِرُ قَرِيبَهُ يُخْطِئُ، وَمَنْ يَرْحَمُ ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ فَطُوبَى لَهُ. | ٢١ 21 |
He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
أَمَا يَضِلُّ مُخْتَرِعُو ٱلشَّرِّ؟ أَمَّا ٱلرَّحْمَةُ وَٱلْحَقُّ فَيَهْدِيَانِ مُخْتَرِعِي ٱلْخَيْرِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
فِي كُلِّ تَعَبٍ مَنْفَعَةٌ، وَكَلَامُ ٱلشَّفَتَيْنِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَى ٱلْفَقْرِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.
تَاجُ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ غِنَاهُمْ. تَقَدُّمُ ٱلْجُهَّالِ حَمَاقَةٌ. | ٢٤ 24 |
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
اَلشَّاهِدُ ٱلْأَمِينُ مُنَجِّي ٱلنُّفُوسِ، وَمَنْ يَتَفَوَّهُ بِٱلْأَكَاذِيبِ فَغِشٌّ. | ٢٥ 25 |
A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies.
فِي مَخَافَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ ثِقَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ، وَيَكُونُ لِبَنِيهِ مَلْجَأٌ. | ٢٦ 26 |
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
مَخَافَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ يَنْبُوعُ حَيَاةٍ لِلْحَيَدَانِ عَنْ أَشْرَاكِ ٱلْمَوْتِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
فِي كَثْرَةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ زِينَةُ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَفِي عَدَمِ ٱلْقَوْمِ هَلَاكُ ٱلْأَمِيرِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
In the multitude of people is the king’s honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
بَطِيءُ ٱلْغَضَبِ كَثِيرُ ٱلْفَهْمِ، وَقَصِيرُ ٱلرُّوحِ مُعَلِّي ٱلْحَمَقِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
حَيَاةُ ٱلْجَسَدِ هُدُوءُ ٱلْقَلْبِ، وَنَخْرُ ٱلْعِظَامِ ٱلْحَسَدُ. | ٣٠ 30 |
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
ظَالِمُ ٱلْفَقِيرِ يُعَيِّرُ خَالِقَهُ، وَيُمَجِّدُهُ رَاحِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ. | ٣١ 31 |
He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.
اَلشِّرِّيرُ يُطْرَدُ بِشَرِّهِ، أَمَّا ٱلصِّدِّيقُ فَوَاثِقٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.
فِي قَلْبِ ٱلْفَهِيمِ تَسْتَقِرُّ ٱلْحِكْمَةُ، وَمَا فِي دَاخِلِ ٱلْجُهَّالِ يُعْرَفُ. | ٣٣ 33 |
Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the middle of fools is made known.
اَلْبِرُّ يَرْفَعُ شَأْنَ ٱلْأُمَّةِ، وَعَارُ ٱلشُّعُوبِ ٱلْخَطِيَّةُ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
رِضْوَانُ ٱلْمَلِكِ عَلَى ٱلْعَبْدِ ٱلْفَطِنِ، وَسَخَطُهُ يَكُونُ عَلَى ٱلْمُخْزِي. | ٣٥ 35 |
The king’s favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.