أَمْثَالٌ 17
| لُقْمَةٌ يَابِسَةٌ وَمَعَهَا سَلَامَةٌ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ بَيْتٍ مَلآنٍ ذَبَائِحَ مَعَ خِصَامٍ. | ١ 1 |
Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.
| اَلْعَبْدُ ٱلْفَطِنُ يَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَى ٱلِٱبْنِ ٱلْمُخْزِي وَيُقَاسِمُ ٱلْإِخْوَةَ ٱلْمِيرَاثَ. | ٢ 2 |
A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that dealeth shamefully, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
| ٱلْبُوطَةُ لِلْفِضَّةِ، وَٱلْكُورُ لِلذَّهَبِ، وَمُمْتَحِنُ ٱلْقُلُوبِ ٱلرَّبُّ. | ٣ 3 |
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts.
| ٱلْفَاعِلُ ٱلشَّرَّ يَصْغَى إِلَى شَفَةِ ٱلْإِثْمِ، وَٱلْكَاذِبُ يَأْذَنُ لِلِسَانِ فَسَادٍ. | ٤ 4 |
A evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; and a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
| ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئُ بِٱلْفَقِيرِ يُعَيِّرُ خَالِقَهُ. ٱلْفَرْحَانُ بِبَلِيَّةٍ لَا يَتَبَرَّأُ. | ٥ 5 |
Whoso mocketh the poor blasphemeth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
| تَاجُ ٱلشُّيُوخِ بَنُو ٱلْبَنِينَ، وَفَخْرُ ٱلْبَنِينَ آبَاؤُهُمْ. | ٦ 6 |
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
| لَا تَلِيقُ بِٱلْأَحْمَقِ شَفَةُ ٱلسُّودَدِ. كَمْ بِٱلْأَحْرَى شَفَةُ ٱلْكَذِبِ بِٱلشَّرِيفِ! | ٧ 7 |
Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince.
| ٱلْهَدِيَّةُ حَجَرٌ كَرِيمٌ فِي عَيْنَيْ قَابِلِهَا، حَيْثُمَا تَتَوَجَّهْ تُفْلِحْ. | ٨ 8 |
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; whithersoever he turneth, he prospereth.
| مَنْ يَسْتُرْ مَعْصِيَةً يَطْلُبِ ٱلْمَحَبَّةَ، وَمَنْ يُكَرِّرْ أَمْرًا يُفَرِّقْ بَيْنَ ٱلْأَصْدِقَاءِ. | ٩ 9 |
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that harpeth on a matter estrangeth a familiar friend.
| اَلِٱنْتِهَارُ يُؤَثِّرُ فِي ٱلْحَكِيمِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِئَةِ جَلْدَةٍ فِي ٱلْجَاهِلِ. | ١٠ 10 |
A rebuke entereth deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
| اَلشِّرِّيرُ إِنَّمَا يَطْلُبُ ٱلتَّمَرُّدَ فَيُطْلَقُ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولٌ قَاسٍ. | ١١ 11 |
A rebellious man seeketh only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
| لِيُصَادِفِ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ دُبَّةٌ ثَكُولٌ وَلَا جَاهِلٌ فِي حَمَاقَتِهِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
| مَنْ يُجَازِي عَنْ خَيْرٍ بِشَرٍّ لَنْ يَبْرَحَ ٱلشَّرُّ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ. | ١٣ 13 |
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
| اِبْتِدَاءُ ٱلْخِصَامِ إِطْلَاقُ ٱلْمَاءِ، فَقَبْلَ أَنْ تَدْفُقَ ٱلْمُخَاصَمَةُ ٱتْرُكْهَا. | ١٤ 14 |
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before the quarrel break out.
| مُبَرِّئُ ٱلْمُذْنِبَ وَمُذَنِّبُ ٱلْبَرِيءَ كِلَاهُمَا مَكْرَهَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ١٥ 15 |
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are an abomination to the LORD.
| لِمَاذَا فِي يَدِ ٱلْجَاهِلِ ثَمَنٌ؟ أَلِٱقْتِنَاءِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ فَهْمٌ؟ | ١٦ 16 |
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?
| اَلصَّدِيقُ يُحِبُّ فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ، أَمَّا ٱلْأَخُ فَلِلشِّدَّةِ يُولَدُ. | ١٧ 17 |
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
| اَلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلنَّاقِصُ ٱلْفَهْمِ يَصْفِقُ كَفًّا وَيَضْمَنُ صَاحِبَهُ ضَمَانًا. | ١٨ 18 |
A man void of understanding is he that striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.
| مُحِبُّ ٱلْمَعْصِيَةِ مُحِبُّ ٱلْخِصَامِ. ٱلْمُعَلِّي بَابَهُ يَطْلُبُ ٱلْكَسْرَ. | ١٩ 19 |
He loveth transgression that loveth strife; he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
| ٱلْمُلْتَوِي ٱلْقَلْبِ لَا يَجِدُ خَيْرًا، وَٱلْمُتَقَلِّبُ ٱللِّسَانِ يَقَعُ فِي ٱلسُّوءِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good; and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into evil.
| مَنْ يَلِدُ جَاهِلًا فَلِحَزَنِهِ، وَلَا يَفْرَحُ أَبُو ٱلْأَحْمَقِ. | ٢١ 21 |
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; and the father of a churl hath no joy.
| ٱلْقَلْبُ ٱلْفَرْحَانُ يُطَيِّبُ ٱلْجِسْمَ، وَٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْمُنْسَحِقَةُ تُجَفِّفُ ٱلْعَظْمَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
A merry heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
| ٱلشِّرِّيرُ يَأْخُذُ ٱلرَّشْوَةَ مِنَ ٱلْحِضْنِ لِيُعَوِّجَ طُرُقَ ٱلْقَضَاءِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.
| ٱلْحِكْمَةُ عِنْدَ ٱلْفَهِيمِ، وَعَيْنَا ٱلْجَاهِلِ فِي أَقْصَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
| ٱلِٱبْنُ ٱلْجَاهِلُ غَمٌّ لِأَبِيهِ، وَمَرَارَةٌ لِلَّتِي وَلَدَتْهُ. | ٢٥ 25 |
A foolish son is vexation to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
| أَيْضًا تَغْرِيمُ ٱلْبَرِيءِ لَيْسَ بِحَسَنٍ، وَكَذَلِكَ ضَرْبُ ٱلشُّرَفَاءِ لِأَجْلِ ٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
To punish also the righteous is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
| ذُو ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ يُبْقِي كَلَامَهُ، وَذُو ٱلْفَهْمِ وَقُورُ ٱلرُّوحِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
He that spareth his words hath knowledge; and he that husbandeth his spirit is a man of discernment.
| بَلِ ٱلْأَحْمَقُ إِذَا سَكَتَ يُحْسَبُ حَكِيمًا، وَمَنْ ضَمَّ شَفَتَيْهِ فَهِيمًا. | ٢٨ 28 |
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed as a man of understanding.
