أَمْثَالٌ 18

١ 1 ٱلْمُعْتَزِلُ يَطْلُبُ شَهْوَتَهُ. بِكُلِّ مَشُورَةٍ يَغْتَاظُ.

to/for desire to seek to separate in/on/with all wisdom to quarrel

٢ 2 اَلْجَاهِلُ لَا يُسَرُّ بِٱلْفَهْمِ، بَلْ بِكَشْفِ قَلْبِهِ.

not to delight in fool in/on/with understanding that if: except if: except in/on/with to reveal: reveal heart his

٣ 3 إِذَا جَاءَ ٱلشِّرِّيرُ جَاءَ ٱلِٱحْتِقَارُ أَيْضًا، وَمَعَ ٱلْهَوَانِ عَارٌ.

in/on/with to come (in): come wicked to come (in): come also contempt and with dishonor reproach

٤ 4 كَلِمَاتُ فَمِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ مِيَاهٌ عَمِيقَةٌ. نَبْعُ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ نَهْرٌ مُنْدَفِقٌ.

water deep word lip man torrent: river to bubble fountain wisdom

٥ 5 رَفْعُ وَجْهِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ لَيْسَ حَسَنًا لِإِخْطَاءِ ٱلصِّدِّيقِ فِي ٱلْقَضَاءِ.

to lift: kindness face: kindness wicked not pleasant to/for to stretch righteous in/on/with justice

٦ 6 شَفَتَا ٱلْجَاهِلِ تُدَاخِلَانِ فِي ٱلْخُصُومَةِ، وَفَمُهُ يَدْعُو بِضَرَبَاتٍ.

lips fool to come (in): come in/on/with strife and lip his to/for blow to call: call to

٧ 7 فَمُ ٱلْجَاهِلِ مَهْلَكَةٌ لَهُ، وَشَفَتَاهُ شَرَكٌ لِنَفْسِهِ.

lip fool terror to/for him and lips his snare soul his

٨ 8 كَلَامُ ٱلنَّمَّامِ مِثْلُ لُقَمٍ حُلْوَةٍ وَهُوَ يَنْزِلُ إِلَى مَخَادِعِ ٱلْبَطْنِ.

word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body

٩ 9 أَيْضًا ٱلْمُتَرَاخِي فِي عَمَلِهِ هُوَ أَخُو ٱلْمُسْرِفِ.

also to slacken in/on/with work his brother: male-sibling he/she/it to/for master: [master of] destruction

١٠ 10 اِسْمُ ٱلرَّبِّ بُرْجٌ حَصِينٌ، يَرْكُضُ إِلَيْهِ ٱلصِّدِّيقُ وَيَتَمَنَّعُ.

tower strength name LORD in/on/with him to run: run righteous and to exalt

١١ 11 ثَرْوَةُ ٱلْغَنِيِّ مَدِينَتُهُ ٱلْحَصِينَةُ، وَمِثْلُ سُورٍ عَالٍ فِي تَصَوُّرِهِ.

substance rich town strength his and like/as wall to exalt in/on/with figure his

١٢ 12 قَبْلَ ٱلْكَسْرِ يَتَكَبَّرُ قَلْبُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ، وَقَبْلَ ٱلْكَرَامَةِ ٱلتَّوَاضُعُ.

to/for face: before breaking to exult heart man and to/for face: before glory humility

١٣ 13 مَنْ يُجِيبُ عَنْ أَمْرٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْمَعَهُ، فَلَهُ حَمَاقَةٌ وَعَارٌ.

to return: reply word: speaking in/on/with before to hear: hear folly he/she/it to/for him and shame

١٤ 14 رُوحُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ تَحْتَمِلُ مَرَضَهُ، أَمَّا ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْمَكْسُورَةُ فَمَنْ يَحْمِلُهَا؟

spirit man to sustain sickness his and spirit stricken who? to lift: bear her

١٥ 15 قَلْبُ ٱلْفَهِيمِ يَقْتَنِي مَعْرِفَةً، وَأُذُنُ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ تَطْلُبُ عِلْمًا.

heart to understand to buy knowledge and ear wise to seek knowledge

١٦ 16 هَدِيَّةُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ تُرَحِّبُ لَهُ وَتَهْدِيهِ إِلَى أَمَامِ ٱلْعُظَمَاءِ.

gift man to enlarge to/for him and to/for face: before great: large to lead him

١٧ 17 اَلْأَوَّلُ فِي دَعْوَاهُ مُحِقٌّ، فَيَأْتِي رَفِيقُهُ وَيَفْحَصُهُ.

righteous [the] first in/on/with strife his (and to come (in): come *Q(K)*) neighbor his and to search him

١٨ 18 اَلْقُرْعَةُ تُبَطِّلُ ٱلْخُصُومَاتِ وَتَفْصِلُ بَيْنَ ٱلْأَقْوِيَاءِ.

contention to cease [the] allotted and between mighty to separate

١٩ 19 اَلْأَخُ أَمْنَعُ مِنْ مَدِينَةٍ حَصِينَةٍ، وَٱلْمُخَاصَمَاتُ كَعَارِضَةِ قَلْعَةٍ.

brother: male-sibling to transgress from town strength (and contention *Q(K)*) like/as bar citadel: fortress

٢٠ 20 مِنْ ثَمَرِ فَمِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ يَشْبَعُ بَطْنُهُ، مِنْ غَلَّةِ شَفَتَيْهِ يَشْبَعُ.

from fruit lip man to satisfy belly: abdomen his produce lips his to satisfy

٢١ 21 اَلْمَوْتُ وَٱلْحَيَاةُ فِي يَدِ ٱللِّسَانِ، وَأَحِبَّاؤُهُ يَأْكُلُونَ ثَمَرَهُ.

death and life in/on/with hand: power tongue and to love: lover her to eat fruit her

٢٢ 22 مَنْ يَجِدُ زَوْجَةً يَجِدُ خَيْرًا وَيَنَالُ رِضًى مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

to find woman: wife to find good and to promote acceptance from LORD

٢٣ 23 بِتَضَرُّعَاتٍ يَتَكَلَّمُ ٱلْفَقِيرُ، وَٱلْغَنِيُّ يُجَاوِبُ بِخُشُونَةٍ.

supplication to speak: speak be poor and rich to answer strong

٢٤ 24 اَلْمُكْثِرُ ٱلْأَصْحَابِ يُخْرِبُ نَفْسَهُ، وَلَكِنْ يُوجَدُ مُحِبٌّ أَلْزَقُ مِنَ ٱلْأَخِ.

man neighbor to/for to shatter and there to love: friend cleaving from brother: male-sibling