أَمْثَالٌ 2

١ 1 يَا ٱبْنِي، إِنْ قَبِلْتَ كَلَامِي وَخَبَّأْتَ وَصَايَايَ عِنْدَكَ،

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

٢ 2 حَتَّى تُمِيلَ أُذْنَكَ إِلَى ٱلْحِكْمَةِ، وَتُعَطِّفَ قَلْبَكَ عَلَى ٱلْفَهْمِ،

So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

٣ 3 إِنْ دَعَوْتَ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةَ، وَرَفَعْتَ صَوْتَكَ إِلَى ٱلْفَهْمِ،

Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

٤ 4 إِنْ طَلَبْتَهَا كَٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَبَحَثْتَ عَنْهَا كَٱلْكُنُوزِ،

If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

٥ 5 فَحِينَئِذٍ تَفْهَمُ مَخَافَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَتَجِدُ مَعْرِفَةَ ٱللهِ.

Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.

٦ 6 لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يُعْطِي حِكْمَةً. مِنْ فَمِهِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةُ وَٱلْفَهْمُ.

For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding:

٧ 7 يَذْخَرُ مَعُونَةً لِلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ. هُوَ مِجَنٌّ لِلسَّالِكِينَ بِٱلْكَمَالِ،

He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [He is] a shield to them that walk in integrity;

٨ 8 لِنَصْرِ مَسَالِكِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَحِفْظِ طَرِيقِ أَتْقِيَائِهِ.

That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.

٩ 9 حِينَئِذٍ تَفْهَمُ ٱلْعَدْلَ وَٱلْحَقَّ وَٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةَ، كُلَّ سَبِيلٍ صَالِحٍ.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, [yea], every good path.

١٠ 10 إِذَا دَخَلَتِ ٱلْحِكْمَةُ قَلْبَكَ، وَلَذَّتِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةُ لِنَفْسِكَ،

For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

١١ 11 فَٱلْعَقْلُ يَحْفَظُكَ، وَٱلْفَهْمُ يَنْصُرُكَ،

Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

١٢ 12 لِإِنْقَاذِكَ مِنْ طَرِيقِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ، وَمِنَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّمِ بِٱلْأَكَاذِيبِ،

To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

١٣ 13 ٱلتَّارِكِينَ سُبُلَ ٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ لِلسُّلُوكِ فِي مَسَالِكِ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ،

Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

١٤ 14 ٱلْفَرِحِينَ بِفَعْلِ ٱلسُّوءِ، ٱلْمُبْتَهِجِينَ بِأَكَاذِيبِ ٱلشَّرِّ،

Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

١٥ 15 ٱلَّذِينَ طُرُقُهُمْ مُعْوَجَّةٌ، وَهُمْ مُلْتَوُونَ فِي سُبُلِهِمْ.

Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

١٦ 16 لِإِنْقَاذِكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةِ، مِنَ ٱلْغَرِيبَةِ ٱلْمُتَمَلِّقَةِ بِكَلَامِهَا،

To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

١٧ 17 ٱلتَّارِكَةِ أَلِيفَ صِبَاهَا، وَٱلنَّاسِيَةِ عَهْدَ إِلَهِهَا.

That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

١٨ 18 لِأَنَّ بَيْتَهَا يَسُوخُ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَسُبُلُهَا إِلَى ٱلْأَخِيلَةِ.

For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

١٩ 19 كُلُّ مَنْ دَخَلَ إِلَيْهَا لَا يَؤُوبُ، وَلَا يَبْلُغُونَ سُبُلَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ.

None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

٢٠ 20 حَتَّى تَسْلُكَ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلصَّالِحِينَ وَتَحْفَظَ سُبُلَ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ.

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

٢١ 21 لِأَنَّ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ يَسْكُنُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ، وَٱلْكَامِلِينَ يَبْقَوْنَ فِيهَا.

For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.

٢٢ 22 أَمَّا ٱلْأَشْرَارُ فَيَنْقَرِضُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَٱلْغَادِرُونَ يُسْتَأْصَلُونَ مِنْهَا.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.