أَمْثَالٌ 2

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

My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,

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

so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;

٣ 3 إِنْ دَعَوْتَ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةَ، وَرَفَعْتَ صَوْتَكَ إِلَى ٱلْفَهْمِ،

yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;

٤ 4 إِنْ طَلَبْتَهَا كَٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَبَحَثْتَ عَنْهَا كَٱلْكُنُوزِ،

if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden 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 [come] 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.

guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones.

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

Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path.

١٠ 10 إِذَا دَخَلَتِ ٱلْحِكْمَةُ قَلْبَكَ، وَلَذَّتِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةُ لِنَفْسِكَ،

When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,

١١ 11 فَٱلْعَقْلُ يَحْفَظُكَ، وَٱلْفَهْمُ يَنْصُرُكَ،

discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

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

To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;

١٣ 13 ٱلتَّارِكِينَ سُبُلَ ٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ لِلسُّلُوكِ فِي مَسَالِكِ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ،

[from those] who leave 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 frowardness of evil;

١٥ 15 ٱلَّذِينَ طُرُقُهُمْ مُعْوَجَّةٌ، وَهُمْ مُلْتَوُونَ فِي سُبُلِهِمْ.

whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:

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

To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;

١٧ 17 ٱلتَّارِكَةِ أَلِيفَ صِبَاهَا، وَٱلنَّاسِيَةِ عَهْدَ إِلَهِهَا.

who forsaketh the guide 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 to the paths of life:

٢٠ 20 حَتَّى تَسْلُكَ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلصَّالِحِينَ وَتَحْفَظَ سُبُلَ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ.

— that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, 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 unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it.