أَمْثَالٌ 20

١ 1 اَلْخَمْرُ مُسْتَهْزِئَةٌ. ٱلْمُسْكِرُ عَجَّاجٌ، وَمَنْ يَتَرَنَّحُ بِهِمَا فَلَيْسَ بِحَكِيمٍ.

to mock [the] wine to roar strong drink and all to wander in/on/with him not be wise

٢ 2 رُعْبُ ٱلْمَلِكِ كَزَمْجَرَةِ ٱلْأَسَدِ. ٱلَّذِي يُغِيظُهُ يُخْطِئُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ.

roaring like/as lion terror king be angry him to sin soul: life his

٣ 3 مَجْدُ ٱلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَبْتَعِدَ عَنِ ٱلْخِصَامِ، وَكُلُّ أَحْمَقَ يُنَازِعُ.

glory to/for man cessation from strife and all fool(ish) to quarrel

٤ 4 اَلْكَسْلَانُ لَا يَحْرُثُ بِسَبَبِ ٱلشِّتَاءِ، فَيَسْتَعْطِي فِي ٱلْحَصَادِ وَلَا يُعْطَى.

from autumn sluggish not to plow/plot (and to ask *Q(K)*) in/on/with harvest and nothing

٥ 5 اَلْمَشُورَةُ فِي قَلْبِ ٱلرَّجُلِ مِيَاهٌ عَمِيقَةٌ، وَذُو ٱلْفِطْنَةِ يَسْتَقِيهَا.

water deep counsel in/on/with heart man and man understanding to draw (up/out) her

٦ 6 أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ يُنَادُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بِصَلَاحِهِ، أَمَّا ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلْأَمِينُ فَمَنْ يَجِدُهُ؟

abundance man to call: call out man: anyone kindness his and man faithful who? to find

٧ 7 اَلصِّدِّيقُ يَسْلُكُ بِكَمَالِهِ. طُوبَى لِبَنِيهِ بَعْدَهُ.

to go: walk in/on/with integrity his righteous blessed son: child his after him

٨ 8 اَلْمَلِكُ ٱلْجَالِسُ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ ٱلْقَضَاءِ يُذَرِّي بِعَيْنِهِ كُلَّ شَرٍّ.

king to dwell upon throne judgment to scatter in/on/with eye his all bad: evil

٩ 9 مَنْ يَقُولُ: «إِنِّي زَكَّيْتُ قَلْبِي، تَطَهَّرْتُ مِنْ خَطِيَّتِي»؟

who? to say to clean heart my be pure from sin my

١٠ 10 مِعْيَارٌ فَمِعْيَارٌ، مِكْيَالٌ فَمِكْيَالٌ، كِلَاهُمَا مَكْرَهَةٌ عِنْدَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

stone: weight and stone: weight ephah and ephah abomination LORD also two their

١١ 11 اَلْوَلَدُ أَيْضًا يُعْرَفُ بِأَفْعَالِهِ، هَلْ عَمَلُهُ نَقِيٌّ وَمُسْتَقِيمٌ؟

also in/on/with deed his to recognize youth if pure and if upright work his

١٢ 12 اَلْأُذُنُ ٱلسَّامِعَةُ وَٱلْعَيْنُ ٱلْبَاصِرَةُ، ٱلرَّبُّ صَنَعَهُمَا كِلْتَيْهِمَا.

ear to hear: hear and eye to see: see LORD to make also two their

١٣ 13 لَا تُحِبَّ ٱلنَّوْمَ لِئَلَّا تَفْتَقِرَ. ٱفْتَحْ عَيْنَيْكَ تَشْبَعْ خُبْزًا.

not to love: lover sleep lest to possess: poor to open eye your to satisfy food: bread

١٤ 14 «رَدِيءٌ، رَدِيءٌ!» يَقُولُ ٱلْمُشْتَرِي، وَإِذَا ذَهَبَ فَحِينَئِذٍ يَفْتَخِرُ!

bad: harmful bad: harmful to say [the] to buy and be gone to/for him then to boast: boast

١٥ 15 يُوجَدُ ذَهَبٌ وَكَثْرَةُ لَآلِئَ، أَمَّا شِفَاهُ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ فَمَتَاعٌ ثَمِينٌ.

there gold and abundance jewel and article/utensil preciousness lips knowledge

١٦ 16 خُذْ ثَوْبَهُ لِأَنَّهُ ضَمِنَ غَرِيبًا، وَلِأَجْلِ ٱلْأَجَانِبِ ٱرْتَهِنْ مِنْهُ.

to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for (foreign *Q(K)*) to pledge him

١٧ 17 خُبْزُ ٱلْكَذِبِ لَذِيذٌ لِلْإِنْسَانِ، وَمِنْ بَعْدُ يَمْتَلِئُ فَمُهُ حَصًى.

sweet to/for man food: bread deception and after to fill lip his gravel

١٨ 18 اَلْمَقَاصِدُ تُثَبَّتُ بِٱلْمَشُورَةِ، وَبِالتَّدَابِيرِ ٱعْمَلْ حَرْبًا.

plot in/on/with counsel to establish: establish and in/on/with counsel to make battle

١٩ 19 اَلسَّاعِي بِٱلْوِشَايَةِ يُفْشِي ٱلسِّرَّ، فَلَا تُخَالِطِ ٱلْمُفَتِّحَ شَفَتَيْهِ.

to reveal: reveal counsel to go: went slander and to/for to open wide lip: words his not to pledge

٢٠ 20 مَنْ سَبَّ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ يَنْطَفِئُ سِرَاجُهُ فِي حَدَقَةِ ٱلظَّلَامِ.

to lighten father his and mother his to put out lamp his (in/on/with pupil *Q(K)*) darkness

٢١ 21 رُبَّ مُلْكٍ مُعَجِّلٍ فِي أَوَّلِهِ، أَمَّا آخِرَتُهُ فَلَا تُبَارَكُ.

inheritance (to dismay *Q(K)*) in/on/with first and end her not to bless

٢٢ 22 لَا تَقُلْ: «إِنِّي أُجَازِي شَرًّا». ٱنْتَظِرِ ٱلرَّبَّ فَيُخَلِّصَكَ.

not to say to complete bad: evil to await to/for LORD and to save to/for you

٢٣ 23 مِعْيَارٌ فَمِعْيَارٌ مَكْرَهَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَمَوَازِينُ ٱلْغِشِّ غَيْرُ صَالِحَةٍ.

abomination LORD stone: weight and stone: weight and balance deceit not pleasant

٢٤ 24 مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ خَطَوَاتُ ٱلرَّجُلِ، أَمَّا ٱلْإِنْسَانُ فَكَيْفَ يَفْهَمُ طَرِيقَهُ؟

from LORD step great man and man what? to understand way: conduct his

٢٥ 25 هُوَ شَرَكٌ لِلْإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يَلْغُوَ قَائِلًا: «مُقَدَّسٌ»، وَبَعْدَ ٱلنَّذْرِ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ!

snare man to blurt holiness and after vow to/for to enquire

٢٦ 26 اَلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ يُشَتِّتُ ٱلْأَشْرَارَ، وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمِ ٱلنَّوْرَجَ.

to scatter wicked king wise and to return: return upon them wheel

٢٧ 27 نَفْسُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ سِرَاجُ ٱلرَّبِّ، يُفَتِّشُ كُلَّ مَخَادِعِ ٱلْبَطْنِ.

lamp LORD breath man to search all chamber belly: abdomen

٢٨ 28 ٱلرَّحْمَةُ وَٱلْحَقُّ يَحْفَظَانِ ٱلْمَلِكَ، وَكُرْسِيُّهُ يُسْنَدُ بِٱلرَّحْمَةِ.

kindness and truth: faithful to watch king and to support in/on/with kindness throne his

٢٩ 29 فَخْرُ ٱلشُّبَّانِ قُوَّتُهُمْ، وَبَهَاءُ ٱلشُّيُوخِ ٱلشَّيْبُ.

beauty youth strength their and glory old greyheaded

٣٠ 30 حُبُرُ جُرْحٍ مُنَقِّيَةٌ لِلشِّرِّيرِ، وَضَرَبَاتٌ بَالِغَةٌ مَخَادِعَ ٱلْبَطْنِ.

wound wound (cosmetic *Q(K)*) in/on/with bad: evil and wound chamber belly: abdomen