أَمْثَالٌ 22
| اَلصِّيتُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ ٱلْغِنَى ٱلْعَظِيمِ، وَٱلنِّعْمَةُ ٱلصَّالِحَةُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلذَّهَبِ. | ١ 1 |
A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favor rather than silver and gold.
| اَلْغَنِيُّ وَٱلْفَقِيرُ يَتَلَاقَيَانِ، صَانِعُهُمَا كِلَيْهِمَا ٱلرَّبُّ. | ٢ 2 |
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.
| اَلذَّكِيُّ يُبْصِرُ ٱلشَّرَّ فَيَتَوَارَى، وَٱلْحَمْقَى يَعْبُرُونَ فَيُعَاقَبُونَ. | ٣ 3 |
A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
| ثَوَابُ ٱلتَّوَاضُعِ وَمَخَافَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ هُوَ غِنًى وَكَرَامَةٌ وَحَيَاةٌ. | ٤ 4 |
By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honor, and life.
| شَوْكٌ وَفُخُوخٌ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْمُلْتَوِي. مَنْ يَحْفَظْ نَفْسَهُ يَبْتَعِدْ عَنْهَا. | ٥ 5 |
Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
| رَبِّ ٱلْوَلَدَ فِي طَرِيقِهِ، فَمَتَى شَاخَ أَيْضًا لَا يَحِيدُ عَنْهُ. | ٦ 6 |
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
| اَلْغَنِيُّ يَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَى ٱلْفَقِيرِ، وَٱلْمُقْتَرِضُ عَبْدٌ لِلْمُقْرِضِ. | ٧ 7 |
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.
| ٱلزَّارِعُ إِثْمًا يَحْصُدُ بَلِيَّةً، وَعَصَا سَخَطِهِ تَفْنَى. | ٨ 8 |
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
| اَلصَّالِحُ ٱلْعَيْنِ هُوَ يُبَارَكُ، لِأَنَّهُ يُعْطِي مِنْ خُبْزِهِ لِلْفَقِيرِ. | ٩ 9 |
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
| أُطْرُدِ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئَ فَيَخْرُجَ ٱلْخِصَامُ، وَيَبْطُلَ ٱلنِّزَاعُ وَٱلْخِزْيُ. | ١٠ 10 |
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall end; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.
| مَنْ أَحَبَّ طَهَارَةَ ٱلْقَلْبِ، فَلِنِعْمَةِ شَفَتَيْهِ يَكُونُ ٱلْمَلِكُ صَدِيقَهُ. | ١١ 11 |
He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
| عَيْنَا ٱلرَّبِّ تَحْفَظَانِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةَ، وَهُوَ يَقْلِبُ كَلَامَ ٱلْغَادِرِينَ. | ١٢ 12 |
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
| قَالَ ٱلْكَسْلَانُ: «ٱلْأَسَدُ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ، فَأُقْتَلُ فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ!». | ١٣ 13 |
The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
| فَمُ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّاتِ هُوَّةٌ عَمِيقَةٌ. مَمْقُوتُ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسْقُطُ فِيهَا. | ١٤ 14 |
The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred by the LORD shall fall therein.
| اَلْجَهَالَةُ مُرْتَبِطَةٌ بِقَلْبِ ٱلْوَلَدِ. عَصَا ٱلتَّأْدِيبِ تُبْعِدُهَا عَنْهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
| ظَالِمُ ٱلْفَقِيرِ تَكْثِيرًا لِمَا لَهُ، وَمُعْطِي ٱلْغَنِيِّ، إِنَّمَا هُمَا لِلْعَوَزِ. | ١٦ 16 |
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches], [and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
| أَمِلْ أُذْنَكَ وَٱسْمَعْ كَلَامَ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ، وَوَجِّهْ قَلْبَكَ إِلَى مَعْرِفَتِي، | ١٧ 17 |
Bow down thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.
| لِأَنَّهُ حَسَنٌ إِنْ حَفِظْتَهَا فِي جَوْفِكَ، إِنْ تَتَثَبَّتْ جَمِيعًا عَلَى شَفَتَيْكَ. | ١٨ 18 |
For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
| لِيَكُونَ ٱتِّكَالُكَ عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، عَرَّفْتُكَ أَنْتَ ٱلْيَوْمَ. | ١٩ 19 |
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
| أَلَمْ أَكْتُبْ لَكَ أُمُورًا شَرِيفَةً مِنْ جِهَةِ مُؤَامَرَةٍ وَمَعْرِفَةٍ؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
| لِأُعَلِّمَكَ قِسْطَ كَلَامِ ٱلْحَقِّ، لِتَرُدَّ جَوَابَ ٱلْحَقِّ لِلَّذِينَ أَرْسَلُوكَ. | ٢١ 21 |
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send to thee?
| لَا تَسْلُبِ ٱلْفَقِيرَ لِكَوْنِهِ فَقِيرًا، وَلَا تَسْحَقِ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ فِي ٱلْبَابِ، | ٢٢ 22 |
Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
| لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يُقِيمُ دَعْوَاهُمْ، وَيَسْلُبُ سَالِبِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ. | ٢٣ 23 |
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
| لَاتَسْتَصْحِبْ غَضُوبًا، وَمَعَ رَجُلٍ سَاخِطٍ لَاتَجِيءْ، | ٢٤ 24 |
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
| لِئَلَّا تَأْلَفَ طُرُقَهُ، وَتَأْخُذَ شَرَكًا إِلَى نَفْسِكَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
| لَا تَكُنْ مِنْ صَافِقِي ٱلْكَفِّ، وَلَا مِنْ ضَامِنِي ٱلدُّيُونِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.
| إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ مَا تَفِي، فَلِمَاذَا يَأْخُذُ فِرَاشَكَ مِنْ تَحْتِكَ؟ | ٢٧ 27 |
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
| لَا تَنْقُلِ ٱلتُّخْمَ ٱلْقَدِيمَ ٱلَّذِي وَضَعَهُ آبَاؤُكَ. | ٢٨ 28 |
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
| أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا مُجْتَهِدًا فِي عَمَلِهِ؟ أَمَامَ ٱلْمُلُوكِ يَقِفُ. لَايَقِفُ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّعَاعِ! | ٢٩ 29 |
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].
