أَمْثَالٌ 23

١ 1 إِذَا جَلَسْتَ تَأْكُلُ مَعَ مُتَسَلِّطٍ، فَتَأَمَّلْ مَا هُوَ أَمَامَكَ تَأَمُّلًا،

If you will sit down to eat with a ruler carefully you will consider [that] which [is] before you.

٢ 2 وَضَعْ سِكِّينًا لِحَنْجَرَتِكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ شَرِهًا.

And you will put a knife in throat your if [are] a master of appetite you.

٣ 3 لَا تَشْتَهِ أَطَايِبَهُ لِأَنَّهَا خُبْزُ أَكَاذِيبَ.

May not (you crave *Q(K)*) for dainties his and it [is] food of lies.

٤ 4 لَا تَتْعَبْ لِكَيْ تَصِيرَ غَنِيًّا. كُفَّ عَنْ فِطْنَتِكَ.

May not you labor to gain riches from understanding your cease.

٥ 5 هَلْ تُطَيِّرُ عَيْنَيْكَ نَحْوَهُ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ؟ لِأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَصْنَعُ لِنَفْسِهِ أَجْنِحَةً. كَٱلنَّسْرِ يَطِيرُ نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ.

(¿ Do you cause to fly *Q(K)*) eyes your on it and there not [is] it for certainly it makes for itself wings like an eagle (it flies away *Q(K)*) the heavens.

٦ 6 لَا تَأْكُلْ خُبْزَ ذِي عَيْنٍ شِرِّيرَةٍ، وَلَا تَشْتَهِ أَطَايِبَهُ،

May not you eat [the] food of a [person] evil of eye and may not (you crave *Q(K)*) for dainties his.

٧ 7 لِأَنَّهُ كَمَا شَعَرَ فِي نَفْسِهِ هَكَذَا هُوَ. يَقُولُ لَكَ: «كُلْ وَٱشْرَبْ» وَقَلْبُهُ لَيْسَ مَعَكَ.

For - as he calculates in self his [is] so he eat and drink he says to you and heart his not [is] with you.

٨ 8 ٱللُّقْمَةُ ٱلَّتِي أَكَلْتَهَا تَتَقَيَّأُهَا، وَتَخْسَرُ كَلِمَاتِكَ ٱلْحُلْوَةَ.

Morsel your [which] you have eaten you will vomit up it and you will spoil words your pleasant.

٩ 9 فِي أُذُنَيْ جَاهِلٍ لَا تَتَكَلَّمْ لِأَنَّهُ يَحْتَقِرُ حِكْمَةَ كَلَامِكَ.

In [the] ears of a fool may not you speak for he will despise [the] insight of words your.

١٠ 10 لَا تَنْقُلِ ٱلتُّخُمَ ٱلْقَدِيمَ، وَلَا تَدْخُلْ حُقُولَ ٱلْأَيْتَامِ،

May not you displace a boundary of antiquity and in [the] fields of fatherless ones may not you go.

١١ 11 لِأَنَّ وَلِيَّهُمْ قَوِيٌّ. هُوَ يُقِيمُ دَعْوَاهُمْ عَلَيْكَ.

For redeemer their [is] strong he he will conduct case their with you.

١٢ 12 وَجِّهْ قَلْبَكَ إِلَى ٱلْأَدَبِ، وَأُذُنَيْكَ إِلَى كَلِمَاتِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ.

Bring! to discipline heart your and ears your to words of knowledge.

١٣ 13 لَا تَمْنَعِ ٱلتَّأْدِيبَ عَنِ ٱلْوَلَدِ، لِأَنَّكَ إِنْ ضَرَبْتَهُ بِعَصًا لَا يَمُوتُ.

May not you withhold from a youth discipline for you will strike him with the rod not he will die.

١٤ 14 تَضْرِبُهُ أَنْتَ بِعَصًا فَتُنْقِذُ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol h7585)

You with the rod you will strike him and life his from Sheol you will deliver. (Sheol h7585)

١٥ 15 يَا ٱبْنِي، إِنْ كَانَ قَلْبُكَ حَكِيمًا يَفْرَحُ قَلْبِي أَنَا أَيْضًا،

O son my if it is wise heart your it will rejoice heart my also I.

١٦ 16 وَتَبْتَهِجُ كِلْيَتَايَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَتْ شَفَتَاكَ بِٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَاتِ.

So they may rejoice kidneys my when speak lips your uprightness.

١٧ 17 لَا يَحْسِدَنَّ قَلْبُكَ ٱلْخَاطِئِينَ، بَلْ كُنْ فِي مَخَافَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.

May not it be jealous heart of your sinners that except in [the] fear of Yahweh all the day.

١٨ 18 لِأَنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ ثَوَابٍ، وَرَجَاؤُكَ لَا يَخِيبُ.

That except there [is] a future and hope your not it will be cut off.

١٩ 19 اِسْمَعْ أَنْتَ يَا ٱبْنِي، وَكُنْ حَكِيمًا، وَأَرْشِدْ قَلْبَكَ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ.

Listen O you son my and be wise and guide in the way heart your.

٢٠ 20 لَا تَكُنْ بَيْنَ شِرِّيبِي ٱلْخَمْرِ، بَيْنَ ٱلْمُتْلِفِينَ أَجْسَادَهُمْ،

May not you be among drunkards of wine among gluttons of meat themselves.

٢١ 21 لِأَنَّ ٱلسِّكِّيرَ وَٱلْمُسْرِفَ يَفْتَقِرَانِ، وَٱلنَّوْمُ يَكْسُو ٱلْخِرَقَ.

For a drunkard and a glutton he will become impoverished and rags it will clothe [them] drowsiness.

٢٢ 22 اِسْمَعْ لِأَبِيكَ ٱلَّذِي وَلَدَكَ، وَلَا تَحْتَقِرْ أُمَّكَ إِذَا شَاخَتْ.

Listen to father your who he begot you and may not you despise if she is old mother your.

٢٣ 23 اِقْتَنِ ٱلْحَقَّ وَلَا تَبِعْهُ، وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلْأَدَبَ وَٱلْفَهْمَ.

Truth buy and may not you sell [it] wisdom and discipline and understanding.

٢٤ 24 أَبُو ٱلصِّدِّيقِ يَبْتَهِجُ ٱبْتِهَاجًا، وَمَنْ وَلَدَ حَكِيمًا يُسَرُّ بِهِ.

(Certainly he rejoices *Q(k)*) [the] father of a righteous [son] (and [one who] begets *Q(K)*) a wise [son] (he rejoices *Q(K)*) in him.

٢٥ 25 يَفْرَحُ أَبُوكَ وَأُمُّكَ، وَتَبْتَهِجُ ٱلَّتِي وَلَدَتْكَ.

May he rejoice father your and mother your and may she rejoice [the] [one who] bore you.

٢٦ 26 يَا ٱبْنِي أَعْطِنِي قَلْبَكَ، وَلْتُلَاحِظْ عَيْنَاكَ طُرُقِي.

Give! O son my heart your to me and eyes your ways my (let them observe. *Q(K)*)

٢٧ 27 لِأَنَّ ٱلزَّانِيَةَ هُوَّةٌ عَمِيقَةٌ، وَٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةُ حُفْرَةٌ ضَيِّقَةٌ.

For [is] a pit deep a prostitute and [is] a well narrow a foreign [woman].

٢٨ 28 هِيَ أَيْضًا كَلِصٍّ تَكْمُنُ وَتَزِيدُ ٱلْغَادِرِينَ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ.

Also she like a robber she lies in wait and treacherous [people] among humankind she increases.

٢٩ 29 لِمَنِ ٱلْوَيْلُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلشَّقَاوَةُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلْمُخَاصَمَاتُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلْكَرْبُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلْجُرُوحُ بِلَا سَبَبٍ؟ لِمَنِ ٱزْمِهْرَارُ ٱلْعَيْنَيْنِ؟

[belongs] to Whom? woe [belongs] to whom? woe! [belong] to whom? (contentions *Q(K)*) [belongs] to whom? complaint [belong] to whom? wounds without cause [belongs] to whom? dullness of eyes.

٣٠ 30 لِلَّذِينَ يُدْمِنُونَ ٱلْخَمْرَ، ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي طَلَبِ ٱلشَّرَابِ ٱلْمَمْزُوجِ.

To [those who] delay over the wine to [those who] go to examine mixed wine.

٣١ 31 لَا تَنْظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْخَمْرِ إِذَا ٱحْمَرَّتْ حِينَ تُظْهِرُ حِبَابَهَا فِي ٱلْكَأْسِ وَسَاغَتْ مُرَقْرِقَةً.

May not you see wine for it will be red if it will give (in the cup *Q(K)*) eye its it will go with smoothness.

٣٢ 32 فِي ٱلْآخِرِ تَلْسَعُ كَٱلْحَيَّةِ وَتَلْدَغُ كَٱلْأُفْعُوانِ.

End its like a snake it will bite and like a viper it will sting.

٣٣ 33 عَيْنَاكَ تَنْظُرَانِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّاتِ، وَقَلْبُكَ يَنْطِقُ بِأُمُورٍ مُلْتَوِيَةٍ.

Eyes your they will see strange [things] and heart your it will speak perverse things.

٣٤ 34 وَتَكُونُ كَمُضْطَجعٍ فِي قَلْبِ ٱلْبَحْرِ، أَوْ كَمُضْطَجعٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ سَارِيَةٍ.

And you will be like [one who] lies down in [the] heart of [the] sea and like [one who] lies down at [the] top of a mast.

٣٥ 35 يَقُولُ: «ضَرَبُونِي وَلَمْ أَتَوَجَّعْ! لَقَدْ لَكَأُونِي وَلَمْ أَعْرِفْ! مَتَى أَسْتَيْقِظُ؟ أَعُودُ أَطْلُبُهَا بَعْدُ!».

They struck me not I am sick they beat me not I know when? will I awake I will repeat I will seek it again.