< أَمْثَالٌ 4 >
اِسْمَعُوا أَيُّهَا ٱلْبَنُونَ تَأْدِيبَ ٱلْأَبِ، وَٱصْغُوا لِأَجْلِ مَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْفَهْمِ، | ١ 1 |
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
لِأَنِّي أُعْطِيكُمْ تَعْلِيمًا صَالِحًا، فَلَا تَتْرُكُوا شَرِيعَتِي. | ٢ 2 |
For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.
فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ ٱبْنًا لِأَبِي، غَضًّا وَوَحِيدًا عِنْدَ أُمِّي، | ٣ 3 |
When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
وَكَانَ يُرِينِي وَيَقُولُ لِي: «لِيَضْبِطْ قَلْبُكَ كَلَامِي. ٱحْفَظْ وَصَايَايَ فَتَحْيَا. | ٤ 4 |
he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
اِقْتَنِ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ. ٱقْتَنِ ٱلْفَهْمَ. لَا تَنْسَ وَلَا تُعْرِضْ عَنْ كَلِمَاتِ فَمِي. | ٥ 5 |
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
لَا تَتْرُكْهَا فَتَحْفَظَكَ. أَحْبِبْهَا فَتَصُونَكَ. | ٦ 6 |
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
ٱلْحِكْمَةُ هِيَ ٱلرَّأْسُ. فَٱقْتَنِ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ، وَبِكُلِّ مُقْتَنَاكَ ٱقْتَنِ ٱلْفَهْمَ. | ٧ 7 |
Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
ٱرْفَعْهَا فَتُعَلِّيَكَ. تُمَجِّدُكَ إِذَا ٱعْتَنَقْتَهَا. | ٨ 8 |
Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
تُعْطِي رَأْسَكَ إِكْلِيلَ نِعْمَةٍ. تَاجَ جَمَالٍ تَمْنَحُكَ». | ٩ 9 |
She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
اِسْمَعْ يَا ٱبْنِي وَٱقْبَلْ أَقْوَالِي، فَتَكْثُرَ سِنُو حَيَاتِكَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
أَرَيْتُكَ طَرِيقَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ. هَدَيْتُكَ سُبُلَ ٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ. | ١١ 11 |
I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
إِذَا سِرْتَ فَلَا تَضِيقُ خَطَوَاتُكَ، وَإِذَا سَعَيْتَ فَلَا تَعْثُرُ. | ١٢ 12 |
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
تَمَسَّكْ بِٱلْأَدَبِ، لَا تَرْخِهِ. ٱحْفَظْهُ فَإِنَّهُ هُوَ حَيَاتُكَ. | ١٣ 13 |
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
لَا تَدْخُلْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ، وَلَا تَسِرْ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْأَثَمَةِ. | ١٤ 14 |
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
تَنَكَّبْ عَنْهُ. لَا تَمُرَّ بِهِ. حِدْ عَنْهُ وَٱعْبُرْ، | ١٥ 15 |
Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَنَامُونَ إِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا سُوءًا، وَيُنْزَعُ نَوْمُهُمْ إِنْ لَمْ يُسْقِطُوا أَحَدًا. | ١٦ 16 |
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
لِأَنَّهُمْ يَطْعَمُونَ خُبْزَ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَيَشْرَبُونَ خَمْرَ ٱلظُّلْمِ. | ١٧ 17 |
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
أَمَّا سَبِيلُ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ فَكَنُورٍ مُشْرِقٍ، يَتَزَايَدُ وَيُنِيرُ إِلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ ٱلْكَامِلِ. | ١٨ 18 |
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
أَمَّا طَرِيقُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ فَكَالظَّلَامِ. لَا يَعْلَمُونَ مَا يَعْثُرُونَ بِهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
يَا ٱبْنِي، أَصْغِ إِلَى كَلَامِي. أَمِلْ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى أَقْوَالِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
لَا تَبْرَحْ عَنْ عَيْنَيْكَ. اِحْفَظْهَا فِي وَسَطِ قَلْبِكَ. | ٢١ 21 |
Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
لِأَنَّهَا هِيَ حَيَاةٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَجِدُونَهَا، وَدَوَاءٌ لِكُلِّ ٱلْجَسَدِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
فَوْقَ كُلِّ تَحَفُّظٍ ٱحْفَظْ قَلْبَكَ، لِأَنَّ مِنْهُ مَخَارِجَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
ٱنْزِعْ عَنْكَ ٱلْتِوَاءَ ٱلْفَمِ، وَأَبْعِدْ عَنْكَ ٱنْحِرَافَ ٱلشَّفَتَيْنِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
لِتَنْظُرْ عَيْنَاكَ إِلَى قُدَّامِكَ، وَأَجْفَانُكَ إِلَى أَمَامِكَ مُسْتَقِيمًا. | ٢٥ 25 |
Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
مَهِّدْ سَبِيلَ رِجْلِكَ، فَتَثْبُتَ كُلُّ طُرُقِكَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
لَا تَمِلْ يَمْنَةً وَلَا يَسْرَةً. بَاعِدْ رِجْلَكَ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.