< أَمْثَالٌ 4 >
اِسْمَعُوا أَيُّهَا ٱلْبَنُونَ تَأْدِيبَ ٱلْأَبِ، وَٱصْغُوا لِأَجْلِ مَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْفَهْمِ، | ١ 1 |
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
لِأَنِّي أُعْطِيكُمْ تَعْلِيمًا صَالِحًا، فَلَا تَتْرُكُوا شَرِيعَتِي. | ٢ 2 |
For I give you a good gift; forsake ye not my law.
فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ ٱبْنًا لِأَبِي، غَضًّا وَوَحِيدًا عِنْدَ أُمِّي، | ٣ 3 |
For I also was a son obedient to [my] father, and loved in the sight of [my] mother:
وَكَانَ يُرِينِي وَيَقُولُ لِي: «لِيَضْبِطْ قَلْبُكَ كَلَامِي. ٱحْفَظْ وَصَايَايَ فَتَحْيَا. | ٤ 4 |
who spoke and instructed me, [saying], Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep [our] commandments, forget them not:
اِقْتَنِ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ. ٱقْتَنِ ٱلْفَهْمَ. لَا تَنْسَ وَلَا تُعْرِضْ عَنْ كَلِمَاتِ فَمِي. | ٥ 5 |
and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.
لَا تَتْرُكْهَا فَتَحْفَظَكَ. أَحْبِبْهَا فَتَصُونَكَ. | ٦ 6 |
And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep thee.
ٱلْحِكْمَةُ هِيَ ٱلرَّأْسُ. فَٱقْتَنِ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ، وَبِكُلِّ مُقْتَنَاكَ ٱقْتَنِ ٱلْفَهْمَ. | ٧ 7 |
ٱرْفَعْهَا فَتُعَلِّيَكَ. تُمَجِّدُكَ إِذَا ٱعْتَنَقْتَهَا. | ٨ 8 |
Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: honour it, that it may embrace thee;
تُعْطِي رَأْسَكَ إِكْلِيلَ نِعْمَةٍ. تَاجَ جَمَالٍ تَمْنَحُكَ». | ٩ 9 |
that it may give unto thy head a crown of graces, and may cover thee with a crown of delight.
اِسْمَعْ يَا ٱبْنِي وَٱقْبَلْ أَقْوَالِي، فَتَكْثُرَ سِنُو حَيَاتِكَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Hear, [my] son, and receive my words; and the years of thy life shall be increased, that the resources of thy life may be many.
أَرَيْتُكَ طَرِيقَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ. هَدَيْتُكَ سُبُلَ ٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ. | ١١ 11 |
For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; and I cause thee to go in right paths.
إِذَا سِرْتَ فَلَا تَضِيقُ خَطَوَاتُكَ، وَإِذَا سَعَيْتَ فَلَا تَعْثُرُ. | ١٢ 12 |
For when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not be distressed.
تَمَسَّكْ بِٱلْأَدَبِ، لَا تَرْخِهِ. ٱحْفَظْهُ فَإِنَّهُ هُوَ حَيَاتُكَ. | ١٣ 13 |
Take hold of my instruction; let it not go, —but keep it for thyself for thy life.
لَا تَدْخُلْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ، وَلَا تَسِرْ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْأَثَمَةِ. | ١٤ 14 |
Go not in the ways of the ungodly, neither covet the ways of transgressors.
تَنَكَّبْ عَنْهُ. لَا تَمُرَّ بِهِ. حِدْ عَنْهُ وَٱعْبُرْ، | ١٥ 15 |
In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not thither; but turn from them, and pass away.
لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَنَامُونَ إِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا سُوءًا، وَيُنْزَعُ نَوْمُهُمْ إِنْ لَمْ يُسْقِطُوا أَحَدًا. | ١٦ 16 |
For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.
لِأَنَّهُمْ يَطْعَمُونَ خُبْزَ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَيَشْرَبُونَ خَمْرَ ٱلظُّلْمِ. | ١٧ 17 |
For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression.
أَمَّا سَبِيلُ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ فَكَنُورٍ مُشْرِقٍ، يَتَزَايَدُ وَيُنِيرُ إِلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ ٱلْكَامِلِ. | ١٨ 18 |
But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.
أَمَّا طَرِيقُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ فَكَالظَّلَامِ. لَا يَعْلَمُونَ مَا يَعْثُرُونَ بِهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.
يَا ٱبْنِي، أَصْغِ إِلَى كَلَامِي. أَمِلْ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى أَقْوَالِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
[My] son, attend to my speech; and apply thine ear to my words:
لَا تَبْرَحْ عَنْ عَيْنَيْكَ. اِحْفَظْهَا فِي وَسَطِ قَلْبِكَ. | ٢١ 21 |
that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in [thine] heart.
لِأَنَّهَا هِيَ حَيَاةٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَجِدُونَهَا، وَدَوَاءٌ لِكُلِّ ٱلْجَسَدِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
For they are life to those that find them, and health to all [their] flesh.
فَوْقَ كُلِّ تَحَفُّظٍ ٱحْفَظْ قَلْبَكَ، لِأَنَّ مِنْهُ مَخَارِجَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Keep thine heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.
ٱنْزِعْ عَنْكَ ٱلْتِوَاءَ ٱلْفَمِ، وَأَبْعِدْ عَنْكَ ٱنْحِرَافَ ٱلشَّفَتَيْنِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Remove from thee a froward mouth, and put far away from thee unjust lips.
لِتَنْظُرْ عَيْنَاكَ إِلَى قُدَّامِكَ، وَأَجْفَانُكَ إِلَى أَمَامِكَ مُسْتَقِيمًا. | ٢٥ 25 |
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids assent [to] just [things].
مَهِّدْ سَبِيلَ رِجْلِكَ، فَتَثْبُتَ كُلُّ طُرُقِكَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Make straight paths for thy feet, and order thy ways aright.
لَا تَمِلْ يَمْنَةً وَلَا يَسْرَةً. بَاعِدْ رِجْلَكَ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away thy foot from an evil way.