أَمْثَالٌ 6

١ 1 يَا ٱبْنِي، إِنْ ضَمِنْتَ صَاحِبَكَ، إِنْ صَفَّقْتَ كَفَّكَ لِغَرِيبٍ،

My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hand in pledge for a stranger;

٢ 2 إِنْ عَلِقْتَ فِي كَلَامِ فَمِكَ، إِنْ أُخِذْتَ بِكَلَامِ فِيكَ،

You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

٣ 3 إِذًا فَٱفْعَلْ هَذَا يَا ٱبْنِي، وَنَجِّ نَفْسَكَ إِذَا صِرْتَ فِي يَدِ صَاحِبِكَ، ٱذْهَبْ تَرَامَ وَأَلِحَّ عَلَى صَاحِبِكَ.

Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

٤ 4 لَا تُعْطِ عَيْنَيْكَ نَوْمًا، وَلَا أَجْفَانَكَ نُعَاسًا.

Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

٥ 5 نَجِّ نَفْسَكَ كَٱلظَّبْيِ مِنَ ٱلْيَدِ، كَٱلْعُصْفُورِ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلصَّيَّادِ.

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

٦ 6 اِذْهَبْ إِلَى ٱلنَّمْلَةِ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَسْلَانُ. تَأَمَّلْ طُرُقَهَا وَكُنْ حَكِيمًا.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

٧ 7 ٱلَّتِي لَيْسَ لَهَا قَائِدٌ أَوْ عَرِيفٌ أَوْ مُتَسَلِّطٌ،

which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

٨ 8 وَتُعِدُّ فِي ٱلصَّيْفِ طَعَامَهَا، وَتَجْمَعُ فِي ٱلْحَصَادِ أُكْلَهَا.

provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

٩ 9 إِلَى مَتَى تَنَامُ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَسْلَانُ؟ مَتَى تَنْهَضُ مِنْ نَوْمِكَ؟

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

١٠ 10 قَلِيلُ نَوْمٍ بَعْدُ قَلِيلُ نُعَاسٍ، وَطَيُّ ٱلْيَدَيْنِ قَلِيلًا لِلرُّقُودِ،

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

١١ 11 فَيَأْتِي فَقْرُكَ كَسَاعٍ وَعَوَزُكَ كَغَازٍ.

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

١٢ 12 اَلرَّجُلُ ٱللَّئِيمُ، ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلْأَثِيمُ يَسْعَى بِٱعْوِجَاجِ ٱلْفَمِ.

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

١٣ 13 يَغْمِزُ بِعَيْنَيْهِ. يَقُولُ بِرِجْلِهِ. يُشِيرُ بِأَصَابِعِهِ.

who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;

١٤ 14 فِي قَلْبِهِ أَكَاذِيبُ. يَخْتَرِعُ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ. يَزْرَعُ خُصُومَاتٍ.

in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

١٥ 15 لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ بَغْتَةً تُفَاجِئُهُ بَلِيَّتُهُ. فِي لَحْظَةٍ يَنْكَسِرُ وَلَا شِفَاءَ.

Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

١٦ 16 هَذِهِ ٱلسِّتَّةُ يُبْغِضُهَا ٱلرَّبُّ، وَسَبْعَةٌ هِيَ مَكْرَهَةُ نَفْسِهِ:

There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

١٧ 17 عُيُونٌ مُتَعَالِيَةٌ، لِسَانٌ كَاذِبٌ، أَيْدٍ سَافِكَةٌ دَمًا بَرِيئًا،

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

١٨ 18 قَلْبٌ يُنْشِئُ أَفْكَارًا رَدِيئَةً، أَرْجُلٌ سَرِيعَةُ ٱلْجَرَيَانِ إِلَى ٱلسُّوءِ،

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

١٩ 19 شَاهِدُ زُورٍ يَفُوهُ بِٱلْأَكَاذِيبِ، وَزَارِعُ خُصُومَاتٍ بَيْنَ إِخْوَةٍ.

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

٢٠ 20 يَا ٱبْنِي، ٱحْفَظْ وَصَايَا أَبِيكَ وَلَا تَتْرُكْ شَرِيعَةَ أُمِّكَ.

My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

٢١ 21 اُرْبُطْهَا عَلَى قَلْبِكَ دَائِمًا. قَلِّدْ بِهَا عُنُقَكَ.

Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

٢٢ 22 إِذَا ذَهَبْتَ تَهْدِيكَ. إِذَا نِمْتَ تَحْرُسُكَ، وَإِذَا ٱسْتَيْقَظْتَ فَهِيَ تُحَدِّثُكَ.

When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

٢٣ 23 لِأَنَّ ٱلْوَصِيَّةَ مِصْبَاحٌ، وَٱلشَّرِيعَةَ نُورٌ، وَتَوْبِيخَاتِ ٱلْأَدَبِ طَرِيقُ ٱلْحَيَاةِ.

For the commandment is a lamp, and the Law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

٢٤ 24 لِحِفْظِكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلشِّرِّيرَةِ، مِنْ مَلَقِ لِسَانِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةِ.

to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the foreign woman.

٢٥ 25 لَا تَشْتَهِيَنَّ جَمَالَهَا بِقَلْبِكَ، وَلَا تَأْخُذْكَ بِهُدُبِهَا.

Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

٢٦ 26 لِأَنَّهُ بِسَبَبِ ٱمْرَأَةٍ زَانِيَةٍ يَفْتَقِرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ إِلَى رَغِيفِ خُبْزٍ، وَٱمْرَأَةُ رَجُلٍ آخَرَ تَقْتَنِصُ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلْكَرِيمَةَ.

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

٢٧ 27 أَيَأْخُذُ إِنْسَانٌ نَارًا فِي حِضْنِهِ وَلَا تَحْتَرِقُ ثِيَابُهُ؟

Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

٢٨ 28 أَوَ يَمْشِي إِنْسَانٌ عَلَى ٱلْجَمْرِ وَلَا تَكْتَوِي رِجْلَاهُ؟

Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

٢٩ 29 هَكَذَا مَنْ يَدْخُلُ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةِ صَاحِبِهِ. كُلُّ مَنْ يَمَسُّهَا لَا يَكُونُ بَرِيئًا.

So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

٣٠ 30 لَا يَسْتَخِفُّونَ بِٱلسَّارِقِ وَلَوْ سَرِقَ لِيُشْبِعَ نَفْسَهُ وَهُوَ جَوْعَانٌ.

Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

٣١ 31 إِنْ وُجِدَ يَرُدُّ سَبْعَةَ أَضْعَافٍ، وَيُعْطِي كُلَّ قِنْيَةِ بَيْتِهِ.

but if he is found, he must repay seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

٣٢ 32 أَمَّا ٱلزَّانِي بِٱمْرَأَةٍ فَعَدِيمُ ٱلْعَقْلِ. ٱلْمُهْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ هُوَ يَفْعَلُهُ.

He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

٣٣ 33 ضَرْبًا وَخِزْيًا يَجِدُ، وَعَارُهُ لَا يُمْحَى.

He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.

٣٤ 34 لِأَنَّ ٱلْغَيْرَةَ هِيَ حَمِيَّةُ ٱلرَّجُلِ، فَلَا يُشْفِقُ فِي يَوْمِ ٱلِٱنْتِقَامِ.

For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance.

٣٥ 35 لَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَى فِدْيَةٍ مَّا، وَلَا يَرْضَى وَلَوْ أَكْثَرْتَ ٱلرَّشْوَةَ.

He won't regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.