أَمْثَالٌ 7
| يَا ٱبْنِي، ٱحْفَظْ كَلَامِي وَٱذْخَرْ وَصَايَايَ عِنْدَكَ. | ١ 1 |
My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,
| ٱحْفَظْ وَصَايَايَ فَتَحْيَا، وَشَرِيعَتِي كَحَدَقَةِ عَيْنِكَ. | ٢ 2 |
Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye:
| اُرْبُطْهَا عَلَى أَصَابِعِكَ. ٱكْتُبْهَا عَلَى لَوْحِ قَلْبِكَ. | ٣ 3 |
Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.
| قُلْ لِلْحِكْمَةِ: «أَنْتِ أُخْتِي» وَٱدْعُ ٱلْفَهْمَ ذَا قَرَابَةٍ. | ٤ 4 |
Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,
| لِتَحْفَظَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةِ، مِنَ ٱلْغَرِيبَةِ ٱلْمَلِقَةِ بِكَلَامِهَا. | ٥ 5 |
That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.
| لِأَنِّي مِنْ كُوَّةِ بَيْتِي، مِنْ وَرَاءِ شُبَّاكِي تَطَلَّعْتُ، | ٦ 6 |
For I look out of the window of my house through the lattice,
| فَرَأَيْتُ بَيْنَ ٱلْجُهَّالِ، لَاحَظْتُ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَنِينَ غُلَامًا عَدِيمَ ٱلْفَهْمِ، | ٧ 7 |
And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,
| عَابِرًا فِي ٱلشَّارِعِ عِنْدَ زَاوِيَتِهَا، وَصَاعِدًا فِي طَرِيقِ بَيْتِهَا. | ٨ 8 |
Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house.
| فِي ٱلْعِشَاءِ، فِي مَسَاءِ ٱلْيَوْمِ، فِي حَدَقَةِ ٱللَّيْلِ وَٱلظَّلَامِ. | ٩ 9 |
In the dark, when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night,
| وَإِذَا بِٱمْرَأَةٍ ٱسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ فِي زِيِّ زَانِيَةٍ، وَخَبِيثَةِ ٱلْقَلْبِ. | ١٠ 10 |
And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot’s attire prepared to deceive souls; talkative and wandering,
| صَخَّابَةٌ هِيَ وَجَامِحَةٌ. فِي بَيْتِهَا لَا تَسْتَقِرُّ قَدَمَاهَا. | ١١ 11 |
Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home,
| تَارَةً فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ، وَأُخْرَى فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ، وَعِنْدَ كُلِّ زَاوِيَةٍ تَكْمُنُ. | ١٢ 12 |
Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.
| فَأَمْسَكَتْهُ وَقَبَّلَتْهُ. أَوْقَحَتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: | ١٣ 13 |
And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying:
| «عَلَيَّ ذَبَائِحُ ٱلسَّلَامَةِ. ٱلْيَوْمَ أَوْفَيْتُ نُذُورِي. | ١٤ 14 |
I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows.
| فَلِذَلِكَ خَرَجْتُ لِلِقَائِكَ، لِأَطْلُبَ وَجْهَكَ حَتَّى أَجِدَكَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I have found thee.
| بِٱلدِّيبَاجِ فَرَشْتُ سَرِيرِي، بِمُوَشَّى كَتَّانٍ مِنْ مِصْرَ. | ١٦ 16 |
I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted tapestry, brought from Egypt.
| عَطَّرْتُ فِرَاشِي بِمُرٍّ وَعُودٍ وَقِرْفَةٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
| هَلُمَّ نَرْتَوِ وُدًّا إِلَى ٱلصَّبَاحِ. نَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْحُبِّ. | ١٨ 18 |
Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the desired embraces, till the day appear.
| لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّجُلَ لَيْسَ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ. ذَهَبَ فِي طَرِيقٍ بَعِيدَةٍ. | ١٩ 19 |
For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey.
| أَخَذَ صُرَّةَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ بِيَدِهِ. يَوْمَ ٱلْهِلَالِ يَأْتِي إِلَى بَيْتِهِ». | ٢٠ 20 |
He took with him a bag of money: he mill return home the day of the full moon.
| أَغْوَتْهُ بِكَثْرَةِ فُنُونِهَا، بِمَلْثِ شَفَتَيْهَا طَوَّحَتْهُ. | ٢١ 21 |
She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.
| ذَهَبَ وَرَاءَهَا لِوَقْتِهِ، كَثَوْرٍ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلذَّبْحِ، أَوْ كَٱلْغَبِيِّ إِلَى قَيْدِ ٱلْقِصَاصِ، | ٢٢ 22 |
Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds,
| حَتَّى يَشُقَّ سَهْمٌ كَبِدَهُ. كَطَيْرٍ يُسْرِعُ إِلَى ٱلْفَخِّ وَلَا يَدْرِي أَنَّهُ لِنَفْسِهِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger.
| وَٱلْآنَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَبْنَاءُ ٱسْمَعُوا لِي وَأَصْغُوا لِكَلِمَاتِ فَمِي: | ٢٤ 24 |
Now therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
| لَا يَمِلْ قَلْبُكَ إِلَى طُرُقِهَا، وَلَا تَشْرُدْ فِي مَسَالِكِهَا. | ٢٥ 25 |
Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou deceived with her paths.
| لِأَنَّهَا طَرَحَتْ كَثِيرِينَ جَرْحَى، وَكُلُّ قَتْلَاهَا أَقْوِيَاءُ. | ٢٦ 26 |
For she hath cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been slain by her.
