أَمْثَالٌ 7
| يَا ٱبْنِي، ٱحْفَظْ كَلَامِي وَٱذْخَرْ وَصَايَايَ عِنْدَكَ. | ١ 1 |
My sonne, keepe my wordes, and hide my commandements with thee.
| ٱحْفَظْ وَصَايَايَ فَتَحْيَا، وَشَرِيعَتِي كَحَدَقَةِ عَيْنِكَ. | ٢ 2 |
Keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue, and mine instruction as the apple of thine eyes.
| اُرْبُطْهَا عَلَى أَصَابِعِكَ. ٱكْتُبْهَا عَلَى لَوْحِ قَلْبِكَ. | ٣ 3 |
Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
| قُلْ لِلْحِكْمَةِ: «أَنْتِ أُخْتِي» وَٱدْعُ ٱلْفَهْمَ ذَا قَرَابَةٍ. | ٤ 4 |
Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,
| لِتَحْفَظَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةِ، مِنَ ٱلْغَرِيبَةِ ٱلْمَلِقَةِ بِكَلَامِهَا. | ٥ 5 |
That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.
| لِأَنِّي مِنْ كُوَّةِ بَيْتِي، مِنْ وَرَاءِ شُبَّاكِي تَطَلَّعْتُ، | ٦ 6 |
As I was in the window of mine house, I looked through my windowe,
| فَرَأَيْتُ بَيْنَ ٱلْجُهَّالِ، لَاحَظْتُ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَنِينَ غُلَامًا عَدِيمَ ٱلْفَهْمِ، | ٧ 7 |
And I sawe among the fooles, and considered among the children a yong man destitute of vnderstanding,
| عَابِرًا فِي ٱلشَّارِعِ عِنْدَ زَاوِيَتِهَا، وَصَاعِدًا فِي طَرِيقِ بَيْتِهَا. | ٨ 8 |
Who passed through the streete by her corner, and went toward her house,
| فِي ٱلْعِشَاءِ، فِي مَسَاءِ ٱلْيَوْمِ، فِي حَدَقَةِ ٱللَّيْلِ وَٱلظَّلَامِ. | ٩ 9 |
In the twilight in the euening, when the night began to be blacke and darke.
| وَإِذَا بِٱمْرَأَةٍ ٱسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ فِي زِيِّ زَانِيَةٍ، وَخَبِيثَةِ ٱلْقَلْبِ. | ١٠ 10 |
And beholde, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtill in heart.
| صَخَّابَةٌ هِيَ وَجَامِحَةٌ. فِي بَيْتِهَا لَا تَسْتَقِرُّ قَدَمَاهَا. | ١١ 11 |
(She is babling and loud: whose feete can not abide in her house.
| تَارَةً فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ، وَأُخْرَى فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ، وَعِنْدَ كُلِّ زَاوِيَةٍ تَكْمُنُ. | ١٢ 12 |
Nowe she is without, nowe in the streetes, and lyeth in waite at euery corner)
| فَأَمْسَكَتْهُ وَقَبَّلَتْهُ. أَوْقَحَتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: | ١٣ 13 |
So she caught him and kissed him and with an impudent face said vnto him,
| «عَلَيَّ ذَبَائِحُ ٱلسَّلَامَةِ. ٱلْيَوْمَ أَوْفَيْتُ نُذُورِي. | ١٤ 14 |
I haue peace offerings: this day haue I payed my vowes.
| فَلِذَلِكَ خَرَجْتُ لِلِقَائِكَ، لِأَطْلُبَ وَجْهَكَ حَتَّى أَجِدَكَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Therefore came I forth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face: and I haue found thee.
| بِٱلدِّيبَاجِ فَرَشْتُ سَرِيرِي، بِمُوَشَّى كَتَّانٍ مِنْ مِصْرَ. | ١٦ 16 |
I haue deckt my bed with ornaments, carpets and laces of Egypt.
| عَطَّرْتُ فِرَاشِي بِمُرٍّ وَعُودٍ وَقِرْفَةٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
I haue perfumed my bedde with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom.
| هَلُمَّ نَرْتَوِ وُدًّا إِلَى ٱلصَّبَاحِ. نَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْحُبِّ. | ١٨ 18 |
Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning: let vs take our pleasure in daliance.
| لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّجُلَ لَيْسَ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ. ذَهَبَ فِي طَرِيقٍ بَعِيدَةٍ. | ١٩ 19 |
For mine husband is not at home: he is gone a iourney farre off.
| أَخَذَ صُرَّةَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ بِيَدِهِ. يَوْمَ ٱلْهِلَالِ يَأْتِي إِلَى بَيْتِهِ». | ٢٠ 20 |
He hath taken with him a bagge of siluer, and will come home at the day appointed.
| أَغْوَتْهُ بِكَثْرَةِ فُنُونِهَا، بِمَلْثِ شَفَتَيْهَا طَوَّحَتْهُ. | ٢١ 21 |
Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.
| ذَهَبَ وَرَاءَهَا لِوَقْتِهِ، كَثَوْرٍ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلذَّبْحِ، أَوْ كَٱلْغَبِيِّ إِلَى قَيْدِ ٱلْقِصَاصِ، | ٢٢ 22 |
And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction,
| حَتَّى يَشُقَّ سَهْمٌ كَبِدَهُ. كَطَيْرٍ يُسْرِعُ إِلَى ٱلْفَخِّ وَلَا يَدْرِي أَنَّهُ لِنَفْسِهِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.
| وَٱلْآنَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَبْنَاءُ ٱسْمَعُوا لِي وَأَصْغُوا لِكَلِمَاتِ فَمِي: | ٢٤ 24 |
Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth.
| لَا يَمِلْ قَلْبُكَ إِلَى طُرُقِهَا، وَلَا تَشْرُدْ فِي مَسَالِكِهَا. | ٢٥ 25 |
Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths.
| لِأَنَّهَا طَرَحَتْ كَثِيرِينَ جَرْحَى، وَكُلُّ قَتْلَاهَا أَقْوِيَاءُ. | ٢٦ 26 |
For shee hath caused many to fall downe wounded, and the strong men are all slaine by her.
