< أَمْثَالٌ 9 >
اَلْحِكْمَةُ بَنَتْ بَيْتَهَا. نَحَتَتْ أَعْمِدَتَهَا ٱلسَّبْعَةَ. | ١ 1 |
Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars.
ذَبَحَتْ ذَبْحَهَا. مَزَجَتْ خَمْرَهَا. أَيْضًا رَتَّبَتْ مَائِدَتَهَا. | ٢ 2 |
She hath killed her fatlings; She hath mingled her wine; Yea, she hath furnished her table.
أَرْسَلَتْ جَوَارِيَهَا تُنَادِي عَلَى ظُهُورِ أَعَالِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ: | ٣ 3 |
She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth aloud upon the highest places of the city:
«مَنْ هُوَ جَاهِلٌ فَلْيَمِلْ إِلَى هُنَا». وَٱلنَّاقِصُ ٱلْفَهْمِ قَالَتْ لَهُ: | ٤ 4 |
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in hither!” To him that is void of understanding she saith,
«هَلُمُّوا كُلُوا مِنْ طَعَامِي، وَٱشْرَبُوا مِنَ ٱلْخَمْرِ ٱلَّتِي مَزَجْتُهَا. | ٥ 5 |
“Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled!
اُتْرُكُوا ٱلْجَهَالَاتِ فَتَحْيَوْا، وَسِيرُوا فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْفَهْمِ». | ٦ 6 |
Forsake folly, and live! And go forward in the way of understanding!
مَنْ يُوَبِّخْ مُسْتَهْزِئًا يَكْسَبْ لِنَفْسِهِ هَوَانًا، وَمَنْ يُنْذِرْ شِرِّيرًا يَكْسَبْ عَيْبًا. | ٧ 7 |
“He who correcteth a scoffer Bringeth shame upon himself; And he who rebuketh the wicked Bringeth upon himself a stain.
لَا تُوَبِّخْ مُسْتَهْزِئًا لِئَلَّا يُبْغِضَكَ. وَبِّخْ حَكِيمًا فَيُحِبَّكَ. | ٨ 8 |
Rebuke not a scoffer, lest he hate thee; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
أَعْطِ حَكِيمًا فَيَكُونَ أَوْفَرَ حِكْمَةً. عَلِّمْ صِدِّيقًا فَيَزْدَادَ عِلْمًا. | ٩ 9 |
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; Teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
بَدْءُ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ مَخَافَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَمَعْرِفَةُ ٱلْقُدُّوسِ فَهْمٌ. | ١٠ 10 |
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Most Holy is understanding.
لِأَنَّهُ بِي تَكْثُرُ أَيَّامُكَ وَتَزْدَادُ لَكَ سِنُو حَيَاةٍ. | ١١ 11 |
Yea, through me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.
إِنْ كُنْتَ حَكِيمًا فَأَنْتَ حَكِيمٌ لِنَفْسِكَ، وَإِنِ ٱسْتَهْزَأْتَ فَأَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ تَتَحَمَّلُ. | ١٢ 12 |
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou art a scoffer, thou alone must bear it.”
اَلْمَرْأَةُ ٱلْجَاهِلَةُ صَخَّابَةٌ حَمْقَاءُ وَلَا تَدْرِي شَيْئًا، | ١٣ 13 |
The foolish woman is clamorous; She is very simple, and careth for nothing.
فَتَقْعُدُ عِنْدَ بَابِ بَيْتِهَا عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ فِي أَعَالِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، | ١٤ 14 |
She sitteth at the door of her house, Upon a seat in the high places of the city,
لِتُنَادِيَ عَابِرِي ٱلسَّبِيلِ ٱلْمُقَوِّمِينَ طُرُقَهُمْ: | ١٥ 15 |
To call aloud to those that pass by, Who go straight forward in their ways,
«مَنْ هُوَ جَاهِلٌ فَلْيَمِلْ إِلَى هُنَا». وَٱلنَّاقِصُ ٱلْفَهْمِ تَقُولُ لَهُ: | ١٦ 16 |
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in hither!” And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
«ٱلْمِيَاهُ ٱلْمَسْرُوقَةُ حُلْوَةٌ، وَخُبْزُ ٱلْخُفْيَةِ لَذِيذٌ». | ١٧ 17 |
“Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
وَلَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ٱلْأَخْيِلَةَ هُنَاكَ، وَأَنَّ فِي أَعْمَاقِ ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ ضُيُوفَهَا. (Sheol ) | ١٨ 18 |
But he considereth not that the dead are there, That in the vales of the under-world are her guests. (Sheol )