أَمْثَالٌ 1
| أَمْثَالُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: | ١ 1 |
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
| لِمَعْرِفَةِ حِكْمَةٍ وَأَدَبٍ. لِإِدْرَاكِ أَقْوَالِ ٱلْفَهْمِ. | ٢ 2 |
For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,
| لِقُبُولِ تَأْدِيبِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ وَٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ. | ٣ 3 |
For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,
| لِتُعْطِيَ ٱلْجُهَّالَ ذَكَاءً، وَٱلشَّابَّ مَعْرِفَةً وَتَدَبُّرًا. | ٤ 4 |
For giving to simple ones—prudence, To a youth—knowledge and discretion.
| يَسْمَعُهَا ٱلْحَكِيمُ فَيَزْدَادُ عِلْمًا، وَٱلْفَهِيمُ يَكْتَسِبُ تَدْبِيرًا. | ٥ 5 |
(The wise hear and increase learning, And the intelligent obtain counsels.)
| لِفَهْمِ ٱلْمَثَلِ وَٱللُّغْزِ، أَقْوَالِ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ وَغَوَامِضِهِمْ. | ٦ 6 |
For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
| مَخَافَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ رَأْسُ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ، أَمَّا ٱلْجَاهِلُونَ فَيَحْتَقِرُونَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلْأَدَبَ. | ٧ 7 |
Fear of YHWH [is the] beginning of knowledge, Fools have despised wisdom and instruction!
| اِسْمَعْ يَا ٱبْنِي تَأْدِيبَ أَبِيكَ، وَلَا تَرْفُضْ شَرِيعَةَ أُمِّكَ، | ٨ 8 |
Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, And do not leave the law of your mother,
| لِأَنَّهُمَا إِكْلِيلُ نِعْمَةٍ لِرَأْسِكَ، وَقَلَائِدُ لِعُنُقِكَ. | ٩ 9 |
For they [are] a graceful wreath to your head, And chains to your neck.
| يَا ٱبْنِي، إِنْ تَمَلَّقَكَ ٱلْخُطَاةُ فَلَا تَرْضَ. | ١٠ 10 |
My son, if sinners entice you, do not be willing.
| إِنْ قَالُوا: «هَلُمَّ مَعَنَا لِنَكْمُنْ لِلدَّمِ. لِنَخْتَفِ لِلْبَرِيءِ بَاطِلًا. | ١١ 11 |
If they say, “Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
| لِنَبْتَلِعْهُمْ أَحْيَاءً كَٱلْهَاوِيَةِ، وَصِحَاحًا كَٱلْهَابِطِينَ فِي ٱلْجُبِّ، (Sheol h7585) | ١٢ 12 |
We swallow them as Sheol—alive, And whole—as those going down [to] the pit, (Sheol h7585)
| فَنَجِدَ كُلَّ قِنْيَةٍ فَاخِرَةٍ، نَمْلَأَ بُيُوتَنَا غَنِيمَةً. | ١٣ 13 |
We find every precious substance, We fill our houses [with] spoil,
| تُلْقِي قُرْعَتَكَ وَسْطَنَا. يَكُونُ لَنَا جَمِيعًا كِيسٌ وَاحِدٌ». | ١٤ 14 |
You cast your lot among us, One purse is—to all of us.”
| يَا ٱبْنِي، لَا تَسْلُكْ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ مَعَهُمْ. اِمْنَعْ رِجْلَكَ عَنْ مَسَالِكِهِمْ. | ١٥ 15 |
My son! Do not go in the way with them, Withhold your foot from their path,
| لِأَنَّ أَرْجُلَهُمْ تَجْرِي إِلَى ٱلشَّرِّ وَتُسْرِعُ إِلَى سَفْكِ ٱلدَّمِ. | ١٦ 16 |
For their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed blood.
| لِأَنَّهُ بَاطِلًا تُنْصَبُ ٱلشَّبَكَةُ فِي عَيْنَيْ كُلِّ ذِي جَنَاحٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
| أَمَّا هُمْ فَيَكْمُنُونَ لِدَمِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ. يَخْتَفُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ. | ١٨ 18 |
And they lay wait for their own blood, They watch secretly for their own lives.
| هَكَذَا طُرُقُ كُلِّ مُولَعٍ بِكَسْبٍ. يَأْخُذُ نَفْسَ مُقْتَنِيهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
So [are] the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, It takes the life of its owners.
| اَلْحِكْمَةُ تُنَادِي فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ. فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ تُعْطِي صَوْتَهَا. | ٢٠ 20 |
Wisdom cries aloud in an out-place, She gives forth her voice in broad places,
| تَدْعُو فِي رُؤُوسِ ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ، فِي مَدَاخِلِ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ. فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تُبْدِي كَلَامَهَا | ٢١ 21 |
She calls at the head of the multitudes, In the openings of the gates, In the city she says her sayings:
| قَائِلَةً: «إِلَى مَتَى أَيُّهَا ٱلْجُهَّالُ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْجَهْلَ، وَٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئُونَ يُسَرُّونَ بِٱلِٱسْتِهْزَاءِ، وَٱلْحَمْقَى يُبْغِضُونَ ٱلْعِلْمَ؟ | ٢٢ 22 |
“Until when, you simple, do you love simplicity? And have scorners desired their scorning? And do fools hate knowledge?
| اِرْجِعُوا عِنْدَ تَوْبِيخِي. هَأَنَذَا أُفِيضُ لَكُمْ رُوحِي. أُعَلِّمُكُمْ كَلِمَاتِي. | ٢٣ 23 |
Turn back at my reproof, behold, I pour forth my spirit to you, I make known my words with you.
| «لِأَنِّي دَعَوْتُ فَأَبَيْتُمْ، وَمَدَدْتُ يَدِي وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُبَالِي، | ٢٤ 24 |
Because I have called, and you refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
| بَلْ رَفَضْتُمْ كُلَّ مَشُورَتِي، وَلَمْ تَرْضَوْا تَوْبِيخِي. | ٢٥ 25 |
And you slight all my counsel, And you have not desired my reproof.
| فَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَضْحَكُ عِنْدَ بَلِيَّتِكُمْ. أَشْمَتُ عِنْدَ مَجِيءِ خَوْفِكُمْ. | ٢٦ 26 |
I also laugh in your calamity, I deride when your fear comes,
| إِذَا جَاءَ خَوْفُكُمْ كَعَاصِفَةٍ، وَأَتَتْ بَلِيَّتُكُمْ كَٱلزَّوْبَعَةِ، إِذَا جَاءَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ شِدَّةٌ وَضِيقٌ. | ٢٧ 27 |
When your fear comes as destruction, And your calamity comes as a windstorm, When adversity and distress come on you.
| حِينَئِذٍ يَدْعُونَنِي فَلَا أَسْتَجِيبُ. يُبَكِّرُونَ إِلَيَّ فَلَا يَجِدُونَنِي. | ٢٨ 28 |
Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and do not find me.
| لِأَنَّهُمْ أَبْغَضُوا ٱلْعِلْمَ وَلَمْ يَخْتَارُوا مَخَافَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ٢٩ 29 |
Because that they have hated knowledge, And have not chosen the fear of YHWH.
| لَمْ يَرْضَوْا مَشُورَتِي. رَذَلُوا كُلَّ تَوْبِيخِي. | ٣٠ 30 |
They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,
| فَلِذَلِكَ يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ ثَمَرِ طَرِيقِهِمْ، وَيَشْبَعُونَ مِنْ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ. | ٣١ 31 |
And they eat of the fruit of their way, And they are filled from their own counsels.
| لِأَنَّ ٱرْتِدَادَ ٱلْحَمْقَى يَقْتُلُهُمْ، وَرَاحَةَ ٱلْجُهَّالِ تُبِيدُهُمْ. | ٣٢ 32 |
For the turning of the simple slays them, And the security of the foolish destroys them.
| أَمَّا ٱلْمُسْتَمِعُ لِي فَيَسْكُنُ آمِنًا، وَيَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ خَوْفِ ٱلشَّرِّ». | ٣٣ 33 |
And whoever is listening to me dwells confidently, And [is] quiet from fear of evil!”
