الأمثال 10
| هَذِهِ أَمْثَالُ سُلَيْمَانَ: الابْنُ الْحَكِيمُ مَسَرَّةٌ لأَبِيهِ، وَالابْنُ الْجَاهِلُ حَسْرَةٌ لأُمِّهِ. | ١ 1 |
THE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
| كُنُوزُ الْمَالِ الْحَرَامِ لَا تُجْدِي، وَلَكِنَّ الْحَقَّ يُنَجِّي مِنَ الْمَوْتِ. | ٢ 2 |
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
| لَا يُجِيعُ الرَّبُّ نَفْسَ الصِّدِّيقِ، أَمَّا هَوَى الأَشْرَارِ فَيَنْبِذُهُ. | ٣ 3 |
The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
| الْعَامِلُ بِيَدٍ مُسْتَرْخِيَةٍ يَفْتَقِرُ، أَمَّا الْيَدُ الْكَادِحَةُ فَتُغْنِي. | ٤ 4 |
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
| مَنْ يَجْمَعُ فِي الصَّيْفِ مَؤُونَتَهُ هُوَ ابْنٌ عَاقِلٌ، أَمَّا الَّذي يَنَامُ فِي مَوْسِمِ الْحَصَادِ فَهُوَ ابْنٌ مُخْزٍ. | ٥ 5 |
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
| تُتَوِّجُ الْبَرَكَاتُ رَأْسَ الصِّدِّيقِ، أَمَّا فَمُ الأَشْرَارِ فَيَطْغَى عَلَيْهِ الظُّلْمُ. | ٦ 6 |
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
| ذِكْرُ الصِّدِّيقِ بَرَكَةٌ، وَاسْمُ الأَشْرَارِ يَعْتَرِيهِ الْبِلَى. | ٧ 7 |
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
| الْحَكِيمُ الْقَلْبِ يَتَقَبَّلُ الْوَصَايَا، وَالْمُتَبَجِّحُ الشَّفَتَيْنِ مَصِيرُهُ الْخَرَابُ. | ٨ 8 |
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
| الَّذي يَسْلُكُ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ يَسِيرُ مُطْمَئِنّاً، وَذُو الطُّرُقِ الْمُنْحَرِفَةِ يُفْتَضَحُ. | ٩ 9 |
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
| مَنْ يَغْمِزُ بِعَيْنِهِ مَكْراً يُوَلِّدُ غَمّاً. وَالْمُوَبِّخُ بِجُرْأَةٍ يَصْنَعُ سَلاماً. | ١٠ 10 |
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
| فَمُ الصِّدِّيقِ يَنْبُعُ بِكَلامِ الْحَيَاةِ، أَمَّا فَمُ الشِّرِّيرِ فَيَطْغَى عَلَيْهِ الظُّلْمُ. | ١١ 11 |
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
| الْبَغْضَاءُ تُثِيرُ الْخُصُومَاتِ، وَالْمَحَبَّةُ تَسْتُرُ جَمِيعَ الذُّنُوبِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
| فِي شَفَتَيِ الْعَاقِلِ تَكْمُنُ حِكْمَةٌ أَمَّا الْعَصَا فَمِنْ نَصِيبِ ظَهْرِ الأَحْمَقِ. | ١٣ 13 |
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
| الْحُكَمَاءُ يَذْخَرُونَ الْمَعْرِفَةَ، أَمَّا فَمُ الْغَبِيِّ فَيَجْلِبُ الدَّمَارَ. | ١٤ 14 |
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
| ثَرْوَةُ الْغَنِيِّ قَلْعَتُهُ الْحَصِينَةُ، وَفِي فَقْرِ الْمَسَاكِينِ هَلاكُهُمْ. | ١٥ 15 |
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
| عَمَلُ الصِّدِّيقِ يُفْضِي إِلَى الْحَيَاةِ، وَرِبْحُ الشِّرِّيرِ يُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْخَطِيئَةِ. | ١٦ 16 |
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
| مَنْ يَعْمَلْ بِمُقْتَضَى التَّعْلِيمِ يَسِرْ فِي دَرْبِ الْحَيَاةِ، وَمَنْ يَرْفُضِ التَّأْدِيبَ يَضِلّ. | ١٧ 17 |
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
| مَنْ يُضْمِرْ الْبَغْضَاءَ تَنْطِقْ شَفَتَاهُ بِالْكَذِبِ، وَمَنْ جَاهَرَ بِالْمَذَمَّةِ فَهُوَ أَحْمَقُ. | ١٨ 18 |
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
| فِي كَثْرَةِ الْكَلامِ زَلّاتُ لِسَانٍ، وَمَنْ يَضْبِطُ شَفَتَيْهِ فَهُوَ عَاقِلٌ. | ١٩ 19 |
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
| كَلامُ الصِّدِّيقِ كَالْفِضَّةِ الْمُصَفَّاةِ، وَقَلْبُ الشِّرِّيرِ يَخْلُو مِنْ كُلِّ قِيمَةٍ. | ٢٠ 20 |
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
| كَلامُ الصِّدِّيقِ يُفِيدُ كَثِيرِينَ، أَمَّا الْحَمْقَى فَيَمُوتُونَ مِنْ سُوءِ الْفَهْمِ. | ٢١ 21 |
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
| فِي بَرَكَةِ الرَّبِّ غِنىً وَلا تُضِيفُ إِلَيْهَا الْمَشَقَّةُ تَعَباً. | ٢٢ 22 |
The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
| ارْتِكَابُ الْفَاحِشَةِ عِنْدَ الْجَاهِلِ كَاللَّعِبِ، أَمَّا حُسْنُ التَّصَرُّفِ فَمَسَرَّةٌ لِلْحَكِيمِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
| مَا يَخْشَى مِنْهُ الشِّرِّيرُ يُقْبِلُ إِلَيْهِ، وَشَهْوَةُ الصِّدِّيقيِنَ تُمْنَحُ لَهُمْ. | ٢٤ 24 |
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
| يَتَلاشَى الشِّرِّيرُ كَمَا تَتَلاشَى الزَّوْبَعَةُ، أَمَّا الصِّدِّيقُ فَيَخْلُدُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
| الْكَسُولُ لِمَنْ أَرْسَلَهُ كَالْخَلِّ لِلأَسْنَانِ أَوْ كَالدُّخَانِ لِلْعَيْنَيْنِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
| تَقْوَى الرَّبِّ تُطِيلُ أَيَّامَ الْحَيَاةِ، أَمَّا سِنُو الشِّرِّيرِ فَتُقْصَرُ. | ٢٧ 27 |
The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
| الْبَهْجَةُ هِيَ أَمَلُ الصِّدِّيقِ، وَرَجَاءُ الأَشْرَارِ مَآلُهُ الفَنَاءُ. | ٢٨ 28 |
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
| طَرِيقُ الرَّبِّ هُوَ مَلاذٌ لِلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ، وَدَمَارٌ لِفَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
| لَا يُزَحْزَحُ الصِّدِّيقُ أَبَداً، أَمَّا الأَشْرَارُ فَلا يَسْكُنُونَ الأَرْضَ. | ٣٠ 30 |
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
| مِنْ فَمِ الصِّدِّيقِ تَفِيضُ الْحِكْمَةُ، وَاللِّسَانُ الْمُخَاتِلُ يُقْطَعُ. | ٣١ 31 |
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
| شَفَتَا الصِّدِّيقِ تُدْرِكَانِ مَا هُوَ حَقٌّ، فَتَنْطِقَانِ بِهِ، وَفَمُ الشِّرِّيرِ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ إِلّا بِالْبَاطِلِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
