الأمثال 10
| هَذِهِ أَمْثَالُ سُلَيْمَانَ: الابْنُ الْحَكِيمُ مَسَرَّةٌ لأَبِيهِ، وَالابْنُ الْجَاهِلُ حَسْرَةٌ لأُمِّهِ. | ١ 1 |
These [are more] proverbs/wise sayings from Solomon: If children are wise, they cause their parents to be happy; but if children are foolish, they cause their parents to be very sad.
| كُنُوزُ الْمَالِ الْحَرَامِ لَا تُجْدِي، وَلَكِنَّ الْحَقَّ يُنَجِّي مِنَ الْمَوْتِ. | ٢ 2 |
Money that you get by doing dishonest/wicked things will really not benefit you; but by living righteously you will live for (a long time/many years).
| لَا يُجِيعُ الرَّبُّ نَفْسَ الصِّدِّيقِ، أَمَّا هَوَى الأَشْرَارِ فَيَنْبِذُهُ. | ٣ 3 |
Yahweh does not allow righteous [people] to starve, but he will prevent wicked [people] from getting what they want.
| الْعَامِلُ بِيَدٍ مُسْتَرْخِيَةٍ يَفْتَقِرُ، أَمَّا الْيَدُ الْكَادِحَةُ فَتُغْنِي. | ٤ 4 |
Lazy people [soon] become poor; it is those who work hard who become rich.
| مَنْ يَجْمَعُ فِي الصَّيْفِ مَؤُونَتَهُ هُوَ ابْنٌ عَاقِلٌ، أَمَّا الَّذي يَنَامُ فِي مَوْسِمِ الْحَصَادِ فَهُوَ ابْنٌ مُخْزٍ. | ٥ 5 |
Those who are wise, harvest the crops when they are ripe; it is shameful/disgraceful to sleep [and not work] during harvest time.
| تُتَوِّجُ الْبَرَكَاتُ رَأْسَ الصِّدِّيقِ، أَمَّا فَمُ الأَشْرَارِ فَيَطْغَى عَلَيْهِ الظُّلْمُ. | ٦ 6 |
Righteous [people will] be blessed [by God]; [the nice things] that wicked [people] say [MTY] [sometimes] conceal the fact that they [are planning to] act violently.
| ذِكْرُ الصِّدِّيقِ بَرَكَةٌ، وَاسْمُ الأَشْرَارِ يَعْتَرِيهِ الْبِلَى. | ٧ 7 |
After righteous [people die], other people are blessed as they remember [what those people did before they died]; but we will soon forget wicked people [MTY] after they die.
| الْحَكِيمُ الْقَلْبِ يَتَقَبَّلُ الْوَصَايَا، وَالْمُتَبَجِّحُ الشَّفَتَيْنِ مَصِيرُهُ الْخَرَابُ. | ٨ 8 |
Wise people heed good instruction/advice, but people who talk foolishly will ruin themselves.
| الَّذي يَسْلُكُ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ يَسِيرُ مُطْمَئِنّاً، وَذُو الطُّرُقِ الْمُنْحَرِفَةِ يُفْتَضَحُ. | ٩ 9 |
Honest people will be safe, but [others] (OR, God) will find out those who are dishonest.
| مَنْ يَغْمِزُ بِعَيْنِهِ مَكْراً يُوَلِّدُ غَمّاً. وَالْمُوَبِّخُ بِجُرْأَةٍ يَصْنَعُ سَلاماً. | ١٠ 10 |
Those who signal with their eyes [that they are about to do something that is wrong] cause trouble, but those who rebuke others truthfully cause them to be peaceful.
| فَمُ الصِّدِّيقِ يَنْبُعُ بِكَلامِ الْحَيَاةِ، أَمَّا فَمُ الشِّرِّيرِ فَيَطْغَى عَلَيْهِ الظُّلْمُ. | ١١ 11 |
What righteous [people] say [MTY] is [like] a fountain that (gives life/enables people to live many years) [MET], but what wicked [people] say [MTY] hides [the fact] that they intend to act violently.
| الْبَغْضَاءُ تُثِيرُ الْخُصُومَاتِ، وَالْمَحَبَّةُ تَسْتُرُ جَمِيعَ الذُّنُوبِ. | ١٢ 12 |
When we hate others, it causes quarrels, but if we love others, we forgive them [for the wrong things that they do].
| فِي شَفَتَيِ الْعَاقِلِ تَكْمُنُ حِكْمَةٌ أَمَّا الْعَصَا فَمِنْ نَصِيبِ ظَهْرِ الأَحْمَقِ. | ١٣ 13 |
Those who have good sense say [MTY] what is wise, but people who do not have good sense must be punished.
| الْحُكَمَاءُ يَذْخَرُونَ الْمَعْرِفَةَ، أَمَّا فَمُ الْغَبِيِّ فَيَجْلِبُ الدَّمَارَ. | ١٤ 14 |
Wise people continue to learn all that they can, but when foolish people speak, they soon cause trouble.
| ثَرْوَةُ الْغَنِيِّ قَلْعَتُهُ الْحَصِينَةُ، وَفِي فَقْرِ الْمَسَاكِينِ هَلاكُهُمْ. | ١٥ 15 |
The wealth that rich people have [protects them like a city is protected by a] strong wall around it [MET], but people who are poor suffer much [because they have no one to help them].
| عَمَلُ الصِّدِّيقِ يُفْضِي إِلَى الْحَيَاةِ، وَرِبْحُ الشِّرِّيرِ يُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْخَطِيئَةِ. | ١٦ 16 |
If you are righteous, your reward will be a good life, [but] all that sinful people gain is to sin more.
| مَنْ يَعْمَلْ بِمُقْتَضَى التَّعْلِيمِ يَسِرْ فِي دَرْبِ الْحَيَاةِ، وَمَنْ يَرْفُضِ التَّأْدِيبَ يَضِلّ. | ١٧ 17 |
Those who pay attention when others try to (correct them/teach them what they are doing that is wrong) will live (happily/for many years); but those who reject being rebuked will not find the road to life (OR, cause others to go astray).
| مَنْ يُضْمِرْ الْبَغْضَاءَ تَنْطِقْ شَفَتَاهُ بِالْكَذِبِ، وَمَنْ جَاهَرَ بِالْمَذَمَّةِ فَهُوَ أَحْمَقُ. | ١٨ 18 |
Those who will not admit that they hate [others] are liars, and those who slander [others] are foolish.
| فِي كَثْرَةِ الْكَلامِ زَلّاتُ لِسَانٍ، وَمَنْ يَضْبِطُ شَفَتَيْهِ فَهُوَ عَاقِلٌ. | ١٩ 19 |
When people talk a lot, that will lead them to sin a lot [by what they say]; if you are wise, you will refuse to say very much.
| كَلامُ الصِّدِّيقِ كَالْفِضَّةِ الْمُصَفَّاةِ، وَقَلْبُ الشِّرِّيرِ يَخْلُو مِنْ كُلِّ قِيمَةٍ. | ٢٠ 20 |
What righteous/good [people] say [MTY] is [as valuable as] pure silver [MET]; what wicked [people] think is worthless.
| كَلامُ الصِّدِّيقِ يُفِيدُ كَثِيرِينَ، أَمَّا الْحَمْقَى فَيَمُوتُونَ مِنْ سُوءِ الْفَهْمِ. | ٢١ 21 |
What righteous [people] say [MTY] benefits many [people], but foolish people die because of the stupid [things that they do].
| فِي بَرَكَةِ الرَّبِّ غِنىً وَلا تُضِيفُ إِلَيْهَا الْمَشَقَّةُ تَعَباً. | ٢٢ 22 |
Yahweh blesses [some people] by enabling them to become rich, and working hard will not make them to become richer (OR, and he will not also cause them to become sad).
| ارْتِكَابُ الْفَاحِشَةِ عِنْدَ الْجَاهِلِ كَاللَّعِبِ، أَمَّا حُسْنُ التَّصَرُّفِ فَمَسَرَّةٌ لِلْحَكِيمِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Foolish people (have fun/enjoy) doing what is wrong, but wise/sensible people enjoy doing what is wise.
| مَا يَخْشَى مِنْهُ الشِّرِّيرُ يُقْبِلُ إِلَيْهِ، وَشَهْوَةُ الصِّدِّيقيِنَ تُمْنَحُ لَهُمْ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Righteous [people] will get the good things that they want/desire, but what wicked [people] are afraid of is what will happen to them.
| يَتَلاشَى الشِّرِّيرُ كَمَا تَتَلاشَى الزَّوْبَعَةُ، أَمَّا الصِّدِّيقُ فَيَخْلُدُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
When storms come, the wicked will (be blown away/never be safe), but righteous [people will] be safe forever.
| الْكَسُولُ لِمَنْ أَرْسَلَهُ كَالْخَلِّ لِلأَسْنَانِ أَوْ كَالدُّخَانِ لِلْعَيْنَيْنِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
We do not like a lazy person who refuses to do the job that he is given to do, [just] like we do not like vinegar in our mouths or smoke in our eyes.
| تَقْوَى الرَّبِّ تُطِيلُ أَيَّامَ الْحَيَاةِ، أَمَّا سِنُو الشِّرِّيرِ فَتُقْصَرُ. | ٢٧ 27 |
If you revere Yahweh, you will live for a long time; but wicked [people] die before they become old.
| الْبَهْجَةُ هِيَ أَمَلُ الصِّدِّيقِ، وَرَجَاءُ الأَشْرَارِ مَآلُهُ الفَنَاءُ. | ٢٨ 28 |
Righteous [people] confidently expect [that good things will happen to them], and that causes them to be happy/joyful; but when wicked [people] confidently expect something good to happen, it does not happen.
| طَرِيقُ الرَّبِّ هُوَ مَلاذٌ لِلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ، وَدَمَارٌ لِفَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
Yahweh protects [MET] those who live righteously, but he destroys those who do what is evil.
| لَا يُزَحْزَحُ الصِّدِّيقُ أَبَداً، أَمَّا الأَشْرَارُ فَلا يَسْكُنُونَ الأَرْضَ. | ٣٠ 30 |
Righteous [people] will always be secure [LIT], but wicked people will be removed from their land (OR, from this earth).
| مِنْ فَمِ الصِّدِّيقِ تَفِيضُ الْحِكْمَةُ، وَاللِّسَانُ الْمُخَاتِلُ يُقْطَعُ. | ٣١ 31 |
Righteous people [MTY] say things that are wise, but [God] will shut the mouths of people [MTY] who say what is not true.
| شَفَتَا الصِّدِّيقِ تُدْرِكَانِ مَا هُوَ حَقٌّ، فَتَنْطِقَانِ بِهِ، وَفَمُ الشِّرِّيرِ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ إِلّا بِالْبَاطِلِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
Righteous people [MTY] know what to say that is acceptable, but wicked [people] [MTY] are [constantly] saying things that are not true.
