الأمثال 14
| حِكْمَةُ الْمَرْأَةِ تَبْنِي بَيْتَهَا، وَحَمَاقَتُهَا تَهْدِمُهُ بِيَدَيْهَا. | ١ 1 |
Every wise woman has built her house, And the foolish breaks it down with her hands.
| السَّالِكُ بِاسْتِقَامَتِهِ يَتَّقِي الرَّبَّ، وَذُو الطُّرُقِ الْمُعْوَجَّةِ يَسْتَخِفُّ بِهِ. | ٢ 2 |
Whoever is walking in his uprightness is fearing YHWH, And the perverted is despising Him [in] his ways.
| فِي أَقْوَالِ فَمِ الْجَاهِلِ سَفَاهَةٌ تُخْزِي كِبْرِيَاءَهُ، أَمَّا شِفَاهُ الْحُكَمَاءِ فَتَصُونُهُمْ. | ٣ 3 |
A rod of pride [is] in the mouth of a fool, And the lips of the wise preserve them.
| الْحَظِيرَةُ الْخَاوِيَةُ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ مَعْلِفُهَا فَارِغٌ، وَوَفْرَةُ الْغِلالِ بِقُوَّةِ الثَّوْرِ. | ٤ 4 |
Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.
| الشَّاهِدُ الأَمِينُ لَا يَكْذِبُ، وَالشَّاهِدُ الزُّورُ يَنْفُثُ كَذِباً. | ٥ 5 |
A faithful witness does not lie, And a false witness breathes out lies.
| عَبَثاً يَلْتَمِسُ الأَحْمَقُ حِكْمَةً، أَمَّا الْعِلْمُ فَمُتَيَسِّرٌ لِلْفَطِنِ. | ٦ 6 |
A scorner has sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge [is] easy to the intelligent.
| انْصَرِفْ مِنْ حَضْرَةِ الْجَاهِلِ إِذْ لَا عِلْمَ فِي أَقْوَالِهِ. | ٧ 7 |
Go from before a foolish man, Or you have not known the lips of knowledge.
| حِكْمَةُ الْعَاقِلِ فِي تَبَيُّنِ حُسْنِ مَسْلَكِهِ، وَغَبَاوَةُ الْجُهَّالِ فِي ارْتِكَابِ خِدَعِهِمْ. | ٨ 8 |
The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.
| كُلُّ جَاهِلٍ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِالإِثْمِ، أَمَّا بَيْنَ الْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ فَيَشِيعُ رِضَى اللهِ. | ٩ 9 |
Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright—a pleasing thing.
| الْقَلْبُ وَحْدَهُ يَعْرِفُ عُمْقَ مَرَارَةِ نَفْسِهِ، وَلا يُقَاسِمُهُ فَرَحَهُ غَرِيبٌ. | ١٠ 10 |
The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not interfere with its joy.
| بَيْتُ الأَشْرَارِ يَنْهَارُ، وَخِبَاءُ الْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ يَزْدَهِرُ. | ١١ 11 |
The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourishes.
| رُبَّ طَرِيقٍ تَبْدُو لِلإِنْسَانِ قَوِيمَةً، وَلَكِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهَا هُوَّةُ الْمَوْتِ. | ١٢ 12 |
There is a way—right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.
| فِي الضَّحِكِ أَيْضاً تَطْغَى الْكَآبَةُ عَلَى الْقَلْبِ، وَعَاقِبَةُ الْفَرَحِ الْغَمُّ. | ١٣ 13 |
Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.
| ذُو الْقَلْبِ الْمُرْتَدِّ يُجَازَى بِمُقْتَضَى طُرُقِهِ، وَالصَّالِحُ يُثَابُ. | ١٤ 14 |
The backslider in heart is filled from his ways, And a good man—from his fruits.
| الْغَبِيُّ يُصَدِّقُ كُلَّ كَلِمَةٍ تُقَالُ لَهُ، وَالْعَاقِلُ يَتَنَبَّهُ إِلَى مَوْقِعِ خَطْوَاتِهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
The simple gives credence to everything, And the prudent attends to his step.
| الْحَكِيمُ يَخْشَى الشَّرَّ وَيَتَفَادَاهُ، وَالْجَاهِلُ يَتَصَلَّفُ وَيَدَّعِي الثِّقَةَ بِالنَّفْسِ. | ١٦ 16 |
The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
| ذُو الطَّبْعِ الْحَادِّ يَتَصَرَّفُ بِحُمْقٍ، وَذُو الْمَكَائِدِ مَمْقُوتٌ. | ١٧ 17 |
Whoever is short of temper does folly, And a man of wicked schemes is hated.
| يَرِثُ الأَغْبِيَاءُ الْحَمَاقَةَ، وَيُتَوَّجُ الْعُقَلاءُ بِالْعِلْمِ. | ١٨ 18 |
The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.
| يَنْحَنِي الأَشْرَارُ فِي مَحْضَرِ الأَخْيَارِ، وَالأَثَمَةُ لَدَى الصِّدِّيقِ. | ١٩ 19 |
The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
| الْفَقِيرُ مَكْرُوهٌ حَتَّى عِنْدَ جَارِهِ، أَمَّا مُحِبُّو الْغَنِيِّ فَكَثِيرُونَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
The poor is hated even of his neighbor, And those loving the rich [are] many.
| مَنْ يَحْتَقِرُ صَاحِبَهُ يَأْثَمُ، وَطُوبَى لِمَنْ يَرْحَمُ الْبَائِسِينَ. | ٢١ 21 |
Whoever is despising his neighbor sins, Whoever is favoring the humble, O his blessedness.
| أَلا يَضِلُّ مُخْتَرِعُو الشَّرِّ؟ أَمَّا الْعَامِلُونَ خَيْراً فَيُلاقُونَ رَحْمَةً وَصِدْقاً. | ٢٢ 22 |
Do they who are devising evil not err? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,
| فِي كُلِّ جَهْدٍ مَبْذُولٍ رِبْحٌ، أَمَّا مُجَرَّدُ الْكَلامِ فَيُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْفَقْرِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
In all labor there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
| تَاجُ الْحُكَمَاءِ غِنَى حِكْمَتِهِمْ، وَالْحَمَاقَةُ إِكْلِيلُ الْجُهَّالِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools [is] folly.
| شَاهِدُ الْحَقِّ يُنَجِّي النُّفُوسَ، وَالنَّاطِقُ بِالزُّورِ يَنْفُثُ كَذِباً. | ٢٥ 25 |
A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breathes out lies.
| فِي تَقْوَى الرَّبِّ ثِقَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ؛ فِيهَا يَجِدُ أَبْنَاؤُهُ مَلاذاً. | ٢٦ 26 |
Strong confidence [is] in the fear of YHWH, And there is a refuge to His sons.
| تَقْوَى الرَّبِّ يَنْبُوعُ حَيَاةٍ لِتَفَادِي أَشْرَاكِ الْمَوْتِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
The fear of YHWH [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
| فِي كَثْرَةِ الشَّعْبِ فَخْرٌ لِلْمَلِكِ، وَفِي فُقْدَانِ الرَّعِيَّةِ دَمَارٌ لِمَقَامِ الأَمِيرِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
The honor of a king [is] in the multitude of a people, And the ruin of a prince in lack of people.
| الْبَطِيءُ الْغَضَبِ ذُو فَهْمٍ كَثِيرٍ، أَمَّا السَّرِيعُ إِلَى السَّخْطِ فَيُبْدِي حَمَاقَةً. | ٢٩ 29 |
Whoever is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, And whoever is short in temper is exalting folly.
| الْقَلْبُ الْمُطْمَئِنُّ يَهَبُ أَعْضَاءَ الْجَسَدِ حَيَاةً، وَالْحَسَدُ يَنْخُرُ فِي الْعِظَامِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.
| مَنْ يَجُورُ عَلَى الْفَقِيرِ يُهِينُ صَانِعَهُ، وَمَنْ يَرْحَمُ الْبَائِسَ يُكْرِمُ خَالِقَهُ، | ٣١ 31 |
An oppressor of the poor reproaches his Maker, And whoever is honoring Him Is favoring the needy.
| يُعَاقَبُ الشِّرِّيرُ بِمُقْتَضَى سُوءِ تَصَرُّفَاتِهِ، أَمَّا الصِّدِّيقُ فَلَهُ مُعْتَصَمٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness, And the righteous [is] trustful in his death.
| فِي قَلْبِ الْفَطِنِ تَسْتَقِرُّ الْحِكْمَةُ، وَيَخْلُو مِنْهَا قَلْبُ الْجُهَّالِ. | ٣٣ 33 |
Wisdom rests in the heart of the intelligent. And it is known in the midst of fools.
| الْبِرُّ يَسْمُو بِالأُمَّةِ، وَالْخَطِيئَةُ عَارٌ لِكُلِّ شَعْبٍ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Righteousness exalts a nation, And the righteousness of peoples [is] a sin-offering.
| الْعَبْدُ الْعَاقِلُ يَحْظَى بِرِضَى الْمَلِكِ، وَالْعَبْدُ الْمُخْزِي يَسْتَجْلِبُ سُخْطَهُ. | ٣٥ 35 |
The favor of a king [is] to a wise servant, And one causing shame is an object of his wrath!
