الأمثال 14
| حِكْمَةُ الْمَرْأَةِ تَبْنِي بَيْتَهَا، وَحَمَاقَتُهَا تَهْدِمُهُ بِيَدَيْهَا. | ١ 1 |
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
| السَّالِكُ بِاسْتِقَامَتِهِ يَتَّقِي الرَّبَّ، وَذُو الطُّرُقِ الْمُعْوَجَّةِ يَسْتَخِفُّ بِهِ. | ٢ 2 |
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.
| فِي أَقْوَالِ فَمِ الْجَاهِلِ سَفَاهَةٌ تُخْزِي كِبْرِيَاءَهُ، أَمَّا شِفَاهُ الْحُكَمَاءِ فَتَصُونُهُمْ. | ٣ 3 |
In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
| الْحَظِيرَةُ الْخَاوِيَةُ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ مَعْلِفُهَا فَارِغٌ، وَوَفْرَةُ الْغِلالِ بِقُوَّةِ الثَّوْرِ. | ٤ 4 |
Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox.
| الشَّاهِدُ الأَمِينُ لَا يَكْذِبُ، وَالشَّاهِدُ الزُّورُ يَنْفُثُ كَذِباً. | ٥ 5 |
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
| عَبَثاً يَلْتَمِسُ الأَحْمَقُ حِكْمَةً، أَمَّا الْعِلْمُ فَمُتَيَسِّرٌ لِلْفَطِنِ. | ٦ 6 |
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy to him that understandeth.
| انْصَرِفْ مِنْ حَضْرَةِ الْجَاهِلِ إِذْ لَا عِلْمَ فِي أَقْوَالِهِ. | ٧ 7 |
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] 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: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.
| كُلُّ جَاهِلٍ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِالإِثْمِ، أَمَّا بَيْنَ الْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ فَيَشِيعُ رِضَى اللهِ. | ٩ 9 |
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favor.
| الْقَلْبُ وَحْدَهُ يَعْرِفُ عُمْقَ مَرَارَةِ نَفْسِهِ، وَلا يُقَاسِمُهُ فَرَحَهُ غَرِيبٌ. | ١٠ 10 |
The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
| بَيْتُ الأَشْرَارِ يَنْهَارُ، وَخِبَاءُ الْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ يَزْدَهِرُ. | ١١ 11 |
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
| رُبَّ طَرِيقٍ تَبْدُو لِلإِنْسَانِ قَوِيمَةً، وَلَكِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهَا هُوَّةُ الْمَوْتِ. | ١٢ 12 |
There is a way which seemeth right to a man, but the end of it [are] the ways of death.
| فِي الضَّحِكِ أَيْضاً تَطْغَى الْكَآبَةُ عَلَى الْقَلْبِ، وَعَاقِبَةُ الْفَرَحِ الْغَمُّ. | ١٣ 13 |
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.
| ذُو الْقَلْبِ الْمُرْتَدِّ يُجَازَى بِمُقْتَضَى طُرُقِهِ، وَالصَّالِحُ يُثَابُ. | ١٤ 14 |
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
| الْغَبِيُّ يُصَدِّقُ كُلَّ كَلِمَةٍ تُقَالُ لَهُ، وَالْعَاقِلُ يَتَنَبَّهُ إِلَى مَوْقِعِ خَطْوَاتِهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
| الْحَكِيمُ يَخْشَى الشَّرَّ وَيَتَفَادَاهُ، وَالْجَاهِلُ يَتَصَلَّفُ وَيَدَّعِي الثِّقَةَ بِالنَّفْسِ. | ١٦ 16 |
A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
| ذُو الطَّبْعِ الْحَادِّ يَتَصَرَّفُ بِحُمْقٍ، وَذُو الْمَكَائِدِ مَمْقُوتٌ. | ١٧ 17 |
[He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
| يَرِثُ الأَغْبِيَاءُ الْحَمَاقَةَ، وَيُتَوَّجُ الْعُقَلاءُ بِالْعِلْمِ. | ١٨ 18 |
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
| يَنْحَنِي الأَشْرَارُ فِي مَحْضَرِ الأَخْيَارِ، وَالأَثَمَةُ لَدَى الصِّدِّيقِ. | ١٩ 19 |
The evil bow 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 by his own neighbor: but the rich [hath] many friends.
| مَنْ يَحْتَقِرُ صَاحِبَهُ يَأْثَمُ، وَطُوبَى لِمَنْ يَرْحَمُ الْبَائِسِينَ. | ٢١ 21 |
He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.
| أَلا يَضِلُّ مُخْتَرِعُو الشَّرِّ؟ أَمَّا الْعَامِلُونَ خَيْراً فَيُلاقُونَ رَحْمَةً وَصِدْقاً. | ٢٢ 22 |
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.
| فِي كُلِّ جَهْدٍ مَبْذُولٍ رِبْحٌ، أَمَّا مُجَرَّدُ الْكَلامِ فَيُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْفَقْرِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
| تَاجُ الْحُكَمَاءِ غِنَى حِكْمَتِهِمْ، وَالْحَمَاقَةُ إِكْلِيلُ الْجُهَّالِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.
| شَاهِدُ الْحَقِّ يُنَجِّي النُّفُوسَ، وَالنَّاطِقُ بِالزُّورِ يَنْفُثُ كَذِباً. | ٢٥ 25 |
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful [witness] speaketh lies.
| فِي تَقْوَى الرَّبِّ ثِقَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ؛ فِيهَا يَجِدُ أَبْنَاؤُهُ مَلاذاً. | ٢٦ 26 |
In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
| تَقْوَى الرَّبِّ يَنْبُوعُ حَيَاةٍ لِتَفَادِي أَشْرَاكِ الْمَوْتِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
| فِي كَثْرَةِ الشَّعْبِ فَخْرٌ لِلْمَلِكِ، وَفِي فُقْدَانِ الرَّعِيَّةِ دَمَارٌ لِمَقَامِ الأَمِيرِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
In the multitude of people [is] the king's honor: but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.
| الْبَطِيءُ الْغَضَبِ ذُو فَهْمٍ كَثِيرٍ، أَمَّا السَّرِيعُ إِلَى السَّخْطِ فَيُبْدِي حَمَاقَةً. | ٢٩ 29 |
[He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
| الْقَلْبُ الْمُطْمَئِنُّ يَهَبُ أَعْضَاءَ الْجَسَدِ حَيَاةً، وَالْحَسَدُ يَنْخُرُ فِي الْعِظَامِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
| مَنْ يَجُورُ عَلَى الْفَقِيرِ يُهِينُ صَانِعَهُ، وَمَنْ يَرْحَمُ الْبَائِسَ يُكْرِمُ خَالِقَهُ، | ٣١ 31 |
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.
| يُعَاقَبُ الشِّرِّيرُ بِمُقْتَضَى سُوءِ تَصَرُّفَاتِهِ، أَمَّا الصِّدِّيقُ فَلَهُ مُعْتَصَمٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
| فِي قَلْبِ الْفَطِنِ تَسْتَقِرُّ الْحِكْمَةُ، وَيَخْلُو مِنْهَا قَلْبُ الْجُهَّالِ. | ٣٣ 33 |
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.
| الْبِرُّ يَسْمُو بِالأُمَّةِ، وَالْخَطِيئَةُ عَارٌ لِكُلِّ شَعْبٍ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin [is] a reproach to any people.
| الْعَبْدُ الْعَاقِلُ يَحْظَى بِرِضَى الْمَلِكِ، وَالْعَبْدُ الْمُخْزِي يَسْتَجْلِبُ سُخْطَهُ. | ٣٥ 35 |
The king's favor [is] towards a wise servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.
