الأمثال 17
| لُقْمَةُ خُبْزٍ جَافَّةٌ مَصْحُوبَةٌ بِالسَّلامِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ بَيْتٍ مَلِيءٍ بِذَبَائِحَ وَيَسُودُهُ الْخِصَامُ. | ١ 1 |
Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.
| الْعَبْدُ الْعَاقِلُ يَسُودُ عَلَى الابْنِ الْفَاجِرِ، وَيُشَارِكُ الإِخْوَةَ فِي الْمِيرَاثِ. | ٢ 2 |
A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that dealeth shamefully, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
| كَمَا تُنَقِّي الْبُوْتَقَةُ الفِضَّةَ، وَالْكُورُ الذَّهَبَ، فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ يَمْتَحِنُ الْقُلُوبَ أَيْضاً. | ٣ 3 |
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts.
| فَاعِلُ الإِثْمِ يُصْغِي لِكَلامِ الشَّرِّ، وَالْكَاذِبُ يَتَجَاوَبُ مَعَ أَقْوَالِ السُّوءِ. | ٤ 4 |
A evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; and a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
| الْمُسْتَهْزِئُ بِالْفَقِيرِ يَحْتَقِرُ صَانِعَهُ، وَالشَّامِتُ بِالْبَلِيَّةِ لَا يُفْلِتُ مِنَ الْعِقَابِ. | ٥ 5 |
Whoso mocketh the poor blasphemeth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
| تَاجُ الشُّيُوخِ الأَحْفَادُ، وَفَخْرُ الأَبْنَاءِ آبَاؤُهُمْ. | ٦ 6 |
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
| لَا يَصِحُّ لِلْجَاهِلِ أَنْ يَنْطِقَ بِمَأْثُورِ الْقَوْلِ، وَأَشَرُّ مِنْهُ الْكَذِبُ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ النَّبِيلِ. | ٧ 7 |
Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince.
| الرِّشْوَةُ تَعْوِيذَةٌ فِي عَيْنَيْ مُهْدِيهَا، وَحَيْثُمَا تَوَجَّهَ يُفْلِحُ. | ٨ 8 |
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; whithersoever he turneth, he prospereth.
| مَنْ يَصْفَحْ عَنِ الذَّنْبِ يَلْتَمِسْ الْمَحَبَّةَ، وَالوَاشِي يُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ الأَصْدِقَاءِ الْحَمِيمِينَ. | ٩ 9 |
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that harpeth on a matter estrangeth a familiar friend.
| يُؤَثِّرُ التَّأْنِيبُ فِي الْحَكِيمِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ تَأْثِيرِ مِئَةِ جَلْدَةٍ فِي الْجَاهِلِ. | ١٠ 10 |
A rebuke entereth deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
| الشِّرِّيرُ يَسْعَى فَقَطْ لِلتَّمَرُّدِ، فَيَنْقَضُّ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولٌ قَاسٍ. | ١١ 11 |
A rebellious man seeketh only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
| مُصَادَفَةُ دُبَّةٍ ثَكُولٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُصَادَفَةِ جَاهِلٍ مُتَوَرِّطٍ فِي حَمَاقَتِهِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
| مَنْ يُجَازِي خَيْراً بِشَرٍّ، لَنْ يَبْرَحَ الشَّرُّ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ. | ١٣ 13 |
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
| بِدَايَةُ الْخِصَامِ كَتَفَجُّرِ الْمِيَاهِ، فَاتْرُكِ الْخِصَامَ قَبْلَ انْفِجَارِهِ. | ١٤ 14 |
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before the quarrel break out.
| مُبْرِئُ الْمُذْنِبِ وَمُذَنِّبُ الْبَرِيءِ كِلاهُمَا رِجْسٌ عِنْدَ الرَّبِّ. | ١٥ 15 |
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are an abomination to the LORD.
| مَا جَدْوَى أَنْ يَكُونَ لَدَى الْجَاهِلِ مَالٌ لاقْتِنَاءِ الْحِكْمَةِ، وَهُوَ لَا يَمْلِكُ الْفَهْمَ لِتَعَلُّمِهَا. | ١٦ 16 |
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?
| الصِّدِّيقُ يُحِبُّ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ، وَالأَخُ يُولَدُ لِيَكُونَ عَوْناً فِي الضِّيقِ. | ١٧ 17 |
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
| الأَحْمَقُ مَنْ يَكْفَلُ سِوَاهُ بِصَفْقِ الْكَفِّ، وَيَضْمَنُ جَارَهُ ضَمَاناً كَامِلاً | ١٨ 18 |
A man void of understanding is he that striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.
| مَنْ يُحِبَّ الإِثْمَ يُحِبَّ الْمُشَاجَرَةَ، وَمَنْ يُكْثِرْ مِنَ الْمُبَاهَاةِ يَجْلِبْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الدَّمَارَ. | ١٩ 19 |
He loveth transgression that loveth strife; he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
| ذُو الْقَلْبِ الْمُعَوَّجِ لَا يُفْلِحُ، وَصَاحِبُ اللِّسَانِ الْمُنَافِقِ يَقَعُ فِي الْبَلِيَّةِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good; and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into evil.
| مَنْ أَنْجَبَ جَاهِلاً صَارَ غَمّاً لَهُ، وَأَبُو الأَحْمَقِ لَا يَعْرِفُ الْفَرَحَ. | ٢١ 21 |
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; and the father of a churl hath no joy.
| الْقَلْبُ الْمَسْرُورُ دَوَاءٌ شَافٍ، وَالرُّوحُ الْمُنْسَحِقَةُ تُبْلِي الْعِظَامَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
A merry heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
| الشِّرِّيرُ يَأْخُذُ الرِّشْوَةَ مِنَ الْحِضْنِ لِيُحَرِّفَ سَيْرَ الْقَضَاءِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.
| الْحِكْمَةُ هِيَ غَايَةُ العَاقِلِ أَمَّا عَيْنَا الْجَاهِلِ فَزَائِغَتَانِ إِلَى أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
| الابْنُ الْجَاهِلُ مَبْعَثُ تَعَاسَةٍ لأَبِيهِ، وَمَرَارَةُ قَلْبٍ لأُمِّهِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
A foolish son is vexation to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
| أَيْضاً لَا يَلِيقُ تَغْرِيمُ الْبَرِيءِ، وَلا جَلْدُ الشُّرَفَاءِ تَقْوِيماً لَهُمْ. | ٢٦ 26 |
To punish also the righteous is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
| ذُو الْمَعْرِفَةِ يَتَرَوَّى فِي كَلِمَاتِهِ، وَالْعَاقِلُ ذُو رَبَاطَةِ جَأْشٍ. | ٢٧ 27 |
He that spareth his words hath knowledge; and he that husbandeth his spirit is a man of discernment.
| حَتَّى الْجَاهِلُ، إِنْ صَمَتَ، يُحْسَبُ حَكِيماً، وَإِنْ أَطْبَقَ شَفَتَيْهِ يُحْسَبُ عَاقِلاً. | ٢٨ 28 |
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed as a man of understanding.
