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 an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
| الْعَبْدُ الْعَاقِلُ يَسُودُ عَلَى الابْنِ الْفَاجِرِ، وَيُشَارِكُ الإِخْوَةَ فِي الْمِيرَاثِ. | ٢ 2 |
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
| كَمَا تُنَقِّي الْبُوْتَقَةُ الفِضَّةَ، وَالْكُورُ الذَّهَبَ، فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ يَمْتَحِنُ الْقُلُوبَ أَيْضاً. | ٣ 3 |
The fining 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 wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
| الْمُسْتَهْزِئُ بِالْفَقِيرِ يَحْتَقِرُ صَانِعَهُ، وَالشَّامِتُ بِالْبَلِيَّةِ لَا يُفْلِتُ مِنَ الْعِقَابِ. | ٥ 5 |
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities 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 |
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: 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 it turneth, it prospereth.
| مَنْ يَصْفَحْ عَنِ الذَّنْبِ يَلْتَمِسْ الْمَحَبَّةَ، وَالوَاشِي يُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ الأَصْدِقَاءِ الْحَمِيمِينَ. | ٩ 9 |
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
| يُؤَثِّرُ التَّأْنِيبُ فِي الْحَكِيمِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ تَأْثِيرِ مِئَةِ جَلْدَةٍ فِي الْجَاهِلِ. | ١٠ 10 |
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
| الشِّرِّيرُ يَسْعَى فَقَطْ لِلتَّمَرُّدِ، فَيَنْقَضُّ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولٌ قَاسٍ. | ١١ 11 |
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: 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 it be meddled with.
| مُبْرِئُ الْمُذْنِبِ وَمُذَنِّبُ الْبَرِيءِ كِلاهُمَا رِجْسٌ عِنْدَ الرَّبِّ. | ١٥ 15 |
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] 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 get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
| 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 striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
| مَنْ يُحِبَّ الإِثْمَ يُحِبَّ الْمُشَاجَرَةَ، وَمَنْ يُكْثِرْ مِنَ الْمُبَاهَاةِ يَجْلِبْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الدَّمَارَ. | ١٩ 19 |
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] 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 mischief.
| 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 fool hath no joy.
| الْقَلْبُ الْمَسْرُورُ دَوَاءٌ شَافٍ، وَالرُّوحُ الْمُنْسَحِقَةُ تُبْلِي الْعِظَامَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
A merry heart doeth good [like] a 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 judgment.
| 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] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
| أَيْضاً لَا يَلِيقُ تَغْرِيمُ الْبَرِيءِ، وَلا جَلْدُ الشُّرَفَاءِ تَقْوِيماً لَهُمْ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.
| ذُو الْمَعْرِفَةِ يَتَرَوَّى فِي كَلِمَاتِهِ، وَالْعَاقِلُ ذُو رَبَاطَةِ جَأْشٍ. | ٢٧ 27 |
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
| 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] a man of understanding.
