< الأمثال 2 >
يَا ابْنِي إِنْ قَبِلْتَ كَلامِي، وَادَّخَرْتَ وَصَايَايَ فِي قَلْبِكَ، | ١ 1 |
My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,
وَأَرْهَفْتَ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى الْحِكْمَةِ، وَأَمَلْتَ قَلْبَكَ نَحْوَ الْفَهْمِ، | ٢ 2 |
make your ears pay attention to wisdom and incline your heart to understanding.
وَإِنْ نَشَدْتَ الْفِطْنَةَ، وَهَتَفْتَ دَاعِياً الْفَهْمَ. | ٣ 3 |
If you cry out for understanding and raise your voice for it,
إِنِ الْتَمَسْتَهُ كَمَا تُلْتَمَسُ الْفِضَّةُ، وَبَحَثْتَ عَنْهُ كَمَا يُبْحَثُ عَنِ الْكُنُوزِ الدَّفِينَةِ، | ٤ 4 |
if you seek it like you would seek silver and search for understanding as you would seek hidden treasures,
عِنْدَئِذٍ تُدْرِكُ مَخَافَةَ الرَّبِّ وَتَعْثُرُ عَلَى مَعْرِفَةِ اللهِ، | ٥ 5 |
then you will understand the fear of Yahweh and you will find the knowledge of God.
لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَهَبُ الْحِكْمَةَ، وَمِنْ فَمِهِ تَتَدَفَّقُ الْمَعْرِفَةُ وَالْفَهْمُ. | ٦ 6 |
For Yahweh gives wisdom, from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
يَذْخَرُ لِلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ فِطْنَةً، وَهُوَ تُرْسٌ لِلسَّالِكِينَ بِالْكَمَالِ. | ٧ 7 |
He stores up sound wisdom for those who please him, he is a shield for those who walk in integrity,
يَرْعَى سُبُلَ الْعَدْلِ، وَيُحَافِظُ عَلَى طَرِيقِ أَتْقِيَائِهِ. | ٨ 8 |
he guards the paths of justice and he will preserve the way of those who are faithful to him.
حِينَئِذٍ تُدْرِكُ الْعَدْلَ وَالْحَقَّ وَالاسْتِقَامَةَ، وَكُلَّ سَبِيلٍ صَالِحٍ. | ٩ 9 |
Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and equity, and every good path.
إِنِ اسْتَقَرَّتِ الْحِكْمَةُ فِي قَلْبِكَ وَاسْتَلَذَّتْ نَفْسُكَ الْمَعْرِفَةَ، | ١٠ 10 |
For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
يَرْعَاكَ التَّعَقُّلُ، وَيَحْرُسُكَ الْفَهْمُ. | ١١ 11 |
Discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you.
إِنْقَاذاً لَكَ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الشَّرِّ وَمِنَ النَّاطِقِينَ بِالأَكَاذِيبِ. | ١٢ 12 |
They will rescue you from the way of evil, from those who speak perverse things,
مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَبْتَعِدُونَ عَنْ سَوَاءِ السَّبِيلِ وَيَسْلُكُونَ فِي طُرُقِ الظُّلْمَةِ، | ١٣ 13 |
who abandon the right paths and walk in the ways of darkness.
الَّذِينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِارْتِكَابِ الْمَسَاوِئِ، وَيَبْتَهِجُونَ بِنِفَاقِ الشَّرِّ، | ١٤ 14 |
They rejoice when they do evil and delight in the perversities of evil.
مِنْ ذَوِي الْمَسَالِكِ الْمُلْتَوِيَةِ وَالسُّبُلِ الْمُعْوَجَّةِ. | ١٥ 15 |
They follow crooked paths, and using deception they hide their tracks.
وَإِنْقَاذاً لَكَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ الْغَرِيبَةِ الْمُخَاتِلَةِ الَّتِي تَتَمَلَّقُكَ بِكَلامِهَا، | ١٦ 16 |
Wisdom and discretion will save you from an adulterous woman, from an immoral woman and her flattering words.
الَّتِي نَبَذَتْ شَرِيكَ صِبَاهَا وَتَنَاسَتْ عَهْدَ إِلَهِهَا. | ١٧ 17 |
She forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
لأَنَّ بَيْتَهَا يَغُوصُ عَمِيقاً إِلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَسُبُلَهَا تُفْضِي إِلَى عَالَمِ الأَرْوَاحِ. | ١٨ 18 |
For her house leads down to death and her tracks will lead you to those in the grave.
كُلُّ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ إِلَيْهَا لَا يَرْجِعُ وَلا يَبْلُغُ سُبُلَ الْحَيَاةِ. | ١٩ 19 |
All who go in to her will not return again and they will not find the paths of life.
لِهَذَا سِرْ فِي طَرِيقِ الأَخْيَارِ، وَاحْفَظْ سَبِيلَ الأَبْرَارِ، | ٢٠ 20 |
So you will walk in the way of good people and follow the paths of righteous people.
لأَنَّ الْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ يَسْكُنُونَ الأَرْضَ، وَالْكَامِلِينَ يَمْكُثُونَ دَائِماً فِيهَا. | ٢١ 21 |
For those doing right will make a home in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it.
أَمَّا الأَشْرَارُ فَيَنْقَرِضُونَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَالْغَادِرُونَ يُسْتَأْصَلُونَ مِنْهَا. | ٢٢ 22 |
But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the faithless will be cut off from it.