الأمثال 22
| الصِّيتُ مُفَضَّلٌ عَلَى الْغِنَى الطَّائِلِ، وَنِعْمَةُ الْمَعْرُوفِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ. | ١ 1 |
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold.
| الْغَنِيُّ وَالْفَقِيرُ مُتَمَاثِلانِ إِذْ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ صَانِعُهُمَا. | ٢ 2 |
The rich and the poor meet together. Jehovah is the maker of them all.
| يَرَى العَاقِلُ الشَّرَّ فَيَتَوَارَى، أَمَّا الْجَاهِلُ فَيُقْبِلُ إِلَيْهِ وَيُعَاقَبُ. | ٣ 3 |
A prudent man sees the evil, and hides himself, but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
| ثَوَابُ التَّوَاضُعِ وَتَقْوَى الرَّبِّ هُوَ الْغِنَى وَالْكَرَامَةُ وَالْحَيَاةُ. | ٤ 4 |
The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah is riches and honor and life.
| فِي طَرِيقِ الْمُلْتَوِي شَوْكٌ وَأَشْرَاكٌ، وَمَنْ يَصُونُ نَفْسَهُ يَتَفَادَاهَا. | ٥ 5 |
Thorns and snares are in the way of a perverse man. He who keeps his soul shall be far from them.
| دَرِّبِ الْوَلَدَ بِمُقْتَضَى مَوَاهِبِهِ وَطَبِيعَتِهِ، فَمَتَى شَاخَ لَا يَمِيلُ عَنْهَا. | ٦ 6 |
Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.
| الْغَنِيُّ يَسُودُ عَلَى الْفَقِيرِ، وَالْمُقْتَرِضُ مُسْتَعْبَدٌ لِلْمُقْرِضِ. | ٧ 7 |
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
| مَنْ زَرَعَ ظُلْماً يَحْصُدُ بَلِيَّةً، وَيَفْقِدُ مَالَهُ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ. | ٨ 8 |
He who sows iniquity shall reap calamity, and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
| الْكَرِيمُ يَتَمَتَّعُ بِالْبَرَكَةِ لأَنَّهُ يَقْتَسِمُ خُبْزَهُ مَعَ الْفَقِيرِ. | ٩ 9 |
He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
| اطْرُدِ الْمُسْتَهْزِئَ، فَيَخْرُجَ الْخِصَامُ، وَيَتَوَقَّفَ الشِّجَارُ وَالإِسَاءَةُ. | ١٠ 10 |
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.
| مَنْ يُحِبُّ طَهَارَةَ الْقَلْبِ، وَيَتَحَلَّى بِجَمَالِ الْحَدِيثِ، يَضْحَى الْمَلِكُ صَدِيقاً لَهُ. | ١١ 11 |
He who loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips, the king will be his friend.
| عَيْنَا الرَّبِّ تَرْعَيَانِ الْمَعْرِفَةَ، وَهُوَ يُخَرِّبُ كَلامَ الْغَادِرِينَ. | ١٢ 12 |
The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
| قَالَ الْكَسُولُ: فِي الْخَارِجِ أَسَدٌ يَفْتَرِسُنِي إِنْ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى الشَّوَارِعِ. | ١٣ 13 |
The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.
| فَمُ الْعَاهِرَةِ حُفْرَةٌ عَمِيقَةٌ فَمَنْ سَخَطَ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِ يَهْوِي فِيهَا. | ١٤ 14 |
The mouth of interloping women is a deep pit. He who is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall in it.
| الْحَمَاقَةُ مُتَأَصِّلَةٌ فِي قَلْبِ الْوَلَدِ، وَعَصَا التَّأْدِيبِ تَطْرُدُهَا مِنْهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
| مَنْ يَظْلِمُ الْفَقِيرَ لِيَثْرَى ظُلْماً، وَمَنْ يُهْدِي الْغَنِيَّ (عَلَى حِسَابِ الْفَقِيرِ) يَنْتَهِي بِهِ الأَمْرُ إِلَى الْعَوَزِ. | ١٦ 16 |
He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, and he who gives to a rich man, comes only to want.
| أَرْهِفْ أُذُنَكَ وَاسْتَمِعْ لِكَلامِ الْحُكَمَاءِ، وَلْيَعْزِمْ قَلْبُكَ عَلَى إِدْرَاكِ مَعْرِفَتِي، | ١٧ 17 |
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.
| فَتَطِيبَ إِنْ حَفِظْتَهَا فِي قَرَارَةِ نَفْسِكَ، وَثَبَّتَّهَا دَائِماً عَلَى شَفَتَيْكَ. | ١٨ 18 |
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.
| إِيَّاهَا قَدْ لَقَّنْتُكَ أَنْتَ الْيَوْمَ لِيَكُونَ اتِّكَالُكَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ. | ١٩ 19 |
That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.
| أَلَمْ أَكْتُبْ لَكَ ثَلاثِينَ قَوْلاً مِنْ مَأْثُورِ الْمَشُورَةِ وَالْحِكَمِ؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
Have I not written to thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge,
| لأُعَلِّمَكَ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الْيَقِينِ لِتَرُدَّ جَوَابَ صِدْقٍ لِلَّذِينَ أَرْسَلُوكَ. | ٢١ 21 |
to make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou may carry back words of truth to those who send thee?
| لَا تَسْلُبِ الْفَقِيرَ لأَنَّهُ فَقِيرٌ، وَلا تَسْحَقِ الْبَائِسَ الْمَاثِلَ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ، | ٢٢ 22 |
Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.
| لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُدَافِعُ عَنْ دَعْوَاهُمْ، وَيُهْلِكُ نَاهِبِيهِمْ. | ٢٣ 23 |
For Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil of life those who despoil them.
| لَا تُصَادِقْ رَجُلاً غَضُوباً، وَلا تُرَافِقْ رَجُلاً سَاخِطاً، | ٢٤ 24 |
Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man,
| لِئَلّا تَأْلَفَ تَصَرُّفَاتِهِ، وَتُوْقِعَ نَفْسَكَ فِي الشَّرَكِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
lest thou learn this ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
| لَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَضْمَنُونَ غَيْرَهُمْ بِصَفْقِ الْكَفِّ، وَلا مِنْ كَافِلِي الدُّيُونِ، | ٢٦ 26 |
Be thou not one of those who strike hands, or of those who are sureties for debts.
| إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَكَ مَا يَفِي الدَّيْنَ، فَلِمَاذَا يُصَادِرُونَ فِرَاشَكَ الَّذِي تَنَامُ عَلَيْهِ؟ | ٢٧ 27 |
If thou have not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
| لَا تَنْقُلْ مَعَالِمَ التُّخْمِ الْقَدِيمِ الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ آبَاؤُكَ. | ٢٨ 28 |
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
| أَرَأَيْتَ الإِنْسَانَ الْمُجِدَّ فِي عَمَلِهِ؟ إِنَّهُ يَمْثُلُ أَمَامَ الْمُلُوكِ لَا أَمَامَ الرَّعَاعِ! | ٢٩ 29 |
See thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.
