الأمثال 27
| لَا تَتَبَاهَ بِالْغَدِ لأَنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَاذَا يَلِدُ الْيَوْمُ. | ١ 1 |
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
| لِيُثْنِ عَلَيْكَ سِوَاكَ لَا فَمُكَ؛ لِيَمْدَحْكَ الْغَرِيبُ لَا شَفَتَاكَ. | ٢ 2 |
Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.
| الْحَجَرُ ثَقِيلٌ، وَحُمُولَةُ الرَّمْلِ مُرْهِقَةٌ، وَلَكِنَّ غَضَبَ الْجَاهِلِ أَثْقَلُ مِنْهُمَا. | ٣ 3 |
A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than both.
| الْغَضَبُ فَظٌّ، وَالسَّخَطُ قَهَّارٌ، وَلَكِنْ مَنْ يَصْمُدُ أَمَامَ الْغَيْرَةِ؟ | ٤ 4 |
Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
| التَّوْبِيخُ الظَّاهِرُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْحُبِّ الْمُضْمَرِ. | ٥ 5 |
Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
| أَمِينَةٌ هِيَ جُرُوحُ الْمُحِبِّ، وَخَادِعَةٌ هِيَ قُبْلاتُ الْعَدُوِّ | ٦ 6 |
Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
| النَّفْسُ الشَّبْعَانَةُ تَطَأُ الشَّهْدَ، أَمَّا النَّفْسُ الْجَائِعَةُ فَتَجِدُ كُلَّ مُرٍّ حُلْواً. | ٧ 7 |
The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
| الشَّارِدُ عَنْ مَوْطِنِهِ، كَالْعُصْفُورِ الشَّارِدِ عَنْ عُشِّهِ. | ٨ 8 |
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
| الطِّيبُ وَالْبَخُورُ يُفْرِحَانِ الْقَلْبَ، وَمَسَرَّةُ الصِّدِّيقِ نَاجِمَةٌ عَنِ الْمَشُورَةِ الْمُخْلِصَةِ. | ٩ 9 |
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
| لَا تَتَخَلَّ عَنْ صَدِيقِكَ وَعَنْ صَدِيقِ أَبِيكَ، وَلا تَذْهَبْ إِلَى بَيْتِ قَرِيبِكَ فِي يَوْمِ بُؤْسِكَ، وَجَارٌ قَرِيبٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَخٍ بَعِيدٍ. | ١٠ 10 |
Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbor [that is] near, than a brother far off.
| كُنْ حَكِيماً يَا ابْنِي، وَفَرِّحْ قَلْبِي، فَأَرُدَّ عَلَى مُعَيِّرِيَّ وَأُفْحِمَهُمْ. | ١١ 11 |
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
| ذُو الْبَصِيرَةِ يَرَى الشَّرَّ فَيَتَوَارَى، أَمَّا الْحَمْقَى فَيَتَقَدَّمُونَ وَيُقَاسُونَ مِنْهُ. | ١٢ 12 |
A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
| خُذْ ثَوْبَ مَنْ كَفَلَ الْغَرِيبَ، وَرَهْناً مِمَّنْ ضَمِنَ الأَجْنَبِيَّ. | ١٣ 13 |
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
| مَنْ يُبَارِكُ جَارَهُ فِي الصَّبَاحِ الْمُبَكِّرِ بِصَوْتٍ مُرْتَفِعٍ، تُحْسَبُ بَرَكَتُهُ لَعْنَةً. | ١٤ 14 |
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
| قَطَرَاتُ الْمَطَرِ الْمُتَتَابِعَةُ فِي يَوْمٍ مُمْطِرٍ، وَالْمَرْأَةُ الْمُشَاكِسَةُ سِيَّانِ، | ١٥ 15 |
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
| مَنْ يَكْبَحُ جُمُوحَهَا كَمَنْ يَكْبَحُ الرِّيحَ، أَوْ كَمَنْ يَقْبِضُ عَلَى زَيْتٍ بِيَمِينِهِ. | ١٦ 16 |
Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand [which] bewrayeth [itself].
| كَمَا يَصْقُلُ الْحَدِيدُ الْحَدِيدَ، هَكَذَا يَصْقُلُ الإِنْسَانُ صَاحِبَهُ. | ١٧ 17 |
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
| مَنْ يَرْعَى تِينَةً يَأْكُلُ مِنْ ثَمَرِهَا، وَمَنْ يُرَاعِي سَيِّدَهُ يَحْظَى بِالإِكْرَامِ. | ١٨ 18 |
He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.
| كَمَا يَعْكِسُ الْمَاءُ صُورَةَ الْوَجْهِ، كَذَلِكَ يَعْكِسُ قَلْبُ الإِنْسَانِ جَوْهَرَهُ. | ١٩ 19 |
As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
| كَمَا أَنَّ الْهَاوِيَةَ وَالْهَلاكَ لَا يَشْبَعَانِ، هَكَذَا لَا تَشْبَعُ عَيْنَا الإِنْسَانِ. (Sheol h7585) | ٢٠ 20 |
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
| الْبَوْتَقَةُ لِتَنْقِيَةِ الْفِضَّةِ، وَالأَتُونُ لِتَمْحِيصِ الذَّهَبِ، وَالإِنْسَانُ يُحْكَمُ عَلَيْهِ بِمَوْقِفِهِ مِمَّا يُكَالُ لَهُ مِنْ مَدِيحٍ. | ٢١ 21 |
[As] the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
| لَوْ دَقَقْتَ الأَحْمَقَ بِمِدَقٍّ فِي هَاوُنٍ مَعَ السَّمِيذِ، فَلَنْ تَبْرَحَ عَنْهُ حَمَاقَتُهُ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] his foolishness will not depart from him.
| اجْتَهِدْ فِي مَعْرِفَةِ أَحْوَالِ غَنَمِكَ، وَاحْرِصْ كُلَّ الْحِرْصِ عَلَى قُطْعَانِكَ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.
| لأَنَّ الْغِنَى لَا يَدُومُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، وَلا يَخْلُدُ التَّاجُ مَدَى الدُّهُورِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?
| عِنْدَمَا يَضْمَحِلُّ الْعُشْبُ، وَيَنْمُو الْحَشِيشُ الْجَدِيدُ وَيُجْمَعُ كَلَأُ الْجِبَالِ، | ٢٥ 25 |
The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
| فَإِنَّ الحُمْلانَ تُوَفِّرُ لَكَ كِسَاءَكَ، وَتَكُونُ الْجِدَاءُ ثَمَناً لِحَقْلِكَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.
| وَيَكُونُ لَكَ مِنْ لَبَنِ الْمَاعِزِ قُوتٌ يَكْفِيكَ، وَطَعَامٌ لأَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ وَغِذَاءٌ لِجَوَارِيكَ. | ٢٧ 27 |
And [thou shalt have] goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] maintenance for thy maidens.
