الأمثال 30

١ 1 هَذِهِ أَقْوَالُ أَجُورَ ابْنِ مُتَّقِيَةَ مِنْ قَوْمِ مَسَّا، إِلَى إِيثِيئِيلَ وَأُكَّالَ:

The words of Agur, son of Jakeh, [even] the oracle, —The utterance of the man, for Ithiel, for Ithiel and Ucal.

٢ 2 إِنَّنِي أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ بَلادَةً، وَلَيْسَ لِي فَهْمُ إِنْسَانٍ.

Surely, more brutish, am, I, than any man, nor doth, the understanding of a son of earth, pertain to me;

٣ 3 لَمْ أَتَلَقَّنِ الْحِكْمَةَ، وَلا أَمْلِكُ مَعْرِفَةَ الْقُدُّوسِ.

Neither have I learned wisdom, nor, the knowledge of the Holy Ones, can I acquire.

٤ 4 مَنِ ارْتَقَى إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ هَبَطَ مِنْهَا؟ وَمَنْ جَمَعَ الرِّيحَ فِي حَفْنَتَيْهِ؟ مَنْ صَرَّ الْمِيَاهَ فِي ثَوْبٍ؟ مَنْ أَرْسَى جَمِيعَ أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ؟ مَا اسْمُهُ وَمَا اسْمُ ابْنِهِ؟ أَخْبِرْنِي إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ.

Who hath ascended the heavens and then descended? Who hath gathered the wind into his two hands? Who hath wrapped up the waters in a mantle? Who hath set up all the ends of the earth? What is his name and what the name of his son, when thou knowest?

٥ 5 كُلُّ كَلِمَةٍ مِنْ كَلِمَاتِ اللهِ صَادِقَةٌ، وَهُوَ تُرْسٌ لِمَنْ يَحْتَمِي بِهِ.

Every saying of God is refined, A shield, is, he, to them who seek refuge in him.

٦ 6 لَا تُضِفْ عَلَى كَلامِهِ لِئَلّا يُوَبِّخَكَ فَتُصْبِحَ كَاذِباً.

Do not add unto his words, lest he convict thee, and thou be found false.

٧ 7 أَمْرَيْنِ أَطْلُبُ مِنْكَ، فَلا تَحْرِمْنِي مِنْهُمَا قَبْلَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ:

Two things, have I asked of thee, withhold them not from me, ere yet I die:

٨ 8 أَبْعِدْ عَنِّي الْبَاطِلَ وَكَلامَ الزُّورِ، وَلا تَجْعَلِ الْفَقْرَ أَوِ الْغِنَى مِنْ نَصِيبِي. لَكِنْ أَعْطِنِي كَفَافِي مِنَ الطَّعَامِ،

Vanity and falsehood, remove far from me, Neither poverty nor riches, give me, Feed me with the food appointed me:

٩ 9 لِئَلّا أَشْبَعَ فَأَجْحَدَكَ قَائِلاً: مَنْ هُوَ الرَّبُّ؟ أَوْ أَفْتَقِرَ فَأَسْرِقَ وَأُلَطِّخَ اسْمَ إِلَهِي بِالْعَارِ.

Lest I be full, and deny, and say—Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.

١٠ 10 لَا تَشْكُ عَبْداً إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ، لِئَلّا يَلْعَنَكَ وَتَكُونَ قَدْ أَثِمْتَ فِي حَقِّهِ.

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he revile thee, and thou be found guilty.

١١ 11 رُبَّ جِيلٍ يَشْتِمُ أَبَاهُ وَلا يُبَارِكُ أُمَّهُ.

A generation! Its father, it revileth, and, its mother, it doth not bless.

١٢ 12 رُبَّ جِيلٍ نَقِيٍّ فِي عَيْنَيْ نَفْسِهِ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يَتَطَهَّرْ بَعْدُ مِنْ رَجَاسَتِهِ.

A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,

١٣ 13 رُبَّ جِيلٍ: لَشَدَّ مَا هُوَ مُتَشَامِخُ الْعُيُونِ وَمُتَعَالِي النَّظَرَاتِ.

A generation! How lofty are its eyes, and its eyelashes uplifted.

١٤ 14 رُبَّ جِيلٍ أَسْنَانُهُ مُرْهَفَةٌ كَالسُّيُوفِ، وَأَنْيَابُهُ حَادَّةٌ كَالسَّكَاكِينِ، لِيَفْتَرِسَ الْمَسَاكِينَ فِي الأَرْضِ وَالْبَائِسِينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَبْنَاءِ الْبَشَرِ.

A generation! Swords, are its teeth, and, knives, its incisors, —to devour the humbled out of the earth, and the needy, from among men.

١٥ 15 لِلْعَلَقَةِ بِنْتَانِ هَاتِفَتَانِ: هَاتِ، هَاتِ. ثَلاثَةُ أَشْيَاءَ لَا تَشْبَعُ قَطُّ، وَالرَّابِعَةُ لَا تَقُولُ كَفَى:

The vampire, hath two daughters, Give! Give! Three, there are will not be satisfied, four, have not said, Enough!

١٦ 16 الْهَاوِيَةُ، وَالرَّحِمُ الْعَقِيمُ، وَأَرْضٌ لَا تَرْتَوِي مِنَ الْمَاءِ، وَالنَّارُ الَّتِي لَا تَقُولُ أَبَداً كَفَى. (Sheol h7585)

Hades, and barrenness, —A land not satisfied with water, and fire, that saith not, Enough! (Sheol h7585)

١٧ 17 الْعَيْنُ السَّاخِرَةُ بِالأَبِ، وَالَّتِي تَحْتَقِرُ طَاعَةَ أُمِّهَا، تَقْتَلِعُهَا غِرْبَانُ الْوَادِي، وَتَلْتَهِمُهَا فِرَاخُ النُّسُورِ.

The eye that mocketh a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young of the eagle shall eat it.

١٨ 18 ثَلاثَةُ أَشْيَاءَ أَعْجَبُ مِنْ أَنْ أَسْتَوْعِبَهَا، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ لَا أَعْرِفُهَا:

Three, things there are, too difficult for me, yea, four, which I do not understand:

١٩ 19 سَبِيلُ النَّسْرِ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَدَرْبُ الْحَيَّةِ عَلَى الصَّخْرِ، وَطَرِيقُ السَّفِينَةِ فِي غِمَارِ الْبَحْرِ، وَطَرِيقُ رَجُلٍ مَعَ عَذْرَاءَ.

The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent on the rock, —the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.

٢٠ 20 هَذَا هُوَ أُسْلُوبُ الْمَرْأَةِ الْعَاهِرَةِ: إِنَّهَا تَأْثَمُ وَتَسْتَخِفُّ وَتَقُولُ: لَمْ أَرْتَكِبْ شَرّاً!

So, is the way of a woman committing adultery, —she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no iniquity!

٢١ 21 تَحْتَ عِبْءِ ثَلاثَةٍ تَقْشَعِرُّ الأَرْضُ، وَتَحْتَ أَرْبَعَةٍ تَنُوءُ.

Under three things, a land is stirred, yea, under four, she cannot bear up:

٢٢ 22 تَحْتَ عَبْدٍ إِذَا صَارَ مَلِكاً، وَأَحْمَقَ إِذَا شَبِعَ،

Under a servant, when he reigneth, and a base man, when he is surfeited with food;

٢٣ 23 وَامْرَأَةٍ كَرِيهَةٍ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَتْ، وَأَمَةٍ إِذَا وَرِثَتْ مَوْلاتَهَا.

Under a hateful woman, when she is married, and a handmaid when she driveth out her mistress.

٢٤ 24 أَرْبَعَةٌ هِيَ الصُّغْرَى فِي الأَرْضِ، وَلَكِنَّهَا فَائِقَةُ الْحِكْمَةِ:

Four, things there are, the small of the earth, —yet, they, are wiser than the wise:

٢٥ 25 النَّمْلُ طَائِفَةٌ ضَعِيفَةٌ، لَكِنَّهُ يَخْزِنُ فِي الصَّيْفِ قُوتَهُ.

The ants, a people, not strong, —yet prepare they, in summer, their food;

٢٦ 26 الْوِبَارُ طَائِفَةٌ لَا قُدْرَةَ لَهَا، لَكِنَّهَا تَنْقُرُ فِي الصَّخْرِ بُيُوتَهَا.

The conies, a people of, no power, yet set they, among the crags, their house;

٢٧ 27 وَالْجَرَادُ لَا مَلِكَ لَهُ، لَكِنَّهُ يَتَقَدَّمُ فِي أَسْرَابٍ مُنَظَّمَةٍ.

King, is there none, to, the locusts, —yet go forth in swarms, do they all;

٢٨ 28 وَالْعَنْكَبُوتُ الَّتِي يُمْكِنُ الْتِقَاطُهَا بِالْيَدِ، وَلَكِنَّهَا فِي قُصُورِ الْمُلُوكِ.

The lizard, with hands, reneweth its hold, —yet, the same, is in the palaces of the king.

٢٩ 29 ثَلاثَةٌ جَلِيلَةٌ فِي خَطْوِهَا، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ وَقُورٌ فِي تَحَرُّكِهَا:

Three, things there are which step along well, ye, four, which excel in going:

٣٠ 30 اللَّيْثُ جَبَّارُ الْوُحُوشِ، الَّذِي لَا يَتَرَاجَعُ أَمَامَ أَحَدٍ،

The lion, hero among beasts, which turneth aside from the face of no one;

٣١ 31 وَالطَّاوُوسُ الْمُخْتَالُ، وَالتَّيْسُ، وَالْمَلِكُ فِي طَلِيعَةِ جَيْشِهِ.

The greyhound, or the he-goat, —and a king, having a band of soldiers with him.

٣٢ 32 إِنِ انْتَابَكَ الْحُمْقُ فَاغْتَرَرْتَ بِنَفْسِكَ، أَوْ شَرَعْتَ فِي تَدْبِيرِ الْمَكَائِدِ، فَأَطْبِقْ يَدَكَ عَلَى فَمِكَ.

If thou hast acted basely by lifting thyself up, —if thou hast plotted evil, [put thy] hand to [thy] mouth!

٣٣ 33 فَكَمَا أَنَّ مَخْضَ الْحَلِيبِ يُخْرِجُ زُبْدَةً، وَالضَّغْطَ عَلَى الأَنْفِ يَجْعَلُهُ يَنْزِفُ دَماً، فَإِنَّ إِثَارَةَ الْغَضَبِ تُوَلِّدُ الْخِصَامَ.

Surely, the pressing of milk, bringeth forth curd, and, the pressing of the nose, bringeth forth blood, and, the pressing of wrath, bringeth forth strife.