الأمثال 31
| هَذِهِ أَقْوَالُ لَمُوئِيلَ مَلِكِ مَسَّا الَّتِي تَلَقَّنَهَا عَنْ أُمِّهِ: | ١ 1 |
The words of king Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother instructed him.
| مَاذَا يَا ابْنِي يَا ابْنَ أَحْشَائِي، يَا ابْنَ نُذُورِي؟ | ٢ 2 |
What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows?
| لَا تُنْفِقْ قُوَّتَكَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ، وَلا تَسْتَسْلِمْ لِمَنْ يُهْلِكْنَ الْمُلُوكَ. | ٣ 3 |
Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.
| لَيْسَ لِلْمُلُوكِ يَا لَمُوئِيلُ، لَيْسَ لِلْمُلُوكِ أَنْ يُدْمِنُوا الْخَمْرَ، وَلا لِلْعُظَمَاءِ أَنْ يَجْرَعُوا الْمُسْكِرَ. | ٤ 4 |
Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:
| لِئَلّا يَسْكَرُوا فَيَنْسَوْا الشَّرِيعَةَ، وَيَجُورُوا عَلَى حُقُوقِ الْبَائِسِينَ. | ٥ 5 |
And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.
| أَعْطُوا الْمُسْكِرَ لِلْهَالِكِ، وَالْخَمْرَ لِذَوِي النُّفُوسِ التَّعِسَةِ، | ٦ 6 |
Give strong drink to them that are sad: and wine to them that are grieved in mind:
| فَيَثْمَلُوا وَيَنْسَوْا فَقْرَهُمْ، وَلا يَذْكُرُوا بُؤْسَهُمْ بَعْدُ. | ٧ 7 |
Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.
| افْتَحْ فَمَكَ مُدَافِعاً عَنِ الأَخْرَسِ، وَفِي دَعْوَى كُلِّ مَنْبُوذٍ. | ٨ 8 |
Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.
| افْتَحْ فَمَكَ قَاضِياً بِالْعَدْلِ، وَدَافِعْ عَنْ حُقُوقِ الْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمُحْتَاجِينَ. | ٩ 9 |
Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.
| مَنْ يَعْثُرُ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ الْفَاضِلَةِ؟ إِنَّ قِيمَتَهَا تَفُوقُ اللَّآلِئَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Who shall find a valiant woman? far and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.
| بِها يَثِقُ قَلْبُ زَوْجِهَا فَلا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى مَا هُوَ نَفِيسٌ. | ١١ 11 |
The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils.
| تُسْبِغُ عَلَيْهِ الْخَيْرَ دُونَ الشَّرِّ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهَا. | ١٢ 12 |
She will render him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.
| تَلْتَمِسُ صُوفاً وَكَتَّاناً وَتَشْتَغِلُ بِيَدَيْنِ رَاضِيَتَيْنِ، | ١٣ 13 |
She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands.
| فَتَكُونُ كَسُفُنِ التَّاجِرِ الَّتِي تَجْلِبُ طَعَامَهَا مِنْ بِلادٍ نَائِيَةٍ. | ١٤ 14 |
She is like the merchant’s ship, she bringeth her bread from afar.
| تَنْهَضُ وَاللَّيْلُ مَا بَرِحَ مُخَيِّماً، لِتُعِدَّ طَعَاماً لأَهْلِ بَيْتِهَا، وَتُدَبِّرَ أَعْمَالَ جَوَارِيهَا | ١٥ 15 |
And she hath risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and victuals to her maidens.
| تَتَفَحَّصُ حَقْلاً وَتَشْتَرِيهِ، وَمِنْ مَكْسَبِ يَدَيْهَا تَغْرِسُ كَرْماً | ١٦ 16 |
She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.
| تُنَطِّقُ حَقَوَيْهَا بِالْقُوَّةِ وَتُشَدِّدُ ذِرَاعَيْهَا. | ١٧ 17 |
She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.
| وَتُدْرِكُ أَنَّ تِجَارَتَهَا رَابِحَةٌ، وَلا يَنْطَفِئُ سِرَاجُهَا فِي اللَّيْلِ. | ١٨ 18 |
She hath tasted and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.
| تَقْبِضُ بِيَدَيْهَا عَلَى الْمِغْزَلِ وَتُمْسِكُ كَفَّاهَا بِالْفَلَكَةِ. | ١٩ 19 |
She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.
| تَبْسُطُ كَفَّيْهَا لِلْفَقِيرِ وَتَمُدُّ يَدَيْهَا لإِغَاثَةِ الْبَائِسِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.
| لَا تَخْشَى عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهَا مِنَ الثَّلْجِ، لأَنَّ جَمِيعَهُمْ يَرْتَدُونَ الْحُلَلَ الْقِرْمِزِيَّةَ. | ٢١ 21 |
She shall not fear for her house in the cold of snow: for all her domestics are clothed with double garments.
| تَصْنَعُ لِنَفْسِهَا أَغْطِيَةً مُوَشَّاةً، وَثِيَابُهَا مُحَاكَةٌ مِنْ كَتَّانٍ وَأُرْجُوَانٍ. | ٢٢ 22 |
She hath made for herself clothing of tapestry: fine linen, and purple is her covering.
| زَوْجُهَا مَعْرُوفٌ فِي مَجَالِسِ بَوَّابَاتِ الْمَدِينَةِ، حَيْثُ يَجْلِسُ بَيْنَ وُجَهَاءِ الْبِلادِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land.
| تَصْنَعُ أَقْمِصَةً كَتَّانِيَّةً وَتَبِيعُهَا، وَتُزَوِّدُ التَّاجِرَ الْكَنْعَانِيَّ بِمَنَاطِقَ. | ٢٤ 24 |
She made fine linen, and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite.
| كِسَاؤُهَا الْعِزَّةُ وَالشَّرَفُ، وَتَبْتَهِجُ بِالأَيَّامِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the latter day.
| يَنْطِقُ فَمُهَا بِالْحِكْمَةِ، وَفِي لِسَانِهَا سُنَّةُ الْمَعْرُوفِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.
| تَرْعَى بِعِنَايَةٍ شُؤُونَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهَا، وَلا تَأْكُلُ خُبْزَ الْكَسَلِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
She hath looked well to the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.
| يَقُومُ أَبْنَاؤُهَا وَيَغْبِطُونَهَا، وَيُطْرِيهَا زَوْجُهَا أَيْضاً قَائِلاً: | ٢٨ 28 |
Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her.
| «نِسَاءٌ كَثِيرَاتٌ قُمْنَ بِأَعْمَالٍ جَلِيلَةٍ، وَلَكِنَّكِ تَفَوَّقْتِ عَلَيْهِنَّ جَمِيعاً». | ٢٩ 29 |
Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all.
| الْحُسْنُ غِشٌّ وَالْجَمَالُ بَاطِلٌ، أَمَّا الْمَرْأَةُ الْمُتَّقِيَّةُ الرَّبَّ فَهِيَ الَّتِي تُمْدَحُ. | ٣٠ 30 |
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
| أَعْطُوهَا مِنْ ثَمَرِ يَدَيْهَا، وَلْتَكُنْ أَعْمَالُهَا مَصْدَرَ الثَّنَاءِ عَلَيْهَا. | ٣١ 31 |
Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her in the gates.
