الأمثال 6
| يَا ابْنِي إِنْ ضَمِنْتَ أَحَداً، وَإِنْ أَخَذْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ عَهْداً لِلْغَرِيبِ؛ | ١ 1 |
My son, If thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy hand for a stranger;
| إِنْ وَقَعْتَ فِي فَخِّ أَقْوَالِ فَمِكَ، وَعَلِقْتَ بِكَلامِ شَفَتَيْكَ، | ٢ 2 |
If thou art ensnared through the words of thy mouth, if thou art caught through the words of thy mouth:
| فَافْعَلْ هَذَا يَا ابْنِي وَنَجِّ نَفْسَكَ، لأَنَّكَ أَصْبَحْتَ تَحْتَ رَحْمَةِ صَاحِبِكَ: اذْهَبْ تَذَلَّلْ إِلَيْهِ | ٣ 3 |
[Then] do this by all means, my son, and deliver thyself, because thou art come into the power of thy friend, Go hasten to him, and urge thy friend.
| وَأَلِحَّ عَلَيْهِ. لَا يَغْلِبْ عَلَيْكَ النَّوْمُ، وَلا عَلَى أَجْفَانِكَ النُّعَاسُ، | ٤ 4 |
Grant not any sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.
| نَجِّ نَفْسَكَ كَالظَّبْيِ مِنْ يَدِ الصَّيَّادِ أَوْ كَالْعُصْفُورِ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْقَنَّاصِ. | ٥ 5 |
Deliver thyself as a roebuck from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
| اذْهَبْ إِلَى النَّمْلَةِ أَيُّهَا الْكَسُولُ، تَمَعَّنْ فِي طُرُقِهَا وَكُنْ حَكِيماً، | ٦ 6 |
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; look on her ways, and become wise.
| فَمَعَ أَنَّهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ قَائِدٍ أَوْ مُدَبِّرٍ أَوْ حَاكِمٍ، | ٧ 7 |
She, that hath no prince, officer, or ruler,
| إِلّا أَنَّهَا تَخْزِنُ طَعَامَهَا فِي الصَّيْفِ، وَتَجْمَعُ مَؤُونَتَهَا فِي مَوْسِمِ الْحَصَادِ. | ٨ 8 |
Provideth in the summer her provision, gathereth in harvest-time her food.
| فَإِلَى مَتَى تَظَلُّ رَاقِداً أَيُّهَا الْكَسُولُ؟ مَتَى تَهُبُّ مِنْ نَوْمِكَ؟ | ٩ 9 |
How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
| فَإِنَّ بَعْضَ النَّوْمِ، ثُمَّ بَعْضَ الرُّقَادِ، وَطَيَّ الْيَدَيْنِ لِلْهُجُوعِ، | ١٠ 10 |
“A little [more] sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;”
| تَجْعَلُ الْفَقْرَ يُقْبِلُ عَلَيْكَ كَقَاطِعِ طَرِيقٍ، وَالْعَوَزَ كَغَازٍ مُسَلَّحٍ. | ١١ 11 |
But then will thy poverty come like a rover, and thy want as a man armed with a shield.
| الرَّجُلُ الْمُغْتَابُ، الرَّجُلُ الأَثِيمُ هُوَ مَنْ يَسْعَى بِنَمِيمَةِ الْفَمِ الْكَاذِبَةِ، | ١٢ 12 |
A Godless person is a man of injustice, who walketh with a distorted mouth.
| وَيَغْمِزُ بِعَيْنَيْهِ، وَيُشِيرُ بِرِجْلَيْهِ، وَيَكْشِفُ عَنْ نَوَايَاهُ بِحَرَكَاتِ أَصَابِعِهِ. | ١٣ 13 |
He blinketh with his eyes, he scrapeth with his feet, he pointeth with his fingers;
| يَخْتَرِعُ الشَّرَّ بِقَلْبٍ مُخَادِعٍ، وَيُثِيرُ الْخُصُومَاتِ دَائِماً. | ١٤ 14 |
Perverseness is in his heart, he contriveth evil at all times; he scattereth abroad discord.
| لِذَلِكَ تَغْشَاهُ الْبَلايَا فَجْأَةً، وَفِي لَحْظَةٍ يَتَحَطَّمُ وَيَسْتَعْصِي شِفَاؤُهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
Therefore shall suddenly come his calamity: unawares shalt he be broken without a remedy.
| سِتَّةُ أُمُورٍ يَمْقُتُهَا الرَّبُّ، وَسَبْعَةٌ مَكْرُوهَةٌ لَدَيْهِ: | ١٦ 16 |
Six things there are which the Lord hateth; and seven are an abomination unto his spirit:
| عَيْنَانِ مُتَعَجْرِفَتَانِ، وَلِسَانٌ كَاذِبٌ، وَيَدَانِ تَسْفِكَانِ دَماً بَرِيئاً. | ١٧ 17 |
Haughty eyes, a tongue of falsehood, and hands that shed innocent blood,
| وَقَلْبٌ يَتَآمَرُ بِالشَّرِّ، وَقَدَمَانِ تُسْرِعَانِ بِصَاحِبِهِمَا لارْتِكَابِ الإِثْمِ، | ١٨ 18 |
A heart that contriveth plans of injustice, feet that hasten to run after evil,
| وَشَاهِدُ زُورٍ يَنْفُثُ كَذِباً، وَرَجُلٌ يَزْرَعُ خُصُومَاتٍ بَيْنَ الإِخْوَةِ. | ١٩ 19 |
A false witness that eagerly uttereth lies, and him that scattereth abroad discord among brethren.
| يَا ابْنِي احْفَظْ وَصَايَا أَبِيكَ وَلا تَتَجَاهَلْ شَرِيعَةَ أُمِّكَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Keep, O my son, the commandment of thy father, and reject not the teaching of thy mother:
| اعْقِدْهَا دَائِماً عَلَى قَلْبِكَ، وَتَقَلَّدْ بِها فِي عُنُقِكَ، | ٢١ 21 |
Bind them upon thy heart continually, tie them about thy throat.
| فَتَهْدِيَكَ كُلَّمَا مَشَيْتَ، وَتَرْعَاكَ كُلَّمَا نِمْتَ، وَتُنَاجِيَكَ عِنْدَمَا تَسْتَيْقِظُ. | ٢٢ 22 |
When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou art awake, it shall converse with thee.
| فَالْوَصِيَّةُ مِصْبَاحٌ وَالشَّرِيعَةُ نُورٌ، وَالتَّوْبِيخُ فِي سَبِيلِ التَّأْدِيبِ هُوَ طَرِيقُ حَيَاةٍ، | ٢٣ 23 |
For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light; and the way of life are the admonitions of correction:
| لِكَيْ تَقِيَكَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ وَمِنْ لِسَانِ الْعَاهِرَةِ الْمَعْسُولِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
To guard thee against a bad woman, from the flattery of an alien tongue.
| لَا تَشْتَهِ جَمَالَهَا فِي قَلْبِكَ وَلا تَأْسِرْ لُبَّكَ بِعُيُونِهَا. | ٢٥ 25 |
Covet not her beauty in thy heart, and let her not conquer thee with her eyelids.
| لأَنَّهُ بِسَبَبِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْعَاهِرَةِ يَفْتَقِرُ الإِنْسَانُ إِلَى رَغِيفِ خُبْزٍ، وَالزَّانِيَةُ الْمُتَزَوِّجَةُ تَقْتَنِصُ بِأَشْرَاكِهَا النَّفْسَ الْكَرِيمَةَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
For by means of a harlot [one is brought down] to the last loaf of bread: and an adulterous woman will even hunt for the precious life,
| أَيُمْكِنُ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَضَعَ نَاراً فِي حِضْنِهِ وَلا تَحْتَرِقَ ثِيَابُهُ؟ | ٢٧ 27 |
Can a man gather up fire in his lap, and shall his clothes not be burnt?
| أَوْ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ عَلَى جَمْرٍ وَلا تَكْتَوِيَ قَدَمَاهُ؟ | ٢٨ 28 |
Can a man walk along upon hot coals, and shall his feet not be burnt?
| هَذَا مَا يُصِيبُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَزْنِي بِامْرَأَةِ غَيْرِهِ؛ حَتْماً يَحُلُّ بِهِ الْعِقَابُ. | ٢٩ 29 |
So it is with him that goeth in to his neighbor's wife: no one that toucheth her shall remain unpunished.
| وَمَعَ أَنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ لَا تَحْتَقِرُ لِصّاً إِذَا سَرَقَ لِيُشْبِعَ بَطْنَهُ وَهُوَ جَائِعٌ، | ٣٠ 30 |
Men do not despise the thief, if he steal, to gratify his craving when he is hungry:
| لَكِنْ إِذَا قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِ مُتَلَبِّساً بِالْجَرِيمَةِ يُعَوِّضُ سَبْعَةَ أَضْعَافٍ، حَتَّى وَلَوْ كَلَّفَهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّ مَا يَقْتَنِيهِ. | ٣١ 31 |
And if he be found, he must pay sevenfold; all the wealth his house must he give.
| أَمَّا الزَّانِي فَيَفْتَقِرُ إِلَى الإِدْرَاكِ السَّلِيمِ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَرْتَكِبُ الزِّنَى يُدَمِّرُ نَفْسَهُ، | ٣٢ 32 |
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh sense: he that is the destroyer of his soul, will alone do this.
| إِذْ يَتَعَرَّضُ لِلضَّرْبِ وَالْهَوَانِ، وَعَارُهُ لَا يُمْحَى أَبَداً. | ٣٣ 33 |
Plague and disgrace will he meet with; and his reproach will not be blotted out.
| لأَنَّ الْغَيْرَةَ تُفَجِّرُ غَضَبَ الرَّجُلِ فَلا يَرْحَمُ عِنْدَمَا يُقْدِمُ عَلَى الانْتِقَامِ. | ٣٤ 34 |
For jealousy is the fury of a husband, and he will not spare on the day of vengeance.
| لَا يَقْبَلُ الْفِدْيَةَ، وَيَأْبَى الاسْتِرْضَاءَ مَهْمَا أَكْثَرْتَ الرِّشْوَةَ. | ٣٥ 35 |
He will not regard the appearance of any ransom; and he will not be content, though thou give ever so many bribes.
