الأمثال 8
| أَلا تُنَادِي الْحِكْمَةُ؟ أَلا يَرْتَفِعُ صَوْتُ الْفِطْنَةِ هَاتِفاً؟ | ١ 1 |
You shall proclaim wisdom, that understanding may be obedient to you.
| إِنَّهَا تَقِفُ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، فِي مُحَاذَاةِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَعِنْدَ مُلْتَقَى الشَّوَارِعِ. | ٢ 2 |
For she is on lofty eminences, and stands in the midst of the ways.
| إِلَى جُوَارِ أَبْوَابِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَفِي مَدْخَلِ الثَّغْرِ، تَنْتَصِبُ مُجَاهِرَةً قَائِلَةً: | ٣ 3 |
For she sits by the gates of princes, and sings in the entrances, [saying],
| إِيَّاكُمْ أَدْعُو أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ وَأَرْفَعُ صَوْتِي بِالنِّدَاءِ إِلَى كُلِّ بَنِي الْبَشَرِ. | ٤ 4 |
You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men.
| أَيُّهَا الْحَمْقَى، تَعَلَّمُوا الْفِطْنَةَ، وَأَيُّهَا الأَغْبِيَاءُ اكْتَسِبُوا فَهْماً. | ٥ 5 |
O you simple, understand subtlety, and you that are untaught, imbibe knowledge.
| أَنْصِتُوا لأَنَّنِي سَأَنْطِقُ بِأَقْوَالٍ أَثِيرَةٍ، وَأَفْتَحُ شَفَتَيَّ بِكَلامٍ قَوِيمٍ. | ٦ 6 |
Listen to me; for I will speak solemn [truths]; and will produce right [sayings] from my lips.
| لأَنَّ فَمِي يَتَكَلَّمُ بِالصِّدْقِ، وَشَفَتَيَّ تَمْقُتَانِ الإِثْمَ. | ٧ 7 |
For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.
| كُلُّ أَقْوَالِ فَمِي عَادِلَةٌ خَالِيَةٌ مِنْ كُلِّ الْتِوَاءٍ وَاعْوِجَاجٍ. | ٨ 8 |
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse.
| قَوِيمَةٌ لَدَى الْفَهِيمِ، وَمُسْتَقِيمَةٌ لِلَّذِينَ أَدْرَكُوا الْمَعْرِفَةَ. | ٩ 9 |
They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.
| اخْتَرْ إِرْشَادِي عِوَضَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَالْمَعْرِفَةَ بَدَلَ الذَّهَبِ الْخَالِصِ. | ١٠ 10 |
Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold.
| لأَنَّ الْحِكْمَةَ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ اللَّآلِئِ، وَكُلُّ مُشْتَهَيَاتِكَ لَا تُعَادِلُهَا. | ١١ 11 |
For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.
| أَنَا الْحِكْمَةُ أَسْكُنُ التَّعَقُّلَ، وَأَمْلِكُ الْمَعْرِفَةَ وَالتَّدْبِيرَ. | ١٢ 12 |
I wisdom have lived [with] counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding.
| مَخَافَةُ الرَّبِّ كَرَاهَةُ الشَّرِّ. أَنَا قَدْ أَبْغَضْتُ الْكِبْرِيَاءَ وَالْغَطْرَسَةَ وَطَرِيقَ السُّوءِ وَفَمَ الْمَكْرِ. | ١٣ 13 |
The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.
| لِي الْمَشُورَةُ وَالرَّأْيُ الصَّائِبُ، لِي الْفِطْنَةُ وَالْقُوَّةُ. | ١٤ 14 |
Counsel and safety are mine; prudence is mine, and strength is mine.
| بِمَعُونَتِي يَحْكُمُ الْمُلُوكُ، وَيَشْتَرِعُ الْحُكَّامُ مَا هُوَ عَدْلٌ. | ١٥ 15 |
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
| بِمَعُونَتِي يَسُودُ الرُّؤَسَاءُ وَالْعُظَمَاءُ وَكُلُّ قُضَاةِ الأَرْضِ. | ١٦ 16 |
By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth.
| أُحِبُّ مَنْ يُحِبُّونَنِي، وَمَنْ يَجِدُّ فِي الْبَحْثِ عَنِّي يَعْثُرُ علَيَّ. | ١٧ 17 |
I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find [me].
| لَدَيَّ الثَّرَاءُ وَالْمَجْدُ وَالْغِنَى الدَّائِمُ وَالصَّلاحُ. | ١٨ 18 |
Wealth and glory belong to me; yes, abundant possessions and righteousness.
| ثَمَرِي أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ الْخَالِصِ، وَغَلَّتِي خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ الْمُنْتَقَاةِ. | ١٩ 19 |
[It is] better to have my fruit than [to have] gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.
| أَمْشِي فِي طَرِيقِ الْبِرِّ، وَفِي سُبُلِ الْعَدْلِ أَسِيرُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
I walk in ways of righteousness, and [am] conversant with the paths of judgment;
| لِكَيْ أَوَرِّثَ مُحِبِّيَّ غِنىً، وَأَمْلأَ خَزَائِنَهُمْ كُنُوزاً. | ٢١ 21 |
that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things. If I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember [also] to recount the things of old.
| اقْتَنَانِي الرَّبُّ مُنْذُ بَدْءِ خَلْقِهِ، مِنْ قَبْلِ الشُّرُوعِ فِي أَعْمَالِهِ الْقَدِيمَةِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.
| مُنْذُ الأَزَلِ أَنَا هُوَ، مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُوجَدَ الأَرْضُ. | ٢٣ 23 |
He established me before time [was] in the beginning, before he made the earth:
| وُلِدْتُ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَتَكَوَّنَ اللُّجَجُ وَالْيَنَابِيعُ الْغَزِيرَةُ الْمِيَاهِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth:
| وُلِدْتُ مِنْ قَبْلِ الْجِبَالِ وَالتِّلالِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.
| إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ خَلَقَ الأَرْضَ بَعْدُ، وَلا الْبَرَارِيَ وَلا بِدَايَةَ أَتْرِبَةِ الْمَسْكُونَةِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
The Lord made countries and uninhabited [tracks], and the highest inhabited parts of the world.
| وَعِنْدَمَا ثَبَّتَ الرَّبُّ السَّمَاءَ، وَحِينَ رَسَمَ دَائِرَةَ الأُفُقِ حَوْلَ وَجْهِ الْغَمْرِ، كُنْتُ هُنَاكَ. | ٢٧ 27 |
When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds:
| عِنْدَمَا ثَبَّتَ السُّحُبَ فِي الْعَلاءِ، وَرَسَّخَ يَنَابِيعَ اللُّجَجِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:
| عِنْدَمَا قَرَّرَ لِلْبَحْرِ تُخُوماً لَا تَتَجَاوَزُهَا مِيَاهُهُ مُتَعَدِّيَةً عَلَى أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ، وَحِينَ رَسَمَ أُسُسَ الأَرْضِ، | ٢٩ 29 |
decree. and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:
| كُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ صَانِعاً مُبْدِعاً، وَكُنْتُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ لَذَّتَهُ، أَفِيضُ بَهْجَةً دَائِماً أَمَامَهُ. | ٣٠ 30 |
I was by him, suiting [myself to him], I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.
| مُغْتَبِطَةً بِعَالَمِهِ الْمَسْكُونِ، وَمَسَرَّاتِي مَعَ بَنِي آدَمَ. | ٣١ 31 |
For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.
| وَالآنَ أَصْغُوا إِلَيَّ أَيُّهَا الأَبْنَاءُ، إِذْ طُوبَى لِمَنْ يُمَارِسُونَ طُرُقِي. | ٣٢ 32 |
Now then, [my] son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall listen to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;
| اسْتَمِعُوا إِلَى إِرْشَادِي، وَكُونُوا حُكَمَاءَ وَلا تَتَجَاهَلُوهُ. | ٣٣ 33 |
[Hear wisdom and be wise, and be not strangers to it. ]
| طُوبَى لِلإِنْسَانِ الَّذِي يَسْتَمِعُ إلَيَّ، الْحَرِيصِ عَلَى السَّهَرِ عِنْدَ أَبْوَابِي، حَارِساً قَوَائِمَ مَصَارِيعِي، | ٣٤ 34 |
watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances.
| لأَنَّ مَنْ يَجِدُنِي يَجِدُ حَيَاةً، وَيَحُوزُ عَلَى مَرْضَاةِ الرَّبِّ. | ٣٥ 35 |
For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and [in them] is prepared favor from the Lord.
| وَمَنْ يَضِلُّ عَنِّي يُؤْذِي نَفْسَهُ، وَمَنْ يُبْغِضُنِي يُحِبُّ الْمَوْتَ. | ٣٦ 36 |
But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.
