الأمثال 9
| الْحِكْمَةُ شَيَّدَتْ بَيْتَهَا، وَنَحَتَتْ أَعْمِدَتَهَا السَّبْعَةَ | ١ 1 |
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
| ذَبَحَتْ ذَبَائِحَهَا، وَمَزَجَتْ خَمْرَهَا، وَأَعَدَّتْ مَأْدُبَتَهَا. | ٢ 2 |
She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
| أَرْسَلَتْ جَوَارِيَهَا لِيُنَادِينَ مِنْ أَعْلَى مَشَارِفِ الْمَدِينَةِ قَائِلاتٍ: | ٣ 3 |
She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city:
| «كُلُّ مَنْ هُوَ سَاذِجٌ فَلْيَمِلْ إِلَى هُنَا». وَتَدْعُو كُلَّ غَبِيٍّ قَائِلَةً: | ٤ 4 |
'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:
| «تَعَالَوْا كُلُوا مِنْ خُبْزِي وَاشْرَبُوا مِنَ الْخَمْرِ الَّتِي مَزَجْتُ. | ٥ 5 |
'Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
| انْبِذُوا الْجَهَالَةَ فَتَحْيَوْا، وَاسْلُكُوا سَبِيلَ الْفَهْمِ». | ٦ 6 |
Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live; and walk in the way of understanding.
| مَنْ يَسْعَ لِتَقْوِيمِ السَّاخِرِ يَلْحَقْهُ الْهَوَانُ، وَمَنْ يُوَبِّخِ الشِّرِّيرَ يُعْدِهِ عَيْبُهُ. | ٧ 7 |
He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot.
| لَا تُقَرِّعِ السَّاخِرَ لِئَلّا يُبْغِضَكَ، وَوَبِّخِ الْحَكِيمَ فَيُحِبَّكَ. | ٨ 8 |
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
| أَسْدِ الإِرْشَادَ إِلَى الْحَكِيمِ فَيَضْحَى أَوْفَرَ حِكْمَةً، عَلِّمِ الصِّدِّيقَ فَيَزْدَادَ مَعْرِفَةً. | ٩ 9 |
Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
| أَوَّلُ الْحِكْمَةِ تَقْوَى الرَّبِّ، وَمَعْرِفَةُ الْقُدُّوسِ عَيْنُ الْفِطْنَةِ. | ١٠ 10 |
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.
| إِذْ بِي تَكْثُرُ أَيَّامُكَ، وَتَطُولُ سِنُو حَيَاتِكَ. | ١١ 11 |
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
| إِنْ كُنْتَ حَكِيماً فَلِنَفْسِكَ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ سَاخِراً فَأَنْتَ الْجَانِي عَلَى ذَاتِكَ. | ١٢ 12 |
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.'
| الْمَرْأَةُ الْجَاهِلَةُ صَخَّابَةٌ حَمْقَاءُ، مُجَرَّدَةٌ مِنْ كُلِّ مَعْرِفَةٍ. | ١٣ 13 |
The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.
| تَجْلِسُ عِنْدَ بَابِ بَيْتِهَا، عَلَى مَقْعَدٍ فِي أَعْلَى مَشَارِفِ الْمَدِينَةِ، | ١٤ 14 |
And she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
| تُنَادِي الْعَابِرِينَ بِها، السَّالِكِينَ فِي طُرُقِهِمْ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ قَائِلَةً: | ١٥ 15 |
To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways:
| «كُلُّ مَنْ هُوَ جَاهِلٌ فَلْيَمِلْ إِلَى هُنَا». وَتَقُولُ لِكُلِّ غَبِيٍّ: | ١٦ 16 |
'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; and as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:
| «الْمِيَاهُ الْمَسْرُوقَةُ عَذْبَةٌ، وَالْخُبْزُ الْمَأْكُولُ خُفْيَةً شَهِيٌّ». | ١٧ 17 |
'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.'
