Proverbs 24
1 Be not thou envious against evil men, nor desire to be with them.
| لَا تَحْسِدْ أَهْلَ الشَّرِّ، وَلا تَشْتَهِ مُعَاشَرَتَهُمْ، | ١ |
2 For their heart meditates oppression, and their lips talk of mischief.
| لأَنَّ قُلُوبَهُمْ تَتَآمَرُ عَلَى ارْتِكَابِ الظُّلْمِ، وَأَلْسِنَتَهُمْ تَنْطِقُ بِالإِسَاءَةِ. | ٢ |
3 Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established,
| بِالْحِكْمَةِ يُبْنَى الْبَيْتُ، وَبِالْفَهْمِ يَرْسَخُ. | ٣ |
4 and by knowledge the chambers are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
| بِالْمَعْرِفَةِ تَكْتَظُّ الْحُجْرَاتُ بِكُلِّ نَفِيسٍ، وَكُنُوزٍ نَادِرَةٍ. | ٤ |
5 A wise man is strong, yea, a man of knowledge increases might.
| الرَّجُلُ الْحَكِيمُ يَتَمَتَّعُ بِالْعِزَّةِ، وَذُو الْمَعْرِفَةِ يَزْدَادُ قُوَّةً، | ٥ |
6 For by wise guidance thou shall make thy war, and in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
| لأَنَّكَ بِحُسْنِ التَّدْبِيرِ تَخُوضُ حَرْبَكَ، وَبِكَثْرَةِ الْمُشِيرِينَ يَكُونُ الْخَلاصُ. | ٦ |
7 Wisdom is too high for a fool. He opens not his mouth in the gate.
| الْحِكْمَةُ أَسْمَى مِنْ أَنْ يُدْرِكَهَا الْجَاهِلُ، وَفِي سَاحَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَا يَفْتَحُ فَاهُ! | ٧ |
8 He who devises to do evil, men shall call him a mischief-maker.
| الْمُتَفَكِّرُ فِي ارْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ يُدْعَى مُتَآمِراً. | ٨ |
9 The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
| نَوَايَا الْجَاهِلِ خَطِيئَةٌ، وَالْمُسْتَهْزِئُ رِجْسٌ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ. | ٩ |
10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
| إِنْ عَيِيتَ فِي يَوْمِ الضِّيقِ تَكُونُ وَاهِنَ الْقُوَى. | ١٠ |
11 Deliver those who are carried away to death, and hold thou back those who are ready to be slain.
| أَنْقِذِ الْمَسُوقِينَ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ وَرُدَّ الْمُتَعَثِّرِينَ الذَّاهِبِينَ إِلَى الذَّبْحِ. | ١١ |
12 If thou say, Behold, we did not know this, Does not he who weighs the hearts consider it? And he who keeps thy soul, does he not know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?
| إِنْ قُلْتَ: إِنَّنَا لَمْ نَعْرِفْ هَذَا، أَفَلا يَفْهَمُ هَذَا وَازِنُ الْقُلُوبِ؟ أَلا يُدْرِكُهُ رَاعِي النُّفُوسِ، فَيُجَازِيَ الإِنْسَانَ بِمُقْتَضَى عَمَلِهِ؟ | ١٢ |
13 My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, and the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste,
| يَا ابْنِي، كُلْ عَسَلاً لأَنَّهُ طَيِّبٌ، وَكَذَلِكَ الشَّهْدَ لأَنَّهُ حُلْوٌ لِمَذَاقِكَ. | ١٣ |
14 so the knowledge of wisdom is to thy soul. If thou have found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
| لِذَلِكَ الْتَمِسِ الْحِكْمَةَ لِنَفْسِكَ، فَإِذَا وَجَدْتَهَا تَحْظَى بِالثَّوَابِ وَلا يَخِيبُ رَجَاؤُكَ. | ١٤ |
15 Lay not in wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place.
| لَا تَكْمُنْ كَمَا يَكْمُنُ الشِّرِّيرُ لِمَسْكَنِ الصِّدِّيقِ وَلا تُدَمِّرْ مَنْزِلَهُ، | ١٥ |
16 For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
| لأَنَّ الصِّدِّيقَ يَسْقُطُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ يَنْهَضُ، أَمَّا الأَشْرَارُ فَيَتَعَثَّرُونَ بِالشَّرِّ. | ١٦ |
17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,
| لَا تَشْمَتْ لِسُقُوطِ عَدُوِّكَ، وَلا يَبْتَهِجْ قَلْبُكَ إِذَا عَثَرَ، | ١٧ |
18 lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
| لِئَلّا يَشْهَدَ الرَّبُّ، فَيَسُوءَ الأَمْرُ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَيَصْرِفَ غَضَبَهُ عَنْهُ. | ١٨ |
19 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, nor be thou envious at the wicked.
| لَا يَتَآكَلْ قَلْبُكَ غَيْظاً مِنْ فَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ، وَلا تَحْسِدِ الأَشْرَارَ، | ١٩ |
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
| إِذْ لَا ثَوَابَ لِلشِّرِّيرِ، وَسِرَاجُهُ يَنْطَفِئُ. | ٢٠ |
21 My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king, and do not associate with those who are given to change.
| يَا ابْنِي اتَّقِ الرَّبَّ وَالْمَلِكَ، وَلا تُعَاشِرِ الْمُتَقَلِّبِينَ، | ٢١ |
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and the destruction from them both, who knows it?
| لأَنَّ هَذَيْنِ الاثْنَيْنِ يُنْزِلانِ الْبَلِيَّةَ بَغْتَةً عَلَيْهِمْ. وَمَنْ يَدْرِي أَيَّةَ كَوَارِثَ تَصْدُرُ عَنْهُمَا؟ | ٢٢ |
23 These also are from the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
| وَهَذِهِ أَيْضاً أَقْوَالُ الْحُكَمَاءِ: التَّحَيُّزُ فِي الْحُكْمِ مُشِينٌ، | ٢٣ |
24 He who says to a wicked man, Thou are righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him.
| وَمَنْ يَقُولُ لِلشِّرِّيرِ: أَنْتَ بَرِيءٌ، تَلْعَنُهُ الشُّعُوبُ وَتَمْقُتُهُ الأُمَمُ. | ٢٤ |
25 But to those who rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
| أَمَّا الَّذِينَ يُوَبِّخُونَهُ فَلَهُمُ الْغِبْطَةُ وَتَحُلُّ عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَكَةُ الْخَيْرِ. | ٢٥ |
26 He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.
| مَنْ يُجِيبُ بِقَوْلٍ صَائِبٍ يَحْظَى بِالْكَرَامَةِ. | ٢٦ |
27 Prepare thy work outside, and make it ready for thee in the field, and afterwards build thy house.
| أَنْجِزْ عَمَلَكَ فِي الْخَارِجِ وَهَيِّئْ حَقْلَكَ لِنَفْسِكَ، ثُمَّ ابْنِ بَيْتَكَ. | ٢٧ |
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips.
| لَا تَشْهَدْ ضِدَّ قَرِيبِكَ مِنْ غَيْرِ دَاعٍ، فَلِمَاذَا تَنْطِقُ شَفَتَاكَ زُوراً؟ | ٢٨ |
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.
| لَا تَقُلْ: سَأُعَامِلُهُ بِمِثْلِ مَا عَامَلَنِي، وَأُجَازِيهِ عَلَى مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ فِي حَقِّي. | ٢٩ |
30 I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
| اجْتَزْتُ فِي حَقْلِ الْكَسُولِ وَبِكَرْمِ الرَّجُلِ الْفَاقِدِ الْبَصِيرَةِ، | ٣٠ |
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns. The face of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it was broken down.
| وَإذَا بِالشَّوْكِ قَدْ كَسَاهُ، وَالْعَوْسَجِ قَدْ غَطَّى كُلَّ أَرْضِهِ، وَجِدَارِ حِجَارَتِهِ قَدِ انْهَارَ، | ٣١ |
32 Then I beheld, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
| فَاعْتَبَرَ قَلْبِي بِمَا شَاهَدْتُ، وَتَلَقَّنْتُ دَرْساً مِمَّا رَأَيْتُ. | ٣٢ |
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
| أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّ قَلِيلاً مِنَ النُّعَاسِ بَعْدَ قَلِيلٍ مِنَ النَّوْمِ، وَطَيَّ الْيَدَيْنِ لِلْهُجُوعِ، | ٣٣ |
34 so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
| تَجْعَلُ الْفَقْرَ يُقْبِلُ عَلَيْكَ كَقَاطِعِ طَرِيقٍ وَالْعَوَزَ كَغَازٍ مُسَلَّحٍ! | ٣٤ |
