Proverbs 5
1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:
| يَا ٱبْنِي، أَصْغِ إِلَى حِكْمَتِي. أَمِلْ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى فَهْمِي، | ١ |
2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.
| لِحِفْظِ ٱلتَّدَابِيرِ، وَلْتَحْفَظَ شَفَتَاكَ مَعْرِفَةً. | ٢ |
3 For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
| لِأَنَّ شَفَتَيِ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةِ تَقْطُرَانِ عَسَلًا، وَحَنَكُهَا أَنْعَمُ مِنَ ٱلزَّيْتِ، | ٣ |
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;
| لَكِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهَا مُرَّةٌ كَٱلْأَفْسَنْتِينِ، حَادَّةٌ كَسَيْفٍ ذِي حَدَّيْنِ. | ٤ |
| قَدَمَاهَا تَنْحَدِرَانِ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ. خَطَوَاتُهَا تَتَمَسَّكُ بِٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol h7585) | ٥ |
6 She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.
| لِئَلَّا تَتَأَمَّلَ طَرِيقَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ، تَمَايَلَتْ خَطَوَاتُهَا وَلَا تَشْعُرُ. | ٦ |
7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.
| وَٱلْآنَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْبَنُونَ ٱسْمَعُوا لِي، وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا عَنْ كَلِمَاتِ فَمِي. | ٧ |
8 Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;
| أَبْعِدْ طَرِيقَكَ عَنْهَا، وَلَا تَقْرَبْ إِلَى بَابِ بَيْتِهَا، | ٨ |
9 For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:
| لِئَلَّا تُعْطِيَ زَهْرَكَ لِآخَرِينَ، وَسِنِينَكَ لِلْقَاسِي. | ٩ |
10 And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;
| لِئَلَّا تَشْبَعَ ٱلْأَجَانِبُ مِنْ قُوَّتِكَ، وَتَكُونَ أَتْعَابُكَ فِي بَيْتِ غَرِيبٍ. | ١٠ |
11 And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;
| فَتَنُوحَ فِي أَوَاخِرِكَ، عِنْدَ فَنَاءِ لَحْمِكَ وَجِسْمِكَ، | ١١ |
12 And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;
| فَتَقُولَ: «كَيْفَ أَنِّي أَبْغَضْتُ ٱلْأَدَبَ، وَرَذَلَ قَلْبِي ٱلتَّوْبِيخَ! | ١٢ |
13 I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!
| وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ لِصَوْتِ مُرْشِدِيَّ، وَلَمْ أَمِلْ أُذُنِي إِلَى مُعَلِّمِيَّ. | ١٣ |
14 I was in almost all evil in the company of the people.
| لَوْلَا قَلِيلٌ لَكُنْتُ فِي كُلِّ شَرٍّ، فِي وَسَطِ ٱلزُّمْرَةِ وَٱلْجَمَاعَةِ». | ١٤ |
15 Let water from your store and not that of others be your drink, and running water from your fountain.
| اِشْرَبْ مِيَاهًا مِنْ جُبِّكَ، وَمِيَاهًا جَارِيَةً مِنْ بِئْرِكَ. | ١٥ |
16 Let not your springs be flowing in the streets, or your streams of water in the open places.
| لَا تَفِضْ يَنَابِيعُكَ إِلَى ٱلْخَارِجِ، سَوَاقِيَ مِيَاهٍ فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ. | ١٦ |
17 Let them be for yourself only, not for other men with you.
| لِتَكُنْ لَكَ وَحْدَكَ، وَلَيْسَ لِأَجَانِبَ مَعَكَ. | ١٧ |
18 Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.
| لِيَكُنْ يَنْبُوعُكَ مُبَارَكًا، وَٱفْرَحْ بِٱمْرَأَةِ شَبَابِكَ، | ١٨ |
19 As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.
| ٱلظَّبْيَةِ ٱلْمَحْبُوبَةِ وَٱلْوَعْلَةِ ٱلزَّهِيَّةِ. لِيُرْوِكَ ثَدْيَاهَا فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ، وَبِمَحَبَّتِهَا ٱسْكَرْ دَائِمًا. | ١٩ |
20 Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?
| فَلِمَ تُفْتَنُ يَا ٱبْنِي بِأَجْنَبِيَّةٍ، وَتَحْتَضِنُ غَرِيبَةً؟ | ٢٠ |
21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.
| لِأَنَّ طُرُقَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَهُوَ يَزِنُ كُلَّ سُبُلِهِ. | ٢١ |
22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
| ٱلشِّرِّيرُ تَأْخُذُهُ آثَامُهُ وَبِحِبَالِ خَطِيَّتِهِ يُمْسَكُ. | ٢٢ |
23 He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.
| إِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ مِنْ عَدَمِ ٱلْأَدَبِ، وَبِفَرْطِ حُمْقِهِ يَتَهَوَّرُ. | ٢٣ |
