Proverbs 1
1 The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
| أَمْثَالُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: | ١ |
2 To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:
| لِمَعْرِفَةِ حِكْمَةٍ وَأَدَبٍ. لِإِدْرَاكِ أَقْوَالِ ٱلْفَهْمِ. | ٢ |
3 To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:
| لِقُبُولِ تَأْدِيبِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ وَٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ. | ٣ |
4 To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:
| لِتُعْطِيَ ٱلْجُهَّالَ ذَكَاءً، وَٱلشَّابَّ مَعْرِفَةً وَتَدَبُّرًا. | ٤ |
5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided: )
| يَسْمَعُهَا ٱلْحَكِيمُ فَيَزْدَادُ عِلْمًا، وَٱلْفَهِيمُ يَكْتَسِبُ تَدْبِيرًا. | ٥ |
6 To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
| لِفَهْمِ ٱلْمَثَلِ وَٱللُّغْزِ، أَقْوَالِ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ وَغَوَامِضِهِمْ. | ٦ |
7 The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
| مَخَافَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ رَأْسُ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ، أَمَّا ٱلْجَاهِلُونَ فَيَحْتَقِرُونَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلْأَدَبَ. | ٧ |
8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:
| اِسْمَعْ يَا ٱبْنِي تَأْدِيبَ أَبِيكَ، وَلَا تَرْفُضْ شَرِيعَةَ أُمِّكَ، | ٨ |
9 For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.
| لِأَنَّهُمَا إِكْلِيلُ نِعْمَةٍ لِرَأْسِكَ، وَقَلَائِدُ لِعُنُقِكَ. | ٩ |
10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.
| يَا ٱبْنِي، إِنْ تَمَلَّقَكَ ٱلْخُطَاةُ فَلَا تَرْضَ. | ١٠ |
11 If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;
| إِنْ قَالُوا: «هَلُمَّ مَعَنَا لِنَكْمُنْ لِلدَّمِ. لِنَخْتَفِ لِلْبَرِيءِ بَاطِلًا. | ١١ |
12 Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death; (Sheol h7585)
| لِنَبْتَلِعْهُمْ أَحْيَاءً كَٱلْهَاوِيَةِ، وَصِحَاحًا كَٱلْهَابِطِينَ فِي ٱلْجُبِّ، (Sheol h7585) | ١٢ |
13 Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth;
| فَنَجِدَ كُلَّ قِنْيَةٍ فَاخِرَةٍ، نَمْلَأَ بُيُوتَنَا غَنِيمَةً. | ١٣ |
14 Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag:
| تُلْقِي قُرْعَتَكَ وَسْطَنَا. يَكُونُ لَنَا جَمِيعًا كِيسٌ وَاحِدٌ». | ١٤ |
15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:
| يَا ٱبْنِي، لَا تَسْلُكْ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ مَعَهُمْ. اِمْنَعْ رِجْلَكَ عَنْ مَسَالِكِهِمْ. | ١٥ |
16 For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.
| لِأَنَّ أَرْجُلَهُمْ تَجْرِي إِلَى ٱلشَّرِّ وَتُسْرِعُ إِلَى سَفْكِ ٱلدَّمِ. | ١٦ |
17 Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:
| لِأَنَّهُ بَاطِلًا تُنْصَبُ ٱلشَّبَكَةُ فِي عَيْنَيْ كُلِّ ذِي جَنَاحٍ. | ١٧ |
18 And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
| أَمَّا هُمْ فَيَكْمُنُونَ لِدَمِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ. يَخْتَفُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ. | ١٨ |
19 Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
| هَكَذَا طُرُقُ كُلِّ مُولَعٍ بِكَسْبٍ. يَأْخُذُ نَفْسَ مُقْتَنِيهِ. | ١٩ |
20 Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;
| اَلْحِكْمَةُ تُنَادِي فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ. فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ تُعْطِي صَوْتَهَا. | ٢٠ |
21 Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:
| تَدْعُو فِي رُؤُوسِ ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ، فِي مَدَاخِلِ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ. فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تُبْدِي كَلَامَهَا | ٢١ |
22 How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?
| قَائِلَةً: «إِلَى مَتَى أَيُّهَا ٱلْجُهَّالُ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْجَهْلَ، وَٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئُونَ يُسَرُّونَ بِٱلِٱسْتِهْزَاءِ، وَٱلْحَمْقَى يُبْغِضُونَ ٱلْعِلْمَ؟ | ٢٢ |
23 Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.
| اِرْجِعُوا عِنْدَ تَوْبِيخِي. هَأَنَذَا أُفِيضُ لَكُمْ رُوحِي. أُعَلِّمُكُمْ كَلِمَاتِي. | ٢٣ |
24 Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;
| «لِأَنِّي دَعَوْتُ فَأَبَيْتُمْ، وَمَدَدْتُ يَدِي وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُبَالِي، | ٢٤ |
25 You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:
| بَلْ رَفَضْتُمْ كُلَّ مَشُورَتِي، وَلَمْ تَرْضَوْا تَوْبِيخِي. | ٢٥ |
26 So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;
| فَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَضْحَكُ عِنْدَ بَلِيَّتِكُمْ. أَشْمَتُ عِنْدَ مَجِيءِ خَوْفِكُمْ. | ٢٦ |
27 When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.
| إِذَا جَاءَ خَوْفُكُمْ كَعَاصِفَةٍ، وَأَتَتْ بَلِيَّتُكُمْ كَٱلزَّوْبَعَةِ، إِذَا جَاءَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ شِدَّةٌ وَضِيقٌ. | ٢٧ |
28 Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:
| حِينَئِذٍ يَدْعُونَنِي فَلَا أَسْتَجِيبُ. يُبَكِّرُونَ إِلَيَّ فَلَا يَجِدُونَنِي. | ٢٨ |
29 For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
| لِأَنَّهُمْ أَبْغَضُوا ٱلْعِلْمَ وَلَمْ يَخْتَارُوا مَخَافَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ٢٩ |
30 They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.
| لَمْ يَرْضَوْا مَشُورَتِي. رَذَلُوا كُلَّ تَوْبِيخِي. | ٣٠ |
31 So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.
| فَلِذَلِكَ يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ ثَمَرِ طَرِيقِهِمْ، وَيَشْبَعُونَ مِنْ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ. | ٣١ |
32 For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.
| لِأَنَّ ٱرْتِدَادَ ٱلْحَمْقَى يَقْتُلُهُمْ، وَرَاحَةَ ٱلْجُهَّالِ تُبِيدُهُمْ. | ٣٢ |
33 But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.
| أَمَّا ٱلْمُسْتَمِعُ لِي فَيَسْكُنُ آمِنًا، وَيَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ خَوْفِ ٱلشَّرِّ». | ٣٣ |
