Proverbs 6
1 My son, if you have taken a pledge on behalf of your friend, then you have bound your hand to an outsider,
| يَا ٱبْنِي، إِنْ ضَمِنْتَ صَاحِبَكَ، إِنْ صَفَّقْتَ كَفَّكَ لِغَرِيبٍ، | ١ |
2 then you are ensnared by the words of your own mouth, and taken captive by your own words.
| إِنْ عَلِقْتَ فِي كَلَامِ فَمِكَ، إِنْ أُخِذْتَ بِكَلَامِ فِيكَ، | ٢ |
3 Therefore, my son, do what I say, and free yourself, for you have fallen into the hand of your neighbor. Run, hurry, awaken your friend.
| إِذًا فَٱفْعَلْ هَذَا يَا ٱبْنِي، وَنَجِّ نَفْسَكَ إِذَا صِرْتَ فِي يَدِ صَاحِبِكَ، ٱذْهَبْ تَرَامَ وَأَلِحَّ عَلَى صَاحِبِكَ. | ٣ |
4 Do not grant sleep to your eyes, nor let your eyelids slumber.
| لَا تُعْطِ عَيْنَيْكَ نَوْمًا، وَلَا أَجْفَانَكَ نُعَاسًا. | ٤ |
5 Rescue yourself like a gazelle from the hand, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
| نَجِّ نَفْسَكَ كَٱلظَّبْيِ مِنَ ٱلْيَدِ، كَٱلْعُصْفُورِ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلصَّيَّادِ. | ٥ |
6 Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom.
| اِذْهَبْ إِلَى ٱلنَّمْلَةِ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَسْلَانُ. تَأَمَّلْ طُرُقَهَا وَكُنْ حَكِيمًا. | ٦ |
7 For though she has no ruler, nor instructor, nor leader,
| ٱلَّتِي لَيْسَ لَهَا قَائِدٌ أَوْ عَرِيفٌ أَوْ مُتَسَلِّطٌ، | ٧ |
8 she provides meals for herself in the summer, and she gathers at the harvest what she may eat.
| وَتُعِدُّ فِي ٱلصَّيْفِ طَعَامَهَا، وَتَجْمَعُ فِي ٱلْحَصَادِ أُكْلَهَا. | ٨ |
9 How long will you slumber, you lazy one? When will you rise up from your sleep?
| إِلَى مَتَى تَنَامُ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَسْلَانُ؟ مَتَى تَنْهَضُ مِنْ نَوْمِكَ؟ | ٩ |
10 You will sleep a little, you will slumber a little, you will fold your hands a little to sleep,
| قَلِيلُ نَوْمٍ بَعْدُ قَلِيلُ نُعَاسٍ، وَطَيُّ ٱلْيَدَيْنِ قَلِيلًا لِلرُّقُودِ، | ١٠ |
11 and then destitution will meet with you, like a traveler, and poverty, like an armed man. Yet truly, if you would be diligent, then your harvest will arrive like a fountain, and destitution will flee far from you.
| فَيَأْتِي فَقْرُكَ كَسَاعٍ وَعَوَزُكَ كَغَازٍ. | ١١ |
12 An apostate man, a harmful man, walks with a perverse mouth;
| اَلرَّجُلُ ٱللَّئِيمُ، ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلْأَثِيمُ يَسْعَى بِٱعْوِجَاجِ ٱلْفَمِ. | ١٢ |
13 he winks with the eyes, touches with the foot, speaks with the finger.
| يَغْمِزُ بِعَيْنَيْهِ. يَقُولُ بِرِجْلِهِ. يُشِيرُ بِأَصَابِعِهِ. | ١٣ |
14 With a depraved heart he devises evil, and at all times he sows conflict.
| فِي قَلْبِهِ أَكَاذِيبُ. يَخْتَرِعُ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ. يَزْرَعُ خُصُومَاتٍ. | ١٤ |
15 To this one, his perdition will arrive promptly, and he shall be crushed suddenly: he will no longer have any remedy.
| لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ بَغْتَةً تُفَاجِئُهُ بَلِيَّتُهُ. فِي لَحْظَةٍ يَنْكَسِرُ وَلَا شِفَاءَ. | ١٥ |
16 Six things there are that the Lord hates, and the seventh, his soul detests:
| هَذِهِ ٱلسِّتَّةُ يُبْغِضُهَا ٱلرَّبُّ، وَسَبْعَةٌ هِيَ مَكْرَهَةُ نَفْسِهِ: | ١٦ |
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
| عُيُونٌ مُتَعَالِيَةٌ، لِسَانٌ كَاذِبٌ، أَيْدٍ سَافِكَةٌ دَمًا بَرِيئًا، | ١٧ |
18 a heart that devises the most wicked thoughts, feet running swiftly unto evil,
| قَلْبٌ يُنْشِئُ أَفْكَارًا رَدِيئَةً، أَرْجُلٌ سَرِيعَةُ ٱلْجَرَيَانِ إِلَى ٱلسُّوءِ، | ١٨ |
19 a deceitful witness bringing forth lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
| شَاهِدُ زُورٍ يَفُوهُ بِٱلْأَكَاذِيبِ، وَزَارِعُ خُصُومَاتٍ بَيْنَ إِخْوَةٍ. | ١٩ |
20 My son, preserve the precepts of your father, and do not dismiss the law of your mother.
| يَا ٱبْنِي، ٱحْفَظْ وَصَايَا أَبِيكَ وَلَا تَتْرُكْ شَرِيعَةَ أُمِّكَ. | ٢٠ |
21 Bind them to your heart unceasingly, and encircle them around your throat.
| اُرْبُطْهَا عَلَى قَلْبِكَ دَائِمًا. قَلِّدْ بِهَا عُنُقَكَ. | ٢١ |
22 When you walk, let them keep step with you. When you sleep, let them guard you. And when you keep watch, speak with them.
| إِذَا ذَهَبْتَ تَهْدِيكَ. إِذَا نِمْتَ تَحْرُسُكَ، وَإِذَا ٱسْتَيْقَظْتَ فَهِيَ تُحَدِّثُكَ. | ٢٢ |
23 For commandment is a lamp, and law is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.
| لِأَنَّ ٱلْوَصِيَّةَ مِصْبَاحٌ، وَٱلشَّرِيعَةَ نُورٌ، وَتَوْبِيخَاتِ ٱلْأَدَبِ طَرِيقُ ٱلْحَيَاةِ. | ٢٣ |
24 So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider.
| لِحِفْظِكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلشِّرِّيرَةِ، مِنْ مَلَقِ لِسَانِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةِ. | ٢٤ |
25 Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks.
| لَا تَشْتَهِيَنَّ جَمَالَهَا بِقَلْبِكَ، وَلَا تَأْخُذْكَ بِهُدُبِهَا. | ٢٥ |
26 For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man.
| لِأَنَّهُ بِسَبَبِ ٱمْرَأَةٍ زَانِيَةٍ يَفْتَقِرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ إِلَى رَغِيفِ خُبْزٍ، وَٱمْرَأَةُ رَجُلٍ آخَرَ تَقْتَنِصُ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلْكَرِيمَةَ. | ٢٦ |
27 Would a man be able to conceal fire in his bosom, so that his garments would not burn?
| أَيَأْخُذُ إِنْسَانٌ نَارًا فِي حِضْنِهِ وَلَا تَحْتَرِقُ ثِيَابُهُ؟ | ٢٧ |
28 Or could he walk over burning coals, so that his feet would not be burned?
| أَوَ يَمْشِي إِنْسَانٌ عَلَى ٱلْجَمْرِ وَلَا تَكْتَوِي رِجْلَاهُ؟ | ٢٨ |
29 So also, he who enters to the wife of his neighbor shall not be clean when he touches her.
| هَكَذَا مَنْ يَدْخُلُ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةِ صَاحِبِهِ. كُلُّ مَنْ يَمَسُّهَا لَا يَكُونُ بَرِيئًا. | ٢٩ |
30 Not so great is the fault when someone has stolen. For he steals so as to satisfy a hungry soul.
| لَا يَسْتَخِفُّونَ بِٱلسَّارِقِ وَلَوْ سَرِقَ لِيُشْبِعَ نَفْسَهُ وَهُوَ جَوْعَانٌ. | ٣٠ |
31 Also, if he is apprehended, he shall repay sevenfold and hand over all the substance of his house.
| إِنْ وُجِدَ يَرُدُّ سَبْعَةَ أَضْعَافٍ، وَيُعْطِي كُلَّ قِنْيَةِ بَيْتِهِ. | ٣١ |
32 But whoever is an adulterer, because of the emptiness of his heart, will destroy his own soul.
| أَمَّا ٱلزَّانِي بِٱمْرَأَةٍ فَعَدِيمُ ٱلْعَقْلِ. ٱلْمُهْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ هُوَ يَفْعَلُهُ. | ٣٢ |
33 He gathers shame and dishonor to himself, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
| ضَرْبًا وَخِزْيًا يَجِدُ، وَعَارُهُ لَا يُمْحَى. | ٣٣ |
34 For the jealousy and fury of the husband will not spare him on the day of vindication,
| لِأَنَّ ٱلْغَيْرَةَ هِيَ حَمِيَّةُ ٱلرَّجُلِ، فَلَا يُشْفِقُ فِي يَوْمِ ٱلِٱنْتِقَامِ. | ٣٤ |
35 nor will he agree to the pleadings of anyone, nor will he accept, as repayment, a multitude of gifts.
| لَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَى فِدْيَةٍ مَّا، وَلَا يَرْضَى وَلَوْ أَكْثَرْتَ ٱلرَّشْوَةَ. | ٣٥ |
