Proverbs 17
1 Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
| لُقْمَةُ خُبْزٍ جَافَّةٌ مَصْحُوبَةٌ بِالسَّلامِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ بَيْتٍ مَلِيءٍ بِذَبَائِحَ وَيَسُودُهُ الْخِصَامُ. | ١ |
2 A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.
| الْعَبْدُ الْعَاقِلُ يَسُودُ عَلَى الابْنِ الْفَاجِرِ، وَيُشَارِكُ الإِخْوَةَ فِي الْمِيرَاثِ. | ٢ |
3 As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.
| كَمَا تُنَقِّي الْبُوْتَقَةُ الفِضَّةَ، وَالْكُورُ الذَّهَبَ، فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ يَمْتَحِنُ الْقُلُوبَ أَيْضاً. | ٣ |
4 The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.
| فَاعِلُ الإِثْمِ يُصْغِي لِكَلامِ الشَّرِّ، وَالْكَاذِبُ يَتَجَاوَبُ مَعَ أَقْوَالِ السُّوءِ. | ٤ |
5 He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his Maker; and he that rejoiceth at another man’s ruin, shall not be unpunished.
| الْمُسْتَهْزِئُ بِالْفَقِيرِ يَحْتَقِرُ صَانِعَهُ، وَالشَّامِتُ بِالْبَلِيَّةِ لَا يُفْلِتُ مِنَ الْعِقَابِ. | ٥ |
6 Children’s children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.
| تَاجُ الشُّيُوخِ الأَحْفَادُ، وَفَخْرُ الأَبْنَاءِ آبَاؤُهُمْ. | ٦ |
7 Eloquent words do not become a fool, nor lying lips a prince.
| لَا يَصِحُّ لِلْجَاهِلِ أَنْ يَنْطِقَ بِمَأْثُورِ الْقَوْلِ، وَأَشَرُّ مِنْهُ الْكَذِبُ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ النَّبِيلِ. | ٧ |
8 The expectation of him that expecteth, is a most acceptable jewel: whithersoever he turneth himself, he understandeth wisely.
| الرِّشْوَةُ تَعْوِيذَةٌ فِي عَيْنَيْ مُهْدِيهَا، وَحَيْثُمَا تَوَجَّهَ يُفْلِحُ. | ٨ |
9 He that concealeth a transgression. seeketh friendships: he that repeateth it again, separateth friends.
| مَنْ يَصْفَحْ عَنِ الذَّنْبِ يَلْتَمِسْ الْمَحَبَّةَ، وَالوَاشِي يُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ الأَصْدِقَاءِ الْحَمِيمِينَ. | ٩ |
10 A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
| يُؤَثِّرُ التَّأْنِيبُ فِي الْحَكِيمِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ تَأْثِيرِ مِئَةِ جَلْدَةٍ فِي الْجَاهِلِ. | ١٠ |
11 An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.
| الشِّرِّيرُ يَسْعَى فَقَطْ لِلتَّمَرُّدِ، فَيَنْقَضُّ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولٌ قَاسٍ. | ١١ |
12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.
| مُصَادَفَةُ دُبَّةٍ ثَكُولٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُصَادَفَةِ جَاهِلٍ مُتَوَرِّطٍ فِي حَمَاقَتِهِ. | ١٢ |
13 He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
| مَنْ يُجَازِي خَيْراً بِشَرٍّ، لَنْ يَبْرَحَ الشَّرُّ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ. | ١٣ |
14 The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: before he suffereth reproach he forsaketh judgment.
| بِدَايَةُ الْخِصَامِ كَتَفَجُّرِ الْمِيَاهِ، فَاتْرُكِ الْخِصَامَ قَبْلَ انْفِجَارِهِ. | ١٤ |
15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.
| مُبْرِئُ الْمُذْنِبِ وَمُذَنِّبُ الْبَرِيءِ كِلاهُمَا رِجْسٌ عِنْدَ الرَّبِّ. | ١٥ |
16 What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.
| مَا جَدْوَى أَنْ يَكُونَ لَدَى الْجَاهِلِ مَالٌ لاقْتِنَاءِ الْحِكْمَةِ، وَهُوَ لَا يَمْلِكُ الْفَهْمَ لِتَعَلُّمِهَا. | ١٦ |
17 He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.
| الصِّدِّيقُ يُحِبُّ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ، وَالأَخُ يُولَدُ لِيَكُونَ عَوْناً فِي الضِّيقِ. | ١٧ |
18 A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.
| الأَحْمَقُ مَنْ يَكْفَلُ سِوَاهُ بِصَفْقِ الْكَفِّ، وَيَضْمَنُ جَارَهُ ضَمَاناً كَامِلاً | ١٨ |
19 He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth his door, seeketh ruin.
| مَنْ يُحِبَّ الإِثْمَ يُحِبَّ الْمُشَاجَرَةَ، وَمَنْ يُكْثِرْ مِنَ الْمُبَاهَاةِ يَجْلِبْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الدَّمَارَ. | ١٩ |
20 He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil.
| ذُو الْقَلْبِ الْمُعَوَّجِ لَا يُفْلِحُ، وَصَاحِبُ اللِّسَانِ الْمُنَافِقِ يَقَعُ فِي الْبَلِيَّةِ. | ٢٠ |
21 A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.
| مَنْ أَنْجَبَ جَاهِلاً صَارَ غَمّاً لَهُ، وَأَبُو الأَحْمَقِ لَا يَعْرِفُ الْفَرَحَ. | ٢١ |
22 A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.
| الْقَلْبُ الْمَسْرُورُ دَوَاءٌ شَافٍ، وَالرُّوحُ الْمُنْسَحِقَةُ تُبْلِي الْعِظَامَ. | ٢٢ |
23 The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.
| الشِّرِّيرُ يَأْخُذُ الرِّشْوَةَ مِنَ الْحِضْنِ لِيُحَرِّفَ سَيْرَ الْقَضَاءِ. | ٢٣ |
24 Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth.
| الْحِكْمَةُ هِيَ غَايَةُ العَاقِلِ أَمَّا عَيْنَا الْجَاهِلِ فَزَائِغَتَانِ إِلَى أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ. | ٢٤ |
25 A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.
| الابْنُ الْجَاهِلُ مَبْعَثُ تَعَاسَةٍ لأَبِيهِ، وَمَرَارَةُ قَلْبٍ لأُمِّهِ. | ٢٥ |
26 It is no good thing to do hurt to the just: nor to strike the prince, who judgeth right.
| أَيْضاً لَا يَلِيقُ تَغْرِيمُ الْبَرِيءِ، وَلا جَلْدُ الشُّرَفَاءِ تَقْوِيماً لَهُمْ. | ٢٦ |
27 He that setteth bounds to his words. is knowing and wise: and the man of understanding is of a precious spirit.
| ذُو الْمَعْرِفَةِ يَتَرَوَّى فِي كَلِمَاتِهِ، وَالْعَاقِلُ ذُو رَبَاطَةِ جَأْشٍ. | ٢٧ |
28 Even a fool, if he will hold his peace shall be counted wise: and if he close his lips, a man of understanding.
| حَتَّى الْجَاهِلُ، إِنْ صَمَتَ، يُحْسَبُ حَكِيماً، وَإِنْ أَطْبَقَ شَفَتَيْهِ يُحْسَبُ عَاقِلاً. | ٢٨ |
