Proverbs 1
1 The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
| هَذِهِ هِيَ أَمْثَالُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ١ |
2 To know wisdom, and instruction:
| لِتَعْلِيمِ الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْفَهْمِ، وَإِدْرَاكِ مَعَانِي الْأَقْوَالِ الْمَأْثُورَةِ. | ٢ |
3 To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
| وَلِلْحَثِّ عَلَى تَقَبُّلِ التَّأْدِيبِ الْفَطِنِ، وَالْبِرِّ وَالْعَدْلِ وَالاسْتِقَامَةِ. | ٣ |
4 To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.
| فَيُحْرِزُ الْبُسَطَاءُ فِطْنَةً، وَالأَحْدَاثُ عِلْماً وَبَصِيرَةً. | ٤ |
5 A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.
| يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْهَا الْحَكِيمُ فَيَزْدَادُ حِكْمَةً، وَيَكْتَسِبُ الْفَهِيمُ مَهَارَةً، | ٥ |
6 He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.
| فِي فَهْمِ الْمَثَلِ وَالْمَعْنَى الْبَلِيغِ وَأَقْوَالِ الْحُكَمَاءِ الْمَأْثُورَةِ وَأَحَاجِيهِمْ. | ٦ |
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
| فَإِنَّ مَخَافَةَ الرَّبِّ هِيَ رَأْسُ الْمَعْرِفَةِ، أَمَّا الْحَمْقَى فَيَسْتَهِينُونَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالتَّأْدِيبِ. | ٧ |
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
| اسْتَمِعْ يَا ابْنِي إِلَى تَوْجِيهِ أَبِيكَ وَلا تَتَنَكَّرْ لِتَعْلِيمِ أُمِّكَ. | ٨ |
9 That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
| فَإِنَّهُمَا إِكْلِيلُ نِعْمَةٍ يُتَوِّجُ رَأْسَكَ، وَقَلائِدُ تُطَوِّقُ عُنُقَكَ. | ٩ |
10 My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
| يَا ابْنِي إِنِ اسْتَغْوَاكَ الْخُطَاةُ فَلا تَقْبَلْ. | ١٠ |
11 If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:
| إِنْ قَالُوا: «تَعَالَ مَعَنَا لِنَتَرَبَّصَ بِالنَّاسِ حَتَّى نَسْفُكَ دِمَاءً أَوْ نَكْمُنَ لِلْبَرِيءِ وَنَقْتُلَهُ لِغَيْرِ عِلَّةٍ. | ١١ |
12 Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. (Sheol h7585)
| أَوْ قَالُوا لَكَ: تَعَالَ لِنَبْتَلِعَهُمْ أَحْيَاءَ كَمَا تَبْتَلِعُهُمُ الْهَاوِيَةُ وَأَصِحَّاءَ كَالْهَابِطِينَ فِي حُفْرَةِ الْمَوْتِ (Sheol h7585) | ١٢ |
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.
| فَنَغْنَمَ كُلَّ نَفِيسٍ وَنَمْلأَ بُيُوتَنَا بِالأَسْلابِ. | ١٣ |
14 Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.
| ارْبِطْ مَصِيرَكَ بِمَصِيرِنَا، وَلْنَتَقَاسَمْ أَسْلابَنَا بِالتَّسَاوِي». | ١٤ |
15 My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.
| إِنْ قَالُوا لَكَ هَكَذَا فَلا تَسْلُكْ يَا ابْنِي فِي طَرِيقِهِمْ، وَاكْفُفْ قَدَمَكَ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِمْ. | ١٥ |
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
| لأَنَّ أَرْجُلَهُمْ تَسْعَى حَثِيثاً إِلَى الشَّرِّ، وَتُسْرِعُ إِلَى سَفْكِ الدِّمَاءِ. | ١٦ |
17 But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.
| فَإِنَّهُ عَبَثاً تُنْصَبُ الشَّبَكَةُ عَلَى مَرْأَى الطَّيْرِ. | ١٧ |
18 And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
| إِنَّمَا هُمْ يَتَرَبَّصُونَ لِسَفْكِ دَمِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَيَكْمُنُونَ لإِهْدَارِ حَيَاتِهِمْ. | ١٨ |
19 So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
| هَذَا هُوَ مَصِيرُ كُلِّ مَنْ يَثْرَى ظُلْماً، فَإِنَّ الثَّرَاءَ الْحَرَامَ يَذْهَبُ بِحَيَاةِ قَانِيهِ. | ١٩ |
20 Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:
| تُنَادِي الْحِكْمَةُ فِي الْخَارِجِ؛ وَفِي الأَسْوَاقِ تَرْفَعُ صَوْتَهَا. | ٢٠ |
21 At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:
| عِنْدَ مُفْتَرَقَاتِ الطُّرُقِ الْمُزْدَحِمَةِ تَهْتِفُ، وَفِي مَدَاخِلِ بَوَّابَاتِ الْمَدِينَةِ تُرَدِّدُ أَقْوَالَهَا: | ٢١ |
22 O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?
| «إِلَى مَتَى أَيُّهَا الْجُهَّالُ تَظَلُّونَ مُوْلَعِينَ بِالسَّذَاجَةِ، وَالسَّاخِرُونَ تُسَرُّونَ بِالسُّخْرِيَةِ، وَالْحَمْقَى بِكَرَاهِيَةِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ؟ | ٢٢ |
23 Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.
| إِنْ رَجَعْتُمْ عِنْدَ تَوْبِيخِي وَتُبْتُمْ، أَسْكُبْ عَلَيْكُمْ رُوحِي وَأُعَلِّمْكُمْ كَلِمَاتِي. | ٢٣ |
24 Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.
| وَلَكِنْ لأَنَّكُمْ أَبَيْتُمْ دَعْوَتِي، وَرَفَضْتُمْ يَدِي الْمَمْدُودَةَ إِلَيْكُمْ، | ٢٤ |
25 You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.
| وَتَجَاهَلْتُمْ كُلَّ نَصَائِحِي وَلَمْ تَقْبَلُوا تَوْبِيخِي، | ٢٥ |
26 I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.
| فَأَنَا أَيْضاً أَسْخَرُ عِنْدَ مُصَابِكُمْ، وَأَشْمَتُ عِنْدَ حُلُولِ بَلِيَّتِكُمْ. | ٢٦ |
27 When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:
| عِنْدَمَا تَجْتَاحُكُمُ الْبَلِيَّةُ كَالْعَاصِفَةِ، وَتَحُلُّ بِكُمُ الْكَارِثَةُ كَالزَّوْبَعَةِ، عِنْدَمَا يَعْتَرِيكُمْ ضِيقٌ وَشِدَّةٌ، | ٢٧ |
28 Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me:
| حِينَئِذٍ يَسْتَغِيثُونَ بِي فَلا أَسْتَجِيبُ، وَيَلْتَمِسُونَنِي فَلا يَجِدُونَنِي. | ٢٨ |
29 Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,
| لأَنَّهُمْ كَرِهُوا الْمَعْرِفَةَ وَلَمْ يُؤْثِرُوا مَخَافَةَ الرَّبِّ، | ٢٩ |
30 Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
| وَتَنَكَّرُوا لِكُلِّ مَشُورَتِي، وَاسْتَخَفُّوا بِتَوْبِيخِي. | ٣٠ |
31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.
| لِذَلِكَ يَأْكُلُونَ ثِمَارَ أَعْمَالِهِمِ الْمُرَّةَ، وَيَشْبَعُونَ مِنْ عَوَاقِبِ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ | ٣١ |
32 The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
| لأَنَّ ضَلالَ الحَمْقَى يَقْتُلُهُمْ، وَتَرَفَ الجُهَّالِ يُهْلِكُهُمْ. | ٣٢ |
33 But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.
| أَمَّا الْمُسْتَمِعُ لِي فَيَسْكُنُ آمِناً مُطْمَئِنّاً لَا يُصِيبُهُ خَوْفٌ مِنَ الشَّرِّ». | ٣٣ |
