Proverbs 24
1 Be not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.
| لَا تَحْسِدْ أَهْلَ الشَّرِّ، وَلا تَشْتَهِ مُعَاشَرَتَهُمْ، | ١ |
2 For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.
| لأَنَّ قُلُوبَهُمْ تَتَآمَرُ عَلَى ارْتِكَابِ الظُّلْمِ، وَأَلْسِنَتَهُمْ تَنْطِقُ بِالإِسَاءَةِ. | ٢ |
3 Through wisdome is an house builded, and with vnderstanding it is established.
| بِالْحِكْمَةِ يُبْنَى الْبَيْتُ، وَبِالْفَهْمِ يَرْسَخُ. | ٣ |
4 And by knowledge shall the chambers bee filled with all precious, and pleasant riches.
| بِالْمَعْرِفَةِ تَكْتَظُّ الْحُجْرَاتُ بِكُلِّ نَفِيسٍ، وَكُنُوزٍ نَادِرَةٍ. | ٤ |
5 A wise man is strong: for a man of vnderstanding encreaseth his strength.
| الرَّجُلُ الْحَكِيمُ يَتَمَتَّعُ بِالْعِزَّةِ، وَذُو الْمَعْرِفَةِ يَزْدَادُ قُوَّةً، | ٥ |
6 For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsell, is health.
| لأَنَّكَ بِحُسْنِ التَّدْبِيرِ تَخُوضُ حَرْبَكَ، وَبِكَثْرَةِ الْمُشِيرِينَ يَكُونُ الْخَلاصُ. | ٦ |
7 Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.
| الْحِكْمَةُ أَسْمَى مِنْ أَنْ يُدْرِكَهَا الْجَاهِلُ، وَفِي سَاحَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَا يَفْتَحُ فَاهُ! | ٧ |
8 Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.
| الْمُتَفَكِّرُ فِي ارْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ يُدْعَى مُتَآمِراً. | ٨ |
9 The wicked thought of a foole is sinne, and the scorner is an abomination vnto men.
| نَوَايَا الْجَاهِلِ خَطِيئَةٌ، وَالْمُسْتَهْزِئُ رِجْسٌ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ. | ٩ |
10 If thou bee faint in the day of aduersitie, thy strength is small.
| إِنْ عَيِيتَ فِي يَوْمِ الضِّيقِ تَكُونُ وَاهِنَ الْقُوَى. | ١٠ |
11 Deliuer them that are drawen to death: wilt thou not preserue them that are led to be slaine?
| أَنْقِذِ الْمَسُوقِينَ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ وَرُدَّ الْمُتَعَثِّرِينَ الذَّاهِبِينَ إِلَى الذَّبْحِ. | ١١ |
12 If thou say, Beholde, we knew not of it: he that pondereth the heartes, doeth not hee vnderstand it? and hee that keepeth thy soule, knoweth he it not? will not he also recompense euery man according to his workes?
| إِنْ قُلْتَ: إِنَّنَا لَمْ نَعْرِفْ هَذَا، أَفَلا يَفْهَمُ هَذَا وَازِنُ الْقُلُوبِ؟ أَلا يُدْرِكُهُ رَاعِي النُّفُوسِ، فَيُجَازِيَ الإِنْسَانَ بِمُقْتَضَى عَمَلِهِ؟ | ١٢ |
13 My sonne, eate hony, for it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth.
| يَا ابْنِي، كُلْ عَسَلاً لأَنَّهُ طَيِّبٌ، وَكَذَلِكَ الشَّهْدَ لأَنَّهُ حُلْوٌ لِمَذَاقِكَ. | ١٣ |
14 So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.
| لِذَلِكَ الْتَمِسِ الْحِكْمَةَ لِنَفْسِكَ، فَإِذَا وَجَدْتَهَا تَحْظَى بِالثَّوَابِ وَلا يَخِيبُ رَجَاؤُكَ. | ١٤ |
15 Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.
| لَا تَكْمُنْ كَمَا يَكْمُنُ الشِّرِّيرُ لِمَسْكَنِ الصِّدِّيقِ وَلا تُدَمِّرْ مَنْزِلَهُ، | ١٥ |
16 For a iust man falleth seuen times, and riseth againe: but the wicked fall into mischiefe.
| لأَنَّ الصِّدِّيقَ يَسْقُطُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ يَنْهَضُ، أَمَّا الأَشْرَارُ فَيَتَعَثَّرُونَ بِالشَّرِّ. | ١٦ |
17 Bee thou not glad when thine enemie falleth, and let not thine heart reioyce when hee stumbleth,
| لَا تَشْمَتْ لِسُقُوطِ عَدُوِّكَ، وَلا يَبْتَهِجْ قَلْبُكَ إِذَا عَثَرَ، | ١٧ |
18 Least the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.
| لِئَلّا يَشْهَدَ الرَّبُّ، فَيَسُوءَ الأَمْرُ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَيَصْرِفَ غَضَبَهُ عَنْهُ. | ١٨ |
19 Fret not thy selfe because of the malicious, neither be enuious at the wicked.
| لَا يَتَآكَلْ قَلْبُكَ غَيْظاً مِنْ فَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ، وَلا تَحْسِدِ الأَشْرَارَ، | ١٩ |
20 For there shall bee none ende of plagues to the euill man: the light of the wicked shall bee put out.
| إِذْ لَا ثَوَابَ لِلشِّرِّيرِ، وَسِرَاجُهُ يَنْطَفِئُ. | ٢٠ |
21 My sonne feare the Lord, and the King, and meddle not with them that are sedicious.
| يَا ابْنِي اتَّقِ الرَّبَّ وَالْمَلِكَ، وَلا تُعَاشِرِ الْمُتَقَلِّبِينَ، | ٢١ |
22 For their destruction shall rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruine of them both?
| لأَنَّ هَذَيْنِ الاثْنَيْنِ يُنْزِلانِ الْبَلِيَّةَ بَغْتَةً عَلَيْهِمْ. وَمَنْ يَدْرِي أَيَّةَ كَوَارِثَ تَصْدُرُ عَنْهُمَا؟ | ٢٢ |
23 ALSO THESE THINGS PERTEINE TO THE WISE, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.
| وَهَذِهِ أَيْضاً أَقْوَالُ الْحُكَمَاءِ: التَّحَيُّزُ فِي الْحُكْمِ مُشِينٌ، | ٢٣ |
24 He that saith to the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhorre him.
| وَمَنْ يَقُولُ لِلشِّرِّيرِ: أَنْتَ بَرِيءٌ، تَلْعَنُهُ الشُّعُوبُ وَتَمْقُتُهُ الأُمَمُ. | ٢٤ |
25 But to them that rebuke him, shall be pleasure, and vpon them shall come the blessing of goodnesse.
| أَمَّا الَّذِينَ يُوَبِّخُونَهُ فَلَهُمُ الْغِبْطَةُ وَتَحُلُّ عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَكَةُ الْخَيْرِ. | ٢٥ |
26 They shall kisse the lippes of him that answereth vpright wordes.
| مَنْ يُجِيبُ بِقَوْلٍ صَائِبٍ يَحْظَى بِالْكَرَامَةِ. | ٢٦ |
27 Prepare thy worke without, and make readie thy thinges in the fielde, and after, builde thine house.
| أَنْجِزْ عَمَلَكَ فِي الْخَارِجِ وَهَيِّئْ حَقْلَكَ لِنَفْسِكَ، ثُمَّ ابْنِ بَيْتَكَ. | ٢٧ |
28 Be not a witnes against thy neighbour without cause: for wilt thou deceiue with thy lippes?
| لَا تَشْهَدْ ضِدَّ قَرِيبِكَ مِنْ غَيْرِ دَاعٍ، فَلِمَاذَا تَنْطِقُ شَفَتَاكَ زُوراً؟ | ٢٨ |
29 Say not, I wil doe to him, as he hath done to mee, I will recompence euery man according to his worke.
| لَا تَقُلْ: سَأُعَامِلُهُ بِمِثْلِ مَا عَامَلَنِي، وَأُجَازِيهِ عَلَى مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ فِي حَقِّي. | ٢٩ |
30 I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding.
| اجْتَزْتُ فِي حَقْلِ الْكَسُولِ وَبِكَرْمِ الرَّجُلِ الْفَاقِدِ الْبَصِيرَةِ، | ٣٠ |
31 And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe.
| وَإذَا بِالشَّوْكِ قَدْ كَسَاهُ، وَالْعَوْسَجِ قَدْ غَطَّى كُلَّ أَرْضِهِ، وَجِدَارِ حِجَارَتِهِ قَدِ انْهَارَ، | ٣١ |
32 Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.
| فَاعْتَبَرَ قَلْبِي بِمَا شَاهَدْتُ، وَتَلَقَّنْتُ دَرْساً مِمَّا رَأَيْتُ. | ٣٢ |
33 Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.
| أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّ قَلِيلاً مِنَ النُّعَاسِ بَعْدَ قَلِيلٍ مِنَ النَّوْمِ، وَطَيَّ الْيَدَيْنِ لِلْهُجُوعِ، | ٣٣ |
34 So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.
| تَجْعَلُ الْفَقْرَ يُقْبِلُ عَلَيْكَ كَقَاطِعِ طَرِيقٍ وَالْعَوَزَ كَغَازٍ مُسَلَّحٍ! | ٣٤ |
