Proverbs 4
1 Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.
| اِسْمَعُوا أَيُّهَا ٱلْبَنُونَ تَأْدِيبَ ٱلْأَبِ، وَٱصْغُوا لِأَجْلِ مَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْفَهْمِ، | ١ |
2 For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.
| لِأَنِّي أُعْطِيكُمْ تَعْلِيمًا صَالِحًا، فَلَا تَتْرُكُوا شَرِيعَتِي. | ٢ |
3 For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,
| فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ ٱبْنًا لِأَبِي، غَضًّا وَوَحِيدًا عِنْدَ أُمِّي، | ٣ |
4 When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.
| وَكَانَ يُرِينِي وَيَقُولُ لِي: «لِيَضْبِطْ قَلْبُكَ كَلَامِي. ٱحْفَظْ وَصَايَايَ فَتَحْيَا. | ٤ |
5 Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.
| اِقْتَنِ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ. ٱقْتَنِ ٱلْفَهْمَ. لَا تَنْسَ وَلَا تُعْرِضْ عَنْ كَلِمَاتِ فَمِي. | ٥ |
6 Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.
| لَا تَتْرُكْهَا فَتَحْفَظَكَ. أَحْبِبْهَا فَتَصُونَكَ. | ٦ |
7 Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.
| ٱلْحِكْمَةُ هِيَ ٱلرَّأْسُ. فَٱقْتَنِ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ، وَبِكُلِّ مُقْتَنَاكَ ٱقْتَنِ ٱلْفَهْمَ. | ٧ |
8 Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.
| ٱرْفَعْهَا فَتُعَلِّيَكَ. تُمَجِّدُكَ إِذَا ٱعْتَنَقْتَهَا. | ٨ |
9 She shall giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shall giue thee a crowne of glorie.
| تُعْطِي رَأْسَكَ إِكْلِيلَ نِعْمَةٍ. تَاجَ جَمَالٍ تَمْنَحُكَ». | ٩ |
10 Heare, my sonne, and receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.
| اِسْمَعْ يَا ٱبْنِي وَٱقْبَلْ أَقْوَالِي، فَتَكْثُرَ سِنُو حَيَاتِكَ. | ١٠ |
11 I haue taught thee in ye way of wisedom, and led thee in the pathes of righteousnesse.
| أَرَيْتُكَ طَرِيقَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ. هَدَيْتُكَ سُبُلَ ٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ. | ١١ |
12 Whe thou goest, thy gate shall not be strait, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.
| إِذَا سِرْتَ فَلَا تَضِيقُ خَطَوَاتُكَ، وَإِذَا سَعَيْتَ فَلَا تَعْثُرُ. | ١٢ |
13 Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life.
| تَمَسَّكْ بِٱلْأَدَبِ، لَا تَرْخِهِ. ٱحْفَظْهُ فَإِنَّهُ هُوَ حَيَاتُكَ. | ١٣ |
14 Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walke not in the way of euill men.
| لَا تَدْخُلْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ، وَلَا تَسِرْ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْأَثَمَةِ. | ١٤ |
15 Auoide it, and goe not by it: turne from it, and passe by.
| تَنَكَّبْ عَنْهُ. لَا تَمُرَّ بِهِ. حِدْ عَنْهُ وَٱعْبُرْ، | ١٥ |
16 For they can not sleepe, except they haue done euill, and their sleepe departeth except they cause some to fall.
| لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَنَامُونَ إِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا سُوءًا، وَيُنْزَعُ نَوْمُهُمْ إِنْ لَمْ يُسْقِطُوا أَحَدًا. | ١٦ |
17 For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.
| لِأَنَّهُمْ يَطْعَمُونَ خُبْزَ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَيَشْرَبُونَ خَمْرَ ٱلظُّلْمِ. | ١٧ |
18 But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day.
| أَمَّا سَبِيلُ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ فَكَنُورٍ مُشْرِقٍ، يَتَزَايَدُ وَيُنِيرُ إِلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ ٱلْكَامِلِ. | ١٨ |
19 The way of the wicked is as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein they shall fall.
| أَمَّا طَرِيقُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ فَكَالظَّلَامِ. لَا يَعْلَمُونَ مَا يَعْثُرُونَ بِهِ. | ١٩ |
20 My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.
| يَا ٱبْنِي، أَصْغِ إِلَى كَلَامِي. أَمِلْ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى أَقْوَالِي. | ٢٠ |
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart.
| لَا تَبْرَحْ عَنْ عَيْنَيْكَ. اِحْفَظْهَا فِي وَسَطِ قَلْبِكَ. | ٢١ |
22 For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.
| لِأَنَّهَا هِيَ حَيَاةٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَجِدُونَهَا، وَدَوَاءٌ لِكُلِّ ٱلْجَسَدِ. | ٢٢ |
23 Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.
| فَوْقَ كُلِّ تَحَفُّظٍ ٱحْفَظْ قَلْبَكَ، لِأَنَّ مِنْهُ مَخَارِجَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ. | ٢٣ |
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.
| ٱنْزِعْ عَنْكَ ٱلْتِوَاءَ ٱلْفَمِ، وَأَبْعِدْ عَنْكَ ٱنْحِرَافَ ٱلشَّفَتَيْنِ. | ٢٤ |
25 Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyelids direct thy way before thee.
| لِتَنْظُرْ عَيْنَاكَ إِلَى قُدَّامِكَ، وَأَجْفَانُكَ إِلَى أَمَامِكَ مُسْتَقِيمًا. | ٢٥ |
26 Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy waies be ordred aright.
| مَهِّدْ سَبِيلَ رِجْلِكَ، فَتَثْبُتَ كُلُّ طُرُقِكَ. | ٢٦ |
27 Turne not to the right hande, nor to the left, but remooue thy foote from euill.
| لَا تَمِلْ يَمْنَةً وَلَا يَسْرَةً. بَاعِدْ رِجْلَكَ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ. | ٢٧ |
