Proverbs 5
1 My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding;
| يَا ٱبْنِي، أَصْغِ إِلَى حِكْمَتِي. أَمِلْ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى فَهْمِي، | ١ |
2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
| لِحِفْظِ ٱلتَّدَابِيرِ، وَلْتَحْفَظَ شَفَتَاكَ مَعْرِفَةً. | ٢ |
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
| لِأَنَّ شَفَتَيِ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةِ تَقْطُرَانِ عَسَلًا، وَحَنَكُهَا أَنْعَمُ مِنَ ٱلزَّيْتِ، | ٣ |
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
| لَكِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهَا مُرَّةٌ كَٱلْأَفْسَنْتِينِ، حَادَّةٌ كَسَيْفٍ ذِي حَدَّيْنِ. | ٤ |
| قَدَمَاهَا تَنْحَدِرَانِ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ. خَطَوَاتُهَا تَتَمَسَّكُ بِٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol h7585) | ٥ |
6 Lest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not.
| لِئَلَّا تَتَأَمَّلَ طَرِيقَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ، تَمَايَلَتْ خَطَوَاتُهَا وَلَا تَشْعُرُ. | ٦ |
7 Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
| وَٱلْآنَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْبَنُونَ ٱسْمَعُوا لِي، وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا عَنْ كَلِمَاتِ فَمِي. | ٧ |
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house;
| أَبْعِدْ طَرِيقَكَ عَنْهَا، وَلَا تَقْرَبْ إِلَى بَابِ بَيْتِهَا، | ٨ |
9 Lest thou give thy vigour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
| لِئَلَّا تُعْطِيَ زَهْرَكَ لِآخَرِينَ، وَسِنِينَكَ لِلْقَاسِي. | ٩ |
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in the house of an alien;
| لِئَلَّا تَشْبَعَ ٱلْأَجَانِبُ مِنْ قُوَّتِكَ، وَتَكُونَ أَتْعَابُكَ فِي بَيْتِ غَرِيبٍ. | ١٠ |
11 And thou moan, when thine end cometh, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
| فَتَنُوحَ فِي أَوَاخِرِكَ، عِنْدَ فَنَاءِ لَحْمِكَ وَجِسْمِكَ، | ١١ |
12 And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
| فَتَقُولَ: «كَيْفَ أَنِّي أَبْغَضْتُ ٱلْأَدَبَ، وَرَذَلَ قَلْبِي ٱلتَّوْبِيخَ! | ١٢ |
13 Neither have I hearkened to the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
| وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ لِصَوْتِ مُرْشِدِيَّ، وَلَمْ أَمِلْ أُذُنِي إِلَى مُعَلِّمِيَّ. | ١٣ |
14 I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.'
| لَوْلَا قَلِيلٌ لَكُنْتُ فِي كُلِّ شَرٍّ، فِي وَسَطِ ٱلزُّمْرَةِ وَٱلْجَمَاعَةِ». | ١٤ |
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
| اِشْرَبْ مِيَاهًا مِنْ جُبِّكَ، وَمِيَاهًا جَارِيَةً مِنْ بِئْرِكَ. | ١٥ |
16 Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets.
| لَا تَفِضْ يَنَابِيعُكَ إِلَى ٱلْخَارِجِ، سَوَاقِيَ مِيَاهٍ فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ. | ١٦ |
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
| لِتَكُنْ لَكَ وَحْدَكَ، وَلَيْسَ لِأَجَانِبَ مَعَكَ. | ١٧ |
18 Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.
| لِيَكُنْ يَنْبُوعُكَ مُبَارَكًا، وَٱفْرَحْ بِٱمْرَأَةِ شَبَابِكَ، | ١٨ |
19 A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.
| ٱلظَّبْيَةِ ٱلْمَحْبُوبَةِ وَٱلْوَعْلَةِ ٱلزَّهِيَّةِ. لِيُرْوِكَ ثَدْيَاهَا فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ، وَبِمَحَبَّتِهَا ٱسْكَرْ دَائِمًا. | ١٩ |
20 Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?
| فَلِمَ تُفْتَنُ يَا ٱبْنِي بِأَجْنَبِيَّةٍ، وَتَحْتَضِنُ غَرِيبَةً؟ | ٢٠ |
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He maketh even all his paths.
| لِأَنَّ طُرُقَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَهُوَ يَزِنُ كُلَّ سُبُلِهِ. | ٢١ |
22 His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
| ٱلشِّرِّيرُ تَأْخُذُهُ آثَامُهُ وَبِحِبَالِ خَطِيَّتِهِ يُمْسَكُ. | ٢٢ |
23 He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall reel.
| إِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ مِنْ عَدَمِ ٱلْأَدَبِ، وَبِفَرْطِ حُمْقِهِ يَتَهَوَّرُ. | ٢٣ |
