Proverbs 6

1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger —

١ يَا ابْنِي إِنْ ضَمِنْتَ أَحَداً، وَإِنْ أَخَذْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ عَهْداً لِلْغَرِيبِ؛

2 Thou art snared by the words of thy mouth, thou art caught by the words of thy mouth —

٢ إِنْ وَقَعْتَ فِي فَخِّ أَقْوَالِ فَمِكَ، وَعَلِقْتَ بِكَلامِ شَفَتَيْكَ،

3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and urge thy neighbour.

٣ فَافْعَلْ هَذَا يَا ابْنِي وَنَجِّ نَفْسَكَ، لأَنَّكَ أَصْبَحْتَ تَحْتَ رَحْمَةِ صَاحِبِكَ: اذْهَبْ تَذَلَّلْ إِلَيْهِ

4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

٤ وَأَلِحَّ عَلَيْهِ. لَا يَغْلِبْ عَلَيْكَ النَّوْمُ، وَلا عَلَى أَجْفَانِكَ النُّعَاسُ،

5 Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

٥ نَجِّ نَفْسَكَ كَالظَّبْيِ مِنْ يَدِ الصَّيَّادِ أَوْ كَالْعُصْفُورِ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْقَنَّاصِ.

6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise;

٦ اذْهَبْ إِلَى النَّمْلَةِ أَيُّهَا الْكَسُولُ، تَمَعَّنْ فِي طُرُقِهَا وَكُنْ حَكِيماً،

7 Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

٧ فَمَعَ أَنَّهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ قَائِدٍ أَوْ مُدَبِّرٍ أَوْ حَاكِمٍ،

8 Provideth her bread in the summer, and gatherest her food in the harvest.

٨ إِلّا أَنَّهَا تَخْزِنُ طَعَامَهَا فِي الصَّيْفِ، وَتَجْمَعُ مَؤُونَتَهَا فِي مَوْسِمِ الْحَصَادِ.

9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

٩ فَإِلَى مَتَى تَظَلُّ رَاقِداً أَيُّهَا الْكَسُولُ؟ مَتَى تَهُبُّ مِنْ نَوْمِكَ؟

10 'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep' —

١٠ فَإِنَّ بَعْضَ النَّوْمِ، ثُمَّ بَعْضَ الرُّقَادِ، وَطَيَّ الْيَدَيْنِ لِلْهُجُوعِ،

11 So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man.

١١ تَجْعَلُ الْفَقْرَ يُقْبِلُ عَلَيْكَ كَقَاطِعِ طَرِيقٍ، وَالْعَوَزَ كَغَازٍ مُسَلَّحٍ.

12 A base person, a man of iniquity, is he that walketh with a froward mouth;

١٢ الرَّجُلُ الْمُغْتَابُ، الرَّجُلُ الأَثِيمُ هُوَ مَنْ يَسْعَى بِنَمِيمَةِ الْفَمِ الْكَاذِبَةِ،

13 That winketh with his eyes, that scrapeth with his feet, that pointeth with his fingers;

١٣ وَيَغْمِزُ بِعَيْنَيْهِ، وَيُشِيرُ بِرِجْلَيْهِ، وَيَكْشِفُ عَنْ نَوَايَاهُ بِحَرَكَاتِ أَصَابِعِهِ.

14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.

١٤ يَخْتَرِعُ الشَّرَّ بِقَلْبٍ مُخَادِعٍ، وَيُثِيرُ الْخُصُومَاتِ دَائِماً.

15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

١٥ لِذَلِكَ تَغْشَاهُ الْبَلايَا فَجْأَةً، وَفِي لَحْظَةٍ يَتَحَطَّمُ وَيَسْتَعْصِي شِفَاؤُهُ.

16 There are six things which the LORD hateth, yea, seven which are an abomination unto Him:

١٦ سِتَّةُ أُمُورٍ يَمْقُتُهَا الرَّبُّ، وَسَبْعَةٌ مَكْرُوهَةٌ لَدَيْهِ:

17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;

١٧ عَيْنَانِ مُتَعَجْرِفَتَانِ، وَلِسَانٌ كَاذِبٌ، وَيَدَانِ تَسْفِكَانِ دَماً بَرِيئاً.

18 A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil;

١٨ وَقَلْبٌ يَتَآمَرُ بِالشَّرِّ، وَقَدَمَانِ تُسْرِعَانِ بِصَاحِبِهِمَا لارْتِكَابِ الإِثْمِ،

19 A false witness that breatheth out lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

١٩ وَشَاهِدُ زُورٍ يَنْفُثُ كَذِباً، وَرَجُلٌ يَزْرَعُ خُصُومَاتٍ بَيْنَ الإِخْوَةِ.

20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

٢٠ يَا ابْنِي احْفَظْ وَصَايَا أَبِيكَ وَلا تَتَجَاهَلْ شَرِيعَةَ أُمِّكَ.

21 Bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck.

٢١ اعْقِدْهَا دَائِماً عَلَى قَلْبِكَ، وَتَقَلَّدْ بِها فِي عُنُقِكَ،

22 When thou walkest, it shall lead thee, when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

٢٢ فَتَهْدِيَكَ كُلَّمَا مَشَيْتَ، وَتَرْعَاكَ كُلَّمَا نِمْتَ، وَتُنَاجِيَكَ عِنْدَمَا تَسْتَيْقِظُ.

23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life;

٢٣ فَالْوَصِيَّةُ مِصْبَاحٌ وَالشَّرِيعَةُ نُورٌ، وَالتَّوْبِيخُ فِي سَبِيلِ التَّأْدِيبِ هُوَ طَرِيقُ حَيَاةٍ،

24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the alien tongue.

٢٤ لِكَيْ تَقِيَكَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ وَمِنْ لِسَانِ الْعَاهِرَةِ الْمَعْسُولِ.

25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.

٢٥ لَا تَشْتَهِ جَمَالَهَا فِي قَلْبِكَ وَلا تَأْسِرْ لُبَّكَ بِعُيُونِهَا.

26 For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

٢٦ لأَنَّهُ بِسَبَبِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْعَاهِرَةِ يَفْتَقِرُ الإِنْسَانُ إِلَى رَغِيفِ خُبْزٍ، وَالزَّانِيَةُ الْمُتَزَوِّجَةُ تَقْتَنِصُ بِأَشْرَاكِهَا النَّفْسَ الْكَرِيمَةَ.

27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

٢٧ أَيُمْكِنُ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَضَعَ نَاراً فِي حِضْنِهِ وَلا تَحْتَرِقَ ثِيَابُهُ؟

28 Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

٢٨ أَوْ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ عَلَى جَمْرٍ وَلا تَكْتَوِيَ قَدَمَاهُ؟

29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished.

٢٩ هَذَا مَا يُصِيبُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَزْنِي بِامْرَأَةِ غَيْرِهِ؛ حَتْماً يَحُلُّ بِهِ الْعِقَابُ.

30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

٣٠ وَمَعَ أَنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ لَا تَحْتَقِرُ لِصّاً إِذَا سَرَقَ لِيُشْبِعَ بَطْنَهُ وَهُوَ جَائِعٌ،

31 But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold, he must give all the substance of his house.

٣١ لَكِنْ إِذَا قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِ مُتَلَبِّساً بِالْجَرِيمَةِ يُعَوِّضُ سَبْعَةَ أَضْعَافٍ، حَتَّى وَلَوْ كَلَّفَهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّ مَا يَقْتَنِيهِ.

32 He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; he doeth it that would destroy his own soul.

٣٢ أَمَّا الزَّانِي فَيَفْتَقِرُ إِلَى الإِدْرَاكِ السَّلِيمِ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَرْتَكِبُ الزِّنَى يُدَمِّرُ نَفْسَهُ،

33 Wounds and dishonour shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

٣٣ إِذْ يَتَعَرَّضُ لِلضَّرْبِ وَالْهَوَانِ، وَعَارُهُ لَا يُمْحَى أَبَداً.

34 For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

٣٤ لأَنَّ الْغَيْرَةَ تُفَجِّرُ غَضَبَ الرَّجُلِ فَلا يَرْحَمُ عِنْدَمَا يُقْدِمُ عَلَى الانْتِقَامِ.

35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

٣٥ لَا يَقْبَلُ الْفِدْيَةَ، وَيَأْبَى الاسْتِرْضَاءَ مَهْمَا أَكْثَرْتَ الرِّشْوَةَ.