Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
| اَلْحِكْمَةُ بَنَتْ بَيْتَهَا. نَحَتَتْ أَعْمِدَتَهَا ٱلسَّبْعَةَ. | ١ |
2 She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
| ذَبَحَتْ ذَبْحَهَا. مَزَجَتْ خَمْرَهَا. أَيْضًا رَتَّبَتْ مَائِدَتَهَا. | ٢ |
3 She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city:
| أَرْسَلَتْ جَوَارِيَهَا تُنَادِي عَلَى ظُهُورِ أَعَالِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ: | ٣ |
4 'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:
| «مَنْ هُوَ جَاهِلٌ فَلْيَمِلْ إِلَى هُنَا». وَٱلنَّاقِصُ ٱلْفَهْمِ قَالَتْ لَهُ: | ٤ |
5 'Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
| «هَلُمُّوا كُلُوا مِنْ طَعَامِي، وَٱشْرَبُوا مِنَ ٱلْخَمْرِ ٱلَّتِي مَزَجْتُهَا. | ٥ |
6 Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live; and walk in the way of understanding.
| اُتْرُكُوا ٱلْجَهَالَاتِ فَتَحْيَوْا، وَسِيرُوا فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْفَهْمِ». | ٦ |
7 He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot.
| مَنْ يُوَبِّخْ مُسْتَهْزِئًا يَكْسَبْ لِنَفْسِهِ هَوَانًا، وَمَنْ يُنْذِرْ شِرِّيرًا يَكْسَبْ عَيْبًا. | ٧ |
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
| لَا تُوَبِّخْ مُسْتَهْزِئًا لِئَلَّا يُبْغِضَكَ. وَبِّخْ حَكِيمًا فَيُحِبَّكَ. | ٨ |
9 Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
| أَعْطِ حَكِيمًا فَيَكُونَ أَوْفَرَ حِكْمَةً. عَلِّمْ صِدِّيقًا فَيَزْدَادَ عِلْمًا. | ٩ |
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.
| بَدْءُ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ مَخَافَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَمَعْرِفَةُ ٱلْقُدُّوسِ فَهْمٌ. | ١٠ |
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
| لِأَنَّهُ بِي تَكْثُرُ أَيَّامُكَ وَتَزْدَادُ لَكَ سِنُو حَيَاةٍ. | ١١ |
12 If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.'
| إِنْ كُنْتَ حَكِيمًا فَأَنْتَ حَكِيمٌ لِنَفْسِكَ، وَإِنِ ٱسْتَهْزَأْتَ فَأَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ تَتَحَمَّلُ. | ١٢ |
13 The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.
| اَلْمَرْأَةُ ٱلْجَاهِلَةُ صَخَّابَةٌ حَمْقَاءُ وَلَا تَدْرِي شَيْئًا، | ١٣ |
14 And she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
| فَتَقْعُدُ عِنْدَ بَابِ بَيْتِهَا عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ فِي أَعَالِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، | ١٤ |
15 To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways:
| لِتُنَادِيَ عَابِرِي ٱلسَّبِيلِ ٱلْمُقَوِّمِينَ طُرُقَهُمْ: | ١٥ |
16 'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; and as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:
| «مَنْ هُوَ جَاهِلٌ فَلْيَمِلْ إِلَى هُنَا». وَٱلنَّاقِصُ ٱلْفَهْمِ تَقُولُ لَهُ: | ١٦ |
17 'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.'
| «ٱلْمِيَاهُ ٱلْمَسْرُوقَةُ حُلْوَةٌ، وَخُبْزُ ٱلْخُفْيَةِ لَذِيذٌ». | ١٧ |
