Proverbs 1
1 THE PROVERBS of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
| أَمْثَالُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: | ١ |
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the words of understanding;
| لِمَعْرِفَةِ حِكْمَةٍ وَأَدَبٍ. لِإِدْرَاكِ أَقْوَالِ ٱلْفَهْمِ. | ٢ |
3 To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity;
| لِقُبُولِ تَأْدِيبِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ وَٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ. | ٣ |
4 To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion;
| لِتُعْطِيَ ٱلْجُهَّالَ ذَكَاءً، وَٱلشَّابَّ مَعْرِفَةً وَتَدَبُّرًا. | ٤ |
5 That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;
| يَسْمَعُهَا ٱلْحَكِيمُ فَيَزْدَادُ عِلْمًا، وَٱلْفَهِيمُ يَكْتَسِبُ تَدْبِيرًا. | ٥ |
6 To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
| لِفَهْمِ ٱلْمَثَلِ وَٱللُّغْزِ، أَقْوَالِ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ وَغَوَامِضِهِمْ. | ٦ |
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.
| مَخَافَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ رَأْسُ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ، أَمَّا ٱلْجَاهِلُونَ فَيَحْتَقِرُونَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلْأَدَبَ. | ٧ |
8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
| اِسْمَعْ يَا ٱبْنِي تَأْدِيبَ أَبِيكَ، وَلَا تَرْفُضْ شَرِيعَةَ أُمِّكَ، | ٨ |
9 For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
| لِأَنَّهُمَا إِكْلِيلُ نِعْمَةٍ لِرَأْسِكَ، وَقَلَائِدُ لِعُنُقِكَ. | ٩ |
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
| يَا ٱبْنِي، إِنْ تَمَلَّقَكَ ٱلْخُطَاةُ فَلَا تَرْضَ. | ١٠ |
11 If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause;
| إِنْ قَالُوا: «هَلُمَّ مَعَنَا لِنَكْمُنْ لِلدَّمِ. لِنَخْتَفِ لِلْبَرِيءِ بَاطِلًا. | ١١ |
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
| لِنَبْتَلِعْهُمْ أَحْيَاءً كَٱلْهَاوِيَةِ، وَصِحَاحًا كَٱلْهَابِطِينَ فِي ٱلْجُبِّ، (Sheol h7585) | ١٢ |
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;
| فَنَجِدَ كُلَّ قِنْيَةٍ فَاخِرَةٍ، نَمْلَأَ بُيُوتَنَا غَنِيمَةً. | ١٣ |
14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse' —
| تُلْقِي قُرْعَتَكَ وَسْطَنَا. يَكُونُ لَنَا جَمِيعًا كِيسٌ وَاحِدٌ». | ١٤ |
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them, restrain thy foot from their path;
| يَا ٱبْنِي، لَا تَسْلُكْ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ مَعَهُمْ. اِمْنَعْ رِجْلَكَ عَنْ مَسَالِكِهِمْ. | ١٥ |
16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
| لِأَنَّ أَرْجُلَهُمْ تَجْرِي إِلَى ٱلشَّرِّ وَتُسْرِعُ إِلَى سَفْكِ ٱلدَّمِ. | ١٦ |
17 For in vain the net is spread in the eyes of any bird;
| لِأَنَّهُ بَاطِلًا تُنْصَبُ ٱلشَّبَكَةُ فِي عَيْنَيْ كُلِّ ذِي جَنَاحٍ. | ١٧ |
18 And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives.
| أَمَّا هُمْ فَيَكْمُنُونَ لِدَمِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ. يَخْتَفُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ. | ١٨ |
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
| هَكَذَا طُرُقُ كُلِّ مُولَعٍ بِكَسْبٍ. يَأْخُذُ نَفْسَ مُقْتَنِيهِ. | ١٩ |
20 Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places;
| اَلْحِكْمَةُ تُنَادِي فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ. فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ تُعْطِي صَوْتَهَا. | ٢٠ |
21 She calleth at the head of the noisy streets, at the entrances of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words:
| تَدْعُو فِي رُؤُوسِ ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ، فِي مَدَاخِلِ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ. فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تُبْدِي كَلَامَهَا | ٢١ |
22 'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
| قَائِلَةً: «إِلَى مَتَى أَيُّهَا ٱلْجُهَّالُ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْجَهْلَ، وَٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئُونَ يُسَرُّونَ بِٱلِٱسْتِهْزَاءِ، وَٱلْحَمْقَى يُبْغِضُونَ ٱلْعِلْمَ؟ | ٢٢ |
23 Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
| اِرْجِعُوا عِنْدَ تَوْبِيخِي. هَأَنَذَا أُفِيضُ لَكُمْ رُوحِي. أُعَلِّمُكُمْ كَلِمَاتِي. | ٢٣ |
24 Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man attended,
| «لِأَنِّي دَعَوْتُ فَأَبَيْتُمْ، وَمَدَدْتُ يَدِي وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُبَالِي، | ٢٤ |
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof;
| بَلْ رَفَضْتُمْ كُلَّ مَشُورَتِي، وَلَمْ تَرْضَوْا تَوْبِيخِي. | ٢٥ |
26 I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh;
| فَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَضْحَكُ عِنْدَ بَلِيَّتِكُمْ. أَشْمَتُ عِنْدَ مَجِيءِ خَوْفِكُمْ. | ٢٦ |
27 When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon you.
| إِذَا جَاءَ خَوْفُكُمْ كَعَاصِفَةٍ، وَأَتَتْ بَلِيَّتُكُمْ كَٱلزَّوْبَعَةِ، إِذَا جَاءَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ شِدَّةٌ وَضِيقٌ. | ٢٧ |
28 Then will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me.
| حِينَئِذٍ يَدْعُونَنِي فَلَا أَسْتَجِيبُ. يُبَكِّرُونَ إِلَيَّ فَلَا يَجِدُونَنِي. | ٢٨ |
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD;
| لِأَنَّهُمْ أَبْغَضُوا ٱلْعِلْمَ وَلَمْ يَخْتَارُوا مَخَافَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ٢٩ |
30 They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.
| لَمْ يَرْضَوْا مَشُورَتِي. رَذَلُوا كُلَّ تَوْبِيخِي. | ٣٠ |
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
| فَلِذَلِكَ يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ ثَمَرِ طَرِيقِهِمْ، وَيَشْبَعُونَ مِنْ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ. | ٣١ |
32 For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.
| لِأَنَّ ٱرْتِدَادَ ٱلْحَمْقَى يَقْتُلُهُمْ، وَرَاحَةَ ٱلْجُهَّالِ تُبِيدُهُمْ. | ٣٢ |
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.'
| أَمَّا ٱلْمُسْتَمِعُ لِي فَيَسْكُنُ آمِنًا، وَيَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ خَوْفِ ٱلشَّرِّ». | ٣٣ |
