Proverbs 30

1 These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease.

١ هَذِهِ أَقْوَالُ أَجُورَ ابْنِ مُتَّقِيَةَ مِنْ قَوْمِ مَسَّا، إِلَى إِيثِيئِيلَ وَأُكَّالَ:

2 For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men.

٢ إِنَّنِي أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ بَلادَةً، وَلَيْسَ لِي فَهْمُ إِنْسَانٍ.

3 God has taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the holy.

٣ لَمْ أَتَلَقَّنِ الْحِكْمَةَ، وَلا أَمْلِكُ مَعْرِفَةَ الْقُدُّوسِ.

4 Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children?

٤ مَنِ ارْتَقَى إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ هَبَطَ مِنْهَا؟ وَمَنْ جَمَعَ الرِّيحَ فِي حَفْنَتَيْهِ؟ مَنْ صَرَّ الْمِيَاهَ فِي ثَوْبٍ؟ مَنْ أَرْسَى جَمِيعَ أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ؟ مَا اسْمُهُ وَمَا اسْمُ ابْنِهِ؟ أَخْبِرْنِي إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ.

5 For all the words of God are tried in the fire, and he defends those that reverence him.

٥ كُلُّ كَلِمَةٍ مِنْ كَلِمَاتِ اللهِ صَادِقَةٌ، وَهُوَ تُرْسٌ لِمَنْ يَحْتَمِي بِهِ.

6 Add not to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be made a liar.

٦ لَا تُضِفْ عَلَى كَلامِهِ لِئَلّا يُوَبِّخَكَ فَتُصْبِحَ كَاذِباً.

7 Two things I ask of you; take not favor from me before I die.

٧ أَمْرَيْنِ أَطْلُبُ مِنْكَ، فَلا تَحْرِمْنِي مِنْهُمَا قَبْلَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ:

8 Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth [or] poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:

٨ أَبْعِدْ عَنِّي الْبَاطِلَ وَكَلامَ الزُّورِ، وَلا تَجْعَلِ الْفَقْرَ أَوِ الْغِنَى مِنْ نَصِيبِي. لَكِنْ أَعْطِنِي كَفَافِي مِنَ الطَّعَامِ،

9 lest I be filled and become false, and say, Who sees me? or be poor and steal, and swear [vainly] by the name of God.

٩ لِئَلّا أَشْبَعَ فَأَجْحَدَكَ قَائِلاً: مَنْ هُوَ الرَّبُّ؟ أَوْ أَفْتَقِرَ فَأَسْرِقَ وَأُلَطِّخَ اسْمَ إِلَهِي بِالْعَارِ.

10 Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse you, and you be utterly destroyed.

١٠ لَا تَشْكُ عَبْداً إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ، لِئَلّا يَلْعَنَكَ وَتَكُونَ قَدْ أَثِمْتَ فِي حَقِّهِ.

11 A wicked generation curse their father, and do not bless their mother.

١١ رُبَّ جِيلٍ يَشْتِمُ أَبَاهُ وَلا يُبَارِكُ أُمَّهُ.

12 A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way.

١٢ رُبَّ جِيلٍ نَقِيٍّ فِي عَيْنَيْ نَفْسِهِ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يَتَطَهَّرْ بَعْدُ مِنْ رَجَاسَتِهِ.

13 A wicked generation have lofty eyes, and exalt themselves with their eyelids.

١٣ رُبَّ جِيلٍ: لَشَدَّ مَا هُوَ مُتَشَامِخُ الْعُيُونِ وَمُتَعَالِي النَّظَرَاتِ.

14 A wicked generation have swords [for] teeth and jaw teeth [as] knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men.

١٤ رُبَّ جِيلٍ أَسْنَانُهُ مُرْهَفَةٌ كَالسُّيُوفِ، وَأَنْيَابُهُ حَادَّةٌ كَالسَّكَاكِينِ، لِيَفْتَرِسَ الْمَسَاكِينَ فِي الأَرْضِ وَالْبَائِسِينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَبْنَاءِ الْبَشَرِ.

15 The horse-leech had three dearly beloved daughters: and these three did not satisfy her; and the fourth was not contented so as to say, Enough.

١٥ لِلْعَلَقَةِ بِنْتَانِ هَاتِفَتَانِ: هَاتِ، هَاتِ. ثَلاثَةُ أَشْيَاءَ لَا تَشْبَعُ قَطُّ، وَالرَّابِعَةُ لَا تَقُولُ كَفَى:

16 The grave, and the love of a woman, and the earth not filled with water; water also and fire will not say, It is enough. (Sheol h7585)

١٦ الْهَاوِيَةُ، وَالرَّحِمُ الْعَقِيمُ، وَأَرْضٌ لَا تَرْتَوِي مِنَ الْمَاءِ، وَالنَّارُ الَّتِي لَا تَقُولُ أَبَداً كَفَى. (Sheol h7585)

17 The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonors the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.

١٧ الْعَيْنُ السَّاخِرَةُ بِالأَبِ، وَالَّتِي تَحْتَقِرُ طَاعَةَ أُمِّهَا، تَقْتَلِعُهَا غِرْبَانُ الْوَادِي، وَتَلْتَهِمُهَا فِرَاخُ النُّسُورِ.

18 Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not:

١٨ ثَلاثَةُ أَشْيَاءَ أَعْجَبُ مِنْ أَنْ أَسْتَوْعِبَهَا، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ لَا أَعْرِفُهَا:

19 the track of a flying eagle; and the ways of a serpent on a rock; and the paths of a ship passing through the sea; and the ways of a man in youth.

١٩ سَبِيلُ النَّسْرِ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَدَرْبُ الْحَيَّةِ عَلَى الصَّخْرِ، وَطَرِيقُ السَّفِينَةِ فِي غِمَارِ الْبَحْرِ، وَطَرِيقُ رَجُلٍ مَعَ عَذْرَاءَ.

20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing amiss.

٢٠ هَذَا هُوَ أُسْلُوبُ الْمَرْأَةِ الْعَاهِرَةِ: إِنَّهَا تَأْثَمُ وَتَسْتَخِفُّ وَتَقُولُ: لَمْ أَرْتَكِبْ شَرّاً!

21 By three thing the earth is troubled, and the fourth it can’t bear:

٢١ تَحْتَ عِبْءِ ثَلاثَةٍ تَقْشَعِرُّ الأَرْضُ، وَتَحْتَ أَرْبَعَةٍ تَنُوءُ.

22 if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food;

٢٢ تَحْتَ عَبْدٍ إِذَا صَارَ مَلِكاً، وَأَحْمَقَ إِذَا شَبِعَ،

23 or if a maidservant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.

٢٣ وَامْرَأَةٍ كَرِيهَةٍ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَتْ، وَأَمَةٍ إِذَا وَرِثَتْ مَوْلاتَهَا.

24 And [there are] four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise:

٢٤ أَرْبَعَةٌ هِيَ الصُّغْرَى فِي الأَرْضِ، وَلَكِنَّهَا فَائِقَةُ الْحِكْمَةِ:

25 the ants which are weak, and [yet] prepare [their] food in summer;

٢٥ النَّمْلُ طَائِفَةٌ ضَعِيفَةٌ، لَكِنَّهُ يَخْزِنُ فِي الصَّيْفِ قُوتَهُ.

26 the rabbits also [are] a feeble race, who make their houses in the rocks.

٢٦ الْوِبَارُ طَائِفَةٌ لَا قُدْرَةَ لَهَا، لَكِنَّهَا تَنْقُرُ فِي الصَّخْرِ بُيُوتَهَا.

27 The locusts have no king, and [yet] march orderly at one command.

٢٧ وَالْجَرَادُ لَا مَلِكَ لَهُ، لَكِنَّهُ يَتَقَدَّمُ فِي أَسْرَابٍ مُنَظَّمَةٍ.

28 And the eft, which supports itself by [its] hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings.

٢٨ وَالْعَنْكَبُوتُ الَّتِي يُمْكِنُ الْتِقَاطُهَا بِالْيَدِ، وَلَكِنَّهَا فِي قُصُورِ الْمُلُوكِ.

29 And there are three things which go well, and a fourth which passes along finely.

٢٩ ثَلاثَةٌ جَلِيلَةٌ فِي خَطْوِهَا، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ وَقُورٌ فِي تَحَرُّكِهَا:

30 A lion's whelp, stronger than [all other] beasts, which turns not away, nor fears [any] beast;

٣٠ اللَّيْثُ جَبَّارُ الْوُحُوشِ، الَّذِي لَا يَتَرَاجَعُ أَمَامَ أَحَدٍ،

31 and a cock walking in boldly among the hens, and the goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation.

٣١ وَالطَّاوُوسُ الْمُخْتَالُ، وَالتَّيْسُ، وَالْمَلِكُ فِي طَلِيعَةِ جَيْشِهِ.

32 If you abandon yourself to mirth, and stretch forth your hand in a quarrel, you shall be disgraced.

٣٢ إِنِ انْتَابَكَ الْحُمْقُ فَاغْتَرَرْتَ بِنَفْسِكَ، أَوْ شَرَعْتَ فِي تَدْبِيرِ الْمَكَائِدِ، فَأَطْبِقْ يَدَكَ عَلَى فَمِكَ.

33 Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if you wing [one's] nostrils there shall come out blood: so if you extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes.

٣٣ فَكَمَا أَنَّ مَخْضَ الْحَلِيبِ يُخْرِجُ زُبْدَةً، وَالضَّغْطَ عَلَى الأَنْفِ يَجْعَلُهُ يَنْزِفُ دَماً، فَإِنَّ إِثَارَةَ الْغَضَبِ تُوَلِّدُ الْخِصَامَ.