Proverbs 5
1 My son! Give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding,
| يَا ابْنِي أَصْغِ إِلَى حِكْمَتِي، وَأَرْهِفْ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى قَوْلِ فِطْنَتِي. | ١ |
2 To observe thoughtfulness, And your lips keep knowledge.
| لِكَيْ تَدَّخِرَ الْفِطْنَةَ، وَتَرْعَى شَفَتَاكَ الْعِلْمَ. | ٢ |
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth [is] smoother than oil,
| لأَنَّ شَفَتَيِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْعَاهِرَةِ تَقْطُرَانِ شَهْداً، وَحَدِيثَهَا أَكْثَرُ نُعُومَةً مِنَ الزَّيْتِ، | ٣ |
4 And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.
| لَكِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهَا مُرَّةٌ كَالْعَلْقَمِ، حَادَّةٌ كَسَيْفٍ ذِي حَدَّيْنِ. | ٤ |
| تَنْحَدِرُ قَدَمَاهَا إِلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَخَطْوَاتُهَا تَتَشَبَّثُ بِالْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol h7585) | ٥ |
6 The path of life—lest you ponder, Her paths have moved—you do not know.
| لَا تَتَأَمَّلُ طَرِيقَ الْحَيَاةِ؛ تَتَرَنَّحُ خَطْوَاتُهَا وَهِيَ لَا تُدْرِكُ ذَلِكَ. | ٦ |
7 And now, you sons, listen to me, And do not turn from sayings of my mouth.
| وَالآنَ أَصْغُوا إِلَيَّ أَيُّهَا الْبَنُونَ، وَلا تَهْجُرُوا كَلِمَاتِ فَمِي. | ٧ |
8 Keep your way far from off her, And do not come near to the opening of her house,
| أَبْعِدْ طَرِيقَكَ عَنْهَا، وَلا تَقْتَرِبْ مِنْ بَابِ بَيْتِهَا، | ٨ |
9 Lest you give your splendor to others, And your years to the fierce,
| لِئَلّا تُعْطِيَ كَرَامَتَكَ لِلآخَرِينَ، وَسِنِي عُمْرِكَ لِمَنْ لَا يَرْحَمُ، | ٩ |
10 Lest strangers be filled [with] your power, And your labors in the house of a stranger,
| فَيَسْتَهْلِكَ الْغُرَبَاءُ ثَرْوَتَكَ حَتَّى الشِّبَعِ، وَتَضْحَى غَلَّةُ أَتْعَابِكَ فِي بَيْتِ الأَجْنَبِيِّ. | ١٠ |
11 And you have howled in your latter end, In the consumption of your flesh and your food,
| فَتَنُوحَ فِي أَوَاخِرِ حَيَاتِكَ، عِنْدَ فَنَاءِ لَحْمِكَ وَجَسَدِكَ، لإِصَابَتِكَ بِأَمْرَاضٍ مُعْدِيَةٍ، | ١١ |
12 And have said, “How I have hated instruction, And my heart has despised reproof,
| وَتَقُولَ: «كَيْفَ مَقَتُّ التَّأْدِيبَ، وَاسْتَخَفَّ قَلْبِي بِالتَّوْبِيخِ، | ١٢ |
13 And I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, And have not inclined my ear to my teachers.
| فَلَمْ أَصْغِ إِلَى تَوْجِيهِ مُرْشِدِيَّ، وَلا اسْتَمَعْتُ إِلَى مُعَلِّمِيَّ. | ١٣ |
14 As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a congregation.”
| حَتَّى كِدْتُ أَتْلَفُ فِي وَسَطِ الْجُمْهُورِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ». | ١٤ |
15 Drink waters out of your own cistern, Even flowing ones out of your own well.
| اشْرَبْ مَاءً مِنْ جُبِّكَ، وَمِيَاهاً جَارِيَةً مِنْ بِئْرِكَ. | ١٥ |
16 Let your fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places streams of waters.
| أَيَنْبَغِي عَلَى يَنَابِيعِكَ أَنْ تَفِيضَ إِلَى الْخَارِجِ كَأَنْهَارِ مِيَاهٍ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ؟ | ١٦ |
17 Let them be to you for yourself, And not to strangers with you.
| لِيَكُنْ أَوْلادُكَ لَكَ وَحْدَكَ، لَا نَصِيبَ لِلْغُرَبَاءِ مَعَكَ فِيهِمْ. | ١٧ |
18 Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of your youth,
| لِيَكُنْ يَنْبُوعُ عِفَّتِكَ مُبَارَكاً، وَاغْتَبِطْ بِامْرَأَةِ شَبَابِكَ، | ١٨ |
19 A doe of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy you at all times, Magnify yourself in her love continually.
| فَتَكُونَ كَالظَّبْيَةِ الْمَحْبُوبَةِ وَالْوَعْلَةِ الْبَهِيَّةِ، فَتَرْتَوِيَ مِنْ فَيْضِ فِتْنَتِهَا، وَتَظَلَّ دَائِماً أَسِيرَ حُبِّهَا. | ١٩ |
20 And why do you magnify yourself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
| لِمَاذَا تُوْلَعُ يَا ابْنِي بِالْمَرْأَةِ الْعَاهِرَةِ أَوْ تَحْتَضِنُ الْغَرِيبَةَ؟ | ٢٠ |
21 For the ways of each are before the eyes of YHWH, And He is pondering all his paths.
| فَإِنَّ تَصَرُّفَاتِ الإِنْسَانِ مَكْشُوفَةٌ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَهُوَ يُبْصِرُ جَمِيعَ طُرُقِهِ. | ٢١ |
22 His own iniquities capture the wicked, And he is holden with the ropes of his sin.
| آثَامُ الْمُنَافِقِ تَتَصَيَّدُهُ، وَيَعْلَقُ بِحِبَالِ خَطِيئَتِهِ. | ٢٢ |
23 He dies without instruction, And magnifies himself in the abundance of his folly!
| يَمُوتُ افْتِقَاراً إِلَى التَّأْدِيبِ، وَبِحُمْقِهِ يَتَشَرَّدُ. | ٢٣ |
