Proverbs 23
1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, thou shalt consider well, what is before thee;
| إِذَا جَلَسْتَ تَأْكُلُ مَعَ مُتَسَلِّطٍ، فَتَأَمَّلْ مَا هُوَ أَمَامَكَ تَأَمُّلًا، | ١ |
2 And shalt put a knife to thy throat, if, of great appetite, thou art:
| وَضَعْ سِكِّينًا لِحَنْجَرَتِكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ شَرِهًا. | ٢ |
3 Do not crave his dainties, for, the same, are deceitful food.
| لَا تَشْتَهِ أَطَايِبَهُ لِأَنَّهَا خُبْزُ أَكَاذِيبَ. | ٣ |
4 Do not toil to get wealth, of thine own understanding, forbear:
| لَا تَتْعَبْ لِكَيْ تَصِيرَ غَنِيًّا. كُفَّ عَنْ فِطْنَتِكَ. | ٤ |
5 Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.
| هَلْ تُطَيِّرُ عَيْنَيْكَ نَحْوَهُ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ؟ لِأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَصْنَعُ لِنَفْسِهِ أَجْنِحَةً. كَٱلنَّسْرِ يَطِيرُ نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ. | ٥ |
6 Do not eat the food of him that hath a begrudging eye, neither crave thou his dainties;
| لَا تَأْكُلْ خُبْزَ ذِي عَيْنٍ شِرِّيرَةٍ، وَلَا تَشْتَهِ أَطَايِبَهُ، | ٦ |
7 For, just as he hath thought in his own mind, so, he is: Eat and drink! he may say to thee, but, his heart, is not with thee.
| لِأَنَّهُ كَمَا شَعَرَ فِي نَفْسِهِ هَكَذَا هُوَ. يَقُولُ لَكَ: «كُلْ وَٱشْرَبْ» وَقَلْبُهُ لَيْسَ مَعَكَ. | ٧ |
8 As for thy morsel thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit it, so shalt thou waste thy things so sweet.
| ٱللُّقْمَةُ ٱلَّتِي أَكَلْتَهَا تَتَقَيَّأُهَا، وَتَخْسَرُ كَلِمَاتِكَ ٱلْحُلْوَةَ. | ٨ |
9 In the ears of a dullard, do not speak, for he will despise the good sense of thy words.
| فِي أُذُنَيْ جَاهِلٍ لَا تَتَكَلَّمْ لِأَنَّهُ يَحْتَقِرُ حِكْمَةَ كَلَامِكَ. | ٩ |
10 Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;
| لَا تَنْقُلِ ٱلتُّخُمَ ٱلْقَدِيمَ، وَلَا تَدْخُلْ حُقُولَ ٱلْأَيْتَامِ، | ١٠ |
11 For, their near of kin, is strong, he, will plead their cause with thee.
| لِأَنَّ وَلِيَّهُمْ قَوِيٌّ. هُوَ يُقِيمُ دَعْوَاهُمْ عَلَيْكَ. | ١١ |
12 Bring, to correction, thy heart, and thine ears, to the sayings of knowledge.
| وَجِّهْ قَلْبَكَ إِلَى ٱلْأَدَبِ، وَأُذُنَيْكَ إِلَى كَلِمَاتِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ. | ١٢ |
13 Do not withhold, from a child, correction, When thou smitest him with the rod, he shall not die:
| لَا تَمْنَعِ ٱلتَّأْدِيبَ عَنِ ٱلْوَلَدِ، لِأَنَّكَ إِنْ ضَرَبْتَهُ بِعَصًا لَا يَمُوتُ. | ١٣ |
| تَضْرِبُهُ أَنْتَ بِعَصًا فَتُنْقِذُ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol h7585) | ١٤ |
15 My son! if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
| يَا ٱبْنِي، إِنْ كَانَ قَلْبُكَ حَكِيمًا يَفْرَحُ قَلْبِي أَنَا أَيْضًا، | ١٥ |
16 So shall my reins exult, when thy lips speak the things that are right.
| وَتَبْتَهِجُ كِلْيَتَايَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَتْ شَفَتَاكَ بِٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَاتِ. | ١٦ |
17 Let not thy heart be envious of sinners, only of the reverence of Yahweh, all day long;
| لَا يَحْسِدَنَّ قَلْبُكَ ٱلْخَاطِئِينَ، بَلْ كُنْ فِي مَخَافَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ. | ١٧ |
18 For surely there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.
| لِأَنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ ثَوَابٍ، وَرَجَاؤُكَ لَا يَخِيبُ. | ١٨ |
19 Hear, thou, my son, and be wise, and lead forward, in duty, thy heart.
| اِسْمَعْ أَنْتَ يَا ٱبْنِي، وَكُنْ حَكِيمًا، وَأَرْشِدْ قَلْبَكَ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ. | ١٩ |
20 Do not be among them who tipple with wine, —among them who are gluttons;
| لَا تَكُنْ بَيْنَ شِرِّيبِي ٱلْخَمْرِ، بَيْنَ ٱلْمُتْلِفِينَ أَجْسَادَهُمْ، | ٢٠ |
21 For, the tippler and the glutton, shall come to poverty, and, rags, shall Slumber put on!
| لِأَنَّ ٱلسِّكِّيرَ وَٱلْمُسْرِفَ يَفْتَقِرَانِ، وَٱلنَّوْمُ يَكْسُو ٱلْخِرَقَ. | ٢١ |
22 Hearken to thy father here, who begat thee, and despise not, when she is old, thy mother.
| اِسْمَعْ لِأَبِيكَ ٱلَّذِي وَلَدَكَ، وَلَا تَحْتَقِرْ أُمَّكَ إِذَا شَاخَتْ. | ٢٢ |
23 Truth, buy thou, but do not sell, wisdom, and correction, and understanding.
| اِقْتَنِ ٱلْحَقَّ وَلَا تَبِعْهُ، وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلْأَدَبَ وَٱلْفَهْمَ. | ٢٣ |
24 Greatly shall exult, the father of a righteous man, and, he that begetteth a wise son, shall rejoice in him:
| أَبُو ٱلصِّدِّيقِ يَبْتَهِجُ ٱبْتِهَاجًا، وَمَنْ وَلَدَ حَكِيمًا يُسَرُّ بِهِ. | ٢٤ |
25 Rejoice shall thy father and thy mother, yea she, shall exult, who bare thee.
| يَفْرَحُ أَبُوكَ وَأُمُّكَ، وَتَبْتَهِجُ ٱلَّتِي وَلَدَتْكَ. | ٢٥ |
26 Oh give, my son, thy mind unto me, and let, thine eyes, observe, my ways;
| يَا ٱبْنِي أَعْطِنِي قَلْبَكَ، وَلْتُلَاحِظْ عَيْنَاكَ طُرُقِي. | ٢٦ |
27 For, a deep chasm, is the unchaste woman, and, a narrow pit, the female unknown;
| لِأَنَّ ٱلزَّانِيَةَ هُوَّةٌ عَمِيقَةٌ، وَٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةُ حُفْرَةٌ ضَيِّقَةٌ. | ٢٧ |
28 Yea, she, as for prey, lieth in wait, and, the treacherous among mankind, she causeth to abound.
| هِيَ أَيْضًا كَلِصٍّ تَكْمُنُ وَتَزِيدُ ٱلْغَادِرِينَ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ. | ٢٨ |
29 Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness of eyes?
| لِمَنِ ٱلْوَيْلُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلشَّقَاوَةُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلْمُخَاصَمَاتُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلْكَرْبُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلْجُرُوحُ بِلَا سَبَبٍ؟ لِمَنِ ٱزْمِهْرَارُ ٱلْعَيْنَيْنِ؟ | ٢٩ |
30 They who tarry over wine, they who go in to search for mixed wine.
| لِلَّذِينَ يُدْمِنُونَ ٱلْخَمْرَ، ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي طَلَبِ ٱلشَّرَابِ ٱلْمَمْزُوجِ. | ٣٠ |
31 Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly.
| لَا تَنْظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْخَمْرِ إِذَا ٱحْمَرَّتْ حِينَ تُظْهِرُ حِبَابَهَا فِي ٱلْكَأْسِ وَسَاغَتْ مُرَقْرِقَةً. | ٣١ |
32 Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting.
| فِي ٱلْآخِرِ تَلْسَعُ كَٱلْحَيَّةِ وَتَلْدَغُ كَٱلْأُفْعُوانِ. | ٣٢ |
33 Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:
| عَيْنَاكَ تَنْظُرَانِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّاتِ، وَقَلْبُكَ يَنْطِقُ بِأُمُورٍ مُلْتَوِيَةٍ. | ٣٣ |
34 So shalt thou become, as one lying down in the heart of the sea, —or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear:
| وَتَكُونُ كَمُضْطَجعٍ فِي قَلْبِ ٱلْبَحْرِ، أَوْ كَمُضْطَجعٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ سَارِيَةٍ. | ٣٤ |
35 They smote me—I felt no pain, They struck me down—I noticed it not, —When shall I wake up? I will go on, I will seek it, again!
| يَقُولُ: «ضَرَبُونِي وَلَمْ أَتَوَجَّعْ! لَقَدْ لَكَأُونِي وَلَمْ أَعْرِفْ! مَتَى أَسْتَيْقِظُ؟ أَعُودُ أَطْلُبُهَا بَعْدُ!». | ٣٥ |
