Proverbs 4
1 Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
| اِسْمَعُوا أَيُّهَا ٱلْبَنُونَ تَأْدِيبَ ٱلْأَبِ، وَٱصْغُوا لِأَجْلِ مَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْفَهْمِ، | ١ |
2 For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.
| لِأَنِّي أُعْطِيكُمْ تَعْلِيمًا صَالِحًا، فَلَا تَتْرُكُوا شَرِيعَتِي. | ٢ |
3 For, a son I have been to my father — tender, And an only one before my mother.
| فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ ٱبْنًا لِأَبِي، غَضًّا وَوَحِيدًا عِنْدَ أُمِّي، | ٣ |
4 And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.
| وَكَانَ يُرِينِي وَيَقُولُ لِي: «لِيَضْبِطْ قَلْبُكَ كَلَامِي. ٱحْفَظْ وَصَايَايَ فَتَحْيَا. | ٤ |
5 Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.
| اِقْتَنِ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ. ٱقْتَنِ ٱلْفَهْمَ. لَا تَنْسَ وَلَا تُعْرِضْ عَنْ كَلِمَاتِ فَمِي. | ٥ |
6 Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
| لَا تَتْرُكْهَا فَتَحْفَظَكَ. أَحْبِبْهَا فَتَصُونَكَ. | ٦ |
7 The first thing [is] wisdom — get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.
| ٱلْحِكْمَةُ هِيَ ٱلرَّأْسُ. فَٱقْتَنِ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ، وَبِكُلِّ مُقْتَنَاكَ ٱقْتَنِ ٱلْفَهْمَ. | ٧ |
8 Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.
| ٱرْفَعْهَا فَتُعَلِّيَكَ. تُمَجِّدُكَ إِذَا ٱعْتَنَقْتَهَا. | ٨ |
9 She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.
| تُعْطِي رَأْسَكَ إِكْلِيلَ نِعْمَةٍ. تَاجَ جَمَالٍ تَمْنَحُكَ». | ٩ |
10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life [are] multiplied to thee.
| اِسْمَعْ يَا ٱبْنِي وَٱقْبَلْ أَقْوَالِي، فَتَكْثُرَ سِنُو حَيَاتِكَ. | ١٠ |
11 In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.
| أَرَيْتُكَ طَرِيقَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ. هَدَيْتُكَ سُبُلَ ٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ. | ١١ |
12 In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.
| إِذَا سِرْتَ فَلَا تَضِيقُ خَطَوَاتُكَ، وَإِذَا سَعَيْتَ فَلَا تَعْثُرُ. | ١٢ |
13 Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she [is] thy life.
| تَمَسَّكْ بِٱلْأَدَبِ، لَا تَرْخِهِ. ٱحْفَظْهُ فَإِنَّهُ هُوَ حَيَاتُكَ. | ١٣ |
14 Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.
| لَا تَدْخُلْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ، وَلَا تَسِرْ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْأَثَمَةِ. | ١٤ |
15 Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
| تَنَكَّبْ عَنْهُ. لَا تَمُرَّ بِهِ. حِدْ عَنْهُ وَٱعْبُرْ، | ١٥ |
16 For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not [some] to stumble.
| لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَنَامُونَ إِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا سُوءًا، وَيُنْزَعُ نَوْمُهُمْ إِنْ لَمْ يُسْقِطُوا أَحَدًا. | ١٦ |
17 For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.
| لِأَنَّهُمْ يَطْعَمُونَ خُبْزَ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَيَشْرَبُونَ خَمْرَ ٱلظُّلْمِ. | ١٧ |
18 And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,
| أَمَّا سَبِيلُ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ فَكَنُورٍ مُشْرِقٍ، يَتَزَايَدُ وَيُنِيرُ إِلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ ٱلْكَامِلِ. | ١٨ |
19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.
| أَمَّا طَرِيقُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ فَكَالظَّلَامِ. لَا يَعْلَمُونَ مَا يَعْثُرُونَ بِهِ. | ١٩ |
20 My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,
| يَا ٱبْنِي، أَصْغِ إِلَى كَلَامِي. أَمِلْ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى أَقْوَالِي. | ٢٠ |
21 Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.
| لَا تَبْرَحْ عَنْ عَيْنَيْكَ. اِحْفَظْهَا فِي وَسَطِ قَلْبِكَ. | ٢١ |
22 For life they [are] to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.
| لِأَنَّهَا هِيَ حَيَاةٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَجِدُونَهَا، وَدَوَاءٌ لِكُلِّ ٱلْجَسَدِ. | ٢٢ |
23 Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.
| فَوْقَ كُلِّ تَحَفُّظٍ ٱحْفَظْ قَلْبَكَ، لِأَنَّ مِنْهُ مَخَارِجَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ. | ٢٣ |
24 Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,
| ٱنْزِعْ عَنْكَ ٱلْتِوَاءَ ٱلْفَمِ، وَأَبْعِدْ عَنْكَ ٱنْحِرَافَ ٱلشَّفَتَيْنِ. | ٢٤ |
25 Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
| لِتَنْظُرْ عَيْنَاكَ إِلَى قُدَّامِكَ، وَأَجْفَانُكَ إِلَى أَمَامِكَ مُسْتَقِيمًا. | ٢٥ |
26 Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways [are] established.
| مَهِّدْ سَبِيلَ رِجْلِكَ، فَتَثْبُتَ كُلُّ طُرُقِكَ. | ٢٦ |
27 Incline not [to] the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!
| لَا تَمِلْ يَمْنَةً وَلَا يَسْرَةً. بَاعِدْ رِجْلَكَ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ. | ٢٧ |
