Proverbs 7
1 My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
| يَا ابْنِي احْفَظْ أَقْوَالِي وَاذْخَرْ وَصَايَايَ مَعَكَ. | ١ |
2 Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.
| أَطِعْ وَصَايَايَ فَتَحْيَا، وَصُنْ شَرِيعَتِي كَحَدَقَةِ عَيْنِكَ. | ٢ |
3 Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.
| اعْصِبْهَا عَلَى أَصَابِعِكَ، وَاكْتُبْهَا عَلَى صَفْحَاتِ قَلْبِكَ. | ٣ |
4 Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou [art].' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!'
| قُلْ لِلْحِكْمَةِ: أَنْتِ أُخْتِي، وَلِلْفِطْنَةِ: أَنْتِ قَرِيبَتِي. | ٤ |
5 To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
| فَهُمَا تَحْفَظَانِكَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ الْعَاهِرَةِ، وَالزَّوْجَةِ الْفَاسِقَةِ الَّتِي تَتَمَلَّقُ بِكَلامِهَا. | ٥ |
6 For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,
| فَإِنِّي أَشْرَفْتُ مِنْ كُوَّةِ بَيْتِي، وَأَطْلَلْتُ مِنْ خِلالِ نَافِذَتِي، | ٦ |
7 And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
| فَشَاهَدْتُ بَيْنَ الْبَنِينَ الْحَمْقَى شَابّاً مُجَرَّداً مِنَ الْفَهْمِ، | ٧ |
8 Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step,
| يَجْتَازُ الطَّرِيقَ صَوْبَ الْمُنْعَطَفِ، بِاتِّجَاهِ الشَّارِعِ الْمُفْضِي إِلَى بَيْتِهَا. | ٨ |
9 In the twilight — in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
| عِنْدَ الْغَسَقِ فِي الْمَسَاءِ تَحْتَ جُنْحِ اللَّيْلِ وَالظُّلْمَةِ. | ٩ |
10 And, lo, a woman to meet him — (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,
| فَإِذَا بِامْرَأَةٍ تَسْتَقْبِلُهُ فِي زِيِّ زَانِيَةٍ وَقَلْبٍ مُخَادِعٍ. | ١٠ |
11 Noisy she [is], and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.
| صَخَّابَةٌ وَجَامِحَةٌ لَا تَسْتَقِرُّ قَدَمَاهَا فِي بَيْتِهَا. | ١١ |
12 Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) —
| تَرَاهَا تَارَةً فِي الْخَارِجِ، وَطَوْراً فِي سَاحَاتِ الأَسْوَاقِ، تَكْمُنُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ مُنْعَطَفٍ. | ١٢ |
13 And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,
| فَأَمْسَكَتْهُ وَقَبَّلَتْهُ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ بِوَجْهٍ وَقِحٍ: | ١٣ |
14 'Sacrifices of peace-offerings [are] by me, To-day I have completed my vows.
| «كَانَ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أُقَدِّمَ ذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ، فَأَوْفَيْتُ الْيَوْمَ نُذُورِي. | ١٤ |
15 Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.
| وَقَدْ خَرَجْتُ لاِسْتِقْبَالِكَ، بَعْدَ أَنْ بَحَثْتُ بِشَوْقٍ عَنْكَ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُكَ. | ١٥ |
16 [With] ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works — cotton of Egypt.
| قَدْ فَرَشْتُ سَرِيرِي بِأَغْطِيَةٍ كَتَّانِيَّةٍ مُوَشَّاةٍ مِنْ مِصْرَ، | ١٦ |
17 I sprinkled my bed — myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
| وَعَطَّرْتُ فِرَاشِي بِطِيبِ الْمُرِّ وَالْقِرْفَةِ. | ١٧ |
18 Come, we are filled [with] loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.
| فَتَعَالَ لِنَرْتَوِيَ مِنَ الْحُبِّ حَتَّى الصَّبَاحِ، وَنَتَلَذَّذَ بِمُتَعِ الْغَرَامِ. | ١٨ |
19 For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey.
| فَإِنَّ زَوْجِي لَيْسَ فِي الْبَيْتِ، قَدْ مَضَى فِي رِحْلَةٍ بَعِيدَةٍ. | ١٩ |
20 A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'
| وَأَخَذَ مَعَهُ صُرَّةً مُكْتَنِزَةً بِالْمَالِ، وَلَنْ يَعُودَ إِلّا عِنْدَ اكْتِمَالِ الْبَدْرِ». | ٢٠ |
21 She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
| فَأَغْوَتْهُ بِكَثْرَةِ أَفَانِينِ كَلامِهَا، وَرَنَّحَتْهُ بِتَمَلُّقِ شَفَتَيْهَا. | ٢١ |
22 He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,
| فَمَضَى عَلَى التَّوِّ فِي إِثْرِهَا، كَثَوْرٍ مَسُوقٍ إِلَى الذَّبْحِ، أَوْ أَيِّلٍ وَقَعَ فِي فَخٍّ. | ٢٢ |
23 Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it [is] for its life.
| إِلَى أَنْ يَنْفُذَ سَهْمٌ فِي كَبِدِهِ، وَيَكُونَ كَعُصْفُورٍ مُنْدَفِعٍ إِلَى شَرَكٍ، لَا يَدْرِي أَنَّهُ قَدْ نُصِبَ لِلْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْهِ. | ٢٣ |
24 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
| وَالآنَ أَصْغُوا إِلَيَّ أَيُّهَا الأَبْنَاءُ، وَأَرْهِفُوا آذَانَكُمْ إِلَى أَقْوَالِ فَمِي: | ٢٤ |
25 Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,
| لَا تَجْنَحْ قُلُوبُكُمْ نَحْوَ طُرُقِهَا، وَلا تُحَوِّمْ فِي دُرُوبِهَا. | ٢٥ |
26 For many [are] the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty [are] all her slain ones.
| فَمَا أَكْثَرَ الَّذِينَ طَرَحَتْهُمْ مُثْخَنِينَ بِالْجِرَاحِ، وَجَمِيعُ صَرْعَاهَا أَقْوِيَاءُ. | ٢٦ |
