أَمْثَالٌ 13
| اَلِٱبْنُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ يَقْبَلُ تَأْدِيبَ أَبِيهِ، وَٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئُ لَا يَسْمَعُ ٱنْتِهَارًا. | ١ 1 |
A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
| مِنْ ثَمَرَةِ فَمِهِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ خَيْرًا، وَمَرَامُ ٱلْغَادِرِينَ ظُلْمٌ. | ٢ 2 |
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.
| مَنْ يَحْفَظُ فَمَهُ يَحْفَظُ نَفْسَهُ. مَنْ يَشْحَرْ شَفَتَيْهِ فَلَهُ هَلَاكٌ. | ٣ 3 |
He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.
| نَفْسُ ٱلْكَسْلَانِ تَشْتَهِي وَلَا شَيْءَ لَهَا، وَنَفْسُ ٱلْمُجْتَهِدِينَ تَسْمَنُ. | ٤ 4 |
A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
| اَلصِّدِّيقُ يُبْغِضُ كَلَامَ كَذِبٍ، وَٱلشِّرِّيرُ يُخْزِي وَيُخْجِلُ. | ٥ 5 |
A righteous [man] hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.
| اَلْبِرُّ يَحْفَظُ ٱلْكَامِلَ طَرِيقَهُ، وَٱلشَّرُّ يَقْلِبُ ٱلْخَاطِئَ. | ٦ 6 |
Righteousness preserveth him that is perfect in the way; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
| يُوجَدُ مَنْ يَتَغَانَى وَلَا شَيْءَ عِنْدَهُ، وَمَنْ يَتَفَاقَرُ وَعِنْدَهُ غِنًى جَزِيلٌ. | ٧ 7 |
There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth.
| فِدْيَةُ نَفْسِ رَجُلٍ غِنَاهُ، أَمَّا ٱلْفَقِيرُ فَلَا يَسْمَعُ ٱنْتِهَارًا. | ٨ 8 |
The ransom of a man's life is his riches; but the indigent heareth not rebuke.
| نُورُ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ يُفَرِّحُ، وَسِرَاجُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ يَنْطَفِئُ. | ٩ 9 |
The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
| اَلْخِصَامُ إِنَّمَا يَصِيرُ بِٱلْكِبْرِيَاءِ، وَمَعَ ٱلْمُتَشَاوِرِينَ حِكْمَةٌ. | ١٠ 10 |
By pride there only cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
| غِنَى ٱلْبُطْلِ يَقِلُّ، وَٱلْجَامِعُ بِيَدِهِ يَزْدَادُ. | ١١ 11 |
Wealth [gotten] by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase [it].
| ٱلرَّجَاءُ ٱلْمُمَاطَلُ يُمْرِضُ ٱلْقَلْبَ، وَٱلشَّهْوَةُ ٱلْمُتَمَّمَةُ شَجَرَةُ حَيَاةٍ. | ١٢ 12 |
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire [that] cometh to pass is a tree of life.
| مَنِ ٱزْدَرَى بِٱلْكَلِمَةِ يُخْرِبُ نَفْسَهُ، وَمَنْ خَشِيَ ٱلْوَصِيَّةَ يُكَافَأُ. | ١٣ 13 |
Whoso despiseth the word shall be held by it; but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
| شَرِيعَةُ ٱلْحَكِيمِ يَنْبُوعُ حَيَاةٍ لِلْحَيَدَانِ عَنْ أَشْرَاكِ ٱلْمَوْتِ. | ١٤ 14 |
The teaching of the wise [man] is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
| اَلْفِطْنَةُ ٱلْجَيِّدَةُ تَمْنَحُ نِعْمَةً، أَمَّا طَرِيقُ ٱلْغَادِرِينَ فَأَوْعَرُ. | ١٥ 15 |
Good understanding procureth favour; but the way of the treacherous is hard.
| كُلُّ ذَكِيٍّ يَعْمَلُ بِٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ، وَٱلْجَاهِلُ يَنْشُرُ حُمْقًا. | ١٦ 16 |
Every prudent [man] acteth with knowledge; but the foolish layeth open [his] folly.
| اَلرَّسُولُ ٱلشِّرِّيرُ يَقَعُ فِي ٱلشَّرِّ، وَٱلسَّفِيرُ ٱلْأَمِينُ شِفَاءٌ. | ١٧ 17 |
A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.
| فَقْرٌ وَهَوَانٌ لِمَنْ يَرْفُضُ ٱلتَّأْدِيبَ، وَمَنْ يُلَاحِظ ٱلتَّوْبِيخَ يُكْرَمْ. | ١٨ 18 |
Poverty and shame shall be [to] him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
| اَلشَّهْوَةُ ٱلْحَاصِلَةُ تَلُذُّ ٱلنَّفْسَ، أَمَّا كَرَاهَةُ ٱلْجُهَّالِ فَهِيَ ٱلْحَيَدَانُ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ. | ١٩ 19 |
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; but it is abomination to the foolish to depart from evil.
| اَلْمُسَايِرُ ٱلْحُكَمَاءَ يَصِيرُ حَكِيمًا، وَرَفِيقُ ٱلْجُهَّالِ يُضَرُّ. | ٢٠ 20 |
He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.
| اَلشَّرُّ يَتْبَعُ ٱلْخَاطِئِينَ، وَٱلصِّدِّيقُونَ يُجَازَوْنَ خَيْرًا. | ٢١ 21 |
Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
| اَلصَّالِحُ يُورِثُ بَنِي ٱلْبَنِينَ، وَثَرْوَةُ ٱلْخَاطِئِ تُذْخَرُ لِلصِّدِّيقِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous [man].
| فِي حَرْثِ ٱلْفُقَرَاءِ طَعَامٌ كَثِيرٌ، وَيُوجَدُ هَالِكٌ مِنْ عَدَمِ ٱلْحَقِّ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment.
| مَنْ يَمْنَعُ عَصَاهُ يَمْقُتِ ٱبْنَهُ، وَمَنْ أَحَبَّهُ يَطْلُبُ لَهُ ٱلتَّأْدِيبَ. | ٢٤ 24 |
He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
| اَلصِّدِّيقُ يَأْكُلُ لِشَبَعِ نَفْسِهِ، أَمَّا بَطْنُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ فَيَحْتَاجُ. | ٢٥ 25 |
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; but the belly of the wicked shall want.
