< أَمْثَالٌ 2 >
يَا ٱبْنِي، إِنْ قَبِلْتَ كَلَامِي وَخَبَّأْتَ وَصَايَايَ عِنْدَكَ، | ١ 1 |
My son, if thou wouldst but accept my words, and treasure up my commandments with thee;
حَتَّى تُمِيلَ أُذْنَكَ إِلَى ٱلْحِكْمَةِ، وَتُعَطِّفَ قَلْبَكَ عَلَى ٱلْفَهْمِ، | ٢ 2 |
To let thy ear listen unto wisdom: [if] thou wouldst incline thy heart to understanding.
إِنْ دَعَوْتَ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةَ، وَرَفَعْتَ صَوْتَكَ إِلَى ٱلْفَهْمِ، | ٣ 3 |
For if thou wilt call after intelligence; if after understanding thou wilt lift up thy voice;
إِنْ طَلَبْتَهَا كَٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَبَحَثْتَ عَنْهَا كَٱلْكُنُوزِ، | ٤ 4 |
If thou wilt seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
فَحِينَئِذٍ تَفْهَمُ مَخَافَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَتَجِدُ مَعْرِفَةَ ٱللهِ. | ٥ 5 |
Then wilt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and the knowledge of God wilt thou find.
لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يُعْطِي حِكْمَةً. مِنْ فَمِهِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةُ وَٱلْفَهْمُ. | ٦ 6 |
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
يَذْخَرُ مَعُونَةً لِلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ. هُوَ مِجَنٌّ لِلسَّالِكِينَ بِٱلْكَمَالِ، | ٧ 7 |
He treasureth up sound wisdom for the righteous, as a shield to those that walk in integrity:
لِنَصْرِ مَسَالِكِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَحِفْظِ طَرِيقِ أَتْقِيَائِهِ. | ٨ 8 |
That men may keep the paths of justice; and the way of his pious servants doth he guard.
حِينَئِذٍ تَفْهَمُ ٱلْعَدْلَ وَٱلْحَقَّ وَٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةَ، كُلَّ سَبِيلٍ صَالِحٍ. | ٩ 9 |
Then wilt thou understand righteousness, and justice, and equity: yea, every track of goodness.
إِذَا دَخَلَتِ ٱلْحِكْمَةُ قَلْبَكَ، وَلَذَّتِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةُ لِنَفْسِكَ، | ١٠ 10 |
For wisdom will enter thy heart, and knowledge will be pleasant unto thy soul;
فَٱلْعَقْلُ يَحْفَظُكَ، وَٱلْفَهْمُ يَنْصُرُكَ، | ١١ 11 |
Discretion will watch over thee, understanding will keep thee;
لِإِنْقَاذِكَ مِنْ طَرِيقِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ، وَمِنَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّمِ بِٱلْأَكَاذِيبِ، | ١٢ 12 |
To deliver thee from the way of the bad, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
ٱلتَّارِكِينَ سُبُلَ ٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ لِلسُّلُوكِ فِي مَسَالِكِ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ، | ١٣ 13 |
[From those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
ٱلْفَرِحِينَ بِفَعْلِ ٱلسُّوءِ، ٱلْمُبْتَهِجِينَ بِأَكَاذِيبِ ٱلشَّرِّ، | ١٤ 14 |
Who rejoice to do evil, who are delighted in the perverseness of the bad;
ٱلَّذِينَ طُرُقُهُمْ مُعْوَجَّةٌ، وَهُمْ مُلْتَوُونَ فِي سُبُلِهِمْ. | ١٥ 15 |
Who as regardeth their paths are crooked, and froward in their tracks.
لِإِنْقَاذِكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةِ، مِنَ ٱلْغَرِيبَةِ ٱلْمُتَمَلِّقَةِ بِكَلَامِهَا، | ١٦ 16 |
To deliver thee from the adulteress, from the alien woman that useth flattering speeches;
ٱلتَّارِكَةِ أَلِيفَ صِبَاهَا، وَٱلنَّاسِيَةِ عَهْدَ إِلَهِهَا. | ١٧ 17 |
That forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
لِأَنَّ بَيْتَهَا يَسُوخُ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَسُبُلُهَا إِلَى ٱلْأَخِيلَةِ. | ١٨ 18 |
For she sinketh unto death—her house, and unto the departed [lead] her tracks.
كُلُّ مَنْ دَخَلَ إِلَيْهَا لَا يَؤُوبُ، وَلَا يَبْلُغُونَ سُبُلَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ. | ١٩ 19 |
All that come unto her return not again, and they will not reach the paths of life.
حَتَّى تَسْلُكَ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلصَّالِحِينَ وَتَحْفَظَ سُبُلَ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
In order that thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and observe the paths of the righteous.
لِأَنَّ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ يَسْكُنُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ، وَٱلْكَامِلِينَ يَبْقَوْنَ فِيهَا. | ٢١ 21 |
For the upright will dwell on the earth, and the perfect will be left remaining on it.
أَمَّا ٱلْأَشْرَارُ فَيَنْقَرِضُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَٱلْغَادِرُونَ يُسْتَأْصَلُونَ مِنْهَا. | ٢٢ 22 |
But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the treacherous shall be plucked up therefrom.