أَمْثَالٌ 22
| اَلصِّيتُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ ٱلْغِنَى ٱلْعَظِيمِ، وَٱلنِّعْمَةُ ٱلصَّالِحَةُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلذَّهَبِ. | ١ 1 |
A good name is to be chosen aboue great riches, and louing fauour is aboue siluer and aboue golde.
| اَلْغَنِيُّ وَٱلْفَقِيرُ يَتَلَاقَيَانِ، صَانِعُهُمَا كِلَيْهِمَا ٱلرَّبُّ. | ٢ 2 |
The rich and poore meete together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
| اَلذَّكِيُّ يُبْصِرُ ٱلشَّرَّ فَيَتَوَارَى، وَٱلْحَمْقَى يَعْبُرُونَ فَيُعَاقَبُونَ. | ٣ 3 |
A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
| ثَوَابُ ٱلتَّوَاضُعِ وَمَخَافَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ هُوَ غِنًى وَكَرَامَةٌ وَحَيَاةٌ. | ٤ 4 |
The rewarde of humilitie, and the feare of God is riches, and glory, and life.
| شَوْكٌ وَفُخُوخٌ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْمُلْتَوِي. مَنْ يَحْفَظْ نَفْسَهُ يَبْتَعِدْ عَنْهَا. | ٥ 5 |
Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that regardeth his soule, will depart farre from them.
| رَبِّ ٱلْوَلَدَ فِي طَرِيقِهِ، فَمَتَى شَاخَ أَيْضًا لَا يَحِيدُ عَنْهُ. | ٦ 6 |
Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.
| اَلْغَنِيُّ يَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَى ٱلْفَقِيرِ، وَٱلْمُقْتَرِضُ عَبْدٌ لِلْمُقْرِضِ. | ٧ 7 |
The rich ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruant to the man that lendeth.
| ٱلزَّارِعُ إِثْمًا يَحْصُدُ بَلِيَّةً، وَعَصَا سَخَطِهِ تَفْنَى. | ٨ 8 |
He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his anger shall faile.
| اَلصَّالِحُ ٱلْعَيْنِ هُوَ يُبَارَكُ، لِأَنَّهُ يُعْطِي مِنْ خُبْزِهِ لِلْفَقِيرِ. | ٩ 9 |
He that hath a good eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the poore.
| أُطْرُدِ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئَ فَيَخْرُجَ ٱلْخِصَامُ، وَيَبْطُلَ ٱلنِّزَاعُ وَٱلْخِزْيُ. | ١٠ 10 |
Cast out the scorner, and strife shall go out: so contention and reproche shall cease.
| مَنْ أَحَبَّ طَهَارَةَ ٱلْقَلْبِ، فَلِنِعْمَةِ شَفَتَيْهِ يَكُونُ ٱلْمَلِكُ صَدِيقَهُ. | ١١ 11 |
Hee that loueth purenesse of heart for the grace of his lippes, the King shalbe his friend.
| عَيْنَا ٱلرَّبِّ تَحْفَظَانِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةَ، وَهُوَ يَقْلِبُ كَلَامَ ٱلْغَادِرِينَ. | ١٢ 12 |
The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge: but hee ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressour.
| قَالَ ٱلْكَسْلَانُ: «ٱلْأَسَدُ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ، فَأُقْتَلُ فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ!». | ١٣ 13 |
The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.
| فَمُ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّاتِ هُوَّةٌ عَمِيقَةٌ. مَمْقُوتُ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسْقُطُ فِيهَا. | ١٤ 14 |
The mouth of strage women is as a deepe pit: he with whom the Lord is angry, shall fall therein.
| اَلْجَهَالَةُ مُرْتَبِطَةٌ بِقَلْبِ ٱلْوَلَدِ. عَصَا ٱلتَّأْدِيبِ تُبْعِدُهَا عَنْهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.
| ظَالِمُ ٱلْفَقِيرِ تَكْثِيرًا لِمَا لَهُ، وَمُعْطِي ٱلْغَنِيِّ، إِنَّمَا هُمَا لِلْعَوَزِ. | ١٦ 16 |
Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.
| أَمِلْ أُذْنَكَ وَٱسْمَعْ كَلَامَ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ، وَوَجِّهْ قَلْبَكَ إِلَى مَعْرِفَتِي، | ١٧ 17 |
Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.
| لِأَنَّهُ حَسَنٌ إِنْ حَفِظْتَهَا فِي جَوْفِكَ، إِنْ تَتَثَبَّتْ جَمِيعًا عَلَى شَفَتَيْكَ. | ١٨ 18 |
For it shalbe pleasant, if thou keepe them in thy bellie, and if they be directed together in thy lippes.
| لِيَكُونَ ٱتِّكَالُكَ عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، عَرَّفْتُكَ أَنْتَ ٱلْيَوْمَ. | ١٩ 19 |
That thy confidence may be in the Lord, I haue shewed thee this day: thou therefore take heede.
| أَلَمْ أَكْتُبْ لَكَ أُمُورًا شَرِيفَةً مِنْ جِهَةِ مُؤَامَرَةٍ وَمَعْرِفَةٍ؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
Haue not I written vnto thee three times in counsels and knowledge,
| لِأُعَلِّمَكَ قِسْطَ كَلَامِ ٱلْحَقِّ، لِتَرُدَّ جَوَابَ ٱلْحَقِّ لِلَّذِينَ أَرْسَلُوكَ. | ٢١ 21 |
That I might shewe thee the assurance of the wordes of trueth to answere the wordes of trueth to them that sende to thee?
| لَا تَسْلُبِ ٱلْفَقِيرَ لِكَوْنِهِ فَقِيرًا، وَلَا تَسْحَقِ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ فِي ٱلْبَابِ، | ٢٢ 22 |
Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.
| لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يُقِيمُ دَعْوَاهُمْ، وَيَسْلُبُ سَالِبِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ. | ٢٣ 23 |
For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.
| لَاتَسْتَصْحِبْ غَضُوبًا، وَمَعَ رَجُلٍ سَاخِطٍ لَاتَجِيءْ، | ٢٤ 24 |
Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,
| لِئَلَّا تَأْلَفَ طُرُقَهُ، وَتَأْخُذَ شَرَكًا إِلَى نَفْسِكَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
Least thou learne his wayes, and receiue destruction to thy soule.
| لَا تَكُنْ مِنْ صَافِقِي ٱلْكَفِّ، وَلَا مِنْ ضَامِنِي ٱلدُّيُونِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Be not thou of them that touch the hand, nor among them that are suretie for debts.
| إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ مَا تَفِي، فَلِمَاذَا يَأْخُذُ فِرَاشَكَ مِنْ تَحْتِكَ؟ | ٢٧ 27 |
If thou hast nothing to paye, why causest thou that he should take thy bed from vnder thee?
| لَا تَنْقُلِ ٱلتُّخْمَ ٱلْقَدِيمَ ٱلَّذِي وَضَعَهُ آبَاؤُكَ. | ٢٨ 28 |
Thou shalt not remooue the ancient bounds which thy fathers haue made.
| أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا مُجْتَهِدًا فِي عَمَلِهِ؟ أَمَامَ ٱلْمُلُوكِ يَقِفُ. لَايَقِفُ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّعَاعِ! | ٢٩ 29 |
Thou seest that a diligent man in his businesse standeth before Kings, and standeth not before the base sort.
