< أَمْثَالٌ 23 >
إِذَا جَلَسْتَ تَأْكُلُ مَعَ مُتَسَلِّطٍ، فَتَأَمَّلْ مَا هُوَ أَمَامَكَ تَأَمُّلًا، | ١ 1 |
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well him that is before thee;
وَضَعْ سِكِّينًا لِحَنْجَرَتِكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ شَرِهًا. | ٢ 2 |
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
لَا تَشْتَهِ أَطَايِبَهُ لِأَنَّهَا خُبْزُ أَكَاذِيبَ. | ٣ 3 |
Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.
لَا تَتْعَبْ لِكَيْ تَصِيرَ غَنِيًّا. كُفَّ عَنْ فِطْنَتِكَ. | ٤ 4 |
Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.
هَلْ تُطَيِّرُ عَيْنَيْكَ نَحْوَهُ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ؟ لِأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَصْنَعُ لِنَفْسِهِ أَجْنِحَةً. كَٱلنَّسْرِ يَطِيرُ نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ. | ٥ 5 |
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon it? it is gone; for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
لَا تَأْكُلْ خُبْزَ ذِي عَيْنٍ شِرِّيرَةٍ، وَلَا تَشْتَهِ أَطَايِبَهُ، | ٦ 6 |
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties;
لِأَنَّهُ كَمَا شَعَرَ فِي نَفْسِهِ هَكَذَا هُوَ. يَقُولُ لَكَ: «كُلْ وَٱشْرَبْ» وَقَلْبُهُ لَيْسَ مَعَكَ. | ٧ 7 |
For as one that hath reckoned within himself, so is he: 'Eat and drink', saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
ٱللُّقْمَةُ ٱلَّتِي أَكَلْتَهَا تَتَقَيَّأُهَا، وَتَخْسَرُ كَلِمَاتِكَ ٱلْحُلْوَةَ. | ٨ 8 |
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
فِي أُذُنَيْ جَاهِلٍ لَا تَتَكَلَّمْ لِأَنَّهُ يَحْتَقِرُ حِكْمَةَ كَلَامِكَ. | ٩ 9 |
Speak not in the ears of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
لَا تَنْقُلِ ٱلتُّخُمَ ٱلْقَدِيمَ، وَلَا تَدْخُلْ حُقُولَ ٱلْأَيْتَامِ، | ١٠ 10 |
Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless;
لِأَنَّ وَلِيَّهُمْ قَوِيٌّ. هُوَ يُقِيمُ دَعْوَاهُمْ عَلَيْكَ. | ١١ 11 |
For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause with thee.
وَجِّهْ قَلْبَكَ إِلَى ٱلْأَدَبِ، وَأُذُنَيْكَ إِلَى كَلِمَاتِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
لَا تَمْنَعِ ٱلتَّأْدِيبَ عَنِ ٱلْوَلَدِ، لِأَنَّكَ إِنْ ضَرَبْتَهُ بِعَصًا لَا يَمُوتُ. | ١٣ 13 |
Withhold not correction from the child; for though thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
تَضْرِبُهُ أَنْتَ بِعَصًا فَتُنْقِذُ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol ) | ١٤ 14 |
Thou beatest him with the rod, and wilt deliver his soul from the nether-world. (Sheol )
يَا ٱبْنِي، إِنْ كَانَ قَلْبُكَ حَكِيمًا يَفْرَحُ قَلْبِي أَنَا أَيْضًا، | ١٥ 15 |
My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart will be glad, even mine;
وَتَبْتَهِجُ كِلْيَتَايَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَتْ شَفَتَاكَ بِٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَاتِ. | ١٦ 16 |
Yea, my reins will rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
لَا يَحْسِدَنَّ قَلْبُكَ ٱلْخَاطِئِينَ، بَلْ كُنْ فِي مَخَافَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ. | ١٧ 17 |
Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the LORD all the day;
لِأَنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ ثَوَابٍ، وَرَجَاؤُكَ لَا يَخِيبُ. | ١٨ 18 |
For surely there is a future; and thy hope shall not be cut off.
اِسْمَعْ أَنْتَ يَا ٱبْنِي، وَكُنْ حَكِيمًا، وَأَرْشِدْ قَلْبَكَ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ. | ١٩ 19 |
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.
لَا تَكُنْ بَيْنَ شِرِّيبِي ٱلْخَمْرِ، بَيْنَ ٱلْمُتْلِفِينَ أَجْسَادَهُمْ، | ٢٠ 20 |
Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh;
لِأَنَّ ٱلسِّكِّيرَ وَٱلْمُسْرِفَ يَفْتَقِرَانِ، وَٱلنَّوْمُ يَكْسُو ٱلْخِرَقَ. | ٢١ 21 |
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
اِسْمَعْ لِأَبِيكَ ٱلَّذِي وَلَدَكَ، وَلَا تَحْتَقِرْ أُمَّكَ إِذَا شَاخَتْ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
اِقْتَنِ ٱلْحَقَّ وَلَا تَبِعْهُ، وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلْأَدَبَ وَٱلْفَهْمَ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
أَبُو ٱلصِّدِّيقِ يَبْتَهِجُ ٱبْتِهَاجًا، وَمَنْ وَلَدَ حَكِيمًا يُسَرُّ بِهِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; and he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
يَفْرَحُ أَبُوكَ وَأُمُّكَ، وَتَبْتَهِجُ ٱلَّتِي وَلَدَتْكَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
يَا ٱبْنِي أَعْطِنِي قَلْبَكَ، وَلْتُلَاحِظْ عَيْنَاكَ طُرُقِي. | ٢٦ 26 |
My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
لِأَنَّ ٱلزَّانِيَةَ هُوَّةٌ عَمِيقَةٌ، وَٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةُ حُفْرَةٌ ضَيِّقَةٌ. | ٢٧ 27 |
For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.
هِيَ أَيْضًا كَلِصٍّ تَكْمُنُ وَتَزِيدُ ٱلْغَادِرِينَ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the faithless among men.
لِمَنِ ٱلْوَيْلُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلشَّقَاوَةُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلْمُخَاصَمَاتُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلْكَرْبُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلْجُرُوحُ بِلَا سَبَبٍ؟ لِمَنِ ٱزْمِهْرَارُ ٱلْعَيْنَيْنِ؟ | ٢٩ 29 |
Who crieth: 'Woe'? who: 'Alas'? who hath contentions? who hath raving? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
لِلَّذِينَ يُدْمِنُونَ ٱلْخَمْرَ، ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي طَلَبِ ٱلشَّرَابِ ٱلْمَمْزُوجِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
لَا تَنْظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْخَمْرِ إِذَا ٱحْمَرَّتْ حِينَ تُظْهِرُ حِبَابَهَا فِي ٱلْكَأْسِ وَسَاغَتْ مُرَقْرِقَةً. | ٣١ 31 |
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it glideth down smoothly;
فِي ٱلْآخِرِ تَلْسَعُ كَٱلْحَيَّةِ وَتَلْدَغُ كَٱلْأُفْعُوانِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like a basilisk.
عَيْنَاكَ تَنْظُرَانِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّاتِ، وَقَلْبُكَ يَنْطِقُ بِأُمُورٍ مُلْتَوِيَةٍ. | ٣٣ 33 |
Thine eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter confused things.
وَتَكُونُ كَمُضْطَجعٍ فِي قَلْبِ ٱلْبَحْرِ، أَوْ كَمُضْطَجعٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ سَارِيَةٍ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
يَقُولُ: «ضَرَبُونِي وَلَمْ أَتَوَجَّعْ! لَقَدْ لَكَأُونِي وَلَمْ أَعْرِفْ! مَتَى أَسْتَيْقِظُ؟ أَعُودُ أَطْلُبُهَا بَعْدُ!». | ٣٥ 35 |
'They have struck me, and I felt it not, they have beaten me, and I knew it not; when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.'