< أَمْثَالٌ 30 >
كَلَامُ أَجُورَ ٱبْنِ مُتَّقِيَةِ مَسَّا. وَحْيُ هَذَا ٱلرَّجُلِ إِلَى إِيثِيئِيلَ، إِلَى إِيثِيئِيلَ وَأُكَّالَ: | ١ 1 |
The words of Agur son of Jakeh—the utterance: This man declared to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
إِنِّي أَبْلَدُ مِن كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ، وَلَيْسَ لِي فَهْمُ إِنْسَانٍ، | ٢ 2 |
Surely I am more like an animal than any human and I do not have the understanding of a human being.
وَلَمْ أَتَعَلَّمِ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ، وَلَمْ أَعْرِفْ مَعْرِفَةَ ٱلْقُدُّوسِ. | ٣ 3 |
I have not learned wisdom, nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One.
مَنْ صَعِدَ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَنَزَلَ؟ مَنْ جَمَعَ ٱلرِّيحَ في حَفْنَتَيْهِ؟ مَنْ صَرَّ ٱلْمِيَاهَ في ثَوْبٍ؟ مَنْ ثَبَّتَ جَمِيعَ أَطْرَافِ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ مَا ٱسْمُهُ؟ وَمَا ٱسْمُ ٱبْنِهِ إِنْ عَرَفْتَ؟ | ٤ 4 |
Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands? Who has gathered up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
كُلُّ كَلِمَةٍ مِنَ ٱللهِ نَقِيَّةٌ. تُرْسٌ هُوَ لِلْمُحْتَمِينَ بِهِ. | ٥ 5 |
Every word of God is tested; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
لَا تَزِدْ عَلَى كَلِمَاتِهِ لِئَلَّا يُوَبِّخَكَ فَتُكَذَّبَ. | ٦ 6 |
Do not add to his words, or he will discipline you, and you will be proved to be a liar.
اِثْنَتَيْنِ سَأَلْتُ مِنْكَ، فَلَا تَمْنَعْهُمَا عَنِّي قَبْلَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ: | ٧ 7 |
Two things I ask of you, do not withhold them from me before I die:
أَبْعِدْ عَنِّي ٱلْبَاطِلَ وَٱلْكَذِبَ. لَا تُعْطِنِي فَقْرًا وَلَا غِنًى. أَطْعِمْنِي خُبْزَ فَرِيضَتِي، | ٨ 8 |
Put vanity and lies far away from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches, just give me the food I need.
لِئَلَّا أَشْبَعَ وَأَكْفُرَ وَأَقُولَ: «مَنْ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ؟» أَوْ لِئَلَّا أَفْتَقِرَ وَأَسْرِقَ وَأَتَّخِذَ ٱسْمَ إِلَهِي بَاطِلًا. | ٩ 9 |
For if I have too much, I might deny you and say, “Who is Yahweh?” Or if I become poor, I might steal and profane the name of my God.
لَا تَشْكُ عَبْدًا إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ لِئَلَّا يَلْعَنَكَ فَتَأْثَمَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Do not slander a slave before his master, or he will curse you and you will be held guilty.
جِيلٌ يَلْعَنُ أَبَاهُ وَلَا يُبَارِكُ أُمَّهُ. | ١١ 11 |
There is a generation that curses their father and does not bless their mother.
جِيلٌ طَاهِرٌ فِي عَيْنَيْ نَفْسِهِ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يَغْتَسِلْ مِنْ قَذَرِهِ. | ١٢ 12 |
There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, and yet they are not washed of their filth.
جِيلٌ مَا أَرْفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَحَوَاجِبُهُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ. | ١٣ 13 |
There is a generation whose eyes are raised up, and how high are their eyelids lifted up!
جِيلٌ أَسْنَانُهُ سُيُوفٌ، وَأَضْرَاسُهُ سَكَاكِينُ، لِأَكْلِ ٱلْمَسَاكِينِ عَنِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْفُقَرَاءِ مِنْ بَيْنِ ٱلنَّاسِ. | ١٤ 14 |
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jawbones are like knives, so they may devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity.
لِلْعَلُوقَةِ بِنْتَانِ: «هَاتِ، هَاتِ!». ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا تَشْبَعُ، أَرْبَعَةٌ لَا تَقُولُ: «كَفَا»: | ١٥ 15 |
The leech has two daughters: “Give and give” they cry. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, “Enough”:
ٱلْهَاوِيَةُ، وَٱلرَّحِمُ ٱلْعَقِيمُ، وَأَرْضٌ لَا تَشْبَعُ مَاءً، وَٱلنَّارُ لَا تَقُولُ: «كَفَا». (Sheol ) | ١٦ 16 |
Sheol; the barren womb; land that is never satisfied with water; and the fire that never says, “Enough!” (Sheol )
اَلْعَيْنُ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئَةُ بِأَبِيهَا، وَٱلْمُحْتَقِرَةُ إِطَاعَةَ أُمِّهَا، تُقَوِّرُهَا غُرْبَانُ ٱلْوَادِي، وَتَأْكُلُهَا فِرَاخُ ٱلنَّسْرِ. | ١٧ 17 |
The eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, his eyes will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, and he will be eaten by the vultures.
ثَلَاثَةٌ عَجِيبَةٌ فَوْقِي، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ لَا أَعْرِفُهَا: | ١٨ 18 |
There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that I do not understand:
طَرِيقَ نَسْرٍ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، وَطَرِيقَ حَيَّةٍ عَلَى صَخْرٍ، وَطَرِيقَ سَفِينَةٍ فِي قَلْبِ ٱلْبَحْرِ، وَطَرِيقَ رَجُلٍ بِفَتَاةٍ. | ١٩ 19 |
the way of an eagle in the sky; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a young woman.
كَذَلِكَ طَرِيقُ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلزَّانِيَةِ. أَكَلَتْ وَمَسَحَتْ فَمَهَا وَقَالَتْ: «مَا عَمِلْتُ إِثْمًا!». | ٢٠ 20 |
This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and she wipes her mouth and says, “I have done nothing wrong.”
تَحْتَ ثَلَاثَةٍ تَضْطَرِبُ ٱلْأَرْضُ، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ ٱحْتِمَالَهَا: | ٢١ 21 |
Under three things the earth trembles, and under four it cannot bear up:
تَحْتَ عَبْدٍ إِذَا مَلَكَ، وَأَحْمَقَ إِذَا شَبِعَ خُبْزًا، | ٢٢ 22 |
a slave when he becomes king; a fool when he is filled with food;
تَحْتَ شَنِيعَةٍ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَتْ، وَأَمَةٍ إِذَا وَرَثَتْ سَيِّدَتَهَا. | ٢٣ 23 |
a hated woman when she marries; and a maid when she takes the place of her mistress.
أَرْبَعَةٌ هِيَ ٱلْأَصْغَرُ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَلَكِنَّهَا حَكِيمَةٌ جِدًّا: | ٢٤ 24 |
Four things on earth are small and yet they are very wise:
ٱلنَّمْلُ طَائِفَةٌ غَيْرُ قَوِيَّةٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُ يُعِدُّ طَعَامَهُ فِي ٱلصَّيْفِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
the ants are creatures that are not strong, but they prepare their food in the summer;
ٱلْوِبَارُ طَائِفَةٌ ضَعِيفَةٌ، وَلَكِنَّهَا تَضَعُ بُيُوتَهَا فِي ٱلصَّخْرِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
the rock badgers are not mighty creatures, but they make their homes in the rocks.
ٱلْجَرَادُ لَيْسَ لَهُ مَلِكٌ، وَلَكِنَّهُ يَخْرُجُ كُلُّهُ فِرَقًا فِرَقًا. | ٢٧ 27 |
Locusts have no king, but all of them march in rank.
ٱلْعَنْكَبُوتُ تُمْسِكُ بِيَدَيْهَا، وَهِيَ فِي قُصُورِ ٱلْمُلُوكِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
As for the lizard, you can hold it in your two hands, yet they are found in kings' palaces.
ثَلَاثَةٌ هِيَ حَسَنَةُ ٱلتَّخَطِّي، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ مَشْيُهَا مُسْتَحْسَنٌ: | ٢٩ 29 |
There are three things that are stately in their stride and four that are stately in how they walk:
اَلْأَسَدُ جَبَّارُ ٱلْوُحُوشِ، وَلَا يَرْجِعُ مِنْ قُدَّامِ أَحَدٍ، | ٣٠ 30 |
a lion, strongest among wild animals— it does not turn away from anything;
ضَامِرُ ٱلشَّاكِلَةِ، وَٱلتَّيْسُ، وَٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلَّذِي لَا يُقَاوَمُ. | ٣١ 31 |
a strutting rooster; a goat; and a king whose soldiers are beside him.
إِنْ حَمِقْتَ بِٱلتَّرَفُّعِ وَإِنْ تَآمَرْتَ، فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى فَمِكَ، | ٣٢ 32 |
If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil— put your hand over your mouth.
لِأَنَّ عَصْرَ ٱللَّبَنِ يُخْرِجُ جُبْنًا، وَعَصْرَ ٱلْأَنْفِ يُخْرِجُ دَمًا، وَعَصْرَ ٱلْغَضَبِ يُخْرِجُ خِصَامًا. | ٣٣ 33 |
As churning milk makes butter and as one's nose will produce blood if it is twisted, so deeds done in anger produce conflict.