أَمْثَالٌ 30
| كَلَامُ أَجُورَ ٱبْنِ مُتَّقِيَةِ مَسَّا. وَحْيُ هَذَا ٱلرَّجُلِ إِلَى إِيثِيئِيلَ، إِلَى إِيثِيئِيلَ وَأُكَّالَ: | ١ 1 |
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spoke to Ithiel, even to Ithiel and Ucal,
| إِنِّي أَبْلَدُ مِن كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ، وَلَيْسَ لِي فَهْمُ إِنْسَانٍ، | ٢ 2 |
Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not the understanding of a man.
| وَلَمْ أَتَعَلَّمِ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ، وَلَمْ أَعْرِفْ مَعْرِفَةَ ٱلْقُدُّوسِ. | ٣ 3 |
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
| 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 hath ascended into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son's name, if thou canst tell?
| كُلُّ كَلِمَةٍ مِنَ ٱللهِ نَقِيَّةٌ. تُرْسٌ هُوَ لِلْمُحْتَمِينَ بِهِ. | ٥ 5 |
Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield to them that put their trust in him.
| لَا تَزِدْ عَلَى كَلِمَاتِهِ لِئَلَّا يُوَبِّخَكَ فَتُكَذَّبَ. | ٦ 6 |
Add thou not to his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
| اِثْنَتَيْنِ سَأَلْتُ مِنْكَ، فَلَا تَمْنَعْهُمَا عَنِّي قَبْلَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ: | ٧ 7 |
Two [things] have I required of thee; deny [them] not to me before I die:
| أَبْعِدْ عَنِّي ٱلْبَاطِلَ وَٱلْكَذِبَ. لَا تُعْطِنِي فَقْرًا وَلَا غِنًى. أَطْعِمْنِي خُبْزَ فَرِيضَتِي، | ٨ 8 |
Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
| لِئَلَّا أَشْبَعَ وَأَكْفُرَ وَأَقُولَ: «مَنْ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ؟» أَوْ لِئَلَّا أَفْتَقِرَ وَأَسْرِقَ وَأَتَّخِذَ ٱسْمَ إِلَهِي بَاطِلًا. | ٩ 9 |
Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].
| لَا تَشْكُ عَبْدًا إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ لِئَلَّا يَلْعَنَكَ فَتَأْثَمَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
| جِيلٌ يَلْعَنُ أَبَاهُ وَلَا يُبَارِكُ أُمَّهُ. | ١١ 11 |
[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
| جِيلٌ طَاهِرٌ فِي عَيْنَيْ نَفْسِهِ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يَغْتَسِلْ مِنْ قَذَرِهِ. | ١٢ 12 |
[There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.
| جِيلٌ مَا أَرْفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَحَوَاجِبُهُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ. | ١٣ 13 |
[There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
| جِيلٌ أَسْنَانُهُ سُيُوفٌ، وَأَضْرَاسُهُ سَكَاكِينُ، لِأَكْلِ ٱلْمَسَاكِينِ عَنِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْفُقَرَاءِ مِنْ بَيْنِ ٱلنَّاسِ. | ١٤ 14 |
[There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw-teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
| لِلْعَلُوقَةِ بِنْتَانِ: «هَاتِ، هَاتِ!». ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا تَشْبَعُ، أَرْبَعَةٌ لَا تَقُولُ: «كَفَا»: | ١٥ 15 |
The horse-leech hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yes], four [things] say not, [It is] enough:
| ٱلْهَاوِيَةُ، وَٱلرَّحِمُ ٱلْعَقِيمُ، وَأَرْضٌ لَا تَشْبَعُ مَاءً، وَٱلنَّارُ لَا تَقُولُ: «كَفَا». (Sheol h7585) | ١٦ 16 |
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough. (Sheol h7585)
| اَلْعَيْنُ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئَةُ بِأَبِيهَا، وَٱلْمُحْتَقِرَةُ إِطَاعَةَ أُمِّهَا، تُقَوِّرُهَا غُرْبَانُ ٱلْوَادِي، وَتَأْكُلُهَا فِرَاخُ ٱلنَّسْرِ. | ١٧ 17 |
The eye [that] mocketh at [its] father, and despiseth to obey [its] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
| ثَلَاثَةٌ عَجِيبَةٌ فَوْقِي، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ لَا أَعْرِفُهَا: | ١٨ 18 |
There are three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not:
| 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 air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
| كَذَلِكَ طَرِيقُ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلزَّانِيَةِ. أَكَلَتْ وَمَسَحَتْ فَمَهَا وَقَالَتْ: «مَا عَمِلْتُ إِثْمًا!». | ٢٠ 20 |
Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
| تَحْتَ ثَلَاثَةٍ تَضْطَرِبُ ٱلْأَرْضُ، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ ٱحْتِمَالَهَا: | ٢١ 21 |
For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear:
| تَحْتَ عَبْدٍ إِذَا مَلَكَ، وَأَحْمَقَ إِذَا شَبِعَ خُبْزًا، | ٢٢ 22 |
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food.
| تَحْتَ شَنِيعَةٍ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَتْ، وَأَمَةٍ إِذَا وَرَثَتْ سَيِّدَتَهَا. | ٢٣ 23 |
For an odious [woman] when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
| أَرْبَعَةٌ هِيَ ٱلْأَصْغَرُ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَلَكِنَّهَا حَكِيمَةٌ جِدًّا: | ٢٤ 24 |
There are four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] very wise:
| ٱلنَّمْلُ طَائِفَةٌ غَيْرُ قَوِيَّةٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُ يُعِدُّ طَعَامَهُ فِي ٱلصَّيْفِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;
| ٱلْوِبَارُ طَائِفَةٌ ضَعِيفَةٌ، وَلَكِنَّهَا تَضَعُ بُيُوتَهَا فِي ٱلصَّخْرِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
The conies [are but] a feeble people, yet they make their houses in the rocks;
| ٱلْجَرَادُ لَيْسَ لَهُ مَلِكٌ، وَلَكِنَّهُ يَخْرُجُ كُلُّهُ فِرَقًا فِرَقًا. | ٢٧ 27 |
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
| ٱلْعَنْكَبُوتُ تُمْسِكُ بِيَدَيْهَا، وَهِيَ فِي قُصُورِ ٱلْمُلُوكِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces.
| ثَلَاثَةٌ هِيَ حَسَنَةُ ٱلتَّخَطِّي، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ مَشْيُهَا مُسْتَحْسَنٌ: | ٢٩ 29 |
There are three [things] which go well, yes, four are comely in going:
| اَلْأَسَدُ جَبَّارُ ٱلْوُحُوشِ، وَلَا يَرْجِعُ مِنْ قُدَّامِ أَحَدٍ، | ٣٠ 30 |
A lion, [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
| ضَامِرُ ٱلشَّاكِلَةِ، وَٱلتَّيْسُ، وَٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلَّذِي لَا يُقَاوَمُ. | ٣١ 31 |
A greyhound; a he-goat also; and a king, against whom [there is] no rising up.
| إِنْ حَمِقْتَ بِٱلتَّرَفُّعِ وَإِنْ تَآمَرْتَ، فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى فَمِكَ، | ٣٢ 32 |
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.
| لِأَنَّ عَصْرَ ٱللَّبَنِ يُخْرِجُ جُبْنًا، وَعَصْرَ ٱلْأَنْفِ يُخْرِجُ دَمًا، وَعَصْرَ ٱلْغَضَبِ يُخْرِجُ خِصَامًا. | ٣٣ 33 |
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
