< أَمْثَالٌ 5 >

يَا ٱبْنِي، أَصْغِ إِلَى حِكْمَتِي. أَمِلْ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى فَهْمِي، ١ 1
[My] son, attend to my wisdom, and apply your ear to my words;
لِحِفْظِ ٱلتَّدَابِيرِ، وَلْتَحْفَظَ شَفَتَاكَ مَعْرِفَةً. ٢ 2
that you may keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives you a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman;
لِأَنَّ شَفَتَيِ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةِ تَقْطُرَانِ عَسَلًا، وَحَنَكُهَا أَنْعَمُ مِنَ ٱلزَّيْتِ، ٣ 3
for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases your palate:
لَكِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهَا مُرَّةٌ كَٱلْأَفْسَنْتِينِ، حَادَّةٌ كَسَيْفٍ ذِي حَدَّيْنِ. ٤ 4
but afterwards you will find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword.
قَدَمَاهَا تَنْحَدِرَانِ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ. خَطَوَاتُهَا تَتَمَسَّكُ بِٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol h7585) ٥ 5
For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established. (Sheol h7585)
لِئَلَّا تَتَأَمَّلَ طَرِيقَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ، تَمَايَلَتْ خَطَوَاتُهَا وَلَا تَشْعُرُ. ٦ 6
For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known.
وَٱلْآنَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْبَنُونَ ٱسْمَعُوا لِي، وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا عَنْ كَلِمَاتِ فَمِي. ٧ 7
Now then, [my] son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect.
أَبْعِدْ طَرِيقَكَ عَنْهَا، وَلَا تَقْرَبْ إِلَى بَابِ بَيْتِهَا، ٨ 8
Remove your way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house:
لِئَلَّا تُعْطِيَ زَهْرَكَ لِآخَرِينَ، وَسِنِينَكَ لِلْقَاسِي. ٩ 9
lest you give away your life to others, and your substance to the merciless:
لِئَلَّا تَشْبَعَ ٱلْأَجَانِبُ مِنْ قُوَّتِكَ، وَتَكُونَ أَتْعَابُكَ فِي بَيْتِ غَرِيبٍ. ١٠ 10
lest strangers be filled with your strength, and your labours come into the houses of strangers;
فَتَنُوحَ فِي أَوَاخِرِكَ، عِنْدَ فَنَاءِ لَحْمِكَ وَجِسْمِكَ، ١١ 11
And you repent at last, when the flesh of your body is consumed,
فَتَقُولَ: «كَيْفَ أَنِّي أَبْغَضْتُ ٱلْأَدَبَ، وَرَذَلَ قَلْبِي ٱلتَّوْبِيخَ! ١٢ 12
and you shall say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs!
وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ لِصَوْتِ مُرْشِدِيَّ، وَلَمْ أَمِلْ أُذُنِي إِلَى مُعَلِّمِيَّ. ١٣ 13
I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear.
لَوْلَا قَلِيلٌ لَكُنْتُ فِي كُلِّ شَرٍّ، فِي وَسَطِ ٱلزُّمْرَةِ وَٱلْجَمَاعَةِ». ١٤ 14
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
اِشْرَبْ مِيَاهًا مِنْ جُبِّكَ، وَمِيَاهًا جَارِيَةً مِنْ بِئْرِكَ. ١٥ 15
Drink waters out of your own vessels, and out of your own springing wells.
لَا تَفِضْ يَنَابِيعُكَ إِلَى ٱلْخَارِجِ، سَوَاقِيَ مِيَاهٍ فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ. ١٦ 16
Let not waters out of your fountain be spilt by you, but let your waters go into your streets.
لِتَكُنْ لَكَ وَحْدَكَ، وَلَيْسَ لِأَجَانِبَ مَعَكَ. ١٧ 17
Let them be only your own, and let no stranger partake with you.
لِيَكُنْ يَنْبُوعُكَ مُبَارَكًا، وَٱفْرَحْ بِٱمْرَأَةِ شَبَابِكَ، ١٨ 18
Let your fountain of water be [truly] your own; and rejoice with the wife of your youth.
ٱلظَّبْيَةِ ٱلْمَحْبُوبَةِ وَٱلْوَعْلَةِ ٱلزَّهِيَّةِ. لِيُرْوِكَ ثَدْيَاهَا فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ، وَبِمَحَبَّتِهَا ٱسْكَرْ دَائِمًا. ١٩ 19
Let [your] loving hart and your graceful colt company with you, and let her be considered your own, and be with you at all times; for ravished with her love you shall be greatly increased.
فَلِمَ تُفْتَنُ يَا ٱبْنِي بِأَجْنَبِيَّةٍ، وَتَحْتَضِنُ غَرِيبَةً؟ ٢٠ 20
Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold yourself in the arms of a woman not your own.
لِأَنَّ طُرُقَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَهُوَ يَزِنُ كُلَّ سُبُلِهِ. ٢١ 21
For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on all his paths.
ٱلشِّرِّيرُ تَأْخُذُهُ آثَامُهُ وَبِحِبَالِ خَطِيَّتِهِ يُمْسَكُ. ٢٢ 22
Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins.
إِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ مِنْ عَدَمِ ٱلْأَدَبِ، وَبِفَرْطِ حُمْقِهِ يَتَهَوَّرُ. ٢٣ 23
Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly.

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