< أَمْثَالٌ 5 >
يَا ٱبْنِي، أَصْغِ إِلَى حِكْمَتِي. أَمِلْ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى فَهْمِي، | ١ 1 |
My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence.
لِحِفْظِ ٱلتَّدَابِيرِ، وَلْتَحْفَظَ شَفَتَاكَ مَعْرِفَةً. | ٢ 2 |
That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.
لِأَنَّ شَفَتَيِ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةِ تَقْطُرَانِ عَسَلًا، وَحَنَكُهَا أَنْعَمُ مِنَ ٱلزَّيْتِ، | ٣ 3 |
For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.
لَكِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهَا مُرَّةٌ كَٱلْأَفْسَنْتِينِ، حَادَّةٌ كَسَيْفٍ ذِي حَدَّيْنِ. | ٤ 4 |
But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.
قَدَمَاهَا تَنْحَدِرَانِ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ. خَطَوَاتُهَا تَتَمَسَّكُ بِٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol ) | ٥ 5 |
Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell. (Sheol )
لِئَلَّا تَتَأَمَّلَ طَرِيقَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ، تَمَايَلَتْ خَطَوَاتُهَا وَلَا تَشْعُرُ. | ٦ 6 |
They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.
وَٱلْآنَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْبَنُونَ ٱسْمَعُوا لِي، وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا عَنْ كَلِمَاتِ فَمِي. | ٧ 7 |
Now therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
أَبْعِدْ طَرِيقَكَ عَنْهَا، وَلَا تَقْرَبْ إِلَى بَابِ بَيْتِهَا، | ٨ 8 |
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house.
لِئَلَّا تُعْطِيَ زَهْرَكَ لِآخَرِينَ، وَسِنِينَكَ لِلْقَاسِي. | ٩ 9 |
Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.
لِئَلَّا تَشْبَعَ ٱلْأَجَانِبُ مِنْ قُوَّتِكَ، وَتَكُونَ أَتْعَابُكَ فِي بَيْتِ غَرِيبٍ. | ١٠ 10 |
Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man’s house,
فَتَنُوحَ فِي أَوَاخِرِكَ، عِنْدَ فَنَاءِ لَحْمِكَ وَجِسْمِكَ، | ١١ 11 |
And thou mourn it the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say:
فَتَقُولَ: «كَيْفَ أَنِّي أَبْغَضْتُ ٱلْأَدَبَ، وَرَذَلَ قَلْبِي ٱلتَّوْبِيخَ! | ١٢ 12 |
Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,
وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ لِصَوْتِ مُرْشِدِيَّ، وَلَمْ أَمِلْ أُذُنِي إِلَى مُعَلِّمِيَّ. | ١٣ 13 |
And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not inclined my ear to masters?
لَوْلَا قَلِيلٌ لَكُنْتُ فِي كُلِّ شَرٍّ، فِي وَسَطِ ٱلزُّمْرَةِ وَٱلْجَمَاعَةِ». | ١٤ 14 |
I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation.
اِشْرَبْ مِيَاهًا مِنْ جُبِّكَ، وَمِيَاهًا جَارِيَةً مِنْ بِئْرِكَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well:
لَا تَفِضْ يَنَابِيعُكَ إِلَى ٱلْخَارِجِ، سَوَاقِيَ مِيَاهٍ فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ. | ١٦ 16 |
Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters.
لِتَكُنْ لَكَ وَحْدَكَ، وَلَيْسَ لِأَجَانِبَ مَعَكَ. | ١٧ 17 |
Keep them to thyself alone, neither let strangers be partakers with thee.
لِيَكُنْ يَنْبُوعُكَ مُبَارَكًا، وَٱفْرَحْ بِٱمْرَأَةِ شَبَابِكَ، | ١٨ 18 |
Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth:
ٱلظَّبْيَةِ ٱلْمَحْبُوبَةِ وَٱلْوَعْلَةِ ٱلزَّهِيَّةِ. لِيُرْوِكَ ثَدْيَاهَا فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ، وَبِمَحَبَّتِهَا ٱسْكَرْ دَائِمًا. | ١٩ 19 |
Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate thee at all times; he thou delighted continually with her love.
فَلِمَ تُفْتَنُ يَا ٱبْنِي بِأَجْنَبِيَّةٍ، وَتَحْتَضِنُ غَرِيبَةً؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another?
لِأَنَّ طُرُقَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَهُوَ يَزِنُ كُلَّ سُبُلِهِ. | ٢١ 21 |
The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.
ٱلشِّرِّيرُ تَأْخُذُهُ آثَامُهُ وَبِحِبَالِ خَطِيَّتِهِ يُمْسَكُ. | ٢٢ 22 |
His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.
إِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ مِنْ عَدَمِ ٱلْأَدَبِ، وَبِفَرْطِ حُمْقِهِ يَتَهَوَّرُ. | ٢٣ 23 |
He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.