< أَمْثَالٌ 7 >

يَا ٱبْنِي، ٱحْفَظْ كَلَامِي وَٱذْخَرْ وَصَايَايَ عِنْدَكَ. ١ 1
[My] son, keep my words, and hide with you my commandments. [My] son, honor the Lord, and you shall be strong; and fear none but him:
ٱحْفَظْ وَصَايَايَ فَتَحْيَا، وَشَرِيعَتِي كَحَدَقَةِ عَيْنِكَ. ٢ 2
keep my commandments, and you shall live; and [keep] my words as the pupils of [your] eyes.
اُرْبُطْهَا عَلَى أَصَابِعِكَ. ٱكْتُبْهَا عَلَى لَوْحِ قَلْبِكَ. ٣ 3
And bind them on your fingers, and write [them] on the table of your heart.
قُلْ لِلْحِكْمَةِ: «أَنْتِ أُخْتِي» وَٱدْعُ ٱلْفَهْمَ ذَا قَرَابَةٍ. ٤ 4
Say that wisdom is your sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for yourself;
لِتَحْفَظَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةِ، مِنَ ٱلْغَرِيبَةِ ٱلْمَلِقَةِ بِكَلَامِهَا. ٥ 5
that she may keep you from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail you with flattering words.
لِأَنِّي مِنْ كُوَّةِ بَيْتِي، مِنْ وَرَاءِ شُبَّاكِي تَطَلَّعْتُ، ٦ 6
For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,
فَرَأَيْتُ بَيْنَ ٱلْجُهَّالِ، لَاحَظْتُ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَنِينَ غُلَامًا عَدِيمَ ٱلْفَهْمِ، ٧ 7
passing by the corner in the passages near her house,
عَابِرًا فِي ٱلشَّارِعِ عِنْدَ زَاوِيَتِهَا، وَصَاعِدًا فِي طَرِيقِ بَيْتِهَا. ٨ 8
and speaking, in the dark of the evening,
فِي ٱلْعِشَاءِ، فِي مَسَاءِ ٱلْيَوْمِ، فِي حَدَقَةِ ٱللَّيْلِ وَٱلظَّلَامِ. ٩ 9
when there happens [to be] the stillness of night and of darkness:
وَإِذَا بِٱمْرَأَةٍ ٱسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ فِي زِيِّ زَانِيَةٍ، وَخَبِيثَةِ ٱلْقَلْبِ. ١٠ 10
and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter.
صَخَّابَةٌ هِيَ وَجَامِحَةٌ. فِي بَيْتِهَا لَا تَسْتَقِرُّ قَدَمَاهَا. ١١ 11
And she is fickle, and debauched, and her feet abide not at home.
تَارَةً فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ، وَأُخْرَى فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ، وَعِنْدَ كُلِّ زَاوِيَةٍ تَكْمُنُ. ١٢ 12
For at one time she wanders without, and at [another] time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.
فَأَمْسَكَتْهُ وَقَبَّلَتْهُ. أَوْقَحَتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: ١٣ 13
Then she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
«عَلَيَّ ذَبَائِحُ ٱلسَّلَامَةِ. ٱلْيَوْمَ أَوْفَيْتُ نُذُورِي. ١٤ 14
I have a peace-offering; today I pay my vows:
فَلِذَلِكَ خَرَجْتُ لِلِقَائِكَ، لِأَطْلُبَ وَجْهَكَ حَتَّى أَجِدَكَ. ١٥ 15
therefore I came forth to meet you, desiring your face; [and] I have found you.
بِٱلدِّيبَاجِ فَرَشْتُ سَرِيرِي، بِمُوَشَّى كَتَّانٍ مِنْ مِصْرَ. ١٦ 16
I have spread my bed with sheets, and I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt.
عَطَّرْتُ فِرَاشِي بِمُرٍّ وَعُودٍ وَقِرْفَةٍ. ١٧ 17
I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, and my house with cinnamon.
هَلُمَّ نَرْتَوِ وُدًّا إِلَى ٱلصَّبَاحِ. نَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْحُبِّ. ١٨ 18
Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; come, and let us embrace in love.
لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّجُلَ لَيْسَ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ. ذَهَبَ فِي طَرِيقٍ بَعِيدَةٍ. ١٩ 19
For my husband is not at home, but is gone on a long journey,
أَخَذَ صُرَّةَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ بِيَدِهِ. يَوْمَ ٱلْهِلَالِ يَأْتِي إِلَى بَيْتِهِ». ٢٠ 20
having taken in his hand a bundle of money: after many days he will return to his house.
أَغْوَتْهُ بِكَثْرَةِ فُنُونِهَا، بِمَلْثِ شَفَتَيْهَا طَوَّحَتْهُ. ٢١ 21
So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from [the right path].
ذَهَبَ وَرَاءَهَا لِوَقْتِهِ، كَثَوْرٍ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلذَّبْحِ، أَوْ كَٱلْغَبِيِّ إِلَى قَيْدِ ٱلْقِصَاصِ، ٢٢ 22
And he followed her, being gently led on, and [that] as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
حَتَّى يَشُقَّ سَهْمٌ كَبِدَهُ. كَطَيْرٍ يُسْرِعُ إِلَى ٱلْفَخِّ وَلَا يَدْرِي أَنَّهُ لِنَفْسِهِ. ٢٣ 23
and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for [his] life.
وَٱلْآنَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَبْنَاءُ ٱسْمَعُوا لِي وَأَصْغُوا لِكَلِمَاتِ فَمِي: ٢٤ 24
Now then, [my] son, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
لَا يَمِلْ قَلْبُكَ إِلَى طُرُقِهَا، وَلَا تَشْرُدْ فِي مَسَالِكِهَا. ٢٥ 25
Let not your heart turn aside to her ways:
لِأَنَّهَا طَرَحَتْ كَثِيرِينَ جَرْحَى، وَكُلُّ قَتْلَاهَا أَقْوِيَاءُ. ٢٦ 26
for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable.
طُرُقُ ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ بَيْتُهَا، هَابِطَةٌ إِلَى خُدُورِ ٱلْمَوْتِ. (Sheol h7585) ٢٧ 27
Her house is the way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death. (Sheol h7585)

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