< أَمْثَالٌ 7 >
يَا ٱبْنِي، ٱحْفَظْ كَلَامِي وَٱذْخَرْ وَصَايَايَ عِنْدَكَ. | ١ 1 |
My son, observe my sayings, and my commandments must thou treasure up with thee.
ٱحْفَظْ وَصَايَايَ فَتَحْيَا، وَشَرِيعَتِي كَحَدَقَةِ عَيْنِكَ. | ٢ 2 |
Observe my commandments, and live: and my teaching as the apple of thy eyes.
اُرْبُطْهَا عَلَى أَصَابِعِكَ. ٱكْتُبْهَا عَلَى لَوْحِ قَلْبِكَ. | ٣ 3 |
Bind them around thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
قُلْ لِلْحِكْمَةِ: «أَنْتِ أُخْتِي» وَٱدْعُ ٱلْفَهْمَ ذَا قَرَابَةٍ. | ٤ 4 |
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
لِتَحْفَظَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةِ، مِنَ ٱلْغَرِيبَةِ ٱلْمَلِقَةِ بِكَلَامِهَا. | ٥ 5 |
That they may keep thee from an adulterous woman, from an alien that useth flattering speeches.
لِأَنِّي مِنْ كُوَّةِ بَيْتِي، مِنْ وَرَاءِ شُبَّاكِي تَطَلَّعْتُ، | ٦ 6 |
For through the window of my house, through my lattice did I [once] look out,
فَرَأَيْتُ بَيْنَ ٱلْجُهَّالِ، لَاحَظْتُ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَنِينَ غُلَامًا عَدِيمَ ٱلْفَهْمِ، | ٧ 7 |
And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a lad void of sense;
عَابِرًا فِي ٱلشَّارِعِ عِنْدَ زَاوِيَتِهَا، وَصَاعِدًا فِي طَرِيقِ بَيْتِهَا. | ٨ 8 |
He was passing through the market-place near her corner; and he stepped along on the way to her house,
فِي ٱلْعِشَاءِ، فِي مَسَاءِ ٱلْيَوْمِ، فِي حَدَقَةِ ٱللَّيْلِ وَٱلظَّلَامِ. | ٩ 9 |
In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the depth of the night and when it was dark:
وَإِذَا بِٱمْرَأَةٍ ٱسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ فِي زِيِّ زَانِيَةٍ، وَخَبِيثَةِ ٱلْقَلْبِ. | ١٠ 10 |
And, behold, a woman came to meet him with the attire of a harlot, and obdurate of heart.
صَخَّابَةٌ هِيَ وَجَامِحَةٌ. فِي بَيْتِهَا لَا تَسْتَقِرُّ قَدَمَاهَا. | ١١ 11 |
(She is noisy and ungovernable; in her house her feet never rest;
تَارَةً فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ، وَأُخْرَى فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ، وَعِنْدَ كُلِّ زَاوِيَةٍ تَكْمُنُ. | ١٢ 12 |
At one time she is in the street, at another in the open places, and near every corner doth she lurk, )
فَأَمْسَكَتْهُ وَقَبَّلَتْهُ. أَوْقَحَتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: | ١٣ 13 |
And she caught hold of him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said to him,
«عَلَيَّ ذَبَائِحُ ٱلسَّلَامَةِ. ٱلْيَوْمَ أَوْفَيْتُ نُذُورِي. | ١٤ 14 |
“I had bound myself to bring peace-offerings; this day have I paid my vows:
فَلِذَلِكَ خَرَجْتُ لِلِقَائِكَ، لِأَطْلُبَ وَجْهَكَ حَتَّى أَجِدَكَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Therefore am I come forth to meet thee, to seek thy presence diligently, and I have found thee.
بِٱلدِّيبَاجِ فَرَشْتُ سَرِيرِي، بِمُوَشَّى كَتَّانٍ مِنْ مِصْرَ. | ١٦ 16 |
With tapestry coverings have I decked my bed, with embroidered coverlids of the fine linen of Egypt.
عَطَّرْتُ فِرَاشِي بِمُرٍّ وَعُودٍ وَقِرْفَةٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
I have sprinkled my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
هَلُمَّ نَرْتَوِ وُدًّا إِلَى ٱلصَّبَاحِ. نَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْحُبِّ. | ١٨ 18 |
Come, let us indulge in love until the morning: let us delight ourselves with dalliances.
لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّجُلَ لَيْسَ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ. ذَهَبَ فِي طَرِيقٍ بَعِيدَةٍ. | ١٩ 19 |
For the man is not in his house, he is gone on a journey a great way off:
أَخَذَ صُرَّةَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ بِيَدِهِ. يَوْمَ ٱلْهِلَالِ يَأْتِي إِلَى بَيْتِهِ». | ٢٠ 20 |
The bag of money hath he taken with him, by the day of the new-moon festival only will he come home.”
أَغْوَتْهُ بِكَثْرَةِ فُنُونِهَا، بِمَلْثِ شَفَتَيْهَا طَوَّحَتْهُ. | ٢١ 21 |
She seduced him by the abundance of her reasoning: by the flattery of her lips she misguided him.
ذَهَبَ وَرَاءَهَا لِوَقْتِهِ، كَثَوْرٍ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلذَّبْحِ، أَوْ كَٱلْغَبِيِّ إِلَى قَيْدِ ٱلْقِصَاصِ، | ٢٢ 22 |
He followed after her suddenly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as in fetters to his correction, the fool:
حَتَّى يَشُقَّ سَهْمٌ كَبِدَهُ. كَطَيْرٍ يُسْرِعُ إِلَى ٱلْفَخِّ وَلَا يَدْرِي أَنَّهُ لِنَفْسِهِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Till an arrow cleaveth through his liver; as a bird hasteneth into the snare, and knoweth not that it is done to take his life.
وَٱلْآنَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَبْنَاءُ ٱسْمَعُوا لِي وَأَصْغُوا لِكَلِمَاتِ فَمِي: | ٢٤ 24 |
And now, O children, hearken unto me, and listen to the sayings of my mouth.
لَا يَمِلْ قَلْبُكَ إِلَى طُرُقِهَا، وَلَا تَشْرُدْ فِي مَسَالِكِهَا. | ٢٥ 25 |
Let not thy heart turn aside to her ways, do not go astray on her paths.
لِأَنَّهَا طَرَحَتْ كَثِيرِينَ جَرْحَى، وَكُلُّ قَتْلَاهَا أَقْوِيَاءُ. | ٢٦ 26 |
For many deadly wounded hath she caused to fall: yea, very numerous are all those slain by her.
طُرُقُ ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ بَيْتُهَا، هَابِطَةٌ إِلَى خُدُورِ ٱلْمَوْتِ. (Sheol ) | ٢٧ 27 |
The ways to the nether world is her house leading down to the chambers of death. (Sheol )