أَمْثَالٌ 8
| أَلَعَلَّ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ لَا تُنَادِي؟ وَٱلْفَهْمَ أَلَا يُعْطِي صَوْتَهُ؟ | ١ 1 |
Thou shalt proclaim wisdom, that understanding may be obedient to thee.
| عِنْدَ رُؤُوسِ ٱلشَّوَاهِقِ، عِنْدَ ٱلطَّرِيقِ بَيْنَ ٱلْمَسَالِكِ تَقِفُ. | ٢ 2 |
For she is on lofty eminences, and stands in the midst of the ways.
| بِجَانِبِ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ، عِنْدَ ثَغْرِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ تُصَرِّحُ: | ٣ 3 |
For she sits by the gates of princes, and sings in the entrances, [saying],
| «لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ أُنَادِي، وَصَوْتِي إِلَى بَنِي آدَمَ. | ٤ 4 |
You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men.
| أَيُّهَا ٱلْحَمْقَى تَعَلَّمُوا ذَكَاءً، وَيَا جُهَّالُ تَعَلَّمُوا فَهْمًا. | ٥ 5 |
O ye simple, understand subtlety, and ye that are untaught, imbibe knowledge.
| اِسْمَعُوا فَإِنِّي أَتَكَلَّمُ بِأُمُورٍ شَرِيفَةٍ، وَٱفْتِتَاحُ شَفَتَيَّ ٱسْتِقَامَةٌ. | ٦ 6 |
Hearken to me; for I will speak solemn [truths]; and will produce right [sayings] from my lips.
| لِأَنَّ حَنَكِي يَلْهَجُ بِٱلصِّدْقِ، وَمَكْرَهَةُ شَفَتَيَّ ٱلْكَذِبُ. | ٧ 7 |
For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.
| كُلُّ كَلِمَاتِ فَمِي بِٱلْحَقِّ. لَيْسَ فِيهَا عِوَجٌ وَلَا ٱلْتِوَاءٌ. | ٨ 8 |
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse.
| كُلُّهَا وَاضِحَةٌ لَدَى ٱلْفَهِيمِ، وَمُسْتَقِيمَةٌ لَدَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَجِدُونَ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةَ. | ٩ 9 |
They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.
| خُذُوا تَأْدِيبِي لَا ٱلْفِضَّةَ، وَٱلْمَعْرِفَةَ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلْمُخْتَارِ. | ١٠ 10 |
Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold.
| لِأَنَّ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ خَيْرٌ مِنَ ٱلَّلآلِئِ، وَكُلُّ ٱلْجَوَاهِرِ لَا تُسَاوِيهَا. | ١١ 11 |
For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.
| «أَنَا ٱلْحِكْمَةُ أَسْكُنُ ٱلذَّكَاءَ، وَأَجِدُ مَعْرِفَةَ ٱلتَّدَابِيرِ. | ١٢ 12 |
I wisdom have dwelt [with] counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding.
| مَخَافَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ بُغْضُ ٱلشَّرِّ. ٱلْكِبْرِيَاءَ وَٱلتَّعَظُّمَ وَطَرِيقَ ٱلشَّرِّ وَفَمَ ٱلْأَكَاذِيبِ أَبْغَضْتُ. | ١٣ 13 |
The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.
| لِي ٱلْمَشُورَةُ وَٱلرَّأْيُ. أَنَا ٱلْفَهْمُ. لِي ٱلْقُدْرَةُ. | ١٤ 14 |
Counsel and safety are mine; prudence is mine, and strength is mine.
| بِي تَمْلِكُ ٱلْمُلُوكُ، وَتَقْضِي ٱلْعُظَمَاءُ عَدْلًا. | ١٥ 15 |
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
| بِي تَتَرَأَّسُ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ وَٱلشُّرَفَاءُ، كُلُّ قُضَاةِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. | ١٦ 16 |
By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth.
| أَنَا أُحِبُّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَنِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ يُبَكِّرُونَ إِلَيَّ يَجِدُونَنِي. | ١٧ 17 |
I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find [me].
| عِنْدِي ٱلْغِنَى وَٱلْكَرَامَةُ. قِنْيَةٌ فَاخِرَةٌ وَحَظٌّ. | ١٨ 18 |
Wealth and glory belong to me; yea, abundant possessions and righteousness.
| ثَمَرِي خَيْرٌ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَمِنَ ٱلْإِبْرِيزِ، وَغَلَّتِي خَيْرٌ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ ٱلْمُخْتَارَةِ. | ١٩ 19 |
[It is] better to have my fruit than [to have] gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.
| فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْعَدْلِ أَتَمَشَّى، فِي وَسَطِ سُبُلِ ٱلْحَقِّ، | ٢٠ 20 |
I walk in ways of righteousness, and [am] conversant with the paths of judgment;
| فَأُوَرِّثُ مُحِبِّيَّ رِزْقًا وَأَمْلَأُ خَزَائِنَهُمْ. | ٢١ 21 |
that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things. If I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember [also] to recount the things of old.
| «اَلرَّبُّ قَنَانِي أَوَّلَ طَرِيقِهِ، مِنْ قَبْلِ أَعْمَالِهِ، مُنْذُ ٱلْقِدَمِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.
| مُنْذُ ٱلْأَزَلِ مُسِحْتُ، مُنْذُ ٱلْبَدْءِ، مُنْذُ أَوَائِلِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
He established me before time [was] in the beginning, before he made the earth:
| إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ غَمْرٌ أُبْدِئْتُ. إِذْ لَمْ تَكُنْ يَنَابِيعُ كَثِيرَةُ ٱلْمِيَاهِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth:
| مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَقَرَّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ، قَبْلَ ٱلتِّلَالِ أُبْدِئْتُ. | ٢٥ 25 |
before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.
| إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ صَنَعَ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدُ وَلَا ٱلْبَرَارِيَّ وَلَا أَوَّلَ أَعْفَارِ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
The Lord made countries and uninhabited [tracks], and the highest inhabited parts of the world.
| لَمَّا ثَبَّتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ كُنْتُ هُنَاكَ أَنَا. لَمَّا رَسَمَ دَائِرَةً عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْغَمْرِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds:
| لَمَّا أَثْبَتَ ٱلسُّحُبَ مِنْ فَوْقُ. لَمَّا تَشَدَّدَتْ يَنَابِيعُ ٱلْغَمْرِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:
| لَمَّا وَضَعَ لِلْبَحْرِ حَدَّهُ فَلَا تَتَعَدَّى ٱلْمِيَاهُ تُخْمَهُ، لَمَّا رَسَمَ أُسُسَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، | ٢٩ 29 |
decree. and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:
| كُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ صَانِعًا، وَكُنْتُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ لَذَّتَهُ، فَرِحَةً دَائِمًا قُدَّامَهُ. | ٣٠ 30 |
I was by him, suiting [myself to him], I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.
| فَرِحَةً فِي مَسْكُونَةِ أَرْضِهِ، وَلَذَّاتِي مَعَ بَنِي آدَمَ. | ٣١ 31 |
For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.
| «فَٱلْآنَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْبَنُونَ ٱسْمَعُوا لِي. فَطُوبَى لِلَّذِينَ يَحْفَظُونَ طُرُقِي. | ٣٢ 32 |
Now then, [my] son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall hearken to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;
| ٱسْمَعُوا ٱلتَّعْلِيمَ وَكُونُوا حُكَمَاءَ وَلَا تَرْفُضُوهُ. | ٣٣ 33 |
[Hear wisdom and be wise, and ] [be not strangers to it. ]
| طُوبَى لِلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَسْمَعُ لِي سَاهِرًا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ عِنْدَ مَصَارِيعِي، حَافِظًا قَوَائِمَ أَبْوَابِي. | ٣٤ 34 |
watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances.
| لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَجِدُنِي يَجِدُ ٱلْحَيَاةَ، وَيَنَالُ رِضًى مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ، | ٣٥ 35 |
For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and [in them] is prepared favour from the Lord.
| وَمَنْ يُخْطِئُ عَنِّي يَضُرُّ نَفْسَهُ. كُلُّ مُبْغِضِيَّ يُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَوْتَ». | ٣٦ 36 |
But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.
