< الأمثال 2 >
يَاابْنِي إِنْ قَبِلْتَ كَلاَمِي، وَادَّخَرْتَ وَصَايَايَ فِي قَلْبِكَ، | ١ 1 |
My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;
وَأَرْهَفْتَ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى الْحِكْمَةِ، وَأَمَلْتَ قَلْبَكَ نَحْوَ الْفَهْمِ، | ٢ 2 |
So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;
وَإِنْ نَشَدْتَ الْفِطْنَةَ، وَهَتَفْتَ دَاعِياً الْفَهْمَ. | ٣ 3 |
Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice;
إِنِ الْتَمَسْتَهُ كَمَا تُلْتَمَسُ الْفِضَّةُ، وَبَحَثْتَ عَنْهُ كَمَا يُبْحَثُ عَنِ الْكُنُوزِ الدَّفِينَةِ، | ٤ 4 |
If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,
عِنْدَئِذٍ تُدْرِكُ مَخَافَةَ الرَّبِّ وَتَعْثُرُ عَلَى مَعْرِفَةِ اللهِ، | ٥ 5 |
Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.
لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَهَبُ الْحِكْمَةَ، وَمِنْ فَمِهِ تَتَدَفَّقُ الْمَعْرِفَةُ وَالْفَهْمُ. | ٦ 6 |
For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;
يَذْخَرُ لِلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ فِطْنَةً، وَهُوَ تُرْسٌ لِلسَّالِكِينَ بِالْكَمَالِ. | ٧ 7 |
Yea he treasureth, for the upright, safety, A shield [is he] to them who walk in integrity,
يَرْعَى سُبُلَ الْعَدْلِ، وَيُحَافِظُ عَلَى طَرِيقِ أَتْقِيَائِهِ. | ٨ 8 |
To him that observeth the paths of justice, yea, the way of his men of lovingkindness, he doth guard.
حِينَئِذٍ تُدْرِكُ الْعَدْلَ وَالْحَقَّ وَالاسْتِقَامَةَ، وَكُلَّ سَبِيلٍ صَالِحٍ. | ٩ 9 |
Then, shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity—every noble course.
إِنِ اسْتَقَرَّتِ الْحِكْمَةُ فِي قَلْبِكَ وَاسْتَلَذَّتْ نَفْسُكَ الْمَعْرِفَةَ، | ١٠ 10 |
When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet,
يَرْعَاكَ التَّعَقُّلُ، وَيَحْرُسُكَ الْفَهْمُ. | ١١ 11 |
Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee: —
إِنْقَاذاً لَكَ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الشَّرِّ وَمِنَ النَّاطِقِينَ بِالأَكَاذِيبِ. | ١٢ 12 |
To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَبْتَعِدُونَ عَنْ سَوَاءِ السَّبِيلِ وَيَسْلُكُونَ فِي طُرُقِ الظُّلْمَةِ، | ١٣ 13 |
From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in the ways of darkness;
الَّذِينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِارْتِكَابِ الْمَسَاوِئِ، وَيَبْتَهِجُونَ بِنِفَاقِ الشَّرِّ، | ١٤ 14 |
Who rejoice to do wrong, exult in the perversities of the wrongful;
مِنْ ذَوِي الْمَسَالِكِ الْمُلْتَوِيَةِ وَالسُّبُلِ الْمُعْوَجَّةِ. | ١٥ 15 |
Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:
وَإِنْقَاذاً لَكَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ الْغَرِيبَةِ الْمُخَاتِلَةِ الَّتِي تَتَمَلَّقُكَ بِكَلاَمِهَا، | ١٦ 16 |
To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;
الَّتِي نَبَذَتْ شَرِيكَ صِبَاهَا وَتَنَاسَتْ عَهْدَ إِلَهِهَا. | ١٧ 17 |
Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;
لأَنَّ بَيْتَهَا يَغُوصُ عَمِيقاً إِلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَسُبُلَهَا تُفْضِي إِلَى عَالَمِ الأَرْوَاحِ. | ١٨ 18 |
For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;
كُلُّ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ إِلَيْهَا لاَ يَرْجِعُ وَلاَ يَبْلُغُ سُبُلَ الْحَيَاةِ. | ١٩ 19 |
None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:
لِهَذَا سِرْ فِي طَرِيقِ الأَخْيَارِ، وَاحْفَظْ سَبِيلَ الأَبْرَارِ، | ٢٠ 20 |
To the end that thou walk in the way of good men, and, the paths of the righteous, that thou observe.
لأَنَّ الْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ يَسْكُنُونَ الأَرْضَ، وَالْكَامِلِينَ يَمْكُثُونَ دَائِماً فِيهَا. | ٢١ 21 |
For, the upright, shall abide on the earth, —and, the men of integrity, shall remain therein;
أَمَّا الأَشْرَارُ فَيَنْقَرِضُونَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَالْغَادِرُونَ يُسْتَأْصَلُونَ مِنْهَا. | ٢٢ 22 |
But, the lawless, out of the earth, shall be cut off, and, traitors, shall they tear away therefrom.