< أَمْثَالٌ 23 >
إِذَا جَلَسْتَ تَأْكُلُ مَعَ مُتَسَلِّطٍ، فَتَأَمَّلْ مَا هُوَ أَمَامَكَ تَأَمُّلًا، | ١ 1 |
for to dwell to/for to feed on with to rule to understand to understand [obj] which to/for face: before your
وَضَعْ سِكِّينًا لِحَنْجَرَتِكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ شَرِهًا. | ٢ 2 |
and to set: put knife in/on/with throat your if master: men soul: appetite you(m. s.)
لَا تَشْتَهِ أَطَايِبَهُ لِأَنَّهَا خُبْزُ أَكَاذِيبَ. | ٣ 3 |
not (to desire *Q(K)*) to/for delicacy his and he/she/it food lie
لَا تَتْعَبْ لِكَيْ تَصِيرَ غَنِيًّا. كُفَّ عَنْ فِطْنَتِكَ. | ٤ 4 |
not be weary/toil to/for to enrich from understanding your to cease
هَلْ تُطَيِّرُ عَيْنَيْكَ نَحْوَهُ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ؟ لِأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَصْنَعُ لِنَفْسِهِ أَجْنِحَةً. كَٱلنَّسْرِ يَطِيرُ نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ. | ٥ 5 |
( to fly *Q(K)*) eye your in/on/with him and nothing he for to make to make to/for him wing like/as eagle (to fly *Q(K)*) [the] heaven
لَا تَأْكُلْ خُبْزَ ذِي عَيْنٍ شِرِّيرَةٍ، وَلَا تَشْتَهِ أَطَايِبَهُ، | ٦ 6 |
not to feed on [obj] food: bread bad: evil eye: appearance and not (to desire *Q(K)*) to/for delicacy his
لِأَنَّهُ كَمَا شَعَرَ فِي نَفْسِهِ هَكَذَا هُوَ. يَقُولُ لَكَ: «كُلْ وَٱشْرَبْ» وَقَلْبُهُ لَيْسَ مَعَكَ. | ٧ 7 |
for like to calculate in/on/with soul his so he/she/it to eat and to drink to say to/for you and heart his not with you
ٱللُّقْمَةُ ٱلَّتِي أَكَلْتَهَا تَتَقَيَّأُهَا، وَتَخْسَرُ كَلِمَاتِكَ ٱلْحُلْوَةَ. | ٨ 8 |
morsel your to eat to vomit her and to ruin word your [the] pleasant
فِي أُذُنَيْ جَاهِلٍ لَا تَتَكَلَّمْ لِأَنَّهُ يَحْتَقِرُ حِكْمَةَ كَلَامِكَ. | ٩ 9 |
in/on/with ear: hearing fool not to speak: speak for to despise to/for understanding speech your
لَا تَنْقُلِ ٱلتُّخُمَ ٱلْقَدِيمَ، وَلَا تَدْخُلْ حُقُولَ ٱلْأَيْتَامِ، | ١٠ 10 |
not to remove border: boundary forever: antiquity and in/on/with land: country orphan not to come (in): come
لِأَنَّ وَلِيَّهُمْ قَوِيٌّ. هُوَ يُقِيمُ دَعْوَاهُمْ عَلَيْكَ. | ١١ 11 |
for to redeem: redeem their strong he/she/it to contend [obj] strife their with you
وَجِّهْ قَلْبَكَ إِلَى ٱلْأَدَبِ، وَأُذُنَيْكَ إِلَى كَلِمَاتِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ. | ١٢ 12 |
to come (in): bring [emph?] to/for discipline: instruction heart your and ear your to/for word knowledge
لَا تَمْنَعِ ٱلتَّأْدِيبَ عَنِ ٱلْوَلَدِ، لِأَنَّكَ إِنْ ضَرَبْتَهُ بِعَصًا لَا يَمُوتُ. | ١٣ 13 |
not to withhold from youth discipline for to smite him in/on/with tribe: staff not to die
تَضْرِبُهُ أَنْتَ بِعَصًا فَتُنْقِذُ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol ) | ١٤ 14 |
you(m. s.) in/on/with tribe: staff to smite him and soul his from hell: Sheol to rescue (Sheol )
يَا ٱبْنِي، إِنْ كَانَ قَلْبُكَ حَكِيمًا يَفْرَحُ قَلْبِي أَنَا أَيْضًا، | ١٥ 15 |
son: child my if be wise heart your to rejoice heart my also I
وَتَبْتَهِجُ كِلْيَتَايَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَتْ شَفَتَاكَ بِٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَاتِ. | ١٦ 16 |
and to exult kidney my in/on/with to speak: speak lips your uprightness
لَا يَحْسِدَنَّ قَلْبُكَ ٱلْخَاطِئِينَ، بَلْ كُنْ فِي مَخَافَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ. | ١٧ 17 |
not be jealous heart your in/on/with sinner that if: except if: except in/on/with fear LORD all [the] day
لِأَنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ ثَوَابٍ، وَرَجَاؤُكَ لَا يَخِيبُ. | ١٨ 18 |
that if: except if: except there end and hope your not to cut: eliminate
اِسْمَعْ أَنْتَ يَا ٱبْنِي، وَكُنْ حَكِيمًا، وَأَرْشِدْ قَلْبَكَ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ. | ١٩ 19 |
to hear: hear you(m. s.) son: child my and be wise and to bless in/on/with way: conduct heart your
لَا تَكُنْ بَيْنَ شِرِّيبِي ٱلْخَمْرِ، بَيْنَ ٱلْمُتْلِفِينَ أَجْسَادَهُمْ، | ٢٠ 20 |
not to be in/on/with to imbibe wine in/on/with be vile flesh to/for them
لِأَنَّ ٱلسِّكِّيرَ وَٱلْمُسْرِفَ يَفْتَقِرَانِ، وَٱلنَّوْمُ يَكْسُو ٱلْخِرَقَ. | ٢١ 21 |
for to imbibe and be vile to possess: poor and rags to clothe drowsiness
اِسْمَعْ لِأَبِيكَ ٱلَّذِي وَلَدَكَ، وَلَا تَحْتَقِرْ أُمَّكَ إِذَا شَاخَتْ. | ٢٢ 22 |
to hear: hear to/for father your this to beget you and not to despise for be old mother your
اِقْتَنِ ٱلْحَقَّ وَلَا تَبِعْهُ، وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلْأَدَبَ وَٱلْفَهْمَ. | ٢٣ 23 |
truth: true to buy and not to sell wisdom and discipline: instruction and understanding
أَبُو ٱلصِّدِّيقِ يَبْتَهِجُ ٱبْتِهَاجًا، وَمَنْ وَلَدَ حَكِيمًا يُسَرُّ بِهِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
(to rejoice to rejoice *Q(k)*) father righteous (and to beget *Q(K)*) wise (to rejoice *Q(K)*) in/on/with to rejoice
يَفْرَحُ أَبُوكَ وَأُمُّكَ، وَتَبْتَهِجُ ٱلَّتِي وَلَدَتْكَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
to rejoice father your and mother your and to rejoice to beget you
يَا ٱبْنِي أَعْطِنِي قَلْبَكَ، وَلْتُلَاحِظْ عَيْنَاكَ طُرُقِي. | ٢٦ 26 |
to give: give [emph?] son: child my heart your to/for me and eye your way: conduct my (to watch *Q(K)*)
لِأَنَّ ٱلزَّانِيَةَ هُوَّةٌ عَمِيقَةٌ، وَٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّةُ حُفْرَةٌ ضَيِّقَةٌ. | ٢٧ 27 |
for pit deep to fornicate and well narrow foreign
هِيَ أَيْضًا كَلِصٍّ تَكْمُنُ وَتَزِيدُ ٱلْغَادِرِينَ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
also he/she/it like/as robber to ambush and to act treacherously in/on/with man to add
لِمَنِ ٱلْوَيْلُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلشَّقَاوَةُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلْمُخَاصَمَاتُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلْكَرْبُ؟ لِمَنِ ٱلْجُرُوحُ بِلَا سَبَبٍ؟ لِمَنِ ٱزْمِهْرَارُ ٱلْعَيْنَيْنِ؟ | ٢٩ 29 |
to/for who? woe! to/for who? pain! to/for who? (contention *Q(K)*) to/for who? complaint to/for who? wound for nothing to/for who? dullness eye
لِلَّذِينَ يُدْمِنُونَ ٱلْخَمْرَ، ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي طَلَبِ ٱلشَّرَابِ ٱلْمَمْزُوجِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
to/for to delay upon [the] wine to/for to come (in): come to/for to search mixed drink
لَا تَنْظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْخَمْرِ إِذَا ٱحْمَرَّتْ حِينَ تُظْهِرُ حِبَابَهَا فِي ٱلْكَأْسِ وَسَاغَتْ مُرَقْرِقَةً. | ٣١ 31 |
not to see: see wine for to redden for to give: do (in/on/with cup *Q(K)*) eye his to go: went in/on/with uprightness
فِي ٱلْآخِرِ تَلْسَعُ كَٱلْحَيَّةِ وَتَلْدَغُ كَٱلْأُفْعُوانِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
end his like/as serpent to bite and like/as serpent to pierce
عَيْنَاكَ تَنْظُرَانِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيَّاتِ، وَقَلْبُكَ يَنْطِقُ بِأُمُورٍ مُلْتَوِيَةٍ. | ٣٣ 33 |
eye your to see: see be a stranger and heart your to speak: speak perversity
وَتَكُونُ كَمُضْطَجعٍ فِي قَلْبِ ٱلْبَحْرِ، أَوْ كَمُضْطَجعٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ سَارِيَةٍ. | ٣٤ 34 |
and to be like/as to lie down: lay down in/on/with heart sea and like/as to lie down: lay down in/on/with head: top mast
يَقُولُ: «ضَرَبُونِي وَلَمْ أَتَوَجَّعْ! لَقَدْ لَكَأُونِي وَلَمْ أَعْرِفْ! مَتَى أَسْتَيْقِظُ؟ أَعُودُ أَطْلُبُهَا بَعْدُ!». | ٣٥ 35 |
to smite me not be weak: ill to smite me not to know how to awake to add to seek him still