أَمْثَالٌ 24
| لَا تَحْسِدْ أَهْلَ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَلَا تَشْتَهِ أَنْ تَكُونَ مَعَهُمْ، | ١ 1 |
May not you be jealous of people of evil and may not (you desire *Qk) to be with them.
| لِأَنَّ قَلْبَهُمْ يَلْهَجُ بِٱلِٱغْتِصَابِ، وَشِفَاهَهُمْ تَتَكَلَّمُ بِٱلْمَشَقَّةِ. | ٢ 2 |
For violence it plots heart their and trouble lips their they speak.
| بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ يُبْنَى ٱلْبَيْتُ وَبِالْفَهْمِ يُثَبَّتُ، | ٣ 3 |
By wisdom it is built a house and by understanding it is established.
| وَبِالْمَعْرِفَةِ تَمْتَلِئُ ٱلْمَخَادِعُ مِنْ كُلِّ ثَرْوَةٍ كَرِيمَةٍ وَنَفِيسَةٍ. | ٤ 4 |
And by knowledge rooms they are filled all wealth precious and pleasant.
| اَلرَّجُلُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ فِي عِزٍّ، وَذُو ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ مُتَشَدِّدُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ. | ٥ 5 |
A man wise [who is] in strength and a person of knowledge [is] making firm strength.
| لِأَنَّكَ بِٱلتَّدَابِيرِ تَعْمَلُ حَرْبَكَ، وَٱلْخَلَاصُ بِكَثْرَةِ ٱلْمُشِيرِينَ. | ٦ 6 |
For by wise directions you will make for yourself war and victory [is] in a multitude of counselor[s].
| اَلْحِكَمُ عَالِيَةٌ عَنِ ٱلْأَحْمَقِ. لَا يَفْتَحْ فَمَهُ فِي ٱلْبَابِ. | ٧ 7 |
[are] high For a fool wisdom in the gate not he opens mouth his.
| اَلْمُتَفَكِّرُ فِي عَمَلِ ٱلشَّرِّ يُدْعَى مُفْسِدًا. | ٨ 8 |
[one who] plans To do evil him master of plots people will call.
| فِكْرُ ٱلْحَمَاقَةِ خَطِيَّةٌ، وَمَكْرَهَةُ ٱلنَّاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئُ. | ٩ 9 |
A plan of foolishness [is] sin and [is] an abomination to humankind a mocker.
| إِنِ ٱرْتَخَيْتَ فِي يَوْمِ ٱلضِّيقِ ضَاقَتْ قُوَّتُكَ. | ١٠ 10 |
You have shown yourself without courage in a day of trouble [is] narrow strength your.
| أَنْقِذِ ٱلْمُنْقَادِينَ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَٱلْمَمْدُودِينَ لِلْقَتْلِ. لَا تَمْتَنِعْ. | ١١ 11 |
Deliver [those being] taken to death and [those who] are staggering to the slaughter if you will restrain.
| إِنْ قُلْتَ: «هُوَذَا لَمْ نَعْرِفْ هَذَا»، أَفَلَا يَفْهَمُ وَازِنُ ٱلْقُلُوبِ؟ وَحَافِظُ نَفْسِكَ أَلَا يَعْلَمُ؟ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَى ٱلْإِنْسَانِ مِثْلَ عَمَلِهِ. | ١٢ 12 |
If you will say here! not we knew this ¿ not [one who] weighs hearts - he does he perceive and [one who] guards life your he does he know? and will he repay? to a person according to work his.
| يَا ٱبْنِي، كُلْ عَسَلًا لِأَنَّهُ طَيِّبٌ، وَقَطْرَ ٱلْعَسَلِ حُلْوٌ فِي حَنَكِكَ. | ١٣ 13 |
Eat O son my honey for [it is] good and honey from [the] comb [is] sweet on palate your.
| كَذَلِكَ مَعْرِفَةُ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ لِنَفْسِكَ. إِذَا وَجَدْتَهَا فَلَا بُدَّ مِنْ ثَوَابٍ، وَرَجَاؤُكَ لَا يَخِيبُ. | ١٤ 14 |
Thus - know! wisdom for self your if you find [it] and there [is] a future and hope your not it will be cut off.
| لَا تَكْمُنْ أَيُّهَا ٱلشِّرِّيرُ لِمَسْكَنِ ٱلصِّدِّيقِ. لَا تُخْرِبْ رَبْعَهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
May not you lie in wait wicked [person] to [the] habitation of a righteous [person] may not you devastate resting place his.
| لِأَنَّ ٱلصِّدِّيقَ يَسْقُطُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَيَقُومُ، أَمَّا ٱلْأَشْرَارُ فَيَعْثُرُونَ بِٱلشَّرِّ. | ١٦ 16 |
For seven [times] - he will fall a righteous [person] and he will rise and wicked [people] they will stumble in trouble.
| لَا تَفْرَحْ بِسُقُوطِ عَدُوِّكَ، وَلَا يَبْتَهِجْ قَلْبُكَ إِذَا عَثَرَ، | ١٧ 17 |
When falls (enemy your *QK) may not you rejoice and when stumbles he may not it rejoice heart your.
| لِئَلَّا يَرَى ٱلرَّبُّ وَيَسُوءَ ذَلِكَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ، فَيَرُدَّ عَنْهُ غَضَبَهُ. | ١٨ 18 |
Lest he should see Yahweh and it will be displeasing in eyes his and he will turn back from towards him anger his.
| لَا تَغَرْ مِنَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ وَلَا تَحْسِدِ ٱلْأَثَمَةَ، | ١٩ 19 |
May not you fret yourself by evil-doers may not you be jealous of wicked [people].
| لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَكُونُ ثَوَابٌ لِلْأَشْرَارِ. سِرَاجُ ٱلْأَثَمَةِ يَنْطَفِئُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
For - not it will belong a future to the evil [person] [the] lamp of wicked [people] it will be extinguished.
| يَا ٱبْنِي، ٱخْشَ ٱلرَّبَّ وَٱلْمَلِكَ. لَا تُخَالِطِ ٱلْمُتَقَلِّبِينَ، | ٢١ 21 |
Fear Yahweh O son my and [the] king with [those who] change may not you get involved.
| لِأَنَّ بَلِيَّتَهُمْ تَقُومُ بَغْتَةً، وَمَنْ يَعْلَمُ بَلَاءَهُمَا كِلَيْهِمَا. | ٢٢ 22 |
For suddenly it will arise calamity their and [the] disaster of both of them who? [is] knowing.
| هَذِهِ أَيْضًا لِلْحُكَمَاءِ: مُحَابَاةُ ٱلْوُجُوهِ فِي ٱلْحُكْمِ لَيْسَتْ صَالِحَةً. | ٢٣ 23 |
Also these [belong] to wise [people] to pay regard to face in judgment not [is] good.
| مَنْ يَقُولُ لِلشِّرِّيرِ: «أَنْتَ صِدِّيقٌ» تَسُبُّهُ ٱلْعَامَّةُ. تَلْعَنُهُ ٱلشُّعُوبُ. | ٢٤ 24 |
[one who] says - To a wicked [person] [are] righteous you they will curse him peoples they will denounce him nations.
| أَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤَدِّبُونَ فَيَنْعَمُونَ، وَبَرَكَةُ خَيْرٍ تَأْتِي عَلَيْهِمْ. | ٢٥ 25 |
And for the [ones who] rebuke [them] it will be pleasant and on them it will come blessing of good thing[s].
| تُقَبَّلُ شَفَتَا مَنْ يُجَاوِبُ بِكَلَامٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Lips he kisses [one who] bring back words right.
| هَيِّئْ عَمَلَكَ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ وَأَعِدَّهُ فِي حَقْلِكَ، بَعْدُ تَبْنِي بَيْتَكَ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Establish on the outside - work your and make ready it in the field for yourself after and you will build house your.
| لَا تَكُنْ شَاهِدًا عَلَى قَرِيبِكَ بِلَا سَبَبٍ، فَهَلْ تُخَادِعُ بِشَفَتَيْكَ؟ | ٢٨ 28 |
May not you be a witness without cause in neighbor your and? will you deceive with lips your.
| لَا تَقُلْ: «كَمَا فَعَلَ بِي هَكَذَا أَفْعَلُ بِهِ. أَرُدُّ عَلَى ٱلْإِنْسَانِ مِثْلَ عَمَلِهِ». | ٢٩ 29 |
May not you say just as he has done to me so I will do to him I will repay to the person according to deed his.
| عَبَرْتُ بِحَقْلِ ٱلْكَسْلَانِ وَبِكَرْمِ ٱلرَّجُلِ ٱلنَّاقِصِ ٱلْفَهْمِ، | ٣٠ 30 |
At [the] field of a person lazy I passed by and at [the] vineyard of a person lacking of heart.
| فَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ عَلَاهُ كُلَّهُ ٱلْقَرِيصُ، وَقَدْ غَطَّى ٱلْعَوْسَجُ وَجْهَهُ، وَجِدَارُ حِجَارَتِهِ ٱنْهَدَمَ. | ٣١ 31 |
And there! it had grown up all of it - thorns they were covered surface its nettles and [the] wall of stones its it was broken down.
| ثُمَّ نَظَرْتُ وَوَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي. رَأَيْتُ وَقَبِلْتُ تَعْلِيمًا: | ٣٢ 32 |
And I saw I I set heart my I saw I received instruction.
| نَوْمٌ قَلِيلٌ بَعْدُ نُعَاسٌ قَلِيلٌ، وَطَيُّ ٱلْيَدَيْنِ قَلِيلًا لِلرُّقُودِ، | ٣٣ 33 |
A little of sleep a little of slumber a little of - folding of hands to rest.
| فَيَأْتِي فَقْرُكَ كَعَدَّاءٍ وَعَوَزُكَ كَغَازٍ. | ٣٤ 34 |
And it will come going about poverty your and poverti your like a man of shield.
