< أَمْثَالٌ 31 >
كَلَامُ لَمُوئِيلَ مَلِكِ مَسَّا، عَلَّمَتْهُ إِيَّاهُ أُمُّهُ: | ١ 1 |
The words of king Lamuel. The vision by which his mother instructed him:
مَاذَا يَا ٱبْنِي؟ ثُمَّ مَاذَا يَا ٱبْنَ رَحِمِي؟ ثُمَّ مَاذَا يَا ٱبْنَ نُذُورِي؟ | ٢ 2 |
“What, O my beloved? What, O beloved of my womb? What, O beloved of my vows?
لَا تُعْطِ حَيْلَكَ لِلنِّسَاءِ، وَلَا طُرُقَكَ لِمُهْلِكَاتِ ٱلْمُلُوكِ. | ٣ 3 |
Do not give your substance to women, or your riches to overthrow kings.
لَيْسَ لِلْمُلُوكِ يَا لَمُوئِيلُ، لَيْسَ لِلْمُلُوكِ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا خَمْرًا، وَلَا لِلْعُظَمَاءِ ٱلْمُسْكِرُ. | ٤ 4 |
Not to kings, O Lamuel, not to kings give wine. For there are no secrets where drunkenness reigns.
لِئَلَّا يَشْرَبُوا وَيَنْسَوْا ٱلْمَفْرُوضَ، وَيُغَيِّرُوا حُجَّةَ كُلِّ بَنِي ٱلْمَذَلَّةِ. | ٥ 5 |
And perhaps they may drink and forget judgments, and alter the case of the sons of the poor.
أَعْطُوا مُسْكِرًا لِهَالِكٍ، وَخَمْرًا لِمُرِّي ٱلنَّفْسِ. | ٦ 6 |
Give strong drink to the grieving, and wine to those who are bitter in soul.
يَشْرَبُ وَيَنْسَى فَقْرَهُ، وَلَا يَذْكُرُ تَعَبَهُ بَعْدُ. | ٧ 7 |
Let them drink, and forget their needs, and remember their sorrow no more.
اِفْتَحْ فَمَكَ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْأَخْرَسِ فِي دَعْوَى كُلِّ يَتِيمٍ. | ٨ 8 |
Open your mouth for the mute and for all the cases of the sons who are passing through.
اِفْتَحْ فَمَكَ. ٱقْضِ بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَحَامِ عَنِ ٱلْفَقِيرِ وَٱلْمِسْكِينِ. | ٩ 9 |
Open your mouth, declare what is just, and do justice to the indigent and the poor.
اِمْرَأَةٌ فَاضِلَةٌ مَنْ يَجِدُهَا؟ لِأَنَّ ثَمَنَهَا يَفُوقُ ٱللَّآلِئَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Who shall find a strong woman? Far away, and from the furthest parts, is her price.
بِهَا يَثِقُ قَلْبُ زَوْجِهَا فَلَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى غَنِيمَةٍ. | ١١ 11 |
The heart of her husband confides in her, and he will not be deprived of spoils.
تَصْنَعُ لَهُ خَيْرًا لَا شَرًّا كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهَا. | ١٢ 12 |
She will repay him with good, and not evil, all the days of her life.
تَطْلُبُ صُوفًا وَكَتَّانًا وَتَشْتَغِلُ بِيَدَيْنِ رَاضِيَتَيْنِ. | ١٣ 13 |
She has sought wool and flax, and she has worked these by the counsel of her hands.
هِيَ كَسُفُنِ ٱلتَّاجِرِ. تَجْلِبُ طَعَامَهَا مِنْ بَعِيدٍ. | ١٤ 14 |
She has become like a merchant’s ship, bringing her bread from far away.
وَتَقُومُ إِذِ ٱللَّيْلُ بَعْدُ وَتُعْطِي أَكْلًا لِأَهْلِ بَيْتِهَا وَفَرِيضَةً لِفَتَيَاتِهَا. | ١٥ 15 |
And she has risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and provisions to her maids.
تَتَأَمَّلُ حَقْلًا فَتَأْخُذُهُ، وَبِثَمَرِ يَدَيْهَا تَغْرِسُ كَرْمًا. | ١٦ 16 |
She has considered a field and bought it. From the fruit of her own hands, she has planted a vineyard.
تُنَطِّقُ حَقَوَيْهَا بِٱلْقُوَّةِ وَتُشَدِّدُ ذِرَاعَيْهَا. | ١٧ 17 |
She has wrapped her waist with fortitude, and she has strengthened her arm.
تَشْعُرُ أَنَّ تِجَارَتَهَا جَيِّدَةٌ. سِرَاجُهَا لَا يَنْطَفِئُ فِي ٱللَّيْلِ. | ١٨ 18 |
She has tasted and seen that her tasks are good; her lamp shall not be extinguished at night.
تَمُدُّ يَدَيْهَا إِلَى ٱلْمِغْزَلِ، وَتُمْسِكُ كَفَّاهَا بِٱلْفَلْكَةِ. | ١٩ 19 |
She has put her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.
تَبْسُطُ كَفَّيْهَا لِلْفَقِيرِ، وَتَمُدُّ يَدَيْهَا إِلَى ٱلْمِسْكِينِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
She has opened her hand to the needy, and she has extended her hands to the poor.
لَا تَخْشَى عَلَى بَيْتِهَا مِنَ ٱلثَّلْجِ، لِأَنَّ كُلَّ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهَا لَابِسُونَ حُلَلًا. | ٢١ 21 |
She shall not fear, in the cold of snow, for her household. For all those of her household have been clothed two-fold.
تَعْمَلُ لِنَفْسِهَا مُوَشَّيَاتٍ. لِبْسُهَا بُوصٌ وَأُرْجُوانٌ. | ٢٢ 22 |
She has made embroidered clothing for herself. Fine linen and purple is her garment.
زَوْجُهَا مَعْرُوفٌ فِي ٱلْأَبْوَابِ حِينَ يَجْلِسُ بَيْنَ مَشَايخِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Her husband is noble at the gates, when he sits among the senators of the land.
تَصْنَعُ قُمْصَانًا وَتَبِيعُهَا، وَتَعْرِضُ مَنَاطِقَ عَلَى ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّ. | ٢٤ 24 |
She has made finely woven cloth and sold it, and she has delivered a waistband to the Canaanite.
اَلْعِزُّ وَٱلْبَهَاءُ لِبَاسُهَا، وَتَضْحَكُ عَلَى ٱلزَّمَنِ ٱلْآتِي. | ٢٥ 25 |
Strength and elegance are her clothing, and she will laugh in the final days.
تَفْتَحُ فَمَهَا بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ، وَفِي لِسَانِهَا سُنَّةُ ٱلْمَعْرُوفِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
She has opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.
تُرَاقِبُ طُرُقَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهَا، وَلَا تَأْكُلُ خُبْزَ ٱلْكَسَلِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
She has considered the paths of her household, and she has not eaten her bread in idleness.
يَقُومُ أَوْلَادُهَا وَيُطَوِّبُونَهَا. زَوْجُهَا أَيْضًا فَيَمْدَحُهَا: | ٢٨ 28 |
Her sons rose up and predicted great happiness; her husband rose up and praised her.
«بَنَاتٌ كَثِيرَاتٌ عَمِلْنَ فَضْلًا، أَمَّا أَنْتِ فَفُقْتِ عَلَيْهِنَّ جَمِيعًا». | ٢٩ 29 |
Many daughters have gathered together riches; you have surpassed them all.
اَلْحُسْنُ غِشٌّ وَٱلْجَمَالُ بَاطِلٌ، أَمَّا ٱلْمَرْأَةُ ٱلْمُتَّقِيَةُ ٱلرَّبَّ فَهِيَ تُمْدَحُ. | ٣٠ 30 |
Charm is false, and beauty is vain. The woman who fears the Lord, the same shall be praised.
أَعْطُوهَا مِنْ ثَمَرِ يَدَيْهَا، وَلْتَمْدَحْهَا أَعْمَالُهَا فِي ٱلْأَبْوَابِ. | ٣١ 31 |
Give to her from the fruit of her own hands. And let her works praise her at the gates.