< أَمْثَالٌ 4 >
اِسْمَعُوا أَيُّهَا ٱلْبَنُونَ تَأْدِيبَ ٱلْأَبِ، وَٱصْغُوا لِأَجْلِ مَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْفَهْمِ، | ١ 1 |
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, And attend, that ye may learn understanding!
لِأَنِّي أُعْطِيكُمْ تَعْلِيمًا صَالِحًا، فَلَا تَتْرُكُوا شَرِيعَتِي. | ٢ 2 |
For I give you good instruction; Forsake ye not my commandments.
فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ ٱبْنًا لِأَبِي، غَضًّا وَوَحِيدًا عِنْدَ أُمِّي، | ٣ 3 |
For I was my father's son, A tender and only child in the sight of my mother.
وَكَانَ يُرِينِي وَيَقُولُ لِي: «لِيَضْبِطْ قَلْبُكَ كَلَامِي. ٱحْفَظْ وَصَايَايَ فَتَحْيَا. | ٤ 4 |
He taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments, and live.
اِقْتَنِ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ. ٱقْتَنِ ٱلْفَهْمَ. لَا تَنْسَ وَلَا تُعْرِضْ عَنْ كَلِمَاتِ فَمِي. | ٥ 5 |
Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, and depart not from, the words of my mouth.
لَا تَتْرُكْهَا فَتَحْفَظَكَ. أَحْبِبْهَا فَتَصُونَكَ. | ٦ 6 |
Forsake her not, and she will guard thee: Love her, and she will preserve thee.
ٱلْحِكْمَةُ هِيَ ٱلرَّأْسُ. فَٱقْتَنِ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ، وَبِكُلِّ مُقْتَنَاكَ ٱقْتَنِ ٱلْفَهْمَ. | ٧ 7 |
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore gain wisdom, And with all thy gain, gain understanding.
ٱرْفَعْهَا فَتُعَلِّيَكَ. تُمَجِّدُكَ إِذَا ٱعْتَنَقْتَهَا. | ٨ 8 |
Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her;
تُعْطِي رَأْسَكَ إِكْلِيلَ نِعْمَةٍ. تَاجَ جَمَالٍ تَمْنَحُكَ». | ٩ 9 |
She will give to thy head a graceful wreath, A beautiful crown will she bestow upon thee.
اِسْمَعْ يَا ٱبْنِي وَٱقْبَلْ أَقْوَالِي، فَتَكْثُرَ سِنُو حَيَاتِكَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Hear, O my son! and receive my sayings! So shall the years of thy life be many.
أَرَيْتُكَ طَرِيقَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ. هَدَيْتُكَ سُبُلَ ٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ. | ١١ 11 |
I have taught thee the way of wisdom, I have guided thee in the right path.
إِذَا سِرْتَ فَلَا تَضِيقُ خَطَوَاتُكَ، وَإِذَا سَعَيْتَ فَلَا تَعْثُرُ. | ١٢ 12 |
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be confined; And, when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
تَمَسَّكْ بِٱلْأَدَبِ، لَا تَرْخِهِ. ٱحْفَظْهُ فَإِنَّهُ هُوَ حَيَاتُكَ. | ١٣ 13 |
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go; Keep her, for she is thy life.
لَا تَدْخُلْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ، وَلَا تَسِرْ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْأَثَمَةِ. | ١٤ 14 |
Enter not into the path of the wicked, And go not in the way of evil men;
تَنَكَّبْ عَنْهُ. لَا تَمُرَّ بِهِ. حِدْ عَنْهُ وَٱعْبُرْ، | ١٥ 15 |
Avoid it, pass not upon it, Turn from it, and go away.
لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَنَامُونَ إِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا سُوءًا، وَيُنْزَعُ نَوْمُهُمْ إِنْ لَمْ يُسْقِطُوا أَحَدًا. | ١٦ 16 |
For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; Yea, their sleep is taken away, unless they have caused some to fall.
لِأَنَّهُمْ يَطْعَمُونَ خُبْزَ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَيَشْرَبُونَ خَمْرَ ٱلظُّلْمِ. | ١٧ 17 |
For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
أَمَّا سَبِيلُ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ فَكَنُورٍ مُشْرِقٍ، يَتَزَايَدُ وَيُنِيرُ إِلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ ٱلْكَامِلِ. | ١٨ 18 |
But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, Which groweth brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.
أَمَّا طَرِيقُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ فَكَالظَّلَامِ. لَا يَعْلَمُونَ مَا يَعْثُرُونَ بِهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
The way of the wicked is as thick darkness; They know not at what they stumble.
يَا ٱبْنِي، أَصْغِ إِلَى كَلَامِي. أَمِلْ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى أَقْوَالِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear to my sayings;
لَا تَبْرَحْ عَنْ عَيْنَيْكَ. اِحْفَظْهَا فِي وَسَطِ قَلْبِكَ. | ٢١ 21 |
Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart!
لِأَنَّهَا هِيَ حَيَاةٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَجِدُونَهَا، وَدَوَاءٌ لِكُلِّ ٱلْجَسَدِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.
فَوْقَ كُلِّ تَحَفُّظٍ ٱحْفَظْ قَلْبَكَ، لِأَنَّ مِنْهُ مَخَارِجَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
More than any thing which thou watchest, watch thy heart; For from it goeth forth life.
ٱنْزِعْ عَنْكَ ٱلْتِوَاءَ ٱلْفَمِ، وَأَبْعِدْ عَنْكَ ٱنْحِرَافَ ٱلشَّفَتَيْنِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Put away from thee a deceitful mouth, And remove far from thee perverse lips.
لِتَنْظُرْ عَيْنَاكَ إِلَى قُدَّامِكَ، وَأَجْفَانُكَ إِلَى أَمَامِكَ مُسْتَقِيمًا. | ٢٥ 25 |
Let thine eyes look straight forward, And thine eyelids be directed before thee.
مَهِّدْ سَبِيلَ رِجْلِكَ، فَتَثْبُتَ كُلُّ طُرُقِكَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Give heed to the path of thy foot, And let all thy ways be steadfast.
لَا تَمِلْ يَمْنَةً وَلَا يَسْرَةً. بَاعِدْ رِجْلَكَ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Turn not to the right hand or to the left; Remove thy foot from evil.