< الأمثال 5 >
يَاابْنِي أَصْغِ إِلَى حِكْمَتِي، وَأَرْهِفْ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى قَوْلِ فِطْنَتِي. | ١ 1 |
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:
لِكَيْ تَدَّخِرَ الْفِطْنَةَ، وَتَرْعَى شَفَتَاكَ الْعِلْمَ. | ٢ 2 |
that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
لأَنَّ شَفَتَيِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْعَاهِرَةِ تَقْطُرَانِ شَهْداً، وَحَدِيثَهَا أَكْثَرُ نُعُومَةً مِنَ الزَّيْتِ، | ٣ 3 |
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
لَكِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهَا مُرَّةٌ كَالْعَلْقَمِ، حَادَّةٌ كَسَيْفٍ ذِي حَدَّيْنِ. | ٤ 4 |
But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
تَنْحَدِرُ قَدَمَاهَا إِلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَخَطْوَاتُهَا تَتَشَبَّثُ بِالْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol ) | ٥ 5 |
Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol ·Place of the dead·. (Sheol )
لاَ تَتَأَمَّلُ طَرِيقَ الْحَيَاةِ؛ تَتَرَنَّحُ خَطْوَاتُهَا وَهِيَ لاَ تُدْرِكُ ذَلِكَ. | ٦ 6 |
She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she does not know it.
وَالآنَ أَصْغُوا إِلَيَّ أَيُّهَا الْبَنُونَ، وَلاَ تَهْجُرُوا كَلِمَاتِ فَمِي. | ٧ 7 |
Now therefore, my sons, sh'ma ·hear obey· me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.
أَبْعِدْ طَرِيقَكَ عَنْهَا، وَلاَ تَقْتَرِبْ مِنْ بَابِ بَيْتِهَا، | ٨ 8 |
Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,
لِئَلاَّ تُعْطِيَ كَرَامَتَكَ لِلآخَرِينَ، وَسِنِي عُمْرَكَ لِمَنْ لاَ يَرْحَمُ، | ٩ 9 |
lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
فَيَسْتَهْلِكَ الْغُرَبَاءُ ثَرْوَتَكَ حَتَّى الشِّبَعِ، وَتَضْحَى غَلَّةُ أَتْعَابِكَ فِي بَيْتِ الأَجْنَبِيِّ. | ١٠ 10 |
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.
فَتَنُوحَ فِي أَوَاخِرِ حَيَاتِكَ، عِنْدَ فَنَاءِ لَحْمِكَ وَجَسَدِكَ، لإِصَابَتِكَ بِأَمْرَاضٍ مُعْدِيَةٍ، | ١١ 11 |
You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
وَتَقُولَ: «كَيْفَ مَقَتُّ التَّأْدِيبَ، وَاسْتَخَفَّ قَلْبِي بِالتَّوْبِيخِ، | ١٢ 12 |
and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
فَلَمْ أُصْغِ إِلَى تَوْجِيهِ مُرْشِدِيَّ، وَلاَ اسْتَمَعْتُ إِلَى مُعَلِّمِيَّ. | ١٣ 13 |
neither have I sh'ma ·heard obeyed· the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
حَتَّى كِدْتُ أَتْلَفُ فِي وَسَطِ الْجُمْهُورِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ». | ١٤ 14 |
I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”
اشْرَبْ مَاءً مِنْ جُبِّكَ، وَمِيَاهاً جَارِيَةً مِنْ بِئْرِكَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.
أَيَنْبَغِي عَلَى يَنَابِيعِكَ أَنْ تَفِيضَ إِلَى الْخَارِجِ كَأَنْهَارِ مِيَاهٍ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ؟ | ١٦ 16 |
Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
لِيَكُنْ أَوْلاَدُكَ لَكَ وَحْدَكَ، لاَ نَصِيبَ لِلْغُرَبَاءِ مَعَكَ فِيهِمْ. | ١٧ 17 |
Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.
لِيَكُنْ يَنْبُوعُ عِفَّتِكَ مُبَارَكاً، وَاغْتَبِطْ بِامْرَأَةِ شَبَابِكَ، | ١٨ 18 |
Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
فَتَكُونَ كَالظَّبْيَةِ الْمَحْبُوبَةِ وَالْوَعْلَةِ الْبَهِيَّةِ، فَتَرْتَوِيَ مِنْ فَيْضِ فِتْنَتِهَا، وَتَظَلَّ دَائِماً أَسِيرَ حُبِّهَا. | ١٩ 19 |
An ahab ·affectionately loving· doe and a chen ·graceful· deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
لِمَاذَا تُوْلَعُ يَاابْنِي بِالْمَرْأَةِ الْعَاهِرَةِ أَوْ تَحْتَضِنُ الْغَرِيبَةَ؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
فَإِنَّ تَصَرُّفَاتِ الإِنْسَانِ مَكْشُوفَةٌ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَهُوَ يُبْصِرُ جَمِيعَ طُرُقِهِ. | ٢١ 21 |
For the ways of man are before Adonai’s eyes. He examines all his paths.
آثَامُ الْمُنَافِقِ تَتَصَيَّدُهُ، وَيَعْلَقُ بِحِبَالِ خَطِيئَتِهِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
يَمُوتُ افْتِقَاراً إِلَى التَّأْدِيبِ، وَبِحُمْقِهِ يَتَشَرَّدُ. | ٢٣ 23 |
He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.