Proverbs 22
1 A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.
| الصِّيتُ مُفَضَّلٌ عَلَى الْغِنَى الطَّائِلِ، وَنِعْمَةُ الْمَعْرُوفِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ. | ١ |
2 The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.
| الْغَنِيُّ وَالْفَقِيرُ مُتَمَاثِلانِ إِذْ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ صَانِعُهُمَا. | ٢ |
3 A prudent [man] seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
| يَرَى العَاقِلُ الشَّرَّ فَيَتَوَارَى، أَمَّا الْجَاهِلُ فَيُقْبِلُ إِلَيْهِ وَيُعَاقَبُ. | ٣ |
4 The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.
| ثَوَابُ التَّوَاضُعِ وَتَقْوَى الرَّبِّ هُوَ الْغِنَى وَالْكَرَامَةُ وَالْحَيَاةُ. | ٤ |
5 Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.
| فِي طَرِيقِ الْمُلْتَوِي شَوْكٌ وَأَشْرَاكٌ، وَمَنْ يَصُونُ نَفْسَهُ يَتَفَادَاهَا. | ٥ |
6 Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
| دَرِّبِ الْوَلَدَ بِمُقْتَضَى مَوَاهِبِهِ وَطَبِيعَتِهِ، فَمَتَى شَاخَ لَا يَمِيلُ عَنْهَا. | ٦ |
7 The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.
| الْغَنِيُّ يَسُودُ عَلَى الْفَقِيرِ، وَالْمُقْتَرِضُ مُسْتَعْبَدٌ لِلْمُقْرِضِ. | ٧ |
8 He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
| مَنْ زَرَعَ ظُلْماً يَحْصُدُ بَلِيَّةً، وَيَفْقِدُ مَالَهُ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ. | ٨ |
9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
| الْكَرِيمُ يَتَمَتَّعُ بِالْبَرَكَةِ لأَنَّهُ يَقْتَسِمُ خُبْزَهُ مَعَ الْفَقِيرِ. | ٩ |
10 Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.
| اطْرُدِ الْمُسْتَهْزِئَ، فَيَخْرُجَ الْخِصَامُ، وَيَتَوَقَّفَ الشِّجَارُ وَالإِسَاءَةُ. | ١٠ |
11 He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.
| مَنْ يُحِبُّ طَهَارَةَ الْقَلْبِ، وَيَتَحَلَّى بِجَمَالِ الْحَدِيثِ، يَضْحَى الْمَلِكُ صَدِيقاً لَهُ. | ١١ |
12 The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.
| عَيْنَا الرَّبِّ تَرْعَيَانِ الْمَعْرِفَةَ، وَهُوَ يُخَرِّبُ كَلامَ الْغَادِرِينَ. | ١٢ |
13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
| قَالَ الْكَسُولُ: فِي الْخَارِجِ أَسَدٌ يَفْتَرِسُنِي إِنْ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى الشَّوَارِعِ. | ١٣ |
14 The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.
| فَمُ الْعَاهِرَةِ حُفْرَةٌ عَمِيقَةٌ فَمَنْ سَخَطَ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِ يَهْوِي فِيهَا. | ١٤ |
15 Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
| الْحَمَاقَةُ مُتَأَصِّلَةٌ فِي قَلْبِ الْوَلَدِ، وَعَصَا التَّأْدِيبِ تَطْرُدُهَا مِنْهُ. | ١٥ |
16 He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, [bringeth] only to want.
| مَنْ يَظْلِمُ الْفَقِيرَ لِيَثْرَى ظُلْماً، وَمَنْ يُهْدِي الْغَنِيَّ (عَلَى حِسَابِ الْفَقِيرِ) يَنْتَهِي بِهِ الأَمْرُ إِلَى الْعَوَزِ. | ١٦ |
17 Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
| أَرْهِفْ أُذُنَكَ وَاسْتَمِعْ لِكَلامِ الْحُكَمَاءِ، وَلْيَعْزِمْ قَلْبُكَ عَلَى إِدْرَاكِ مَعْرِفَتِي، | ١٧ |
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
| فَتَطِيبَ إِنْ حَفِظْتَهَا فِي قَرَارَةِ نَفْسِكَ، وَثَبَّتَّهَا دَائِماً عَلَى شَفَتَيْكَ. | ١٨ |
19 That thy confidence may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.
| إِيَّاهَا قَدْ لَقَّنْتُكَ أَنْتَ الْيَوْمَ لِيَكُونَ اتِّكَالُكَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ. | ١٩ |
20 Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,
| أَلَمْ أَكْتُبْ لَكَ ثَلاثِينَ قَوْلاً مِنْ مَأْثُورِ الْمَشُورَةِ وَالْحِكَمِ؟ | ٢٠ |
21 that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
| لأُعَلِّمَكَ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الْيَقِينِ لِتَرُدَّ جَوَابَ صِدْقٍ لِلَّذِينَ أَرْسَلُوكَ. | ٢١ |
22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
| لَا تَسْلُبِ الْفَقِيرَ لأَنَّهُ فَقِيرٌ، وَلا تَسْحَقِ الْبَائِسَ الْمَاثِلَ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ، | ٢٢ |
23 for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.
| لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُدَافِعُ عَنْ دَعْوَاهُمْ، وَيُهْلِكُ نَاهِبِيهِمْ. | ٢٣ |
24 Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;
| لَا تُصَادِقْ رَجُلاً غَضُوباً، وَلا تُرَافِقْ رَجُلاً سَاخِطاً، | ٢٤ |
25 lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul.
| لِئَلّا تَأْلَفَ تَصَرُّفَاتِهِ، وَتُوْقِعَ نَفْسَكَ فِي الشَّرَكِ. | ٢٥ |
26 Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:
| لَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَضْمَنُونَ غَيْرَهُمْ بِصَفْقِ الْكَفِّ، وَلا مِنْ كَافِلِي الدُّيُونِ، | ٢٦ |
27 if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
| إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَكَ مَا يَفِي الدَّيْنَ، فَلِمَاذَا يُصَادِرُونَ فِرَاشَكَ الَّذِي تَنَامُ عَلَيْهِ؟ | ٢٧ |
28 Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.
| لَا تَنْقُلْ مَعَالِمَ التُّخْمِ الْقَدِيمِ الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ آبَاؤُكَ. | ٢٨ |
29 Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.
| أَرَأَيْتَ الإِنْسَانَ الْمُجِدَّ فِي عَمَلِهِ؟ إِنَّهُ يَمْثُلُ أَمَامَ الْمُلُوكِ لَا أَمَامَ الرَّعَاعِ! | ٢٩ |
