Proverbs 4
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
| اسْتَمِعُوا أَيُّهَا الْبَنُونَ إِلَى إِرْشَادِ الأَبِ، وَأَصْغُوا لِتَكْتَسِبُوا الْفِطْنَةَ، | ١ |
2 for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
| فَإِنِّي أُقَدِّمُ لَكُمْ تَعْلِيماً صَالِحاً، فَلا تُهْمِلُوا شَرِيعَتِي. | ٢ |
3 For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
| عِنْدَمَا كُنْتُ ابْناً لأَبِي، غَضّاً وَحِيداً لأُمِّي، | ٣ |
4 And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
| قَالَ لِي: «ادَّخِرْ فِي قَلْبِكَ كَلامِي، وَاحْفَظْ وَصَايَايَ فَتَحْيَا. | ٤ |
5 Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
| لَا تَنْسَ وَلا تُعْرِضْ عَنْ أَقْوَالِ فَمِي، بَلْ تَلَقَّنِ الْحِكْمَةَ وَاقْتَنِ الْفِطْنَةَ. | ٥ |
6 Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
| لَا تَنْبِذْهَا فَتَحْفَظَكَ. أَحْبِبْهَا فَتَصُونَكَ. | ٦ |
7 The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.
| بِدَايَةُ الْحِكْمَةِ أَنْ تَكْسَبَ حِكْمَةً، وَاقْتَنِ الْفِطْنَةَ وَلَوْ بَذَلْتَ كُلَّ مَا تَمْلِكُ. | ٧ |
8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.
| مَجِّدْهَا فَتُمَجِّدَكَ، اعْتَنِقْهَا فَتُكْرِمَكَ. | ٨ |
9 She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.
| تُتَوِّجُ رَأْسَكَ بِإِكْلِيلِ جَمَالٍ، وَتُنْعِمُ عَلَيْكَ بِتَاجِ بَهَاءٍ». | ٩ |
10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
| اسْتَمِعْ يَا ابْنِي وَتَقَبَّلْ أَقْوَالِي، لِتَطُولَ سِنُو حَيَاتِكَ. | ١٠ |
11 I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.
| قَدْ أَرْشَدْتُكَ إِلَى طَرِيقِ الْحِكْمَةِ، وَهَدَيْتُكَ فِي مَنَاهِجِ الاسْتِقَامَةِ. | ١١ |
12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
| عِنْدَمَا تَمْشِي لَا تَضِيقُ خَطْوَاتُكَ، وَحِينَ تَرْكُضُ لَا تَتَعَثَّرُ. | ١٢ |
13 Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
| تَمَسَّكْ بِالإِرْشَادِ وَلا تَطْرَحْهُ. صُنْهُ لأَنَّهُ حَيَاتُكَ. | ١٣ |
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:
| لَا تَدْخُلْ فِي سَبِيلِ الأَشْرَارِ وَلا تَنْهَجْ نَهْجَهُمْ. | ١٤ |
15 avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
| ابْتَعِدْ عَنْهُ وَلا تَعْبُرْ بِهِ. حِدْ عَنْهُ وَلا تَجْتَزْ فِيهِ. | ١٥ |
16 For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.
| فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْكَنُونَ إِلَى النَّوْمِ مَا لَمْ يُسِيئُوا، وَيُفَارِقُهُمُ النُّعَاسُ مَا لَمْ يُعْثِرُوا أَحَداً. | ١٦ |
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
| لأَنَّهُمْ يَأْكُلُونَ خُبْزَ الشَّرِّ وَيَشْرَبُونَ خَمْرَ الظُّلْمِ. | ١٧ |
18 But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
| أَمَّا سَبِيلُ الأَبْرَارِ فَكَنُورٍ مُتَلألِئٌ يَتَزَايَدُ إِشْرَاقُهُ إِلَى أَنْ يَكْتَمِلَ النَّهَارُ، | ١٨ |
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
| وَطَرِيقُ الأَشْرَارِ كَالظُّلْمَةِ الدَّاجِيَةِ لَا يُدْرِكُونَ مَا يَعْثُرُونَ بِهِ. | ١٩ |
20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
| يَا ابْنِي أَصْغِ إِلَى كَلِمَاتِ حِكْمَتِي، وَأَرْهِفْ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى أَقْوَالِي. | ٢٠ |
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
| لِتَظَلَّ مَاثِلَةً أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْكَ وَاحْتَفِظْ بِها فِي دَاخِلِ قَلْبِكَ، | ٢١ |
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
| لأَنَّهَا حَيَاةٌ لِمَنْ يَعْثُرُ عَلَيْهَا، وَعَافِيَةٌ لِكُلِّ جَسَدِهِ. | ٢٢ |
23 Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
| فَوْقَ كُلِّ حِرْصٍ احْفَظْ قَلْبَكَ لأَنَّ مِنْهُ تَنْبَثِقُ الْحَيَاةُ. | ٢٣ |
24 Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.
| انْزِعْ مِنْ فَمِكَ كُلَّ قَوْلٍ مُلْتَوٍ، وَأَبْعِدْ عَنْ شَفَتَيْكَ خَبِيثَ الْكَلامِ. | ٢٤ |
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
| حَدِّقْ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ أَمَامَكَ، وَوَجِّهْ أَنْظَارَكَ إِلَى قُدَّامِكَ. | ٢٥ |
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.
| تَبَيَّنْ مَوْقِعَ قَدَمِكَ، فَتَضْحَى جَمِيعُ طُرُقِكَ ثَابِتَةً. | ٢٦ |
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
| لَا تَحِدْ يَمِيناً أَوْ يَسَاراً، وَأَبْعِدْ رِجْلَكَ عَنْ مَسَالِكِ الشَّرِّ. | ٢٧ |
