PROVERBS 1	امثال 1
1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:	1 أَمْثَالُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ:
2 To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding,	2 لِمَعْرِفَةِ حِكْمَةٍ وَأَدَبٍ لإِدْرَاكِ أَقْوَالِ الْفَهْمِ.
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity;	3 لِقُبُولِ تَأْدِيبِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ وَالْعَدْلِ وَالْحَقِّ وَالاِسْتِقَامَةِ.
4 To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion--	4 لِتُعْطِيَ الْجُهَّالَ ذَكَاءً وَالشَّابَّ مَعْرِفَةً وَتَدَبُّراً.
5 A wise man will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,	5 يَسْمَعُهَا الْحَكِيمُ فَيَزْدَادُ عِلْماً وَالْفَهِيمُ يَكْتَسِبُ تَدْبِيراً.
6 To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles.	6 لِفَهْمِ الْمَثَلِ وَاللُّغْزِ أَقْوَالِ الْحُكَمَاءِ وَغَوَامِضِهِمْ.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.	7 مَخَافَةُ الرَّبِّ رَأْسُ الْمَعْرِفَةِ. أَمَّا الْجَاهِلُونَ فَيَحْتَقِرُونَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَالأَدَبَ.
8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;	8 اِسْمَعْ يَا ابْنِي تَأْدِيبَ أَبِيكَ وَلاَ تَرْفُضْ شَرِيعَةَ أُمِّكَ
9 For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.	9 لأَنَّهُمَا إِكْلِيلُ نِعْمَةٍ لِرَأْسِكَ وَقَلاَئِدُ لِعُنُقِك.
10 My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.	10 يَا ابْنِي إِنْ تَمَلَّقَكَ الْخُطَاةُ فَلاَ تَرْضَ.
11 If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;	11 إِنْ قَالُوا: «هَلُمَّ مَعَنَا لِنَكْمُنْ لِلدَّمِ. لِنَخْتَفِ لِلْبَرِيءِ بَاطِلاً.
12 Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;	12 لِنَبْتَلِعْهُمْ أَحْيَاءً كَالْهَاوِيَةِ وَصِحَاحاً كَالْهَابِطِينَ فِي الْجُبِّ
13 We shall find all kinds of precious possessions, We shall fill our houses with spoil;	13 فَنَجِدَ كُلَّ قِنْيَةٍ فَاخِرَةٍ نَمْلَأَ بُيُوتَنَا غَنِيمَةً.
14 Cast in your lot among us, Let us all have one purse"--	14 تُلْقِي قُرْعَتَكَ وَسَطَنَا. يَكُونُ لَنَا جَمِيعاً كِيسٌ وَاحِدٌ».
15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path;	15 يَا ابْنِي لاَ تَسْلُكْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ مَعَهُمْ. امْنَعْ رِجْلَكَ عَنْ مَسَالِكِهِمْ.
16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.	16 لأَنَّ أَرْجُلَهُمْ تَجْرِي إِلَى الشَّرِّ وَتُسْرِعُ إِلَى سَفْكِ الدَّمِ.
17 Surely, in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird;	17 لأَنَّهُ بَاطِلاً تُنْصَبُ الشَّبَكَةُ فِي عَيْنَيْ كُلِّ ذِي جَنَاحٍ.
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood, They lurk secretly for their own lives.	18 أَمَّا هُمْ فَيَكْمُنُونَ لِدَمِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ. يَخْتَفُونَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ.
19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.	19 هَكَذَا طُرُقُ كُلِّ مُولَعٍ بِكَسْبٍ. يَأْخُذُ نَفْسَ مُقْتَنِيهِ!
20 Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares.	20 اَلْحِكْمَةُ تُنَادِي فِي الْخَارِجِ. فِي الشَّوَارِعِ تُعْطِي صَوْتَهَا.
21 She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words:	21 تَدْعُو فِي رُؤُوسِ الأَسْوَاقِ فِي مَدَاخِلِ الأَبْوَابِ. فِي الْمَدِينَةِ تُبْدِي كَلاَمَهَا
22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.	22 قَائِلَةً: «إِلَى مَتَى أَيُّهَا الْجُهَّالُ تُحِبُّونَ الْجَهْلَ وَالْمُسْتَهْزِئُونَ يُسَرُّونَ بِالاِسْتِهْزَاءِ وَالْحَمْقَى يُبْغِضُونَ الْعِلْمَ؟
23 Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.	23 اِرْجِعُوا عِنْدَ تَوْبِيخِي. هَئَنَذَا أُفِيضُ لَكُمْ رُوحِي. أُعَلِّمُكُمْ كَلِمَاتِي.
24 Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,	24 «لأَنِّي دَعَوْتُ فَأَبَيْتُمْ وَمَدَدْتُ يَدِي وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُبَالِي
25 Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke,	25 بَلْ رَفَضْتُمْ كُلَّ مَشُورَتِي وَلَمْ تَرْضُوا تَوْبِيخِي.
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes,	26 فَأَنَا أَيْضاً أَضْحَكُ عِنْدَ بَلِيَّتِكُمْ. أَشْمَتُ عِنْدَ مَجِيءِ خَوْفِكُمْ.
27 When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.	27 إِذَا جَاءَ خَوْفُكُمْ كَعَاصِفَةٍ وَأَتَتْ بَلِيَّتُكُمْ كَالزَّوْبَعَةِ إِذَا جَاءَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ شِدَّةٌ وَضِيقٌ
28 "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.	28 حِينَئِذٍ يَدْعُونَنِي فَلاَ أَسْتَجِيبُ. يُبَكِّرُونَ إِلَيَّ فَلاَ يَجِدُونَنِي.
29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord,	29 لأَنَّهُمْ أَبْغَضُوا الْعِلْمَ وَلَمْ يَخْتَارُوا مَخَافَةَ الرَّبِّ.
30 They would have none of my counsel And despised my every rebuke.	30 لَمْ يَرْضُوا مَشُورَتِي. رَذَلُوا كُلَّ تَوْبِيخِي.
31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies.	31 فَلِذَلِكَ يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ ثَمَرِ طَرِيقِهِمْ وَيَشْبَعُونَ مِنْ مُؤَامَرَاتِهِمْ.
32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;	32 لأَنَّ ارْتِدَادَ الْحَمْقَى يَقْتُلُهُمْ وَرَاحَةَ الْجُهَّالِ تُبِيدُهُمْ.
33 But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil."	33 أَمَّا الْمُسْتَمِعُ لِي فَيَسْكُنُ آمِناً وَيَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ خَوْفِ الشَّرِّ».