PROVERBS 2	امثال 2
1 My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you,	1 يَا ابْنِي إِنْ قَبِلْتَ كَلاَمِي وَخَبَّأْتَ وَصَايَايَ عِنْدَكَ
2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;	2 حَتَّى تُمِيلَ أُذْنَكَ إِلَى الْحِكْمَةِ وَتُعَطِّفَ قَلْبَكَ عَلَى الْفَهْمِ -
3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,	3 إِنْ دَعَوْتَ الْمَعْرِفَةَ وَرَفَعْتَ صَوْتَكَ إِلَى الْفَهْمِ
4 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;	4 إِنْ طَلَبْتَهَا كَالْفِضَّةِ وَبَحَثْتَ عَنْهَا كَالْكُنُوزِ
5 Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And find the knowledge of God.	5 فَحِينَئِذٍ تَفْهَمُ مَخَافَةَ الرَّبِّ وَتَجِدُ مَعْرِفَةَ اللَّهِ.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;	6 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُعْطِي حِكْمَةً. مِنْ فَمِهِ الْمَعْرِفَةُ وَالْفَهْمُ.
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;	7 يَذْخَرُ مَعُونَةً لِلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ. هُوَ مِجَنٌّ لِلسَّالِكِينَ بِالْكَمَالِ
8 He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints.	8 لِنَصْرِ مَسَالِكِ الْحَقِّ وَحِفْظِ طَرِيقِ أَتْقِيَائِهِ.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.	9 حِينَئِذٍ تَفْهَمُ الْعَدْلَ وَالْحَقَّ وَالاِسْتِقَامَةَ: كُلَّ سَبِيلٍ صَالِحٍ.
10 When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,	10 إِذَا دَخَلَتِ الْحِكْمَةُ قَلْبَكَ وَلَذَّتِ الْمَعْرِفَةُ لِنَفْسِكَ
11 Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you,	11 فَالْعَقْلُ يَحْفَظُكَ وَالْفَهْمُ يَنْصُرُكَ
12 To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things,	12 لإِنْقَاذِكَ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الشِّرِّيرِ وَمِنَ الإِنْسَانِ الْمُتَكَلِّمِ بِالأَكَاذِيبِ
13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;	13 التَّارِكِينَ سُبُلَ الاِسْتِقَامَةِ لِلسُّلُوكِ فِي مَسَالِكِ الظُّلْمَةِ
14 Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perversity of the wicked;	14 الْفَرِحِينَ بِفَعْلِ السُّوءِ الْمُبْتَهِجِينَ بِأَكَاذِيبِ الشَّرِّ
15 Whose ways are crooked, And who are devious in their paths;	15 الَّذِينَ طُرُقُهُمْ مُعَوَّجَةٌ وَهُمْ مُلْتَوُونَ فِي سُبُلِهِمْ.
16 To deliver you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words,	16 لإِنْقَاذِكَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ الأَجْنَبِيَّةِ مِنَ الْغَرِيبَةِ الْمُتَمَلِّقَةِ بِكَلاَمِهَا
17 Who forsakes the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God.	17 التَّارِكَةِ أَلِيفَ صِبَاهَا وَالنَّاسِيَةِ عَهْدَ إِلَهِهَا.
18 For her house leads down to death, And her paths to the dead;	18 لأَنَّ بَيْتَهَا يَسُوخُ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ وَسُبُلُهَا إِلَى الأَخِيلَةِ.
19 None who go to her return, Nor do they regain the paths of life--	19 كُلُّ مَنْ دَخَلَ إِلَيْهَا لاَ يَرْجِعُ وَلاَ يَبْلُغُونَ سُبُلَ الْحَيَاةِ.
20 So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness.	20 حَتَّى تَسْلُكَ فِي طَرِيقِ الصَّالِحِينَ وَتَحْفَظَ سُبُلَ الصِّدِّيقِينَ.
21 For the upright will dwell in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;	21 لأَنَّ الْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ يَسْكُنُونَ الأَرْضَ وَالْكَامِلِينَ يَبْقُونَ فِيهَا.
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.	22 أَمَّا الأَشْرَارُ فَيَنْقَرِضُونَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَالْغَادِرُونَ يُسْتَأْصَلُونَ مِنْهَا.