PROVERBS 23	امثال 23
1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you;	1 إِذَا جَلَسْتَ تَأْكُلُ مَعَ مُتَسَلِّطٍ فَتَأَمَّلْ مَا هُوَ أَمَامَكَ تَأَمُّلاً
2 And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to appetite.	2 وَضَعْ سِكِّيناً لِحَنْجَرَتِكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ شَرِهاً!
3 Do not desire his delicacies, For they are deceptive food.	3 لاَ تَشْتَهِ أَطَايِبَهُ لأَنَّهَا خُبْزُ أَكَاذِيبَ.
4 Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease!	4 لاَ تَتْعَبْ لِكَيْ تَصِيرَ غَنِيّاً. كُفَّ عَنْ فِطْنَتِكَ.
5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.	5 هَلْ تُطَيِّرُ عَيْنَيْكَ نَحْوَهُ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ؟ لأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَصْنَعُ لِنَفْسِهِ أَجْنِحَةً. كَالنَّسْرِ يَطِيرُ نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ.
6 Do not eat the bread of a miser, Nor desire his delicacies;	6 لاَ تَأْكُلْ خُبْزَ ذِي عَيْنٍ شِرِّيرَةٍ وَلاَ تَشْتَهِ أَطَايِبَهُ.
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, But his heart is not with you.	7 لأَنَّهُ كَمَا شَعَرَ فِي نَفْسِهِ هَكَذَا هُوَ. يَقُولُ لَكَ: «كُلْ وَاشْرَبْ» وَقَلْبُهُ لَيْسَ مَعَكَ.
8 The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up, And waste your pleasant words.	8 اللُّقْمَةُ الَّتِي أَكَلْتَهَا تَتَقَيَّأُهَا وَتَخْسَرُ كَلِمَاتِكَ الْحُلْوَةَ.
9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.	9 فِي أُذُنَيْ جَاهِلٍ لاَ تَتَكَلَّمْ لأَنَّهُ يَحْتَقِرُ حِكْمَةَ كَلاَمِكَ.
10 Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;	10 لاَ تَنْقُلِ التُّخْمَ الْقَدِيمَ وَلاَ تَدْخُلْ حُقُولَ الأَيْتَامِ
11 For their Redeemer is mighty; He will plead their cause against you.	11 لأَنَّ وَلِيَّهُمْ قَوِيٌّ. هُوَ يُقِيمُ دَعْوَاهُمْ عَلَيْكَ.
12 Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge.	12 وَجِّهْ قَلْبَكَ إِلَى الأَدَبِ وَأُذُنَيْكَ إِلَى كَلِمَاتِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ.
13 Do not withhold correction from a child, For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.	13 لاَ تَمْنَعِ التَّأْدِيبَ عَنِ الْوَلَدِ لأَنَّكَ إِنْ ضَرَبْتَهُ بِعَصاً لاَ يَمُوتُ.
14 You shall beat him with a rod, And deliver his soul from hell.	14 تَضْرِبُهُ أَنْتَ بِعَصاً فَتُنْقِذُ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ الْهَاوِيَةِ.
15 My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice--indeed, I myself;	15 يَا ابْنِي إِنْ كَانَ قَلْبُكَ حَكِيماً يَفْرَحُ قَلْبِي أَنَا أَيْضاً
16 Yes, my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak right things.	16 وَتَبْتَهِجُ كِلْيَتَايَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَتْ شَفَتَاكَ بِالْمُسْتَقِيمَاتِ.
17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day;	17 لاَ يَحْسِدَنَّ قَلْبُكَ الْخَاطِئِينَ بَلْ كُنْ فِي مَخَافَةِ الرَّبِّ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ.
18 For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off.	18 لأَنَّهُ لاَ بُدَّ مِنْ ثَوَابٍ وَرَجَاؤُكَ لاَ يَخِيبُ.
19 Hear, my son, and be wise; And guide your heart in the way.	19 اِسْمَعْ أَنْتَ يَا ابْنِي وَكُنْ حَكِيماً وَأَرْشِدْ قَلْبَكَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ.
20 Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;	20 لاَ تَكُنْ بَيْنَ شِرِّيبِي الْخَمْرِ بَيْنَ الْمُتْلِفِينَ أَجْسَادَهُمْ
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.	21 لأَنَّ السِّكِّيرَ وَالْمُسْرِفَ يَفْتَقِرَانِ وَالنَّوْمُ يَكْسُو الْخِرَقَ.
22 Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.	22 اِسْمَعْ لأَبِيكَ الَّذِي وَلَدَكَ وَلاَ تَحْتَقِرْ أُمَّكَ إِذَا شَاخَتْ.
23 Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.	23 اِقْتَنِ الْحَقَّ وَلاَ تَبِعْهُ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَالأَدَبَ وَالْفَهْمَ.
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.	24 أَبُو الصِّدِّيقِ يَبْتَهِجُ ابْتِهَاجاً وَمَنْ وَلَدَ حَكِيماً يُسَرُّ بِهِ.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who bore you rejoice.	25 يَفْرَحُ أَبُوكَ وَأُمُّكَ وَتَبْتَهِجُ الَّتِي وَلَدَتْكَ.
26 My son, give me your heart, And let your eyes observe my ways.	26 يَا ابْنِي أَعْطِنِي قَلْبَكَ وَلْتُلاَحِظْ عَيْنَاكَ طُرُقِي.
27 For a harlot is a deep pit, And a seductress is a narrow well.	27 لأَنَّ الزَّانِيَةَ هُوَّةٌ عَمِيقَةٌ وَالأَجْنَبِيَّةَ حُفْرَةٌ ضَيِّقَةٌ.
28 She also lies in wait as for a victim, And increases the unfaithful among men.	28 هِيَ أَيْضاً كَلِصٍّ تَكْمُنُ وَتَزِيدُ الْغَادِرِينَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ.
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?	29 لِمَنِ الْوَيْلُ؟ لِمَنِ الشَّقَاوَةُ؟ لِمَنِ الْمُخَاصَمَاتُ؟ لِمَنِ الْكَرْبُ لِمَنِ الْجُرُوحُ بِلاَ سَبَبٍ؟ لِمَنِ ازْمِهْرَارُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ؟
30 Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine.	30 لِلَّذِينَ يُدْمِنُونَ الْخَمْرَ الَّذِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي طَلَبِ الشَّرَابِ الْمَمْزُوجِ.
31 Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls around smoothly;	31 لاَ تَنْظُرْ إِلَى الْخَمْرِ إِذَا احْمَرَّتْ حِينَ تُظْهِرُ حِبَابَهَا فِي الْكَأْسِ وَسَاغَتْ مُرَقْرِقَةً.
32 At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper.	32 فِي الآخِرِ تَلْسَعُ كَالْحَيَّةِ وَتَلْدَغُ كَالأُفْعُوانِ.
33 Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things.	33 عَيْنَاكَ تَنْظُرَانِ الأَجْنَبِيَّاتِ وَقَلْبُكَ يَنْطِقُ بِأُمُورٍ مُلْتَوِيَةٍ.
34 Yes, you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, saying:	34 وَتَكُونُ كَمُضْطَجِعٍ فِي قَلْبِ الْبَحْرِ أَوْ كَمُضْطَجِعٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ سَارِيَةٍ.
35 "They have struck me, but I was not hurt; They have beaten me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake, that I may seek another drink?"	35 يَقُولُ: «ضَرَبُونِي وَلَمْ أَتَوَجَّعْ. لَقَدْ لَكَأُونِي وَلَمْ أَعْرِفْ. مَتَى أَسْتَيْقِظُ أَعُودُ أَطْلُبُهَا بَعْدُ!»