Proverbs 20

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise.	1 الخمر مستهزئة. المسكر عجاج ومن يترنح بهما فليس بحكيم.
2 Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul.	2 رعب الملك كزمجرة الاسد. الذي يغيظه يخطئ الى نفسه.
3 Honor is for the man who separates himself from contentions. But all the foolish meddle in altercations.	3 مجد الرجل ان يبتعد عن الخصام وكل احمق ينازع.
4 Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him.	4 الكسلان لا يحرث بسبب الشتاء فيستعطي في الحصاد ولا يعطى.
5 Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep waters. But a wise man will draw it out.	5 المشورة في قلب الرجل مياه عميقة وذو الفطنة يستقيها.
6 Many men are called merciful. But who will find a faithful man?	6 اكثر الناس ينادون كل واحد بصلاحه اما الرجل الامين فمن يجده.
7 The just who walks in his simplicity shall leave behind him blessed sons.	7 الصدّيق يسلك بكماله. طوبى لبنيه بعده.
8 The king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters all evil with his gaze.	8 الملك الجالس على كرسي القضاء يذري بعينه كل شر.
9 Who is able to say: “My heart is clean. I am pure from sin?”	9 من يقول اني زكيت قلبي تطهرت من خطيتي
10 Diverse weights, diverse measures: both are abominable with God.	10 معيار فمعيار مكيال فمكيال كلاهما مكرهة عند الرب.
11 A child may be understood by his interests: whether his works may be clean and upright.	11 الولد ايضا يعرف بافعاله هل عمله نقي ومستقيم.
12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye: the Lord has made them both.	12 الاذن السامعة والعين الباصرة الرب صنعهما كلتيهما.
13 Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.	13 لا تحب النوم لئلا تفتقر. افتح عينيك تشبع خبزا.
14 “It is bad, it is bad,” says every buyer; and when he has withdrawn, then he will boast.	14 رديء رديء يقول المشتري واذا ذهب فحينئذ يفتخر.
15 There is gold, and there are a multitude of jewels. But lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.	15 يوجد ذهب وكثرة لآلئ. اما شفاه المعرفة فمتاع ثمين.
16 Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders.	16 خذ ثوبه لانه ضمن غريبا ولاجل الاجانب ارتهن منه.
17 The bread of lies is sweet to a man. But afterwards, his mouth will be filled with pebbles.	17 خبز الكذب لذيذ للانسان ومن بعد يمتلئ فمه حصى.
18 Plans are strengthened by counsels. And wars are to be handled by governments.	18 المقاصد تثبت بالمشورة وبالتدابير اعمل حربا.
19 Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips.	19 الساعي بالوشاية يفشي السر. فلا تخالط المفتّح شفتيه.
20 Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.	20 من سبّ اباه او امه ينطفئ سراجه في حدقة الظلام
21 When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing.	21 ربّ ملك معجل في اوله. اما آخرته فلا تبارك.
22 Do not say, “I will repay evil.” Wait for the Lord, and he will free you.	22 لا تقل اني اجازي شرا. انتظر الرب فيخلّصك.
23 Diverse weights are an abomination with the Lord. A deceitful balance is not good.	23 معيار فمعيار مكرهة الرب. وموازين الغش غير صالحة.
24 The steps of men are directed by the Lord. But who is the man able to understand his own way?	24 من الرب خطوات الرجل. اما الانسان فكيف يفهم طريقه.
25 It is ruin for a man to devour what is holy, or, after making vows, to retract them.	25 هو شرك للانسان ان يلغو قائلا مقدس وبعد النذر ان يسأل.
26 A wise king scatters the impious and bends an archway over them.	26 الملك الحكيم يشتت الاشرار ويرد عليهم النورج.
27 The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self.	27 نفس الانسان سراج الرب. يفتش كل مخادع البطن.
28 Mercy and truth guard the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.	28 الرحمة والحق يحفظان الملك وكرسيه يسند بالرحمة.
29 The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs.	29 فخر الشبان قوتهم وبهاء الشيوخ الشيب.
30 The bruise of a wound, as well as scourges, shall wipe away evils in the more secret places of the inner self.	30 حبر جرح منقية للشرير وضربات بالغة مخادع البطن