Proverbi (امثال) 20

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14 رديء رديء يقول المشتري واذا ذهب فحينئذ يفتخر.	14 “It is bad, it is bad,” says every buyer; and when he has withdrawn, then he will boast.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