1 اَلْخَمْرُ مُسْتَهْزِئَةٌ. الْمُسْكِرُ عَجَّاجٌ، وَمَنْ يَتَرَنَّحُ بِهِمَا فَلَيْسَ بِحَكِيمٍ.  | 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. |
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| 2 رُعْبُ الْمَلِكِ كَزَمْجَرَةِ الأَسَدِ. الَّذِي يُغِيظُهُ يُخْطِئُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ. | 2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. |
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| 3 مَجْدُ الرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَبْتَعِدَ عَنِ الْخِصَامِ، وَكُلُّ أَحْمَقَ يُنَازِعُ. | 3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. |
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| 4 اَلْكَسْلاَنُ لاَ يَحْرُثُ بِسَبَبِ الشِّتَاءِ، فَيَسْتَعْطِي فِي الْحَصَادِ وَلاَ يُعْطَى. | 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. |
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| 5 اَلْمَشُورَةُ فِي قَلْبِ الرَّجُلِ مِيَاهٌ عَمِيقَةٌ، وَذُو الْفِطْنَةِ يَسْتَقِيهَا. | 5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. |
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| 6 أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ يُنَادُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بِصَلاَحِهِ، أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ الأَمِينُ فَمَنْ يَجِدُهُ؟ | 6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? |
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| 7 اَلصِّدِّيقُ يَسْلُكُ بِكَمَالِهِ. طُوبَى لِبَنِيهِ بَعْدَهُ. | 7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. |
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| 8 اَلْمَلِكُ الْجَالِسُ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ الْقَضَاءِ يُذَرِّي بِعَيْنِهِ كُلَّ شَرّ. | 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. |
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| 9 مَنْ يَقُولُ: «إِنِّي زَكَّيْتُ قَلْبِي، تَطَهَّرْتُ مِنْ خَطِيَّتِي»؟ | 9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? |
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| 10 مِعْيَارٌ فَمِعْيَارٌ، مِكْيَالٌ فَمِكْيَالٌ، كِلاَهُمَا مَكْرَهَةٌ عِنْدَ الرَّبِّ. | 10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. |
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| 11 اَلْوَلَدُ أَيْضًا يُعْرَفُ بِأَفْعَالِهِ، هَلْ عَمَلُهُ نَقِيٌّ وَمُسْتَقِيمٌ؟ | 11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. |
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| 12 اَلأُذُنُ السَّامِعَةُ وَالْعَيْنُ الْبَاصِرَةُ، الرَّبُّ صَنَعَهُمَا كِلْتَيْهِمَا. | 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. |
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| 13 لاَ تُحِبَّ النَّوْمَ لِئَلاَّ تَفْتَقِرَ. افْتَحْ عَيْنَيْكَ تَشْبَعْ خُبْزًا. | 13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. |
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| 14 «رَدِيءٌ، رَدِيءٌ!» يَقُولُ الْمُشْتَرِي، وَإِذَا ذَهَبَ فَحِينَئِذٍ يَفْتَخِرُ! | 14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. |
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| 15 يُوجَدُ ذَهَبٌ وَكَثْرَةُ لآلِئَ، أَمَّا شِفَاهُ الْمَعْرِفَةِ فَمَتَاعٌ ثَمِينٌ. | 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. |
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| 16 خُذْ ثَوْبَهُ لأَنَّهُ ضَمِنَ غَرِيبًا، وَلأَجْلِ الأَجَانِبِ ارْتَهِنْ مِنْهُ. | 16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
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| 17 خُبْزُ الْكَذِبِ لَذِيذٌ لِلإِنْسَانِ، وَمِنْ بَعْدُ يَمْتَلِئُ فَمُهُ حَصًى. | 17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
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| 18 اَلْمَقَاصِدُ تُثَبَّتُ بِالْمَشُورَةِ، وَبِالتَّدَابِيرِ اعْمَلْ حَرْبًا. | 18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. |
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| 19 اَلسَّاعِي بِالْوِشَايَةِ يُفْشِي السِّرَّ، فَلاَ تُخَالِطِ الْمُفَتِّحَ شَفَتَيْهِ. | 19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. |
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| 20 مَنْ سَبَّ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ يَنْطَفِئُ سِرَاجُهُ فِي حَدَقَةِ الظَّلاَمِ. | 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. |
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| 21 رُبَّ مُلْكٍ مُعَجِّل فِي أَوَّلِهِ، أَمَّا آخِرَتُهُ فَلاَ تُبَارَكُ. | 21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. |
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| 22 لاَ تَقُلْ: «إِنِّي أُجَازِي شَرًّا». انْتَظِرِ الرَّبَّ فَيُخَلِّصَكَ. | 22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. |
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| 23 مِعْيَارٌ فَمِعْيَارٌ مَكْرَهَةُ الرَّبِّ، وَمَوَازِينُ الْغِشِّ غَيْرُ صَالِحَةٍ. | 23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. |
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| 24 مِنَ الرَّبِّ خَطَوَاتُ الرَّجُلِ، أَمَّا الإِنْسَانُ فَكَيْفَ يَفْهَمُ طَرِيقَهُ؟ | 24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? |
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| 25 هُوَ شَرَكٌ لِلإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يَلْغُوَ قَائِلاً: «مُقَدَّسٌ»، وَبَعْدَ النَّذْرِ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ! | 25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. |
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| 26 اَلْمَلِكُ الْحَكِيمُ يُشَتِّتُ الأَشْرَارَ، وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمِ النَّوْرَجَ. | 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. |
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| 27 نَفْسُ الإِنْسَانِ سِرَاجُ الرَّبِّ، يُفَتِّشُ كُلَّ مَخَادِعِ الْبَطْنِ. | 27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. |
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| 28 الرَّحْمَةُ وَالْحَقُّ يَحْفَظَانِ الْمَلِكَ، وَكُرْسِيُّهُ يُسْنَدُ بِالرَّحْمَةِ. | 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. |
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| 29 فَخْرُ الشُّبَّانِ قُوَّتُهُمْ، وَبَهَاءُ الشُّيُوخِ الشَّيْبُ. | 29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head. |
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| 30 حُبُرُ جُرْحٍ مُنَقِّيَةٌ لِلشِّرِّيرِ، وَضَرَبَاتٌ بَالِغَةٌ مَخَادِعَ الْبَطْنِ. | 30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. |
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