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| 1 إِذَا جَلَسْتَ تَأْكُلُ مَعَ مُتَسَلِّطٍ، فَتَأَمَّلْ مَا هُوَ أَمَامَكَ تَأَمُّلاً، | 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: |
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| 2 وَضَعْ سِكِّينًا لِحَنْجَرَتِكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ شَرِهًا. | 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. |
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| 3 لاَ تَشْتَهِ أَطَايِبَهُ لأَنَّهَا خُبْزُ أَكَاذِيبَ. | 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. |
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| 4 لاَ تَتْعَبْ لِكَيْ تَصِيرَ غَنِيًّا. كُفَّ عَنْ فِطْنَتِكَ. | 4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. |
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| 5 هَلْ تُطَيِّرُ عَيْنَيْكَ نَحْوَهُ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ؟ لأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَصْنَعُ لِنَفْسِهِ أَجْنِحَةً. كَالنَّسْرِ يَطِيرُ نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ. | 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. |
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| 6 لاَ تَأْكُلْ خُبْزَ ذِي عَيْنٍ شِرِّيرَةٍ، وَلاَ تَشْتَهِ أَطَايِبَهُ، | 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: |
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| 7 لأَنَّهُ كَمَا شَعَرَ فِي نَفْسِهِ هكَذَا هُوَ. يَقُولُ لَكَ: «كُلْ وَاشْرَبْ» وَقَلْبُهُ لَيْسَ مَعَكَ. | 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. |
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| 8 اللُّقْمَةُ الَّتِي أَكَلْتَهَا تَتَقَيَّأُهَا، وَتَخْسَرُ كَلِمَاتِكَ الْحُلْوَةَ. | 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. |
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| 9 فِي أُذُنَيْ جَاهِل لاَ تَتَكَلَّمْ لأَنَّهُ يَحْتَقِرُ حِكْمَةَ كَلاَمِكَ. | 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. |
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| 10 لاَ تَنْقُلِ التُّخُمَ الْقَدِيمَ، وَلاَ تَدْخُلْ حُقُولَ الأَيْتَامِ، | 10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: |
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| 11 لأَنَّ وَلِيَّهُمْ قَوِيٌّ. هُوَ يُقِيمُ دَعْوَاهُمْ عَلَيْكَ. | 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. |
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| 12 وَجِّهْ قَلْبَكَ إِلَى الأَدَبِ، وَأُذُنَيْكَ إِلَى كَلِمَاتِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ. | 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. |
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| 13 لاَ تَمْنَعِ التَّأْدِيبَ عَنِ الْوَلَدِ، لأَنَّكَ إِنْ ضَرَبْتَهُ بِعَصًا لاَ يَمُوتُ. | 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. |
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| 14 تَضْرِبُهُ أَنْتَ بِعَصًا فَتُنْقِذُ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ الْهَاوِيَةِ. | 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. |
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وصايا الحكمة | |
| 15 يَا ابْنِي، إِنْ كَانَ قَلْبُكَ حَكِيمًا يَفْرَحُ قَلْبِي أَنَا أَيْضًا، | 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. |
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| 16 وَتَبْتَهِجُ كِلْيَتَايَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَتْ شَفَتَاكَ بِالْمُسْتَقِيمَاتِ. | 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. |
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| 17 لاَ يَحْسِدَنَّ قَلْبُكَ الْخَاطِئِينَ، بَلْ كُنْ فِي مَخَافَةِ الرَّبِّ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ. | 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. |
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| 18 لأَنَّهُ لاَ بُدَّ مِنْ ثَوَابٍ، وَرَجَاؤُكَ لاَ يَخِيبُ. | 18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. |
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| 19 اِسْمَعْ أَنْتَ يَا ابْنِي، وَكُنْ حَكِيمًا، وَأَرْشِدْ قَلْبَكَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ. | 19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. |
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| 20 لاَ تَكُنْ بَيْنَ شِرِّيبِي الْخَمْرِ، بَيْنَ الْمُتْلِفِينَ أَجْسَادَهُمْ، | 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: |
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| 21 لأَنَّ السِّكِّيرَ وَالْمُسْرِفَ يَفْتَقِرَانِ، وَالنَّوْمُ يَكْسُو الْخِرَقَ. | 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. |
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| 22 اِسْمَعْ لأَبِيكَ الَّذِي وَلَدَكَ، وَلاَ تَحْتَقِرْ أُمَّكَ إِذَا شَاخَتْ. | 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. |
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| 23 اِقْتَنِ الْحَقَّ وَلاَ تَبِعْهُ، وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَالأَدَبَ وَالْفَهْمَ. | 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
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| 24 أَبُو الصِّدِّيقِ يَبْتَهِجُ ابْتِهَاجًا، وَمَنْ وَلَدَ حَكِيمًا يُسَرُّ بِهِ. | 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. |
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| 25 يَفْرَحُ أَبُوكَ وَأُمُّكَ، وَتَبْتَهِجُ الَّتِي وَلَدَتْكَ. | 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. |
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| 26 يَا ابْنِي أَعْطِنِي قَلْبَكَ، وَلْتُلاَحِظْ عَيْنَاكَ طُرُقِي. | 26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. |
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| 27 لأَنَّ الزَّانِيَةَ هُوَّةٌ عَمِيقَةٌ، وَالأَجْنَبِيَّةُ حُفْرَةٌ ضَيِّقَةٌ. | 27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. |
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| 28 هِيَ أَيْضًا كَلِصٍّ تَكْمُنُ وَتَزِيدُ الْغَادِرِينَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ. | 28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. |
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29 لِمَنِ الْوَيْلُ؟ لِمَنِ الشَّقَاوَةُ؟ لِمَنِ الْمُخَاصَمَاتُ؟ لِمَنِ الْكَرْبُ؟ لِمَنِ الْجُرُوحُ بِلاَ سَبَبٍ؟ لِمَنِ ازْمِهْرَارُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ؟  | 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? |
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| 30 لِلَّذِينَ يُدْمِنُونَ الْخَمْرَ، الَّذِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي طَلَبِ الشَّرَابِ الْمَمْزُوجِ. | 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. |
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| 31 لاَ تَنْظُرْ إِلَى الْخَمْرِ إِذَا احْمَرَّتْ حِينَ تُظْهِرُ حِبَابَهَا فِي الْكَأْسِ وَسَاغَتْ مُرَقْرِقَةً. | 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. |
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| 32 فِي الآخِرِ تَلْسَعُ كَالْحَيَّةِ وَتَلْدَغُ كَالأُفْعُوانِ. | 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. |
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| 33 عَيْنَاكَ تَنْظُرَانِ الأَجْنَبِيَّاتِ، وَقَلْبُكَ يَنْطِقُ بِأُمُورٍ مُلْتَوِيَةٍ. | 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. |
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| 34 وَتَكُونُ كَمُضْطَجعٍ فِي قَلْبِ الْبَحْرِ، أَوْ كَمُضْطَجعٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ سَارِيَةٍ. | 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. |
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| 35 يَقُولُ: «ضَرَبُونِي وَلَمْ أَتَوَجَّعْ! لَقَدْ لَكَأُونِي وَلَمْ أَعْرِفْ! مَتَى أَسْتَيْقِظُ؟ أَعُودُ أَطْلُبُهَا بَعْدُ!». | 35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. |
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