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| 1 كَلاَمُ أَجُورَ ابْنِ مُتَّقِيَةِ مَسَّا. وَحْيُ هذَا الرَّجُلِ إِلَى إِيثِيئِيلَ، إِلَى إِيثِيئِيلَ وَأُكَّالَ: | 1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, |
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| 2 إِنِّي أَبْلَدُ مِن كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ، وَلَيْسَ لِي فَهْمُ إِنْسَانٍ، | 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. |
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| 3 وَلَمْ أَتَعَلَّمِ الْحِكْمَةَ، وَلَمْ أَعْرِفْ مَعْرِفَةَ الْقُدُّوسِ. | 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. |
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| 4 مَنْ صَعِدَ إِلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَنَزَلَ؟ مَنْ جَمَعَ الرِّيحَ في حَفْنَتَيْهِ؟ مَنْ صَرَّ الْمِيَاهَ في ثَوْبٍ؟ مَنْ ثَبَّتَ جَمِيعَ أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ؟ مَا اسْمُهُ؟ وَمَا اسْمُ ابْنِهِ إِنْ عَرَفْتَ؟ | 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? |
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| 5 كُلُّ كَلِمَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ نَقِيَّةٌ. تُرْسٌ هُوَ لِلْمُحْتَمِينَ بِهِ. | 5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. |
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| 6 لاَ تَزِدْ عَلَى كَلِمَاتِهِ لِئَلاَّ يُوَبِّخَكَ فَتُكَذَّبَ. | 6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. |
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| 7 اِثْنَتَيْنِ سَأَلْتُ مِنْكَ، فَلاَ تَمْنَعْهُمَا عَنِّي قَبْلَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ: | 7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: |
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| 8 أَبْعِدْ عَنِّي الْبَاطِلَ وَالْكَذِبَ. لاَ تُعْطِنِي فَقْرًا وَلاَ غِنًى. أَطْعِمْنِي خُبْزَ فَرِيضَتِي، | 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: |
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| 9 لِئَلاَّ أَشْبَعَ وَأَكْفُرَ وَأَقُولَ: «مَنْ هُوَ الرَّبُّ؟» أَوْ لِئَلاَّ أَفْتَقِرَ وَأَسْرِقَ وَأَتَّخِذَ اسْمَ إِلهِي بَاطِلاً. | 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. |
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| 10 لاَ تَشْكُ عَبْدًا إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ لِئَلاَّ يَلْعَنَكَ فَتَأْثَمَ. | 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. |
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| 11 جِيلٌ يَلْعَنُ أَبَاهُ وَلاَ يُبَارِكُ أُمَّهُ. | 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. |
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| 12 جِيلٌ طَاهِرٌ فِي عَيْنَيْ نَفْسِهِ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يَغْتَسِلْ مِنْ قَذَرِهِ. | 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. |
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| 13 جِيلٌ مَا أَرْفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَحَوَاجِبُهُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ. | 13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. |
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| 14 جِيلٌ أَسْنَانُهُ سُيُوفٌ، وَأَضْرَاسُهُ سَكَاكِينُ، لأَكْلِ الْمَسَاكِينِ عَنِ الأَرْضِ وَالْفُقَرَاءِ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ. | 14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. |
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15 لِلْعَلُوقَةِ بِنْتَانِ: «هَاتِ، هَاتِ!». ثَلاَثَةٌ لاَ تَشْبَعُ، أَرْبَعَةٌ لاَ تَقُولُ: «كَفَا»:  | 15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: |
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| 16 الْهَاوِيَةُ، وَالرَّحِمُ الْعَقِيمُ، وَأَرْضٌ لاَ تَشْبَعُ مَاءً، وَالنَّارُ لاَ تَقُولُ: «كَفَا». | 16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. |
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| 17 اَلْعَيْنُ الْمُسْتَهْزِئَةُ بِأَبِيهَا، وَالْمُحْتَقِرَةُ إِطَاعَةَ أُمِّهَا، تُقَوِّرُهَا غُرْبَانُ الْوَادِي، وَتَأْكُلُهَا فِرَاخُ النَّسْرِ. | 17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. |
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| 18 ثَلاَثَةٌ عَجِيبَةٌ فَوْقِي، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ لاَ أَعْرِفُهَا: | 18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: |
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| 19 طَرِيقَ نَسْرٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَطَرِيقَ حَيَّةٍ عَلَى صَخْرٍ، وَطَرِيقَ سَفِينَةٍ فِي قَلْبِ الْبَحْرِ، وَطَرِيقَ رَجُل بِفَتَاةٍ. | 19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. |
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| 20 كَذلِكَ طَرِيقُ الْمَرْأَةِ الزَّانِيَةِ. أَكَلَتْ وَمَسَحَتْ فَمَهَا وَقَالَتْ: «مَا عَمِلْتُ إِثْمًا!». | 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. |
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| 21 تَحْتَ ثَلاَثَةٍ تَضْطَرِبُ الأَرْضُ، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ احْتِمَالَهَا: | 21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: |
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| 22 تَحْتَ عَبْدٍ إِذَا مَلَكَ، وَأَحْمَقَ إِذَا شَبعَ خُبْزًا، | 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; |
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| 23 تَحْتَ شَنِيعَةٍ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَتْ، وَأَمَةٍ إِذَا وَرَثَتْ سَيِّدَتَهَا. | 23 For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. |
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| 24 أَرْبَعَةٌ هِيَ الأَصْغَرُ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَلكِنَّهَا حَكِيمَةٌ جِدًّا: | 24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: |
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| 25 النَّمْلُ طَائِفَةٌ غَيْرُ قَوِيَّةٍ، وَلكِنَّهُ يُعِدُّ طَعَامَهُ فِي الصَّيْفِ. | 25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; |
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| 26 الْوِبَارُ طَائِفَةٌ ضَعِيفَةٌ، وَلكِنَّهَا تَضَعُ بُيُوتَهَا فِي الصَّخْرِ. | 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; |
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| 27 الْجَرَادُ لَيْسَ لَهُ مَلِكٌ، وَلكِنَّهُ يَخْرُجُ كُلُّهُ فِرَقًا فِرَقًا. | 27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; |
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| 28 الْعَنْكَبُوتُ تُمْسِكُ بِيَدَيْهَا، وَهِيَ فِي قُصُورِ الْمُلُوكِ. | 28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. |
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| 29 ثَلاَثَةٌ هِيَ حَسَنَةُ التَّخَطِّي، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ مَشْيُهَا مُسْتَحْسَنٌ: | 29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: |
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| 30 اَلأَسَدُ جَبَّارُ الْوُحُوشِ، وَلاَ يَرْجعُ مِنْ قُدَّامِ أَحَدٍ، | 30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; |
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| 31 ضَامِرُ الشَّاكِلَةِ، وَالتَّيْسُ، وَالْمَلِكُ الَّذِي لاَ يُقَاوَمُ. | 31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up. |
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| 32 إِنْ حَمِقْتَ بِالتَّرَفُّعِ وَإِنْ تَآمَرْتَ، فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى فَمِكَ، | 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. |
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| 33 لأَنَّ عَصْرَ اللَّبَنِ يُخْرِجُ جُبْنًا، وَعَصْرَ الأَنْفِ يُخْرِجُ دَمًا، وَعَصْرَ الْغَضَبِ يُخْرِجُ خِصَامًا. | 33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. |
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