Proverbs 5

1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,

1 يَا ابْنِي أَصْغِ إِلَى حِكْمَتِي، وَأَرْهِفْ أُذُنَكَ إِلَى قَوْلِ فِطْنَتِي.

2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

2 لِكَيْ تَدَّخِرَ الْفِطْنَةَ، وَتَرْعَى شَفَتَاكَ الْعِلْمَ.

3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

3 لأَنَّ شَفَتَيِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْعَاهِرَةِ تَقْطُرَانِ شَهْداً، وَحَدِيثَهَا أَكْثَرُ نُعُومَةً مِنَ الزَّيْتِ،

4 in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

4 لَكِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهَا مُرَّةٌ كَالْعَلْقَمِ، حَادَّةٌ كَسَيْفٍ ذِي حَدَّيْنِ.

5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.

5 تَنْحَدِرُ قَدَمَاهَا إِلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَخَطْوَاتُهَا تَتَشَبَّثُ بِالْهَاوِيَةِ.

6 She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.

6 لَا تَتَأَمَّلُ طَرِيقَ الْحَيَاةِ؛ تَتَرَنَّحُ خَطْوَاتُهَا وَهِيَ لَا تُدْرِكُ ذَلِكَ.

7 So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

7 وَالآنَ أَصْغُوا إِلَيَّ أَيُّهَا الْبَنُونَ، وَلا تَهْجُرُوا كَلِمَاتِ فَمِي.

8 Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

8 أَبْعِدْ طَرِيقَكَ عَنْهَا، وَلا تَقْتَرِبْ مِنْ بَابِ بَيْتِهَا،

9 lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;

9 لِئَلّا تُعْطِيَ كَرَامَتَكَ لِلآخَرِينَ، وَسِنِي عُمْرِكَ لِمَنْ لَا يَرْحَمُ،

10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

10 فَيَسْتَهْلِكَ الْغُرَبَاءُ ثَرْوَتَكَ حَتَّى الشِّبَعِ، وَتَضْحَى غَلَّةُ أَتْعَابِكَ فِي بَيْتِ الأَجْنَبِيِّ.

11 At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

11 فَتَنُوحَ فِي أَوَاخِرِ حَيَاتِكَ، عِنْدَ فَنَاءِ لَحْمِكَ وَجَسَدِكَ، لإِصَابَتِكَ بِأَمْرَاضٍ مُعْدِيَةٍ،

12 and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

12 وَتَقُولَ: «كَيْفَ مَقَتُّ التَّأْدِيبَ، وَاسْتَخَفَّ قَلْبِي بِالتَّوْبِيخِ،

13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

13 فَلَمْ أَصْغِ إِلَى تَوْجِيهِ مُرْشِدِيَّ، وَلا اسْتَمَعْتُ إِلَى مُعَلِّمِيَّ.

14 I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”

14 حَتَّى كِدْتُ أَتْلَفُ فِي وَسَطِ الْجُمْهُورِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ».

15 Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

15 اشْرَبْ مَاءً مِنْ جُبِّكَ، وَمِيَاهاً جَارِيَةً مِنْ بِئْرِكَ.

16 Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

16 أَيَنْبَغِي عَلَى يَنَابِيعِكَ أَنْ تَفِيضَ إِلَى الْخَارِجِ كَأَنْهَارِ مِيَاهٍ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ؟

17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.

17 لِيَكُنْ أَوْلادُكَ لَكَ وَحْدَكَ، لَا نَصِيبَ لِلْغُرَبَاءِ مَعَكَ فِيهِمْ.

18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

18 لِيَكُنْ يَنْبُوعُ عِفَّتِكَ مُبَارَكاً، وَاغْتَبِطْ بِامْرَأَةِ شَبَابِكَ،

19 A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

19 فَتَكُونَ كَالظَّبْيَةِ الْمَحْبُوبَةِ وَالْوَعْلَةِ الْبَهِيَّةِ، فَتَرْتَوِيَ مِنْ فَيْضِ فِتْنَتِهَا، وَتَظَلَّ دَائِماً أَسِيرَ حُبِّهَا.

20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

20 لِمَاذَا تُوْلَعُ يَا ابْنِي بِالْمَرْأَةِ الْعَاهِرَةِ أَوْ تَحْتَضِنُ الْغَرِيبَةَ؟

21 For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.

21 فَإِنَّ تَصَرُّفَاتِ الإِنْسَانِ مَكْشُوفَةٌ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَهُوَ يُبْصِرُ جَمِيعَ طُرُقِهِ.

22 The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

22 آثَامُ الْمُنَافِقِ تَتَصَيَّدُهُ، وَيَعْلَقُ بِحِبَالِ خَطِيئَتِهِ.

23 He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

23 يَمُوتُ افْتِقَاراً إِلَى التَّأْدِيبِ، وَبِحُمْقِهِ يَتَشَرَّدُ.