الأمثال 24 | الكتاب المقدس

الكتاب المقدس

القول العشرون

1 لَا تَحْسِدْ أَهْلَ الشَّرِّ، وَلا تَشْتَهِ مُعَاشَرَتَهُمْ، 2 لأَنَّ قُلُوبَهُمْ تَتَآمَرُ عَلَى ارْتِكَابِ الظُّلْمِ، وَأَلْسِنَتَهُمْ تَنْطِقُ بِالإِسَاءَةِ.

القول الحادي والعشرون

3 بِالْحِكْمَةِ يُبْنَى الْبَيْتُ، وَبِالْفَهْمِ يَرْسَخُ. 4 بِالْمَعْرِفَةِ تَكْتَظُّ الْحُجْرَاتُ بِكُلِّ نَفِيسٍ، وَكُنُوزٍ نَادِرَةٍ.

القول الثاني والعشرون

5 الرَّجُلُ الْحَكِيمُ يَتَمَتَّعُ بِالْعِزَّةِ، وَذُو الْمَعْرِفَةِ يَزْدَادُ قُوَّةً، 6 لأَنَّكَ بِحُسْنِ التَّدْبِيرِ تَخُوضُ حَرْبَكَ، وَبِكَثْرَةِ الْمُشِيرِينَ يَكُونُ الْخَلاصُ. 7 الْحِكْمَةُ أَسْمَى مِنْ أَنْ يُدْرِكَهَا الْجَاهِلُ، وَفِي سَاحَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَا يَفْتَحُ فَاهُ!

القول الثالث والعشرون القول الرابع والعشرون

8 الْمُتَفَكِّرُ فِي ارْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ يُدْعَى مُتَآمِراً. 9 نَوَايَا الْجَاهِلِ خَطِيئَةٌ، وَالْمُسْتَهْزِئُ رِجْسٌ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ.

القول الخامس والعشرون

10 إِنْ عَيِيتَ فِي يَوْمِ الضِّيقِ تَكُونُ وَاهِنَ الْقُوَى. 11 أَنْقِذِ الْمَسُوقِينَ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ وَرُدَّ الْمُتَعَثِّرِينَ الذَّاهِبِينَ إِلَى الذَّبْحِ. 12 إِنْ قُلْتَ: إِنَّنَا لَمْ نَعْرِفْ هَذَا، أَفَلا يَفْهَمُ هَذَا وَازِنُ الْقُلُوبِ؟ أَلا يُدْرِكُهُ رَاعِي النُّفُوسِ، فَيُجَازِيَ الإِنْسَانَ بِمُقْتَضَى عَمَلِهِ؟

القول السادس والعشرون

13 يَا ابْنِي، كُلْ عَسَلاً لأَنَّهُ طَيِّبٌ، وَكَذَلِكَ الشَّهْدَ لأَنَّهُ حُلْوٌ لِمَذَاقِكَ. 14 لِذَلِكَ الْتَمِسِ الْحِكْمَةَ لِنَفْسِكَ، فَإِذَا وَجَدْتَهَا تَحْظَى بِالثَّوَابِ وَلا يَخِيبُ رَجَاؤُكَ.

القول السابع والعشرون

15 لَا تَكْمُنْ كَمَا يَكْمُنُ الشِّرِّيرُ لِمَسْكَنِ الصِّدِّيقِ وَلا تُدَمِّرْ مَنْزِلَهُ، 16 لأَنَّ الصِّدِّيقَ يَسْقُطُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ يَنْهَضُ، أَمَّا الأَشْرَارُ فَيَتَعَثَّرُونَ بِالشَّرِّ.

القول الثامن والعشرون

17 لَا تَشْمَتْ لِسُقُوطِ عَدُوِّكَ، وَلا يَبْتَهِجْ قَلْبُكَ إِذَا عَثَرَ، 18 لِئَلّا يَشْهَدَ الرَّبُّ، فَيَسُوءَ الأَمْرُ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَيَصْرِفَ غَضَبَهُ عَنْهُ.

القول التاسع والعشرون

19 لَا يَتَآكَلْ قَلْبُكَ غَيْظاً مِنْ فَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ، وَلا تَحْسِدِ الأَشْرَارَ، 20 إِذْ لَا ثَوَابَ لِلشِّرِّيرِ، وَسِرَاجُهُ يَنْطَفِئُ.

القول الثلاثون

21 يَا ابْنِي اتَّقِ الرَّبَّ وَالْمَلِكَ، وَلا تُعَاشِرِ الْمُتَقَلِّبِينَ، 22 لأَنَّ هَذَيْنِ الاثْنَيْنِ يُنْزِلانِ الْبَلِيَّةَ بَغْتَةً عَلَيْهِمْ. وَمَنْ يَدْرِي أَيَّةَ كَوَارِثَ تَصْدُرُ عَنْهُمَا؟

أقوال حكمة أخرى

23 وَهَذِهِ أَيْضاً أَقْوَالُ الْحُكَمَاءِ: التَّحَيُّزُ فِي الْحُكْمِ مُشِينٌ، 24 وَمَنْ يَقُولُ لِلشِّرِّيرِ: أَنْتَ بَرِيءٌ، تَلْعَنُهُ الشُّعُوبُ وَتَمْقُتُهُ الأُمَمُ. 25 أَمَّا الَّذِينَ يُوَبِّخُونَهُ فَلَهُمُ الْغِبْطَةُ وَتَحُلُّ عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَكَةُ الْخَيْرِ. 26 مَنْ يُجِيبُ بِقَوْلٍ صَائِبٍ يَحْظَى بِالْكَرَامَةِ. 27 أَنْجِزْ عَمَلَكَ فِي الْخَارِجِ وَهَيِّئْ حَقْلَكَ لِنَفْسِكَ، ثُمَّ ابْنِ بَيْتَكَ. 28 لَا تَشْهَدْ ضِدَّ قَرِيبِكَ مِنْ غَيْرِ دَاعٍ، فَلِمَاذَا تَنْطِقُ شَفَتَاكَ زُوراً؟ 29 لَا تَقُلْ: سَأُعَامِلُهُ بِمِثْلِ مَا عَامَلَنِي، وَأُجَازِيهِ عَلَى مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ فِي حَقِّي. 30 اجْتَزْتُ فِي حَقْلِ الْكَسُولِ وَبِكَرْمِ الرَّجُلِ الْفَاقِدِ الْبَصِيرَةِ، 31 وَإذَا بِالشَّوْكِ قَدْ كَسَاهُ، وَالْعَوْسَجِ قَدْ غَطَّى كُلَّ أَرْضِهِ، وَجِدَارِ حِجَارَتِهِ قَدِ انْهَارَ، 32 فَاعْتَبَرَ قَلْبِي بِمَا شَاهَدْتُ، وَتَلَقَّنْتُ دَرْساً مِمَّا رَأَيْتُ. 33 أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّ قَلِيلاً مِنَ النُّعَاسِ بَعْدَ قَلِيلٍ مِنَ النَّوْمِ، وَطَيَّ الْيَدَيْنِ لِلْهُجُوعِ، 34 تَجْعَلُ الْفَقْرَ يُقْبِلُ عَلَيْكَ كَقَاطِعِ طَرِيقٍ وَالْعَوَزَ كَغَازٍ مُسَلَّحٍ!

New International Version

Saying 20

1 Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company; 2 for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble.

Saying 21

3 By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; 4 through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.

Saying 22

5 The wise prevail through great power, and those who have knowledge muster their strength. 6 Surely you need guidance to wage war, and victory is won through many advisors. 7 Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.

Saying 23 Saying 24

8 Whoever plots evil will be known as a schemer. 9 The schemes of folly are sin, and people detest a mocker.

Saying 25

10 If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength! 11 Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering towards slaughter. 12 If you say, ‘But we knew nothing about this,’ does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?

Saying 26

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste. 14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: if you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

Saying 27

15 Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling-place; 16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.

Saying 28

17 Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice, 18 or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from them.

Saying 29

19 Do not fret because of evildoers or be envious of the wicked, 20 for the evildoer has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

Saying 30

21 Fear the Lord and the king, my son, and do not join with rebellious officials, 22 for those two will send sudden destruction on them, and who knows what calamities they can bring? 23 These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good: 24 whoever says to the guilty, ‘You are innocent,’ will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations. 25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them. 26 An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips. 27 Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house. 28 Do not testify against your neighbour without cause – would you use your lips to mislead? 29 Do not say, ‘I’ll do to them as they have done to me; I’ll pay them back for what they did.’ 30 I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense; 31 thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins. 32 I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw: 33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest – 34 and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.