1هَذِهِ أَقْوَالُ أَجُورَ ابْنِ مُتَّقِيَةَ مِنْ قَوْمِ مَسَّا، إِلَى إِيثِيئِيلَ وَأُكَّالَ:2إِنَّنِي أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ بَلادَةً، وَلَيْسَ لِي فَهْمُ إِنْسَانٍ.3لَمْ أَتَلَقَّنِ الْحِكْمَةَ، وَلا أَمْلِكُ مَعْرِفَةَ الْقُدُّوسِ.4مَنِ ارْتَقَى إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ هَبَطَ مِنْهَا؟ وَمَنْ جَمَعَ الرِّيحَ فِي حَفْنَتَيْهِ؟ مَنْ صَرَّ الْمِيَاهَ فِي ثَوْبٍ؟ مَنْ أَرْسَى جَمِيعَ أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ؟ مَا اسْمُهُ وَمَا اسْمُ ابْنِهِ؟ أَخْبِرْنِي إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ.5كُلُّ كَلِمَةٍ مِنْ كَلِمَاتِ اللهِ صَادِقَةٌ، وَهُوَ تُرْسٌ لِمَنْ يَحْتَمِي بِهِ.6لَا تُضِفْ عَلَى كَلامِهِ لِئَلّا يُوَبِّخَكَ فَتُصْبِحَ كَاذِباً.7أَمْرَيْنِ أَطْلُبُ مِنْكَ، فَلا تَحْرِمْنِي مِنْهُمَا قَبْلَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ:8أَبْعِدْ عَنِّي الْبَاطِلَ وَكَلامَ الزُّورِ، وَلا تَجْعَلِ الْفَقْرَ أَوِ الْغِنَى مِنْ نَصِيبِي. لَكِنْ أَعْطِنِي كَفَافِي مِنَ الطَّعَامِ،9لِئَلّا أَشْبَعَ فَأَجْحَدَكَ قَائِلاً: مَنْ هُوَ الرَّبُّ؟ أَوْ أَفْتَقِرَ فَأَسْرِقَ وَأُلَطِّخَ اسْمَ إِلَهِي بِالْعَارِ.10لَا تَشْكُ عَبْداً إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ، لِئَلّا يَلْعَنَكَ وَتَكُونَ قَدْ أَثِمْتَ فِي حَقِّهِ.11رُبَّ جِيلٍ يَشْتِمُ أَبَاهُ وَلا يُبَارِكُ أُمَّهُ.12رُبَّ جِيلٍ نَقِيٍّ فِي عَيْنَيْ نَفْسِهِ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يَتَطَهَّرْ بَعْدُ مِنْ رَجَاسَتِهِ.13رُبَّ جِيلٍ: لَشَدَّ مَا هُوَ مُتَشَامِخُ الْعُيُونِ وَمُتَعَالِي النَّظَرَاتِ.14رُبَّ جِيلٍ أَسْنَانُهُ مُرْهَفَةٌ كَالسُّيُوفِ، وَأَنْيَابُهُ حَادَّةٌ كَالسَّكَاكِينِ، لِيَفْتَرِسَ الْمَسَاكِينَ فِي الأَرْضِ وَالْبَائِسِينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَبْنَاءِ الْبَشَرِ.15لِلْعَلَقَةِ بِنْتَانِ هَاتِفَتَانِ: هَاتِ، هَاتِ. ثَلاثَةُ أَشْيَاءَ لَا تَشْبَعُ قَطُّ، وَالرَّابِعَةُ لَا تَقُولُ كَفَى:16الْهَاوِيَةُ، وَالرَّحِمُ الْعَقِيمُ، وَأَرْضٌ لَا تَرْتَوِي مِنَ الْمَاءِ، وَالنَّارُ الَّتِي لَا تَقُولُ أَبَداً كَفَى.17الْعَيْنُ السَّاخِرَةُ بِالأَبِ، وَالَّتِي تَحْتَقِرُ طَاعَةَ أُمِّهَا، تَقْتَلِعُهَا غِرْبَانُ الْوَادِي، وَتَلْتَهِمُهَا فِرَاخُ النُّسُورِ.18ثَلاثَةُ أَشْيَاءَ أَعْجَبُ مِنْ أَنْ أَسْتَوْعِبَهَا، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ لَا أَعْرِفُهَا:19سَبِيلُ النَّسْرِ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَدَرْبُ الْحَيَّةِ عَلَى الصَّخْرِ، وَطَرِيقُ السَّفِينَةِ فِي غِمَارِ الْبَحْرِ، وَطَرِيقُ رَجُلٍ مَعَ عَذْرَاءَ.20هَذَا هُوَ أُسْلُوبُ الْمَرْأَةِ الْعَاهِرَةِ: إِنَّهَا تَأْثَمُ وَتَسْتَخِفُّ وَتَقُولُ: لَمْ أَرْتَكِبْ شَرّاً!21تَحْتَ عِبْءِ ثَلاثَةٍ تَقْشَعِرُّ الأَرْضُ، وَتَحْتَ أَرْبَعَةٍ تَنُوءُ.22تَحْتَ عَبْدٍ إِذَا صَارَ مَلِكاً، وَأَحْمَقَ إِذَا شَبِعَ،23وَامْرَأَةٍ كَرِيهَةٍ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَتْ، وَأَمَةٍ إِذَا وَرِثَتْ مَوْلاتَهَا.24أَرْبَعَةٌ هِيَ الصُّغْرَى فِي الأَرْضِ، وَلَكِنَّهَا فَائِقَةُ الْحِكْمَةِ:25النَّمْلُ طَائِفَةٌ ضَعِيفَةٌ، لَكِنَّهُ يَخْزِنُ فِي الصَّيْفِ قُوتَهُ.26الْوِبَارُ طَائِفَةٌ لَا قُدْرَةَ لَهَا، لَكِنَّهَا تَنْقُرُ فِي الصَّخْرِ بُيُوتَهَا.27وَالْجَرَادُ لَا مَلِكَ لَهُ، لَكِنَّهُ يَتَقَدَّمُ فِي أَسْرَابٍ مُنَظَّمَةٍ.28وَالْعَنْكَبُوتُ الَّتِي يُمْكِنُ الْتِقَاطُهَا بِالْيَدِ، وَلَكِنَّهَا فِي قُصُورِ الْمُلُوكِ.29ثَلاثَةٌ جَلِيلَةٌ فِي خَطْوِهَا، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ وَقُورٌ فِي تَحَرُّكِهَا:30اللَّيْثُ جَبَّارُ الْوُحُوشِ، الَّذِي لَا يَتَرَاجَعُ أَمَامَ أَحَدٍ،31وَالطَّاوُوسُ الْمُخْتَالُ، وَالتَّيْسُ، وَالْمَلِكُ فِي طَلِيعَةِ جَيْشِهِ.32إِنِ انْتَابَكَ الْحُمْقُ فَاغْتَرَرْتَ بِنَفْسِكَ، أَوْ شَرَعْتَ فِي تَدْبِيرِ الْمَكَائِدِ، فَأَطْبِقْ يَدَكَ عَلَى فَمِكَ.33فَكَمَا أَنَّ مَخْضَ الْحَلِيبِ يُخْرِجُ زُبْدَةً، وَالضَّغْطَ عَلَى الأَنْفِ يَجْعَلُهُ يَنْزِفُ دَماً، فَإِنَّ إِثَارَةَ الْغَضَبِ تُوَلِّدُ الْخِصَامَ.
New International Version
1The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh – an inspired utterance. This man’s utterance to Ithiel: ‘I am weary, God, but I can prevail.*2Surely I am only a brute, not a man; I do not have human understanding.3I have not learned wisdom, nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.4Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!5‘Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.6Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.7‘Two things I ask of you, Lord; do not refuse me before I die:8keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.9Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonour the name of my God.10‘Do not slander a servant to their master, or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.11‘There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers;12those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;13those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful;14those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.15‘The leech has two daughters. “Give! Give!” they cry. ‘There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, “Enough!”:16the grave and the barren womb; land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, “Enough!”17‘The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.18‘There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand:19the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a young woman.20‘This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”21‘Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:22a servant who becomes king, a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,23a contemptible woman who gets married, and a servant who displaces her mistress.24‘Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise:25ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;26hyraxes are creatures of little power, yet they make their home in the crags;27locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks;28a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings’ palaces.29‘There are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing:30a lion, mighty among beasts, who retreats before nothing;31a strutting cock, a he-goat, and a king secure against revolt.*32‘If you play the fool and exalt yourself, or if you plan evil, clap your hand over your mouth!33For as churning cream produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.’
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