Proverbs 2
1 My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
| בְּנִי אִם־תִּקַּח אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ׃ |
2 if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
| לְהַקְשִׁיב לַחׇכְמָה אׇזְנֶךָ תַּטֶּה לִבְּךָ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃ |
3 if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
| כִּי אִם לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא לַתְּבוּנָה תִּתֵּן קוֹלֶֽךָ׃ |
4 if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
| אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה כַכָּסֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃ |
5 then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
| אָז תָּבִין יִרְאַת יְהֹוָה וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים תִּמְצָֽא׃ |
6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
| כִּֽי־יְהֹוָה יִתֵּן חׇכְמָה מִפִּיו דַּעַת וּתְבוּנָֽה׃ |
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
| (וצפן) [יִצְפֹּן] לַיְשָׁרִים תּוּשִׁיָּה מָגֵן לְהֹלְכֵי תֹֽם׃ |
8 to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
| לִנְצֹר אׇרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְדֶרֶךְ חֲסִידָו יִשְׁמֹֽר׃ |
9 Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
| אָז תָּבִין צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט וּמֵישָׁרִים כׇּל־מַעְגַּל־טֽוֹב׃ |
10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
| כִּֽי־תָבוֹא חׇכְמָה בְלִבֶּךָ וְדַעַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ יִנְעָֽם׃ |
11 Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
| מְזִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ תְּבוּנָה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃ |
12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
| לְהַצִּילְךָ מִדֶּרֶךְ רָע מֵאִישׁ מְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃ |
13 from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
| הַעֹזְבִים אׇרְחוֹת יֹשֶׁר לָלֶכֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ |
14 from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
| הַשְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשׂוֹת רָע יָגִילוּ בְּֽתַהְפֻּכוֹת רָֽע׃ |
15 whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
| אֲשֶׁר אׇרְחֹתֵיהֶם עִקְּשִׁים וּנְלוֹזִים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃ |
16 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
| לְהַצִּילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנׇּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ |
17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
| הַֽעֹזֶבֶת אַלּוּף נְעוּרֶיהָ וְאֶת־בְּרִית אֱלֹהֶיהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה׃ |
18 For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
| כִּי שָׁחָה אֶל־מָוֶת בֵּיתָהּ וְאֶל־רְפָאִים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ |
19 None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
| כׇּל־בָּאֶיהָ לֹא יְשׁוּבוּן וְלֹֽא־יַשִּׂיגוּ אׇרְחוֹת חַיִּֽים׃ |
20 So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
| לְמַעַן תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ טוֹבִים וְאׇרְחוֹת צַדִּיקִים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ |
21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
| כִּֽי־יְשָׁרִים יִשְׁכְּנוּ־אָרֶץ וּתְמִימִים יִוָּתְרוּ בָֽהּ׃ |
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
| וּרְשָׁעִים מֵאֶרֶץ יִכָּרֵתוּ וּבוֹגְדִים יִסְּחוּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ |
