Proverbs 6
1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
| בְּנִי אִם־עָרַבְתָּ לְרֵעֶךָ תָּקַעְתָּ לַזָּר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ |
2 if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
| נוֹקַשְׁתָּ בְאִמְרֵי־פִיךָ נִלְכַּדְתָּ בְּאִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃ |
3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
| עֲשֵׂה זֹאת אֵפוֹא ׀ בְּנִי וְֽהִנָּצֵל כִּי בָאתָ בְכַף־רֵעֶךָ לֵךְ הִתְרַפֵּס וּרְהַב רֵעֶֽיךָ׃ |
4 Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
| אַל־תִּתֵּן שֵׁנָה לְעֵינֶיךָ וּתְנוּמָה לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃ |
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
| הִנָּצֵל כִּצְבִי מִיָּד וּכְצִפּוֹר מִיַּד יָקֽוּשׁ׃ |
6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
| לֵֽךְ־אֶל־נְמָלָה עָצֵל רְאֵה דְרָכֶיהָ וַחֲכָֽם׃ |
7 Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
| אֲשֶׁר אֵֽין־לָהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמֹשֵֽׁל׃ |
8 it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
| תָּכִין בַּקַּיִץ לַחְמָהּ אָגְרָה בַקָּצִיר מַאֲכָלָֽהּ׃ |
9 How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
| עַד־מָתַי עָצֵל ׀ תִּשְׁכָּב מָתַי תָּקוּם מִשְּׁנָתֶֽךָ׃ |
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
| מְעַט שֵׁנוֹת מְעַט תְּנוּמוֹת מְעַט ׀ חִבֻּק יָדַיִם לִשְׁכָּֽב׃ |
11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
| וּבָֽא־כִמְהַלֵּךְ רֵאשֶׁךָ וּמַחְסֹֽרְךָ כְּאִישׁ מָגֵֽן׃ |
12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
| אָדָם בְּלִיַּעַל אִישׁ אָוֶן הוֹלֵךְ עִקְּשׁוּת פֶּֽה׃ |
13 winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
| קֹרֵץ בְּעֵינָו מֹלֵל בְּרַגְלָו מֹרֶה בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיו׃ |
14 With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
| תַּֽהְפֻּכוֹת ׀ בְּלִבּוֹ חֹרֵשׁ רָע בְּכָל־עֵת מדנים מִדְיָנִים יְשַׁלֵּֽחַ׃ |
15 Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
| עַל־כֵּן פִּתְאֹם יָבוֹא אֵידוֹ פֶּתַע יִשָּׁבֵר וְאֵין מַרְפֵּֽא׃ |
16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
| שֶׁשׁ־הֵנָּה שָׂנֵא יְהוָה וְשֶׁבַע תועבות תּוֹעֲבַת נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ |
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
| עֵינַיִם רָמוֹת לְשׁוֹן שָׁקֶר וְיָדַיִם שֹׁפְכוֹת דָּם־נָקִֽי׃ |
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
| לֵב חֹרֵשׁ מַחְשְׁבוֹת אָוֶן רַגְלַיִם מְמַהֲרוֹת לָרוּץ לָֽרָעָה׃ |
19 a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
| יָפִיחַ כְּזָבִים עֵד שָׁקֶר וּמְשַׁלֵּחַ מְדָנִים בֵּין אַחִֽים׃ |
20 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
| נְצֹר בְּנִי מִצְוַת אָבִיךָ וְאַל־תִּטֹּשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּֽךָ׃ |
21 Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
| קָשְׁרֵם עַל־לִבְּךָ תָמִיד עָנְדֵם עַל־גַּרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ׃ |
22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
| בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ ׀ תַּנְחֶה אֹתָךְ בְּֽשָׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ וַהֲקִיצוֹתָ הִיא תְשִׂיחֶֽךָ׃ |
23 For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
| כִּי נֵר מִצְוָה וְתוֹרָה אוֹר וְדֶרֶךְ חַיִּים תּוֹכְחוֹת מוּסָֽר׃ |
24 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
| לִשְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵשֶׁת רָע מֵֽחֶלְקַת לָשׁוֹן נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ |
25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
| אַל־תַּחְמֹד יָפְיָהּ בִּלְבָבֶךָ וְאַל־תִּקָּֽחֲךָ בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ׃ |
26 For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
| כִּי בְעַד־אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה עַֽד־כִּכַּר לָחֶם וְאֵשֶׁת אִישׁ נֶפֶשׁ יְקָרָה תָצֽוּד׃ |
27 Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
| הֲיַחְתֶּה אִישׁ אֵשׁ בְּחֵיקוֹ וּבְגָדָיו לֹא תִשָּׂרַֽפְנָה׃ |
28 Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
| אִם־יְהַלֵּךְ אִישׁ עַל־הַגֶּחָלִים וְרַגְלָיו לֹא תִכָּוֶֽינָה׃ |
29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
| כֵּן הַבָּא אֶל־אֵשֶׁת רֵעֵהוּ לֹא יִנָּקֶה כָּֽל־הַנֹּגֵעַ בָּֽהּ׃ |
30 Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
| לֹא־יָבוּזוּ לַגַּנָּב כִּי יִגְנוֹב לְמַלֵּא נַפְשׁוֹ כִּי יִרְעָֽב׃ |
31 Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
| וְנִמְצָא יְשַׁלֵּם שִׁבְעָתָיִם אֶת־כָּל־הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ יִתֵּֽן׃ |
32 He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
| נֹאֵף אִשָּׁה חֲסַר־לֵב מַֽשְׁחִית נַפְשׁוֹ הוּא יַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה׃ |
33 Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
| נֶֽגַע־וְקָלוֹן יִמְצָא וְחֶרְפָּתוֹ לֹא תִמָּחֶֽה׃ |
34 For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
| כִּֽי־קִנְאָה חֲמַת־גָּבֶר וְלֹֽא־יַחְמוֹל בְּיוֹם נָקָֽם׃ |
35 He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
| לֹא־יִשָּׂא פְּנֵי כָל־כֹּפֶר וְלֹֽא־יֹאבֶה כִּי תַרְבֶּה־שֹֽׁחַד׃ |
