Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with you.
| בְּנִי שְׁמֹר אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ׃ |
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of your eye.
| שְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתַי וֶחְיֵה וְתוֹרָתִי כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ |
3 Bind them on your fingers, write them on the table of your heart.
| קׇשְׁרֵם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ כׇּתְבֵם עַל־לוּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ׃ |
4 Say to wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding your kinswoman:
| אֱמֹר לַחׇכְמָה אֲחֹתִי אָתְּ וּמֹדָע לַבִּינָה תִקְרָֽא׃ |
5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger which flatters with her words.
| לִשְׁמׇרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנׇּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ |
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
| כִּי בְּחַלּוֹן בֵּיתִי בְּעַד אֶשְׁנַבִּי נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃ |
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
| וָאֵרֶא בַפְּתָאיִם אָבִינָה בַבָּנִים נַעַר חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃ |
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
| עֹבֵר בַּשּׁוּק אֵצֶל פִּנָּהּ וְדֶרֶךְ בֵּיתָהּ יִצְעָֽד׃ |
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
| בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃ |
10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtle of heart.
| וְהִנֵּה אִשָּׁה לִקְרָאתוֹ שִׁית זוֹנָה וּנְצֻרַת לֵֽב׃ |
11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
| הֹמִיָּה הִיא וְסֹרָרֶת בְּבֵיתָהּ לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנוּ רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃ |
12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.)
| פַּעַם ׀ בַּחוּץ פַּעַם בָּרְחֹבוֹת וְאֵצֶל כׇּל־פִּנָּה תֶאֱרֹֽב׃ |
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
| וְהֶחֱזִיקָה בּוֹ וְנָשְׁקָה לּוֹ הֵעֵזָה פָנֶיהָ וַתֹּאמַר לֽוֹ׃ |
14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.
| זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים עָלָי הַיּוֹם שִׁלַּמְתִּי נְדָרָֽי׃ |
15 Therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
| עַל־כֵּן יָצָאתִי לִקְרָאתֶךָ לְשַׁחֵר פָּנֶיךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ׃ |
16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
| מַרְבַדִּים רָבַדְתִּי עַרְשִׂי חֲטֻבוֹת אֵטוּן מִצְרָֽיִם׃ |
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
| נַפְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי מֹר אֲהָלִים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃ |
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
| לְכָה נִרְוֶה דֹדִים עַד־הַבֹּקֶר נִתְעַלְּסָה בׇּאֳהָבִֽים׃ |
19 For the manager is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
| כִּי אֵין הָאִישׁ בְּבֵיתוֹ הָלַךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ מֵרָחֽוֹק׃ |
20 He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
| צְֽרוֹר־הַכֶּסֶף לָקַח בְּיָדוֹ לְיוֹם הַכֵּסֶא יָבֹא בֵיתֽוֹ׃ |
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
| הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃ |
22 He goes after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
| הוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ פִּתְאֹם כְּשׁוֹר אֶל־טֶבַח יָבֹא וּכְעֶכֶס אֶל־מוּסַר אֱוִֽיל׃ |
23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life.
| עַד יְפַלַּח חֵץ כְּֽבֵדוֹ כְּמַהֵר צִפּוֹר אֶל־פָּח וְלֹא־יָדַע כִּֽי־בְנַפְשׁוֹ הֽוּא׃ |
24 Listen to me now therefore, O you children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
| וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לְאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ |
25 Let not your heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
| אַל־יֵשְׂטְ אֶל־דְּרָכֶיהָ לִבֶּךָ אַל־תֵּתַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ |
26 For she has cast down many wounded: yes, many strong men have been slain by her.
| כִּֽי־רַבִּים חֲלָלִים הִפִּילָה וַעֲצֻמִים כׇּל־הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ׃ |
