Proverbs 7
1 My son! Keep my sayings, And lay up my commands with you.
| בְּנִי שְׁמֹר אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ׃ |
2 Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of your eye.
| שְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתַי וֶחְיֵה וְתוֹרָתִי כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ |
3 Bind them on your fingers, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
| קׇשְׁרֵם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ כׇּתְבֵם עַל־לוּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ׃ |
4 Say to wisdom, “You [are] my sister.” And cry to understanding, “Relative!”
| אֱמֹר לַחׇכְמָה אֲחֹתִי אָתְּ וּמֹדָע לַבִּינָה תִקְרָֽא׃ |
5 To preserve you from a strange woman, From a stranger who has made her sayings smooth.
| לִשְׁמׇרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנׇּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ |
6 For at a window of my house, I have looked out through my casement,
| כִּי בְּחַלּוֹן בֵּיתִי בְּעַד אֶשְׁנַבִּי נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃ |
7 And I see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
| וָאֵרֶא בַפְּתָאיִם אָבִינָה בַבָּנִים נַעַר חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃ |
8 Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he steps,
| עֹבֵר בַּשּׁוּק אֵצֶל פִּנָּהּ וְדֶרֶךְ בֵּיתָהּ יִצְעָֽד׃ |
9 In the twilight—in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
| בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃ |
10 And behold, a woman to meet him—(A harlot’s dress, and watchful of heart,
| וְהִנֵּה אִשָּׁה לִקְרָאתוֹ שִׁית זוֹנָה וּנְצֻרַת לֵֽב׃ |
11 She [is] noisy, and stubborn, her feet do not rest in her house.
| הֹמִיָּה הִיא וְסֹרָרֶת בְּבֵיתָהּ לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנוּ רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃ |
12 Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And she lies in wait near every corner)—
| פַּעַם ׀ בַּחוּץ פַּעַם בָּרְחֹבוֹת וְאֵצֶל כׇּל־פִּנָּה תֶאֱרֹֽב׃ |
13 And she laid hold on him and kissed him, She has hardened her face and says to him,
| וְהֶחֱזִיקָה בּוֹ וְנָשְׁקָה לּוֹ הֵעֵזָה פָנֶיהָ וַתֹּאמַר לֽוֹ׃ |
14 “Sacrifices of peace-offerings [are] by me, Today I have completed my vows.
| זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים עָלָי הַיּוֹם שִׁלַּמְתִּי נְדָרָֽי׃ |
15 Therefore I have come forth to meet you, To earnestly seek your face, and I find you.
| עַל־כֵּן יָצָאתִי לִקְרָאתֶךָ לְשַׁחֵר פָּנֶיךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ׃ |
16 I decked my bed [with] ornamental coverings, Carved works—cotton of Egypt.
| מַרְבַדִּים רָבַדְתִּי עַרְשִׂי חֲטֻבוֹת אֵטוּן מִצְרָֽיִם׃ |
17 I sprinkled my bed [with] myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
| נַפְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי מֹר אֲהָלִים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃ |
18 Come, we are filled [with] love until the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.
| לְכָה נִרְוֶה דֹדִים עַד־הַבֹּקֶר נִתְעַלְּסָה בׇּאֳהָבִֽים׃ |
19 For the man is not in his house, He has gone on a long journey.
| כִּי אֵין הָאִישׁ בְּבֵיתוֹ הָלַךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ מֵרָחֽוֹק׃ |
20 He has taken a bag of money in his hand, At the day of the new moon he comes to his house.”
| צְֽרוֹר־הַכֶּסֶף לָקַח בְּיָדוֹ לְיוֹם הַכֵּסֶא יָבֹא בֵיתֽוֹ׃ |
21 She turns him aside with the abundance of her speech, She forces him with the flattery of her lips.
| הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃ |
22 He is going after her straight away, he comes as an ox to the slaughter, And as a chain to the discipline of a fool,
| הוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ פִּתְאֹם כְּשׁוֹר אֶל־טֶבַח יָבֹא וּכְעֶכֶס אֶל־מוּסַר אֱוִֽיל׃ |
23 Until an arrow splits his liver, As a bird has hurried to a snare, And has not known that it [is] for its life.
| עַד יְפַלַּח חֵץ כְּֽבֵדוֹ כְּמַהֵר צִפּוֹר אֶל־פָּח וְלֹא־יָדַע כִּֽי־בְנַפְשׁוֹ הֽוּא׃ |
24 And now, you sons, listen to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
| וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לְאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ |
25 Do not let your heart turn to her ways, Do not wander in her paths,
| אַל־יֵשְׂטְ אֶל־דְּרָכֶיהָ לִבֶּךָ אַל־תֵּתַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ |
26 For many [are] the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty [are] all her slain ones.
| כִּֽי־רַבִּים חֲלָלִים הִפִּילָה וַעֲצֻמִים כׇּל־הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ׃ |
