Proverbs 6
1 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hand in pledge for a stranger;
| בְּ֭נִי אִם־עָרַ֣בְתָּ לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ תָּקַ֖עְתָּ לַזָּ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ |
2 You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
| נֹוקַ֥שְׁתָּ בְאִמְרֵי־פִ֑יךָ נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּ בְּאִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃ |
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.
| עֲשֵׂ֨ה זֹ֥את אֵפֹ֪וא ׀ בְּנִ֡י וְֽהִנָּצֵ֗ל כִּ֘י בָ֤אתָ בְכַף־רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֵ֥ךְ הִ֝תְרַפֵּ֗ס וּרְהַ֥ב רֵעֶֽיךָ׃ |
4 Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
| אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְעֵינֶ֑יךָ וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗ה לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃ |
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
| הִ֭נָּצֵל כִּצְבִ֣י מִיָּ֑ד וּ֝כְצִפֹּ֗ור מִיַּ֥ד יָקֽוּשׁ׃ פ |
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
| לֵֽךְ־אֶל־נְמָלָ֥ה עָצֵ֑ל רְאֵ֖ה דְרָכֶ֣יהָ וַחֲכָֽם׃ |
7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֵֽין־לָ֥הּ קָצִ֗ין שֹׁטֵ֥ר וּמֹשֵֽׁל׃ |
8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
| תָּכִ֣ין בַּקַּ֣יִץ לַחְמָ֑הּ אָגְרָ֥ה בַ֝קָּצִ֗יר מַאֲכָלָֽהּ׃ |
9 How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
| עַד־מָתַ֖י עָצֵ֥ל ׀ תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב מָ֝תַ֗י תָּק֥וּם מִשְּׁנָתֶֽךָ׃ |
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
| מְעַ֣ט שֵׁ֭נֹות מְעַ֣ט תְּנוּמֹ֑ות מְעַ֓ט ׀ חִבֻּ֖ק יָדַ֣יִם לִשְׁכָּֽב׃ |
11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
| וּבָֽא־כִמְהַלֵּ֥ךְ רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָ וּ֝מַחְסֹֽרְךָ֗ כְּאִ֣ישׁ מָגֵֽן׃ פ |
12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;
| אָדָ֣ם בְּ֭לִיַּעַל אִ֣ישׁ אָ֑וֶן הֹ֝ולֵ֗ךְ עִקְּשׁ֥וּת פֶּֽה׃ |
13 who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;
| קֹרֵ֣ץ בְּ֭עֵינָיו מֹלֵ֣ל בְּרַגְלָ֑ו מֹ֝רֶ֗ה בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיו׃ |
14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
| תַּֽהְפֻּכֹ֨ות ׀ בְּלִבֹּ֗ו חֹרֵ֣שׁ רָ֣ע בְּכָל־עֵ֑ת מְדָנִים (מִדְיָנִ֥ים) יְשַׁלֵּֽחַ׃ |
15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
| עַל־כֵּ֗ן פִּ֭תְאֹם יָבֹ֣וא אֵידֹ֑ו פֶּ֥תַע יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר וְאֵ֣ין מַרְפֵּֽא׃ פ |
16 There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
| שֶׁשׁ־הֵ֭נָּה שָׂנֵ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝שֶׁ֗בַע תֹּועֲבֹות (תֹּועֲבַ֥ת) נַפְשֹֽׁו׃ |
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;
| עֵינַ֣יִם רָ֭מֹות לְשֹׁ֣ון שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝יָדַ֗יִם שֹׁפְכֹ֥ות דָּם־נָקִֽי׃ |
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
| לֵ֗ב חֹ֭רֵשׁ מַחְשְׁבֹ֣ות אָ֑וֶן רַגְלַ֥יִם מְ֝מַהֲרֹ֗ות לָר֥וּץ לָֽרָעָה׃ |
19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
| יָפִ֣יחַ כְּ֭זָבִים עֵ֣ד שָׁ֑קֶר וּמְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ מְ֝דָנִ֗ים בֵּ֣ין אַחִֽים׃ פ |
20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
| נְצֹ֣ר בְּ֭נִי מִצְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תֹּורַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃ |
21 Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
| קָשְׁרֵ֣ם עַל־לִבְּךָ֣ תָמִ֑יד עָ֝נְדֵ֗ם עַל־גַּרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ׃ |
22 When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.
| בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ֨ ׀ תַּנְחֶ֬ה אֹתָ֗ךְ בְּֽ֭שָׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר עָלֶ֑יךָ וַ֝הֲקִיצֹ֗ותָ הִ֣יא תְשִׂיחֶֽךָ׃ |
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the Law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
| כִּ֤י נֵ֣ר מִ֭צְוָה וְתֹ֣ורָה אֹ֑ור וְדֶ֥רֶךְ חַ֝יִּ֗ים תֹּוכְחֹ֥ות מוּסָֽר׃ |
24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the foreign woman.
| לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת רָ֑ע מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת לָשֹׁ֥ון נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ |
25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
| אַל־תַּחְמֹ֣ד יָ֭פְיָהּ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝קָּֽחֲךָ֗ בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ׃ |
26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
| כִּ֤י בְעַד־אִשָּׁ֥ה זֹונָ֗ה עַֽד־כִּכַּ֫ר לָ֥חֶם וְאֵ֥שֶׁת אִ֑ישׁ נֶ֖פֶשׁ יְקָרָ֣ה תָצֽוּד׃ פ |
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
| הֲיַחְתֶּ֤ה אִ֓ישׁ אֵ֬שׁ בְּחֵיקֹ֑ו וּ֝בְגָדָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִשָּׂרַֽפְנָה׃ |
28 Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
| אִם־יְהַלֵּ֣ךְ אִ֭ישׁ עַל־הַגֶּחָלִ֑ים וְ֝רַגְלָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִכָּוֶֽינָה׃ |
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
| כֵּ֗ן הַ֭בָּא אֶל־אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֵ֑הוּ לֹ֥א יִ֝נָּקֶ֗ה כָּֽל־הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בָּֽהּ׃ |
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
| לֹא־יָב֣וּזוּ לַ֭גַּנָּב כִּ֣י יִגְנֹ֑וב לְמַלֵּ֥א נַ֝פְשֹׁ֗ו כִּ֣י יִרְעָֽב׃ |
31 but if he is found, he must repay seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.
| וְ֭נִמְצָא יְשַׁלֵּ֣ם שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם אֶת־כָּל־הֹ֖ון בֵּיתֹ֣ו יִתֵּֽן׃ |
32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
| נֹאֵ֣ף אִשָּׁ֣ה חֲסַר־לֵ֑ב מַֽשְׁחִ֥ית נַ֝פְשֹׁ֗ו ה֣וּא יַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה׃ |
33 He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.
| נֶֽגַע־וְקָלֹ֥ון יִמְצָ֑א וְ֝חֶרְפָּתֹ֗ו לֹ֣א תִמָּחֶֽה׃ |
34 For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance.
| כִּֽי־קִנְאָ֥ה חֲמַת־גָּ֑בֶר וְלֹֽא־יַ֝חְמֹ֗ול בְּיֹ֣ום נָקָֽם׃ |
35 He won't regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
| לֹא־יִ֭שָּׂא פְּנֵ֣י כָל־כֹּ֑פֶר וְלֹֽא־יֹ֝אבֶ֗ה כִּ֣י תַרְבֶּה־שֹֽׁחַד׃ פ |
