Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;
My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my mitzvot ·instructions· within you;
2 So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;
So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
3 Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice;
Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
4 If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,
If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
5 Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.
then you will understand the fear of Adonai, and find the knowledge of God.
6 For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;
For Adonai gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7 Yea he treasureth, for the upright, safety, A shield [is he] to them who walk in integrity,
He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;
8 To him that observeth the paths of justice, yea, the way of his men of lovingkindness, he doth guard.
that he may guard the paths of mishpat ·justice·, and preserve the way of his saints.
9 Then, shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity—every noble course.
Then you will understand righteousness and mishpat ·justice·, equity and every good path.
10 When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet,
For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee: —
Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
12 To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;
13 From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in the ways of darkness;
who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 Who rejoice to do wrong, exult in the perversities of the wrongful;
who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;
15 Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:
who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:
16 To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;
To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
17 Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;
who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties· of her God:
18 For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;
for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
19 None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:
None who go to her teshuvah ·completely return· again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:
20 To the end that thou walk in the way of good men, and, the paths of the righteous, that thou observe.
that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the upright.
21 For, the upright, shall abide on the earth, —and, the men of integrity, shall remain therein;
For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
22 But, the lawless, out of the earth, shall be cut off, and, traitors, shall they tear away therefrom.
But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
