Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and treasure my commandments with thee;
| בְּנִי אִם־תִּקַּח אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ׃ |
2 So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding;
| לְהַקְשִׁיב לַחׇכְמָה אׇזְנֶךָ תַּטֶּה לִבְּךָ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃ |
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
| כִּי אִם לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא לַתְּבוּנָה תִּתֵּן קוֹלֶֽךָ׃ |
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
| אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה כַכָּסֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃ |
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
| אָז תָּבִין יִרְאַת יְהֹוָה וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים תִּמְצָֽא׃ |
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
| כִּֽי־יְהֹוָה יִתֵּן חׇכְמָה מִפִּיו דַּעַת וּתְבוּנָֽה׃ |
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a shield to them that walk uprightly.
| (וצפן) [יִצְפֹּן] לַיְשָׁרִים תּוּשִׁיָּה מָגֵן לְהֹלְכֵי תֹֽם׃ |
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
| לִנְצֹר אׇרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְדֶרֶךְ חֲסִידָו יִשְׁמֹֽר׃ |
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; and, every good path.
| אָז תָּבִין צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט וּמֵישָׁרִים כׇּל־מַעְגַּל־טֽוֹב׃ |
10 When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul;
| כִּֽי־תָבוֹא חׇכְמָה בְלִבֶּךָ וְדַעַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ יִנְעָֽם׃ |
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
| מְזִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ תְּבוּנָה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃ |
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
| לְהַצִּילְךָ מִדֶּרֶךְ רָע מֵאִישׁ מְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃ |
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
| הַעֹזְבִים אׇרְחוֹת יֹשֶׁר לָלֶכֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ |
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of the wicked;
| הַשְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשׂוֹת רָע יָגִילוּ בְּֽתַהְפֻּכוֹת רָֽע׃ |
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they are perverse in their paths:
| אֲשֶׁר אׇרְחֹתֵיהֶם עִקְּשִׁים וּנְלוֹזִים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃ |
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the adulteress who flattereth with her words;
| לְהַצִּילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנׇּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ |
17 Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
| הַֽעֹזֶבֶת אַלּוּף נְעוּרֶיהָ וְאֶת־בְּרִית אֱלֹהֶיהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה׃ |
18 For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.
| כִּי שָׁחָה אֶל־מָוֶת בֵּיתָהּ וְאֶל־רְפָאִים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ |
19 None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold of the paths of life.
| כׇּל־בָּאֶיהָ לֹא יְשׁוּבוּן וְלֹֽא־יַשִּׂיגוּ אׇרְחוֹת חַיִּֽים׃ |
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
| לְמַעַן תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ טוֹבִים וְאׇרְחוֹת צַדִּיקִים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ |
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
| כִּֽי־יְשָׁרִים יִשְׁכְּנוּ־אָרֶץ וּתְמִימִים יִוָּתְרוּ בָֽהּ׃ |
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
| וּרְשָׁעִים מֵאֶרֶץ יִכָּרֵתוּ וּבוֹגְדִים יִסְּחוּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ |
