Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide 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 לַֽחָכְמָה אָזְנֶךָ תַּטֶּה לִבְּךָ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃ |
3 Yes, 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 יְהוָה וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים תִּמְצָֽא׃ |
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.
| כִּֽי־יְהוָה יִתֵּן חָכְמָה מִפִּיו דַּעַת וּתְבוּנָֽה׃ |
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler 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 אָרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְדֶרֶךְ חסידו חֲסִידָיו יִשְׁמֹֽר׃ |
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [and] every good path.
| אָז תָּבִין צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט וּמֵישָׁרִים כָּל־מַעְגַּל־טֽוֹב׃ |
10 When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul;
| כִּֽי־תָבוֹא חָכְמָה 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 froward things;
| לְהַצִּילְךָ מִדֶּרֶךְ רָע מֵאִישׁ מְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃ |
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
| הַעֹזְבִים אָרְחוֹת יֹשֶׁר לָלֶכֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ |
14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
| הַשְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשׂוֹת רָע יָגִילוּ בְּֽתַהְפֻּכוֹת רָֽע׃ |
15 Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:
| אֲשֶׁר אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם עִקְּשִׁים וּנְלוֹזִים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃ |
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [who] flattereth with her words;
| לְהַצִּילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנָּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ |
17 Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
| הַעֹזֶבֶת 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.
| כָּל־בָּאֶיהָ לֹא יְשׁוּבוּן וְלֹֽא־יַשִּׂיגוּ אָרְחוֹת חַיִּֽים׃ |
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.
| לְמַעַן תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ טוֹבִים וְאָרְחוֹת 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׃ |
