מִשְׁלֵי 11
| מאזני מרמה תועבת יהוה ואבן שלמה רצונו | 1 |
A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.
| בא-זדון ויבא קלון ואת-צנועים חכמה | 2 |
Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.
| תמת ישרים תנחם וסלף בגדים ושדם (ישדם) | 3 |
The simplicity of the just shall guide them: and the deceitfulness of the wicked shall destroy them.
| לא-יועיל הון ביום עברה וצדקה תציל ממות | 4 |
Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death.
| צדקת תמים תישר דרכו וברשעתו יפל רשע | 5 |
The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.
| צדקת ישרים תצילם ובהות בגדים ילכדו | 6 |
The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares.
| במות אדם רשע תאבד תקוה ותוחלת אונים אבדה | 7 |
When the wicked man is dead, there shall be no hope any more: and the expectation of the solicitous shall perish.
| צדיק מצרה נחלץ ויבא רשע תחתיו | 8 |
The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him.
| בפה--חנף ישחת רעהו ובדעת צדיקים יחלצו | 9 |
The dissembler with his mouth deceiveth his friend: but the just shall be delivered by knowledge.
| בטוב צדיקים תעלץ קריה ובאבד רשעים רנה | 10 |
When it goeth well with the just the city shall rejoice: and when the wicked perish there shall be praise.
| בברכת ישרים תרום קרת ובפי רשעים תהרס | 11 |
By the blessing of the just the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the wicked it shall be overthrown.
| בז-לרעהו חסר-לב ואיש תבונות יחריש | 12 |
He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man will hold his peace.
| הולך רכיל מגלה-סוד ונאמן-רוח מכסה דבר | 13 |
He that walketh deceitfully, revealeth secrets: but he that is faithful, concealeth the thing committed to him by his friend.
| באין תחבלות יפל-עם ותשועה ברב יועץ | 14 |
Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.
| רע-ירוע כי-ערב זר ושנא תקעים בוטח | 15 |
He shall be afflicted with evil, that is surety for a stranger: but he that is aware of the snares, shall be secure.
| אשת-חן תתמך כבוד ועריצים יתמכו-עשר | 16 |
A gracious woman shall find glory: and the strong shall have riches.
| גמל נפשו איש חסד ועכר שארו אכזרי | 17 |
A merciful man doth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel casteth off even his own kindred.
| רשע--עשה פעלת-שקר וזרע צדקה שכר אמת | 18 |
The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth justice, there is a faithful reward.
| כן-צדקה לחיים ומרדף רעה למותו | 19 |
Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death.
| תועבת יהוה עקשי-לב ורצונו תמימי דרך | 20 |
A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in them that walk sincerely.
| יד ליד לא-ינקה רע וזרע צדיקים נמלט | 21 |
Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved.
| נזם זהב באף חזיר-- אשה יפה וסרת טעם | 22 |
A golden ring in a swine’s snout, a woman fair and foolish.
| תאות צדיקים אך-טוב תקות רשעים עברה | 23 |
The desire of the just is all good: the expectation of the wicked is indignation.
| יש מפזר ונוסף עוד וחשך מישר אך-למחסור | 24 |
Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want.
| נפש-ברכה תדשן ומרוה גם-הוא יורא | 25 |
The soul which blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself.
| מנע בר יקבהו לאום וברכה לראש משביר | 26 |
He that hideth up corn, shall be cursed among the people: but a blessing upon the head of them that sell.
| שחר טוב יבקש רצון ודרש רעה תבואנו | 27 |
Well doth he rise early who seeketh good things; but he that seeketh after evil things shall be oppressed by them.
| בוטח בעשרו הוא יפול וכעלה צדיקים יפרחו | 28 |
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the just shall spring up as a green leaf.
| עכר ביתו ינחל-רוח ועבד אויל לחכם-לב | 29 |
He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise.
| פרי-צדיק עץ חיים ולקח נפשות חכם | 30 |
The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth souls, is wise.
| הן צדיק בארץ ישלם אף כי-רשע וחוטא | 31 |
If the just man receive in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner.
