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מִ שְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹה בֶן־דָּוִד מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | 1 |
These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
לָדַעַת חׇכְמָה וּמוּסָר לְהָבִין אִמְרֵי בִינָֽה׃ | 2 |
for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,
לָקַחַת מוּסַר הַשְׂכֵּל צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט וּמֵשָׁרִֽים׃ | 3 |
and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
לָתֵת לִפְתָאיִם עׇרְמָה לְנַעַר דַּעַת וּמְזִמָּֽה׃ | 4 |
To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,
יִשְׁמַע חָכָם וְיוֹסֶף לֶקַח וְנָבוֹן תַּחְבֻּלוֹת יִקְנֶֽה׃ | 5 |
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
לְהָבִין מָשָׁל וּמְלִיצָה דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְחִידֹתָֽם׃ | 6 |
by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
יִרְאַת יְהֹוָה רֵאשִׁית דָּעַת חׇכְמָה וּמוּסָר אֱוִילִים בָּֽזוּ׃ | 7 |
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
שְׁמַע בְּנִי מוּסַר אָבִיךָ וְאַל־תִּטֹּשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּֽךָ׃ | 8 |
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
כִּי ׀ לִוְיַת חֵן הֵם לְרֹאשֶׁךָ וַעֲנָקִים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ׃ | 9 |
For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
בְּנִי אִם־יְפַתּוּךָ חַטָּאִים אַל־תֹּבֵֽא׃ | 10 |
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
אִם־יֹאמְרוּ לְכָה אִתָּנוּ נֶאֶרְבָה לְדָם נִצְפְּנָה לְנָקִי חִנָּֽם׃ | 11 |
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
נִבְלָעֵם כִּשְׁאוֹל חַיִּים וּתְמִימִים כְּיוֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר׃ (Sheol ) | 12 |
let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. (Sheol )
כׇּל־הוֹן יָקָר נִמְצָא נְמַלֵּא בָתֵּינוּ שָׁלָֽל׃ | 13 |
We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
גּוֹרָלְךָ תַּפִּיל בְּתוֹכֵנוּ כִּיס אֶחָד יִהְיֶה לְכֻלָּֽנוּ׃ | 14 |
Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—
בְּנִי אַל־תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ אִתָּם מְנַע רַגְלְךָ מִנְּתִיבָתָֽם׃ | 15 |
my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
כִּי רַגְלֵיהֶם לָרַע יָרוּצוּ וִימַהֲרוּ לִשְׁפׇּךְ־דָּֽם׃ | 16 |
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
כִּֽי־חִנָּם מְזֹרָה הָרָשֶׁת בְּעֵינֵי כׇּל־בַּעַל כָּנָֽף׃ | 17 |
How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
וְהֵם לְדָמָם יֶאֱרֹבוּ יִצְפְּנוּ לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃ | 18 |
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
כֵּן אׇרְחוֹת כׇּל־בֹּצֵֽעַ בָּצַע אֶת־נֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלָיו יִקָּֽח׃ | 19 |
Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
חׇכְמוֹת בַּחוּץ תָּרֹנָּה בָּרְחֹבוֹת תִּתֵּן קוֹלָֽהּ׃ | 20 |
Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
בְּרֹאשׁ הֹמִיּוֹת תִּקְרָא בְּפִתְחֵי שְׁעָרִים בָּעִיר אֲמָרֶיהָ תֹאמֵֽר׃ | 21 |
in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
עַד־מָתַי ׀ פְּתָיִם תְּֽאֵהֲבוּ ־ פֶתִי וְלֵצִים לָצוֹן חָמְדוּ לָהֶם וּכְסִילִים יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָֽעַת׃ | 22 |
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
תָּשׁוּבוּ לְֽתוֹכַחְתִּי הִנֵּה אַבִּיעָה לָכֶם רוּחִי אוֹדִיעָה דְבָרַי אֶתְכֶֽם׃ | 23 |
If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
יַעַן קָרָאתִי וַתְּמָאֵנוּ נָטִיתִי יָדִי וְאֵין מַקְשִֽׁיב׃ | 24 |
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
וַתִּפְרְעוּ כׇל־עֲצָתִי וְתוֹכַחְתִּי לֹא אֲבִיתֶֽם׃ | 25 |
because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
גַּם־אֲנִי בְּאֵידְכֶם אֶשְׂחָק אֶלְעַג בְּבֹא פַחְדְּכֶֽם׃ | 26 |
in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
בְּבֹא (כשאוה) [כְשׁוֹאָה ׀] פַּחְדְּכֶם וְֽאֵידְכֶם כְּסוּפָה יֶאֱתֶה בְּבֹא עֲלֵיכֶם צָרָה וְצוּקָֽה׃ | 27 |
when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
אָז יִקְרָאֻנְנִי וְלֹא אֶעֱנֶה יְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי וְלֹא יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃ | 28 |
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
תַּחַת כִּֽי־שָׂנְאוּ דָעַת וְיִרְאַת יְהֹוָה לֹא בָחָֽרוּ׃ | 29 |
For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
לֹא־אָבוּ לַעֲצָתִי נָאֲצוּ כׇּל־תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃ | 30 |
They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
וְֽיֹאכְלוּ מִפְּרִי דַרְכָּם וּֽמִמֹּעֲצֹתֵיהֶם יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃ | 31 |
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
כִּי מְשׁוּבַת פְּתָיִם תַּהַרְגֵם וְשַׁלְוַת כְּסִילִים תְּאַבְּדֵֽם׃ | 32 |
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
וְשֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי יִשְׁכׇּן־בֶּטַח וְשַׁאֲנַן מִפַּחַד רָעָֽה׃ | 33 |
But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”