מִשְׁלֵי 2

1 בְּנִי אִם־תִּקַּח אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ׃

My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

2 לְהַקְשִׁיב לַחׇכְמָה אׇזְנֶךָ תַּטֶּה לִבְּךָ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃

So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

3 כִּי אִם לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא לַתְּבוּנָה תִּתֵּן קוֹלֶֽךָ׃

Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

4 אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה כַכָּסֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃

If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

5 אָז תָּבִין יִרְאַת יְהֹוָה וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים תִּמְצָֽא׃

Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

6 כִּֽי־יְהֹוָה יִתֵּן חׇכְמָה מִפִּיו דַּעַת וּתְבוּנָֽה׃

For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

7 (וצפן) [יִצְפֹּן] לַיְשָׁרִים תּוּשִׁיָּה מָגֵן לְהֹלְכֵי תֹֽם׃

He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

8 לִנְצֹר אׇרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְדֶרֶךְ חֲסִידָו יִשְׁמֹֽר׃

He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.

9 אָז תָּבִין צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט וּמֵישָׁרִים כׇּל־מַעְגַּל־טֽוֹב׃

Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

10 כִּֽי־תָבוֹא חׇכְמָה בְלִבֶּךָ וְדַעַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ יִנְעָֽם׃

For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

11 מְזִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ תְּבוּנָה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃

Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

12 לְהַצִּילְךָ מִדֶּרֶךְ רָע מֵאִישׁ מְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃

Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

13 הַעֹזְבִים אׇרְחוֹת יֹשֶׁר לָלֶכֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;

14 הַשְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשׂוֹת רָע יָגִילוּ בְּֽתַהְפֻּכוֹת רָֽע׃

Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;

15 אֲשֶׁר אׇרְחֹתֵיהֶם עִקְּשִׁים וּנְלוֹזִים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃

Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

16 לְהַצִּילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנׇּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃

To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

17 הַֽעֹזֶבֶת אַלּוּף נְעוּרֶיהָ וְאֶת־בְּרִית אֱלֹהֶיהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה׃

Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

18 כִּי שָׁחָה אֶל־מָוֶת בֵּיתָהּ וְאֶל־רְפָאִים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃

For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

19 כׇּל־בָּאֶיהָ לֹא יְשׁוּבוּן וְלֹֽא־יַשִּׂיגוּ אׇרְחוֹת חַיִּֽים׃

Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

20 לְמַעַן תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ טוֹבִים וְאׇרְחוֹת צַדִּיקִים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃

So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

21 כִּֽי־יְשָׁרִים יִשְׁכְּנוּ־אָרֶץ וּתְמִימִים יִוָּתְרוּ בָֽהּ׃

For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

22 וּרְשָׁעִים מֵאֶרֶץ יִכָּרֵתוּ וּבוֹגְדִים יִסְּחוּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.