מִשְׁלֵי 2

1 בְּנִי אִם־תִּקַּח אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ׃

My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

2 לְהַקְשִׁיב לַחׇכְמָה אׇזְנֶךָ תַּטֶּה לִבְּךָ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃

To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

3 כִּי אִם לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא לַתְּבוּנָה תִּתֵּן קוֹלֶֽךָ׃

For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

4 אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה כַכָּסֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃

If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

5 אָז תָּבִין יִרְאַת יְהֹוָה וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים תִּמְצָֽא׃

Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.

6 כִּֽי־יְהֹוָה יִתֵּן חׇכְמָה מִפִּיו דַּעַת וּתְבוּנָֽה׃

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

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

Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.

8 לִנְצֹר אׇרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְדֶרֶךְ חֲסִידָו יִשְׁמֹֽר׃

To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.

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

Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness — every good path.

10 כִּֽי־תָבוֹא חׇכְמָה בְלִבֶּךָ וְדַעַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ יִנְעָֽם׃

For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,

11 מְזִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ תְּבוּנָה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃

Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

12 לְהַצִּילְךָ מִדֶּרֶךְ רָע מֵאִישׁ מְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃

To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

13 הַעֹזְבִים אׇרְחוֹת יֹשֶׁר לָלֶכֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

14 הַשְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשׂוֹת רָע יָגִילוּ בְּֽתַהְפֻּכוֹת רָֽע׃

Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

15 אֲשֶׁר אׇרְחֹתֵיהֶם עִקְּשִׁים וּנְלוֹזִים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃

Whose paths [are] crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.

16 לְהַצִּילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנׇּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃

To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

17 הַֽעֹזֶבֶת אַלּוּף נְעוּרֶיהָ וְאֶת־בְּרִית אֱלֹהֶיהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה׃

Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

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

For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

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

None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

20 לְמַעַן תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ טוֹבִים וְאׇרְחוֹת צַדִּיקִים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃

That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

21 כִּֽי־יְשָׁרִים יִשְׁכְּנוּ־אָרֶץ וּתְמִימִים יִוָּתְרוּ בָֽהּ׃

For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,

22 וּרְשָׁעִים מֵאֶרֶץ יִכָּרֵתוּ וּבוֹגְדִים יִסְּחוּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!