מִשְׁלֵי 4
| שִׁמְעוּ בָנִים מוּסַר אָב וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לָדַעַת בִּינָֽה׃ | 1 |
Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence.
| כִּי לֶקַח טוֹב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם תּוֹרָתִי אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃ | 2 |
I will bestow upon you a good gift. Do not relinquish my law.
| כִּֽי־בֵן הָיִיתִי לְאָבִי רַךְ וְיָחִיד לִפְנֵי אִמִּֽי׃ | 3 |
For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother.
| וַיֹּרֵנִי וַיֹּאמֶר לִי יִֽתְמׇךְ־דְּבָרַי לִבֶּךָ שְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתַי וֶחְיֵֽה׃ | 4 |
And he taught me, and he also said: “Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live.
| קְנֵה חׇכְמָה קְנֵה בִינָה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח וְאַל־תֵּט מֵאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ | 5 |
Obtain wisdom, obtain prudence. May you neither forget, nor turn away from, the words of my mouth.
| אַל־תַּעַזְבֶהָ וְתִשְׁמְרֶךָּ אֱהָבֶהָ וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃ | 6 |
Do not send her away, and she will guard you. Love her, and she will preserve you.
| רֵאשִׁית חׇכְמָה קְנֵה חׇכְמָה וּבְכׇל־קִנְיָנְךָ קְנֵה בִינָֽה׃ | 7 |
The beginning of wisdom is to obtain wisdom, and, with all that you possess, to acquire prudence.
| סַלְסְלֶהָ וּֽתְרוֹמְמֶךָּ תְּכַבֵּדְךָ כִּי תְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה׃ | 8 |
Grasp her, and she will exalt you. You will be glorified by her, when you have embraced her.
| תִּתֵּן לְרֹאשְׁךָ לִוְיַת־חֵן עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת תְּמַגְּנֶֽךָּ׃ | 9 |
She will bestow upon your head an increase in graces, and she will protect you with a noble crown.
| שְׁמַע בְּנִי וְקַח אֲמָרָי וְיִרְבּוּ לְךָ שְׁנוֹת חַיִּֽים׃ | 10 |
Listen, my son, and accept my words, so that years of life may be multiplied for you.
| בְּדֶרֶךְ חׇכְמָה הֹרֵיתִיךָ הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ בְּמַעְגְּלֵי־יֹֽשֶׁר׃ | 11 |
I will demonstrate to you the way of wisdom. I will lead you along the paths of equity.
| בְּֽלֶכְתְּךָ לֹא־יֵצַר צַעֲדֶךָ וְאִם־תָּרוּץ לֹא תִכָּשֵֽׁל׃ | 12 |
When you have entered by these, your steps will not be constrained, and when running, you will have no obstacle.
| הַחֲזֵק בַּמּוּסָר אַל־תֶּרֶף נִצְּרֶהָ כִּי־הִיא חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ | 13 |
Take hold of discipline. Do not dismiss it. Guard it, for it is your life.
| בְּאֹרַח רְשָׁעִים אַל־תָּבֹא וְאַל־תְּאַשֵּׁר בְּדֶרֶךְ רָעִֽים׃ | 14 |
Do not delight in the paths of the impious, nor permit the way of evil-doers to please you.
| פְּרָעֵהוּ אַל־תַּעֲבׇר־בּוֹ שְׂטֵה מֵעָלָיו וַעֲבֹֽר׃ | 15 |
Take flight from it. Do not pass close to it. Turn away and abandon it.
| כִּי לֹא יִֽשְׁנוּ אִם־לֹא יָרֵעוּ וְֽנִגְזְלָה שְׁנָתָם אִם־לֹא (יכשולו) [יַכְשִֽׁילוּ]׃ | 16 |
For they do not sleep, unless they have done evil. And their sleep is quickly taken away from them, unless they have overthrown.
| כִּי לָחֲמוּ לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע וְיֵין חֲמָסִים יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃ | 17 |
They eat the bread of impiety, and they drink the wine of iniquity.
| וְאֹרַח צַדִּיקִים כְּאוֹר נֹגַהּ הוֹלֵךְ וָאוֹר עַד־נְכוֹן הַיּֽוֹם׃ | 18 |
But the path of the just is like a shining light: it advances and increases, even to the day of completion.
| דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים כָּאֲפֵלָה לֹא יָדְעוּ בַּמֶּה יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃ | 19 |
The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall.
| בְּנִי לִדְבָרַי הַקְשִׁיבָה לַאֲמָרַי הַט־אׇזְנֶֽךָ׃ | 20 |
My son, pay attention to my sermons, and incline your ear to my eloquent words.
| אַל־יַלִּיזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ שׇׁמְרֵם בְּתוֹךְ לְבָבֶֽךָ׃ | 21 |
Let them not recede from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
| כִּֽי־חַיִּים הֵם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶם וּֽלְכׇל־בְּשָׂרוֹ מַרְפֵּֽא׃ | 22 |
For they are life to those who find them and health to all that is flesh.
| מִֽכׇּל־מִשְׁמָר נְצֹר לִבֶּךָ כִּֽי־מִמֶּנּוּ תּוֹצְאוֹת חַיִּֽים׃ | 23 |
Preserve your heart with all watchfulness, for life proceeds from this.
| הָסֵר מִמְּךָ עִקְּשׁוּת פֶּה וּלְזוּת שְׂפָתַיִם הַרְחֵק מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ | 24 |
Remove from yourself a corrupt mouth, and let detracting lips be far from you.
| עֵינֶיךָ לְנֹכַח יַבִּיטוּ וְעַפְעַפֶּיךָ יַיְשִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃ | 25 |
Let your eyes look straight ahead, and let your eyelids precede your steps.
| פַּלֵּס מַעְגַּל רַגְלֶךָ וְֽכׇל־דְּרָכֶיךָ יִכֹּֽנוּ׃ | 26 |
Direct the path of your feet, and all your ways shall be secure.
| אַֽל־תֵּט־יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול הָסֵר רַגְלְךָ מֵרָֽע׃ | 27 |
Turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left; yet turn your foot away from evil. For the Lord knows the ways that are on the right, and truly, those that are on the left are perverse. But he himself will make your courses straight. Then your journey will advance in peace.
