< מִשְׁלֵי 5 >
בְּנִי לְחׇכְמָתִי הַקְשִׁיבָה לִתְבוּנָתִי הַט־אׇזְנֶֽךָ׃ | 1 |
My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
לִשְׁמֹר מְזִמּוֹת וְדַעַת שְׂפָתֶיךָ יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃ | 2 |
that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
כִּי נֹפֶת תִּטֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵי זָרָה וְחָלָק מִשֶּׁמֶן חִכָּֽהּ׃ | 3 |
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
וְֽאַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָה כַֽלַּעֲנָה חַדָּה כְּחֶרֶב פִּיּֽוֹת׃ | 4 |
in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
רַגְלֶיהָ יֹרְדוֹת מָוֶת שְׁאוֹל צְעָדֶיהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃ (Sheol ) | 5 |
Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol. (Sheol )
אֹרַח חַיִּים פֶּן־תְּפַלֵּס נָעוּ מַעְגְּלֹתֶיהָ לֹא תֵדָֽע׃ | 6 |
She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְאַל־תָּסוּרוּ מֵאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ | 7 |
So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
הַרְחֵק מֵעָלֶיהָ דַרְכֶּךָ וְאַל־תִּקְרַב אֶל־פֶּתַח בֵּיתָֽהּ׃ | 8 |
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
פֶּן־תִּתֵּן לַאֲחֵרִים הוֹדֶךָ וּשְׁנֹתֶיךָ לְאַכְזָרִֽי׃ | 9 |
lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
פֶּֽן־יִשְׂבְּעוּ זָרִים כֹּחֶךָ וַעֲצָבֶיךָ בְּבֵית נׇכְרִֽי׃ | 10 |
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
וְנָהַמְתָּ בְאַחֲרִיתֶךָ בִּכְלוֹת בְּשָׂרְךָ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃ | 11 |
At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
וְֽאָמַרְתָּ אֵיךְ שָׂנֵאתִי מוּסָר וְתוֹכַחַת נָאַץ לִבִּֽי׃ | 12 |
and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
וְֽלֹא־שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּקוֹל מוֹרָי וְלִֽמְלַמְּדַי לֹֽא־הִטִּיתִי אׇזְנִֽי׃ | 13 |
I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
כִּמְעַט הָיִיתִי בְכׇל־רָע בְּתוֹךְ קָהָל וְעֵדָֽה׃ | 14 |
I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
שְׁתֵה־מַיִם מִבּוֹרֶךָ וְנֹזְלִים מִתּוֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃ | 15 |
Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
יָפוּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ חוּצָה בָּרְחֹבוֹת פַּלְגֵי־מָֽיִם׃ | 16 |
Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
יִֽהְיוּ־לְךָ לְבַדֶּךָ וְאֵין לְזָרִים אִתָּֽךְ׃ | 17 |
Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
יְהִֽי־מְקוֹרְךָ בָרוּךְ וּשְׂמַח מֵאֵשֶׁת נְעוּרֶֽךָ׃ | 18 |
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
אַיֶּלֶת אֲהָבִים וְֽיַעֲלַת־חֵן דַּדֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּךָ בְכׇל־עֵת בְּאַהֲבָתָהּ תִּשְׁגֶּה תָמִֽיד׃ | 19 |
A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
וְלָמָּה תִשְׁגֶּה בְנִי בְזָרָה וּתְחַבֵּק חֵק נׇכְרִיָּֽה׃ | 20 |
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
כִּי נֹכַח ׀ עֵינֵי יְהֹוָה דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁ וְֽכׇל־מַעְגְּלֹתָיו מְפַלֵּֽס׃ | 21 |
For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
עֲֽווֹנֹתָיו יִלְכְּדֻנוֹ אֶת־הָרָשָׁע וּבְחַבְלֵי חַטָּאתוֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ׃ | 22 |
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
הוּא יָמוּת בְּאֵין מוּסָר וּבְרֹב אִוַּלְתּוֹ יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃ | 23 |
He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.