< מִשְׁלֵי 5 >
בְּנִי לְחׇכְמָתִי הַקְשִׁיבָה לִתְבוּנָתִי הַט־אׇזְנֶֽךָ׃ | 1 |
My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,
לִשְׁמֹר מְזִמּוֹת וְדַעַת שְׂפָתֶיךָ יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃ | 2 |
To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.
כִּי נֹפֶת תִּטֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵי זָרָה וְחָלָק מִשֶּׁמֶן חִכָּֽהּ׃ | 3 |
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth,
וְֽאַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָה כַֽלַּעֲנָה חַדָּה כְּחֶרֶב פִּיּֽוֹת׃ | 4 |
And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.
רַגְלֶיהָ יֹרְדוֹת מָוֶת שְׁאוֹל צְעָדֶיהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃ (Sheol ) | 5 |
Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of. (Sheol )
אֹרַח חַיִּים פֶּן־תְּפַלֵּס נָעוּ מַעְגְּלֹתֶיהָ לֹא תֵדָֽע׃ | 6 |
The path of life — lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths — thou knowest not.
וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְאַל־תָּסוּרוּ מֵאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ | 7 |
And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.
הַרְחֵק מֵעָלֶיהָ דַרְכֶּךָ וְאַל־תִּקְרַב אֶל־פֶּתַח בֵּיתָֽהּ׃ | 8 |
Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,
פֶּן־תִּתֵּן לַאֲחֵרִים הוֹדֶךָ וּשְׁנֹתֶיךָ לְאַכְזָרִֽי׃ | 9 |
Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,
פֶּֽן־יִשְׂבְּעוּ זָרִים כֹּחֶךָ וַעֲצָבֶיךָ בְּבֵית נׇכְרִֽי׃ | 10 |
Lest strangers be filled [with] thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,
וְנָהַמְתָּ בְאַחֲרִיתֶךָ בִּכְלוֹת בְּשָׂרְךָ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃ | 11 |
And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,
וְֽאָמַרְתָּ אֵיךְ שָׂנֵאתִי מוּסָר וְתוֹכַחַת נָאַץ לִבִּֽי׃ | 12 |
And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,
וְֽלֹא־שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּקוֹל מוֹרָי וְלִֽמְלַמְּדַי לֹֽא־הִטִּיתִי אׇזְנִֽי׃ | 13 |
And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.
כִּמְעַט הָיִיתִי בְכׇל־רָע בְּתוֹךְ קָהָל וְעֵדָֽה׃ | 14 |
As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.
שְׁתֵה־מַיִם מִבּוֹרֶךָ וְנֹזְלִים מִתּוֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃ | 15 |
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.
יָפוּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ חוּצָה בָּרְחֹבוֹת פַּלְגֵי־מָֽיִם׃ | 16 |
Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters.
יִֽהְיוּ־לְךָ לְבַדֶּךָ וְאֵין לְזָרִים אִתָּֽךְ׃ | 17 |
Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.
יְהִֽי־מְקוֹרְךָ בָרוּךְ וּשְׂמַח מֵאֵשֶׁת נְעוּרֶֽךָ׃ | 18 |
Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,
אַיֶּלֶת אֲהָבִים וְֽיַעֲלַת־חֵן דַּדֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּךָ בְכׇל־עֵת בְּאַהֲבָתָהּ תִּשְׁגֶּה תָמִֽיד׃ | 19 |
A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.
וְלָמָּה תִשְׁגֶּה בְנִי בְזָרָה וּתְחַבֵּק חֵק נׇכְרִיָּֽה׃ | 20 |
And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
כִּי נֹכַח ׀ עֵינֵי יְהֹוָה דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁ וְֽכׇל־מַעְגְּלֹתָיו מְפַלֵּֽס׃ | 21 |
For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.
עֲֽווֹנֹתָיו יִלְכְּדֻנוֹ אֶת־הָרָשָׁע וּבְחַבְלֵי חַטָּאתוֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ׃ | 22 |
His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
הוּא יָמוּת בְּאֵין מוּסָר וּבְרֹב אִוַּלְתּוֹ יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃ | 23 |
He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!