מִשְׁלֵי 7
| בְּנִי שְׁמֹר אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ׃ | 1 |
My son! Keep my sayings, And lay up my commands with you.
| שְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתַי וֶחְיֵה וְתוֹרָתִי כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | 2 |
Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of your eye.
| קׇשְׁרֵם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ כׇּתְבֵם עַל־לוּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ׃ | 3 |
Bind them on your fingers, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
| אֱמֹר לַחׇכְמָה אֲחֹתִי אָתְּ וּמֹדָע לַבִּינָה תִקְרָֽא׃ | 4 |
Say to wisdom, “You [are] my sister.” And cry to understanding, “Relative!”
| לִשְׁמׇרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנׇּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ | 5 |
To preserve you from a strange woman, From a stranger who has made her sayings smooth.
| כִּי בְּחַלּוֹן בֵּיתִי בְּעַד אֶשְׁנַבִּי נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃ | 6 |
For at a window of my house, I have looked out through my casement,
| וָאֵרֶא בַפְּתָאיִם אָבִינָה בַבָּנִים נַעַר חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃ | 7 |
And I see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
| עֹבֵר בַּשּׁוּק אֵצֶל פִּנָּהּ וְדֶרֶךְ בֵּיתָהּ יִצְעָֽד׃ | 8 |
Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he steps,
| בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃ | 9 |
In the twilight—in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
| וְהִנֵּה אִשָּׁה לִקְרָאתוֹ שִׁית זוֹנָה וּנְצֻרַת לֵֽב׃ | 10 |
And behold, a woman to meet him—(A harlot’s dress, and watchful of heart,
| הֹמִיָּה הִיא וְסֹרָרֶת בְּבֵיתָהּ לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנוּ רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃ | 11 |
She [is] noisy, and stubborn, her feet do not rest in her house.
| פַּעַם ׀ בַּחוּץ פַּעַם בָּרְחֹבוֹת וְאֵצֶל כׇּל־פִּנָּה תֶאֱרֹֽב׃ | 12 |
Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And she lies in wait near every corner)—
| וְהֶחֱזִיקָה בּוֹ וְנָשְׁקָה לּוֹ הֵעֵזָה פָנֶיהָ וַתֹּאמַר לֽוֹ׃ | 13 |
And she laid hold on him and kissed him, She has hardened her face and says to him,
| זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים עָלָי הַיּוֹם שִׁלַּמְתִּי נְדָרָֽי׃ | 14 |
“Sacrifices of peace-offerings [are] by me, Today I have completed my vows.
| עַל־כֵּן יָצָאתִי לִקְרָאתֶךָ לְשַׁחֵר פָּנֶיךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ׃ | 15 |
Therefore I have come forth to meet you, To earnestly seek your face, and I find you.
| מַרְבַדִּים רָבַדְתִּי עַרְשִׂי חֲטֻבוֹת אֵטוּן מִצְרָֽיִם׃ | 16 |
I decked my bed [with] ornamental coverings, Carved works—cotton of Egypt.
| נַפְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי מֹר אֲהָלִים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃ | 17 |
I sprinkled my bed [with] myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
| לְכָה נִרְוֶה דֹדִים עַד־הַבֹּקֶר נִתְעַלְּסָה בׇּאֳהָבִֽים׃ | 18 |
Come, we are filled [with] love until the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.
| כִּי אֵין הָאִישׁ בְּבֵיתוֹ הָלַךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ מֵרָחֽוֹק׃ | 19 |
For the man is not in his house, He has gone on a long journey.
| צְֽרוֹר־הַכֶּסֶף לָקַח בְּיָדוֹ לְיוֹם הַכֵּסֶא יָבֹא בֵיתֽוֹ׃ | 20 |
He has taken a bag of money in his hand, At the day of the new moon he comes to his house.”
| הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃ | 21 |
She turns him aside with the abundance of her speech, She forces him with the flattery of her lips.
| הוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ פִּתְאֹם כְּשׁוֹר אֶל־טֶבַח יָבֹא וּכְעֶכֶס אֶל־מוּסַר אֱוִֽיל׃ | 22 |
He is going after her straight away, he comes as an ox to the slaughter, And as a chain to the discipline of a fool,
| עַד יְפַלַּח חֵץ כְּֽבֵדוֹ כְּמַהֵר צִפּוֹר אֶל־פָּח וְלֹא־יָדַע כִּֽי־בְנַפְשׁוֹ הֽוּא׃ | 23 |
Until an arrow splits his liver, As a bird has hurried to a snare, And has not known that it [is] for its life.
| וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לְאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ | 24 |
And now, you sons, listen to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
| אַל־יֵשְׂטְ אֶל־דְּרָכֶיהָ לִבֶּךָ אַל־תֵּתַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ | 25 |
Do not let your heart turn to her ways, Do not wander in her paths,
| כִּֽי־רַבִּים חֲלָלִים הִפִּילָה וַעֲצֻמִים כׇּל־הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ׃ | 26 |
For many [are] the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty [are] all her slain ones.
