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הֲלֹֽא־חׇכְמָה תִקְרָא וּתְבוּנָה תִּתֵּן קוֹלָֽהּ׃ | 1 |
Does not wisdom call out, and prudence bestow her voice?
בְּרֹאשׁ־מְרֹמִים עֲלֵי־דָרֶךְ בֵּית נְתִיבוֹת נִצָּֽבָה׃ | 2 |
At the summits and the tops of exalted places, standing above the ways, in the midst of the paths,
לְיַד־שְׁעָרִים לְפִי־קָרֶת מְבוֹא פְתָחִים תָּרֹֽנָּה׃ | 3 |
beside the gates of the city, at the very doors, she speaks, saying:
אֲלֵיכֶם אִישִׁים אֶקְרָא וְקוֹלִי אֶל־בְּנֵי אָדָֽם׃ | 4 |
“O men, to you I call out, and my voice is to the sons of men.
הָבִינוּ פְתָאיִם עׇרְמָה וּכְסִילִים הָבִינוּ לֵֽב׃ | 5 |
O little ones, understand discernment. And you who are unwise, turn your souls.
שִׁמְעוּ כִּֽי־נְגִידִים אֲדַבֵּר וּמִפְתַּח שְׂפָתַי מֵישָׁרִֽים׃ | 6 |
Listen, for I will speak about great things, and my lips will be opened, so as to foretell what is right.
כִּֽי־אֱמֶת יֶהְגֶּה חִכִּי וְתוֹעֲבַת שְׂפָתַי רֶֽשַׁע׃ | 7 |
My throat shall practice truth, and my lips shall detest the impious.
בְּצֶדֶק כׇּל־אִמְרֵי־פִי אֵין בָּהֶם נִפְתָּל וְעִקֵּֽשׁ׃ | 8 |
All my words are just. There is no depravity in them, and no perversity.
כֻּלָּם נְכֹחִים לַמֵּבִין וִישָׁרִים לְמֹצְאֵי דָֽעַת׃ | 9 |
They are upright to those who understand, and equitable to those who discover knowledge.
קְחֽוּ־מוּסָרִי וְאַל־כָּסֶף וְדַעַת מֵחָרוּץ נִבְחָֽר׃ | 10 |
Accept my discipline, and not money. Choose the doctrine that is greater than gold.
כִּֽי־טוֹבָה חׇכְמָה מִפְּנִינִים וְכׇל־חֲפָצִים לֹא יִֽשְׁווּ־בָֽהּ׃ | 11 |
For wisdom is better than all that is most precious, and everything that is desirable cannot compare to her.
אֲֽנִי־חׇכְמָה שָׁכַנְתִּי עׇרְמָה וְדַעַת מְזִמּוֹת אֶמְצָֽא׃ | 12 |
I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and I am inside learned thoughts.
יִרְאַת יְהֹוָה שְֽׂנֹאת ־ רָע גֵּאָה וְגָאוֹן ׀ וְדֶרֶךְ רָע וּפִי תַהְפֻּכוֹת שָׂנֵֽאתִי׃ | 13 |
The fear of the Lord hates evil. I detest arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
לִֽי־עֵצָה וְתוּשִׁיָּה אֲנִי בִינָה לִי גְבוּרָֽה׃ | 14 |
Counsel is mine, and equity. Prudence is mine. Strength is mine.
בִּי מְלָכִים יִמְלֹכוּ וְרֹזְנִים יְחֹקְקוּ צֶֽדֶק׃ | 15 |
Through me, kings reign and legislators decree just conditions.
בִּי שָׂרִים יָשֹׂרוּ וּנְדִיבִים כׇּל־שֹׁפְטֵי צֶֽדֶק׃ | 16 |
Through me, princes rule and the powerful decree justice.
אֲנִי (אהביה) [אֹהֲבַי] אֵהָב וּמְשַׁחֲרַי יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃ | 17 |
I love those who love me. And those who stand watch for me until morning shall discover me.
עֹֽשֶׁר־וְכָבוֹד אִתִּי הוֹן עָתֵק וּצְדָקָֽה׃ | 18 |
With me, are wealth and glory, superb riches and justice.
טוֹב פִּרְיִי מֵחָרוּץ וּמִפָּז וּתְבוּאָתִי מִכֶּסֶף נִבְחָֽר׃ | 19 |
For my fruit is better than gold and precious stones, and my progeny better than choice silver.
בְּאֹֽרַח־צְדָקָה אֲהַלֵּךְ בְּתוֹךְ נְתִיבוֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ | 20 |
I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
לְהַנְחִיל אֹהֲבַי ׀ יֵשׁ וְאֹצְרֹתֵיהֶם אֲמַלֵּֽא׃ | 21 |
so that I may enrich those who love me, and thus complete their treasures.
יְֽהֹוָה קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָֽז׃ | 22 |
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning.
מֵעוֹלָם נִסַּכְתִּי מֵרֹאשׁ מִקַּדְמֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 23 |
I was ordained from eternity, and out of antiquity, before the earth was formed.
בְּאֵין־תְּהֹמוֹת חוֹלָלְתִּי בְּאֵין מַעְיָנוֹת נִכְבַּדֵּי־מָֽיִם׃ | 24 |
The abyss did not yet exist, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains of waters yet erupted.
בְּטֶרֶם הָרִים הׇטְבָּעוּ לִפְנֵי גְבָעוֹת חוֹלָֽלְתִּי׃ | 25 |
The mountains, with their great mass, had not yet been established. Before the hills, I was brought forth.
עַד־לֹא עָשָׂה אֶרֶץ וְחוּצוֹת וְרֹאשׁ עַפְרוֹת תֵּבֵֽל׃ | 26 |
Still he had not made the earth, and the rivers, and the poles of the globe of the earth.
בַּהֲכִינוֹ שָׁמַיִם שָׁם אָנִי בְּחֻקוֹ חוּג עַל־פְּנֵי תְהֽוֹם׃ | 27 |
I was already present: when he prepared the heavens; when, with a certain law and a circuit, he fortified the abyss;
בְּאַמְּצוֹ שְׁחָקִים מִמָּעַל בַּעֲזוֹז עִינוֹת תְּהֽוֹם׃ | 28 |
when he made firm the sky above, and set free the fountains of waters;
בְּשׂוּמוֹ לַיָּם ׀ חֻקּוֹ וּמַיִם לֹא יַֽעַבְרוּ־פִיו בְּחוּקוֹ מוֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃ | 29 |
when he encompassed the sea within its limits, and laid down a law for the waters, lest they transgress their limits; when he weighed the foundations of the earth.
וָאֶהְיֶה אֶצְלוֹ אָמוֹן וָאֶהְיֶה שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים יוֹם ׀ יוֹם מְשַׂחֶקֶת לְפָנָיו בְּכׇל־עֵֽת׃ | 30 |
I was with him in composing all things. And I was delighted, throughout every day, by playing in his sight at all times,
מְשַׂחֶקֶת בְּתֵבֵל אַרְצוֹ וְשַׁעֲשֻׁעַי אֶת־בְּנֵי אָדָֽם׃ | 31 |
playing in globe of the earth. And my delight was to be with the sons of men.
וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְאַשְׁרֵי דְּרָכַי יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ׃ | 32 |
Therefore, sons, hear me now. Blessed are those who preserve my ways.
שִׁמְעוּ מוּסָר וַחֲכָמוּ וְאַל־תִּפְרָֽעוּ׃ | 33 |
Listen to discipline, and become wise, and do not be willing to cast it aside.
אַשְֽׁרֵי אָדָם שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי לִשְׁקֹד עַל־דַּלְתֹתַי יוֹם ׀ יוֹם לִשְׁמֹר מְזוּזֹת פְּתָחָֽי׃ | 34 |
Blessed is the man who listens to me, and who stands watch at my gates every day, and who observes at the posts of my doors.
כִּי מֹצְאִי (מצאי) [מָצָא] חַיִּים וַיָּפֶק רָצוֹן מֵיְהֹוָֽה׃ | 35 |
He who finds me, finds life, and he will draw salvation from the Lord.
וְֽחֹטְאִי חֹמֵס נַפְשׁוֹ כׇּל־מְשַׂנְאַי אָהֲבוּ מָֽוֶת׃ | 36 |
But he who sins against me will wound his own soul. All who hate me love death.”