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מִ שְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹה בֶן־דָּוִד מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ 1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, the king of Israel:
לָדַעַת חׇכְמָה וּמוּסָר לְהָבִין אִמְרֵי בִינָֽה׃ 2
To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the sayings of understanding;
לָקַחַת מוּסַר הַשְׂכֵּל צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט וּמֵשָׁרִֽים׃ 3
To accept the instruction of intelligence, righteousness, and justice, and equity;
לָתֵת לִפְתָאיִם עׇרְמָה לְנַעַר דַּעַת וּמְזִמָּֽה׃ 4
To give to the simple prudence, to the youth knowledge and discretion.
יִשְׁמַע חָכָם וְיוֹסֶף לֶקַח וְנָבוֹן תַּחְבֻּלוֹת יִקְנֶֽה׃ 5
The wise will hear, and will increase [his] information; and the man of understanding will obtain wise counsels:
לְהָבִין מָשָׁל וּמְלִיצָה דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְחִידֹתָֽם׃ 6
To understand a proverb, and a sage sentence; the words of the wise, and their riddles.
יִרְאַת יְהֹוָה רֵאשִׁית דָּעַת חׇכְמָה וּמוּסָר אֱוִילִים בָּֽזוּ׃ 7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: wisdom and instruction fools [alone] despise.
שְׁמַע בְּנִי מוּסַר אָבִיךָ וְאַל־תִּטֹּשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּֽךָ׃ 8
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and cast not off the teaching of thy mother;
כִּי ׀ לִוְיַת חֵן הֵם לְרֹאשֶׁךָ וַעֲנָקִים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ׃ 9
For a wreath of grace are they unto thy head, and chains for thy throat.
בְּנִי אִם־יְפַתּוּךָ חַטָּאִים אַל־תֹּבֵֽא׃ 10
My son, if sinners wish to entice thee, consent thou not.
אִם־יֹאמְרוּ לְכָה אִתָּנוּ נֶאֶרְבָה לְדָם נִצְפְּנָה לְנָקִי חִנָּֽם׃ 11
If they should say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us watch in concealment for the uselessly innocent;
נִבְלָעֵם כִּשְׁאוֹל חַיִּים וּתְמִימִים כְּיוֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר׃ (Sheol h7585) 12
We will swallow them up like the grave alive; and the men of integrity, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
כׇּל־הוֹן יָקָר נִמְצָא נְמַלֵּא בָתֵּינוּ שָׁלָֽל׃ 13
We shall find all [kinds of] precious wealth, we will fill our houses with booty;
גּוֹרָלְךָ תַּפִּיל בְּתוֹכֵנוּ כִּיס אֶחָד יִהְיֶה לְכֻלָּֽנוּ׃ 14
Thy lot must thou cast in our midst; one purse shall be for us all:
בְּנִי אַל־תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ אִתָּם מְנַע רַגְלְךָ מִנְּתִיבָתָֽם׃ 15
My son, walk not thou on the way with them; withhold thy foot from their path;
כִּי רַגְלֵיהֶם לָרַע יָרוּצוּ וִימַהֲרוּ לִשְׁפׇּךְ־דָּֽם׃ 16
For their feet run after evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
כִּֽי־חִנָּם מְזֹרָה הָרָשֶׁת בְּעֵינֵי כׇּל־בַּעַל כָּנָֽף׃ 17
For uselessly is the net spread out before the eyes of every winged bird:
וְהֵם לְדָמָם יֶאֱרֹבוּ יִצְפְּנוּ לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃ 18
While they lie in wait for their [own] blood; they watch in concealment for their [own] lives.
כֵּן אׇרְחוֹת כׇּל־בֹּצֵֽעַ בָּצַע אֶת־נֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלָיו יִקָּֽח׃ 19
So are the paths of every one that is greedy after [unlawful] gain; it taketh away the life of those that own it.
חׇכְמוֹת בַּחוּץ תָּרֹנָּה בָּרְחֹבוֹת תִּתֵּן קוֹלָֽהּ׃ 20
Wisdom crieth loudly without; in the public places she uttereth her voice;
בְּרֹאשׁ הֹמִיּוֹת תִּקְרָא בְּפִתְחֵי שְׁעָרִים בָּעִיר אֲמָרֶיהָ תֹאמֵֽר׃ 21
At the corner of noisy streets she calleth, at the entrances of gates; in the city she sayeth her speeches:
עַד־מָתַי ׀ פְּתָיִם תְּֽאֵהֲבוּ ־ פֶתִי וְלֵצִים לָצוֹן חָמְדוּ לָהֶם וּכְסִילִים יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָֽעַת׃ 22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners take their delight in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
תָּשׁוּבוּ לְֽתוֹכַחְתִּי הִנֵּה אַבִּיעָה לָכֶם רוּחִי אוֹדִיעָה דְבָרַי אֶתְכֶֽם׃ 23
Turn back to my admonition: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
יַעַן קָרָאתִי וַתְּמָאֵנוּ נָטִיתִי יָדִי וְאֵין מַקְשִֽׁיב׃ 24
Whereas I called, and ye refused; I stretched out my hand, and no man was attentive;
וַתִּפְרְעוּ כׇל־עֲצָתִי וְתוֹכַחְתִּי לֹא אֲבִיתֶֽם׃ 25
And ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would not accept my admonition:
גַּם־אֲנִי בְּאֵידְכֶם אֶשְׂחָק אֶלְעַג בְּבֹא פַחְדְּכֶֽם׃ 26
[Therefore] I also will truly laugh at your calamity; I will deride [you] when your terror cometh;
בְּבֹא (כשאוה) [כְשׁוֹאָה ׀] פַּחְדְּכֶם וְֽאֵידְכֶם כְּסוּפָה יֶאֱתֶה בְּבֹא עֲלֵיכֶם צָרָה וְצוּקָֽה׃ 27
When your terror cometh like the tempest-cloud, and your calamity hasteneth like a whirlwind; when there come upon you distress and affliction.
אָז יִקְרָאֻנְנִי וְלֹא אֶעֱנֶה יְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי וְלֹא יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃ 28
Then will they call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me;
תַּחַת כִּֽי־שָׂנְאוּ דָעַת וְיִרְאַת יְהֹוָה לֹא בָחָֽרוּ׃ 29
For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose;
לֹא־אָבוּ לַעֲצָתִי נָאֲצוּ כׇּל־תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃ 30
[That] they would not attend to my counsel: [that] they rejected all my admonition.
וְֽיֹאכְלוּ מִפְּרִי דַרְכָּם וּֽמִמֹּעֲצֹתֵיהֶם יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃ 31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and from their own counsels shall they be satisfied.
כִּי מְשׁוּבַת פְּתָיִם תַּהַרְגֵם וְשַׁלְוַת כְּסִילִים תְּאַבְּדֵֽם׃ 32
For the defection of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will cause them to be lost.
וְשֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי יִשְׁכׇּן־בֶּטַח וְשַׁאֲנַן מִפַּחַד רָעָֽה׃ 33
But he that hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from the dread of evil.

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