מִשְׁלֵי 2

1 בְּ֭נִי אִם־תִּקַּ֣ח אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃

O son my if you will receive words my and commandments my you will treasure with you.

2 לְהַקְשִׁ֣יב לַֽחָכְמָ֣ה אָזְנֶ֑ךָ תַּטֶּ֥ה לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃

To make attend to wisdom ear your you will incline heart your to understanding.

3 כִּ֤י אִ֣ם לַבִּינָ֣ה תִקְרָ֑א לַ֝תְּבוּנָ֗ה תִּתֵּ֥ן קֹולֶֽךָ׃

That except to discernment you will call to understanding you will give voice your.

4 אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּה כַכָּ֑סֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמֹונִ֥ים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃

If you will seek it like silver and like treasures you will search for it.

5 אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת אֱלֹהִ֣ים תִּמְצָֽא׃

Then you will discern [the] fear of Yahweh and [the] knowledge of God you will find.

6 כִּֽי־יְ֭הוָה יִתֵּ֣ן חָכְמָ֑ה מִ֝פִּ֗יו דַּ֣עַת וּתְבוּנָֽה׃

For Yahweh he gives wisdom from mouth his knowledge and understanding.

7 וְצָפַן (יִצְפֹּ֣ן) לַ֭יְשָׁרִים תּוּשִׁיָּ֑ה מָ֝גֵ֗ן לְהֹ֣לְכֵי תֹֽם׃

(He stores up *Q(K)*) for upright [people] success a shield to [those who] walk of integrity.

8 לִ֭נְצֹר אָרְחֹ֣ות מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְדֶ֖רֶךְ חֲסִידֹו (חֲסִידָ֣יו) יִשְׁמֹֽר׃

To guard [the] paths of justice and [the] way of (faithful [people] his *Q(K)*) he will preserve.

9 אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין צֶ֣דֶק וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝מֵישָׁרִ֗ים כָּל־מַעְגַּל־טֹֽוב׃

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and uprightness every course of good.

10 כִּֽי־תָבֹ֣וא חָכְמָ֣ה בְלִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝דַ֗עַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥ יִנְעָֽם׃

For it will come wisdom in heart your and knowledge to self your it will be pleasant.

11 מְ֭זִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר עָלֶ֗יךָ תְּבוּנָ֥ה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃

Discretion it will watch over you understanding it will preserve you.

12 לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ רָ֑ע מֵ֝אִ֗ישׁ מְדַבֵּ֥ר תַּהְפֻּכֹֽות׃

To deliver you from a way evil from anyone [who] speaks perverse things.

13 הַ֭עֹ֣זְבִים אָרְחֹ֣ות יֹ֑שֶׁר לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

Those [who] leave paths of uprightness to walk in [the] ways of darkness.

14 הַ֭שְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשֹׂ֥ות רָ֑ע יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ בְּֽתַהְפֻּכֹ֥ות רָֽע׃

The [ones] joyful to do evil they exult in perverse things of evil.

15 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם עִקְּשִׁ֑ים וּ֝נְלֹוזִ֗ים בְּמַעְגְּלֹותָֽם׃

Who paths their [are] twisted and [who are] crooked in tracks their.

16 לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃

To deliver you from a woman strange from a foreign [woman] [who] words her she makes smooth.

17 הַ֭עֹזֶבֶת אַלּ֣וּף נְעוּרֶ֑יהָ וְאֶת־בְּרִ֖ית אֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה׃

Who leaves [the] close friend of youth her and [the] covenant of God her she forgets.

18 כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה אֶל־מָ֣וֶת בֵּיתָ֑הּ וְאֶל־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃

For she sank down to death house her and to [the] shades tracks her.

19 כָּל־בָּ֭אֶיהָ לֹ֣א יְשׁוּב֑וּן וְלֹֽא־יַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּ אָרְחֹ֥ות חַיִּֽים׃

All [those who] go to her not they return! and not they reach [the] paths of life.

20 לְמַ֗עַן תֵּ֭לֵךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ טֹובִ֑ים וְאָרְחֹ֖ות צַדִּיקִ֣ים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃

So that you may walk in [the] way of good [people] and [the] paths of righteous [people] you will keep.

21 כִּֽי־יְשָׁרִ֥ים יִשְׁכְּנוּ־אָ֑רֶץ וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים יִוָּ֥תְרוּ בָֽהּ׃

For upright [people] (they will dwell *L(bah)*) [the] land and blameless [people] they will remain in it.

22 וּ֭רְשָׁעִים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ וּ֝בֹוגְדִ֗ים יִסְּח֥וּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ פ

And wicked [people] from [the] land they will be cut off and treacherous [people] they will be torn away from it.