< מִשְׁלֵי 2 >
בְּנִי אִם־תִּקַּח אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ׃ | 1 |
My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,
לְהַקְשִׁיב לַֽחָכְמָה אָזְנֶךָ תַּטֶּה לִבְּךָ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃ | 2 |
so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;
כִּי אִם לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא לַתְּבוּנָה תִּתֵּן קוֹלֶֽךָ׃ | 3 |
yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;
אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה כַכָּסֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃ | 4 |
if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
אָז תָּבִין יִרְאַת יְהוָה וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים תִּמְצָֽא׃ | 5 |
then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
כִּֽי־יְהוָה יִתֵּן חָכְמָה מִפִּיו דַּעַת וּתְבוּנָֽה׃ | 6 |
For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
וצפן יִצְפֹּן לַיְשָׁרִים תּוּשִׁיָּה מָגֵן לְהֹלְכֵי תֹֽם׃ | 7 |
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [he] is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
לִנְצֹר אָרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְדֶרֶךְ חסידו חֲסִידָיו יִשְׁמֹֽר׃ | 8 |
guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones.
אָז תָּבִין צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט וּמֵישָׁרִים כָּל־מַעְגַּל־טֽוֹב׃ | 9 |
Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path.
כִּֽי־תָבוֹא חָכְמָה בְלִבֶּךָ וְדַעַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ יִנְעָֽם׃ | 10 |
When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,
מְזִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ תְּבוּנָה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃ | 11 |
discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:
לְהַצִּילְךָ מִדֶּרֶךְ רָע מֵאִישׁ מְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃ | 12 |
To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;
הַעֹזְבִים אָרְחוֹת יֹשֶׁר לָלֶכֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 13 |
[from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
הַשְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשׂוֹת רָע יָגִילוּ בְּֽתַהְפֻּכוֹת רָֽע׃ | 14 |
who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil;
אֲשֶׁר אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם עִקְּשִׁים וּנְלוֹזִים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃ | 15 |
whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:
לְהַצִּילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנָּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ | 16 |
To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;
הַעֹזֶבֶת אַלּוּף נְעוּרֶיהָ וְאֶת־בְּרִית אֱלֹהֶיהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה׃ | 17 |
who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
כִּי שָׁחָה אֶל־מָוֶת בֵּיתָהּ וְאֶל־רְפָאִים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ | 18 |
— for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;
כָּל־בָּאֶיהָ לֹא יְשׁוּבוּן וְלֹֽא־יַשִּׂיגוּ אָרְחוֹת חַיִּֽים׃ | 19 |
none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:
לְמַעַן תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ טוֹבִים וְאָרְחוֹת צַדִּיקִים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ | 20 |
— that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.
כִּֽי־יְשָׁרִים יִשְׁכְּנוּ אָרֶץ וּתְמִימִים יִוָּתְרוּ בָֽהּ׃ | 21 |
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;
וּרְשָׁעִים מֵאֶרֶץ יִכָּרֵתוּ וּבוֹגְדִים יִסְּחוּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ | 22 |
but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it.