מִשְׁלֵי 2
| בְּנִי אִם־תִּקַּח אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ׃ | 1 |
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
| לְהַקְשִׁיב לַֽחָכְמָה אָזְנֶךָ תַּטֶּה לִבְּךָ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃ | 2 |
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
| כִּי אִם לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא לַתְּבוּנָה תִּתֵּן קוֹלֶֽךָ׃ | 3 |
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
| אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה כַכָּסֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃ | 4 |
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
| אָז תָּבִין יִרְאַת יְהוָה וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים תִּמְצָֽא׃ | 5 |
Then shalt thou understand the fear of Yhwh, and find the knowledge of God.
| כִּֽי־יְהוָה יִתֵּן חָכְמָה מִפִּיו דַּעַת וּתְבוּנָֽה׃ | 6 |
For Yhwh giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
| וצפן יִצְפֹּן לַיְשָׁרִים תּוּשִׁיָּה מָגֵן לְהֹלְכֵי תֹֽם׃ | 7 |
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
| לִנְצֹר אָרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְדֶרֶךְ חסידו חֲסִידָיו יִשְׁמֹֽר׃ | 8 |
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
| אָז תָּבִין צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט וּמֵישָׁרִים כָּל־מַעְגַּל־טֽוֹב׃ | 9 |
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
| כִּֽי־תָבוֹא חָכְמָה בְלִבֶּךָ וְדַעַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ יִנְעָֽם׃ | 10 |
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
| מְזִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ תְּבוּנָה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃ | 11 |
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
| לְהַצִּילְךָ מִדֶּרֶךְ רָע מֵאִישׁ מְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃ | 12 |
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
| הַעֹזְבִים אָרְחוֹת יֹשֶׁר לָלֶכֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 13 |
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 perverseness of the wicked;
| אֲשֶׁר אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם עִקְּשִׁים וּנְלוֹזִים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃ | 15 |
Whose ways are crooked, and they perverted in their paths:
| לְהַצִּילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנָּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ | 16 |
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
| הַעֹזֶבֶת אַלּוּף נְעוּרֶיהָ וְאֶת־בְּרִית אֱלֹהֶיהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה׃ | 17 |
Which 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 take they hold of the paths of life.
| לְמַעַן תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ טוֹבִים וְאָרְחוֹת צַדִּיקִים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ | 20 |
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, 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 earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
