< מִשְׁלֵי 23 >
כִּֽי־תֵשֵׁב לִלְחוֹם אֶת־מוֹשֵׁל בִּין תָּבִין אֶת־אֲשֶׁר לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ | 1 |
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:
וְשַׂמְתָּ שַׂכִּין בְּלֹעֶךָ אִם־בַּעַל נֶפֶשׁ אָֽתָּה׃ | 2 |
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.
אַל־תִּתְאָו לְמַטְעַמּוֹתָיו וְהוּא לֶחֶם כְּזָבִֽים׃ | 3 |
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.
אַל־תִּיגַע לְֽהַעֲשִׁיר מִֽבִּינָתְךָ חֲדָֽל׃ | 4 |
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
התעוף הֲתָעִיף עֵינֶיךָ בּוֹ וְֽאֵינֶנּוּ כִּי עָשֹׂה יַעֲשֶׂה־לּוֹ כְנָפַיִם כְּנֶשֶׁר ועיף יָעוּף הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | 5 |
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
אַל־תִּלְחַם אֶת־לֶחֶם רַע עָיִן וְאַל־תתאו תִּתְאָיו לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃ | 6 |
Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
כִּי ׀ כְּמוֹ־שָׁעַר בְּנַפְשׁוֹ כֶּן־הוּא אֱכֹל וּשְׁתֵה יֹאמַר לָךְ וְלִבּוֹ בַּל־עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 7 |
For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.
פִּֽתְּךָ־אָכַלְתָּ תְקִיאֶנָּה וְשִׁחַתָּ דְּבָרֶיךָ הַנְּעִימִֽים׃ | 8 |
The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
בְּאָזְנֵי כְסִיל אַל־תְּדַבֵּר כִּֽי־יָבוּז לְשֵׂכֶל מִלֶּֽיךָ׃ | 9 |
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
אַל־תַּסֵּג גְּבוּל עוֹלָם וּבִשְׂדֵי יְתוֹמִים אַל־תָּבֹֽא׃ | 10 |
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
כִּֽי־גֹאֲלָם חָזָק הֽוּא־יָרִיב אֶת־רִיבָם אִתָּֽךְ׃ | 11 |
For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
הָבִיאָה לַמּוּסָר לִבֶּךָ וְאָזְנֶךָ לְאִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת׃ | 12 |
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
אַל־תִּמְנַע מִנַּעַר מוּסָר כִּֽי־תַכֶּנּוּ בַשֵּׁבֶט לֹא יָמֽוּת׃ | 13 |
Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
אַתָּה בַּשֵּׁבֶט תַּכֶּנּוּ וְנַפְשׁוֹ מִשְּׁאוֹל תַּצִּֽיל׃ (Sheol ) | 14 |
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. (Sheol )
בְּנִי אִם־חָכַם לִבֶּךָ יִשְׂמַח לִבִּי גַם־אָֽנִי׃ | 15 |
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
וְתַעְלֹזְנָה כִלְיוֹתָי בְּדַבֵּר שְׂפָתֶיךָ מֵישָׁרִֽים׃ | 16 |
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
אַל־יְקַנֵּא לִבְּךָ בַּֽחַטָּאִים כִּי אִם־בְּיִרְאַת־יְהוָה כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ | 17 |
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
כִּי אִם־יֵשׁ אַחֲרִית וְתִקְוָתְךָ לֹא תִכָּרֵֽת׃ | 18 |
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
שְׁמַע־אַתָּה בְנִי וַחֲכָם וְאַשֵּׁר בַּדֶּרֶךְ לִבֶּֽךָ׃ | 19 |
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
אַל־תְּהִי בְסֹֽבְאֵי־יָיִן בְּזֹלֲלֵי בָשָׂר לָֽמוֹ׃ | 20 |
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
כִּי־סֹבֵא וְזוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵשׁ וּקְרָעִים תַּלְבִּישׁ נוּמָֽה׃ | 21 |
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
שְׁמַע לְאָבִיךָ זֶה יְלָדֶךָ וְאַל־תָּבוּז כִּֽי־זָקְנָה אִמֶּֽךָ׃ | 22 |
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
אֱמֶת קְנֵה וְאַל־תִּמְכֹּר חָכְמָה וּמוּסָר וּבִינָֽה׃ | 23 |
Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
גול גִּיל יגול יָגִיל אֲבִי צַדִּיק יולד וְיוֹלֵד חָכָם וישמח־יִשְׂמַח־בּֽוֹ׃ | 24 |
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
יִֽשְׂמַח־אָבִיךָ וְאִמֶּךָ וְתָגֵל יֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ׃ | 25 |
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
תְּנָֽה־בְנִי לִבְּךָ לִי וְעֵינֶיךָ דְּרָכַי תרצנה תִּצֹּֽרְנָה׃ | 26 |
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
כִּֽי־שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה זוֹנָה וּבְאֵר צָרָה נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ | 27 |
For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
אַף־הִיא כְּחֶתֶף תֶּֽאֱרֹב וּבוֹגְדִים בְּאָדָם תּוֹסִֽף׃ | 28 |
She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
לְמִי אוֹי לְמִי אֲבוֹי לְמִי מדונים מִדְיָנִים ׀ לְמִי שִׂיחַ לְמִי פְּצָעִים חִנָּם לְמִי חַכְלִלוּת עֵינָֽיִם׃ | 29 |
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
לַֽמְאַחֲרִים עַל־הַיָּיִן לַבָּאִים לַחְקֹר מִמְסָֽךְ׃ | 30 |
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
אַל־תֵּרֶא יַיִן כִּי יִתְאַדָּם כִּֽי־יִתֵּן בכיס בַּכּוֹס עֵינוֹ יִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃ | 31 |
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.
אַחֲרִיתוֹ כְּנָחָשׁ יִשָּׁךְ וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִי יַפְרִֽשׁ׃ | 32 |
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
עֵינֶיךָ יִרְאוּ זָרוֹת וְלִבְּךָ יְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃ | 33 |
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
וְהָיִיתָ כְּשֹׁכֵב בְּלֶב־יָם וּכְשֹׁכֵב בְּרֹאשׁ חִבֵּֽל׃ | 34 |
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
הִכּוּנִי בַל־חָלִיתִי הֲלָמוּנִי בַּל־יָדָעְתִּי מָתַי אָקִיץ אוֹסִיף אֲבַקְשֶׁנּוּ עֽוֹד׃ | 35 |
They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.