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 |
For thou puttest a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man of a craving desire.
| אַל־תִּתְאָו לְמַטְעַמּוֹתָיו וְהוּא לֶחֶם כְּזָבִֽים׃ | 3 |
Do not long for his savory meats; they are deceitful food.
| אַל־תִּיגַע לְֽהַעֲשִׁיר מִֽבִּינָתְךָ חֲדָֽל׃ | 4 |
Fatigue thyself not to become rich; because thou hast understanding, forbear.
| התעוף הֲתָעִיף עֵינֶיךָ בּוֹ וְֽאֵינֶנּוּ כִּי עָשֹׂה יַעֲשֶׂה־לּוֹ כְנָפַיִם כְּנֶשֶׁר ועיף יָעוּף הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | 5 |
When thou lettest merely thy eyes fly over it, it is no more: for it will ever make itself wings: like an eagle will it fly toward heaven.
| אַל־תִּלְחַם אֶת־לֶחֶם רַע עָיִן וְאַל־תתאו תִּתְאָיו לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃ | 6 |
Eat not the bread of a man with an evil eye, and do not long for his savory meats;
| כִּי ׀ כְּמוֹ־שָׁעַר בְּנַפְשׁוֹ כֶּן־הוּא אֱכֹל וּשְׁתֵה יֹאמַר לָךְ וְלִבּוֹ בַּל־עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 7 |
For as though there were a division in his soul, so doth he act: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
| פִּֽתְּךָ־אָכַלְתָּ תְקִיאֶנָּה וְשִׁחַתָּ דְּבָרֶיךָ הַנְּעִימִֽים׃ | 8 |
Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou spit out, and thou hast wasted thy pleasant words.
| בְּאָזְנֵי כְסִיל אַל־תְּדַבֵּר כִּֽי־יָבוּז לְשֵׂכֶל מִלֶּֽיךָ׃ | 9 |
Speak not before the ears of a fool; for he will despise the intelligence of thy words.
| אַל־תַּסֵּג גְּבוּל עוֹלָם וּבִשְׂדֵי יְתוֹמִים אַל־תָּבֹֽא׃ | 10 |
Remove not the ancient landmark, and into the fields of the fatherless must thou not enter;
| כִּֽי־גֹאֲלָם חָזָק הֽוּא־יָרִיב אֶת־רִיבָם אִתָּֽךְ׃ | 11 |
For their redeemer is strong; he will indeed plead their cause with thee.
| הָבִיאָה לַמּוּסָר לִבֶּךָ וְאָזְנֶךָ לְאִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת׃ | 12 |
Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thy ears to the sayings of knowledge.
| אַל־תִּמְנַע מִנַּעַר מוּסָר כִּֽי־תַכֶּנּוּ בַשֵּׁבֶט לֹא יָמֽוּת׃ | 13 |
Withhold not from a lad correction; for if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
| אַתָּה בַּשֵּׁבֶט תַּכֶּנּוּ וְנַפְשׁוֹ מִשְּׁאוֹל תַּצִּֽיל׃ (Sheol h7585) | 14 |
Thou wilt indeed beat him with the rod; but thou wilt deliver his soul from perdition. (Sheol h7585)
| בְּנִי אִם־חָכַם לִבֶּךָ יִשְׂמַח לִבִּי גַם־אָֽנִי׃ | 15 |
My son, If thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
| וְתַעְלֹזְנָה כִלְיוֹתָי בְּדַבֵּר שְׂפָתֶיךָ מֵישָׁרִֽים׃ | 16 |
And my reins shall exult when thy lips speak what is equitable.
| אַל־יְקַנֵּא לִבְּךָ בַּֽחַטָּאִים כִּי אִם־בְּיִרְאַת־יְהוָה כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ | 17 |
Let not thy heart be envious against sinners; but [remain] in the fear of the lord all the time.
| כִּי אִם־יֵשׁ אַחֲרִית וְתִקְוָתְךָ לֹא תִכָּרֵֽת׃ | 18 |
For surely there is a future, and thy hope will not be cut off.
| שְׁמַע־אַתָּה בְנִי וַחֲכָם וְאַשֵּׁר בַּדֶּרֶךְ לִבֶּֽךָ׃ | 19 |
Hear thou, my son, and become wise, and guide thy heart on the right way.
| אַל־תְּהִי בְסֹֽבְאֵי־יָיִן בְּזֹלֲלֵי בָשָׂר לָֽמוֹ׃ | 20 |
Be not among those that drink wine immoderately, among those that over-indulge in eating flesh:
| כִּי־סֹבֵא וְזוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵשׁ וּקְרָעִים תַּלְבִּישׁ נוּמָֽה׃ | 21 |
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth a man in rags.
| שְׁמַע לְאָבִיךָ זֶה יְלָדֶךָ וְאַל־תָּבוּז כִּֽי־זָקְנָה אִמֶּֽךָ׃ | 22 |
Hearken unto thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother although she be 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 will be greatly glad, and he that begetteth a wise child will have joy through him.
| יִֽשְׂמַח־אָבִיךָ וְאִמֶּךָ וְתָגֵל יֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ׃ | 25 |
Let [then] thy father and thy mother rejoice, and let her that hath born thee be glad.
| תְּנָֽה־בְנִי לִבְּךָ לִי וְעֵינֶיךָ דְּרָכַי תרצנה תִּצֹּֽרְנָה׃ | 26 |
Give, my son, thy heart unto me, and let thy eyes watch my ways.
| כִּֽי־שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה זוֹנָה וּבְאֵר צָרָה נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ | 27 |
For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow well.
| אַף־הִיא כְּחֶתֶף תֶּֽאֱרֹב וּבוֹגְדִים בְּאָדָם תּוֹסִֽף׃ | 28 |
She also lieth in wait like a robber, and she increaseth the treacherous 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 quarrels? who hath complaints? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
| לַֽמְאַחֲרִים עַל־הַיָּיִן לַבָּאִים לַחְקֹר מִמְסָֽךְ׃ | 30 |
They that tarry late over the wine: they that come to seek for mixed drink.
| אַל־תֵּרֶא יַיִן כִּי יִתְאַדָּם כִּֽי־יִתֵּן בכיס בַּכּוֹס עֵינוֹ יִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃ | 31 |
Do not look on the wine when it looketh red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it glideth down so readily.
| אַחֲרִיתוֹ כְּנָחָשׁ יִשָּׁךְ וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִי יַפְרִֽשׁ׃ | 32 |
At the last it will bite like a serpent, and like a basilisk will it sting.
| עֵינֶיךָ יִרְאוּ זָרוֹת וְלִבְּךָ יְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃ | 33 |
Thy eyes will see strange forms, and thy heart will speak perverse things.
| וְהָיִיתָ כְּשֹׁכֵב בְּלֶב־יָם וּכְשֹׁכֵב בְּרֹאשׁ חִבֵּֽל׃ | 34 |
And thou wilt be like one that lieth down in the heart of the sea, or as he that lieth on the top of a mast.
| הִכּוּנִי בַל־חָלִיתִי הֲלָמוּנִי בַּל־יָדָעְתִּי מָתַי אָקִיץ אוֹסִיף אֲבַקְשֶׁנּוּ עֽוֹד׃ | 35 |
“They smote me, [but] I suffered no pain; they struck me hard, [but] I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will continue to seek it again.”
