מִשְׁלֵי 23
| כִּֽי־תֵשֵׁב לִלְחוֹם אֶת־מוֹשֵׁל בִּין תָּבִין אֶת־אֲשֶׁר לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ | 1 |
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider well what is before thee;
| וְשַׂמְתָּ שַׂכִּין בְּלֹעֶךָ אִם־בַּעַל נֶפֶשׁ אָֽתָּה׃ | 2 |
For thou wilt put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man given to appetite!
| אַל־תִּתְאָו לְמַטְעַמּוֹתָיו וְהוּא לֶחֶם כְּזָבִֽים׃ | 3 |
Long not for his dainties. For they are deceitful meat.
| אַל־תִּיגַע לְֽהַעֲשִׁיר מִֽבִּינָתְךָ חֲדָֽל׃ | 4 |
Toil not to become rich; Cease from this, thy wisdom.
| התעוף הֲתָעִיף עֵינֶיךָ בּוֹ וְֽאֵינֶנּוּ כִּי עָשֹׂה יַעֲשֶׂה־לּוֹ כְנָפַיִם כְּנֶשֶׁר ועיף יָעוּף הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | 5 |
Wilt thou let thine eyes fly toward them? They are gone! For riches truly make to themselves wings; They fly away like the eagle toward heaven.
| אַל־תִּלְחַם אֶת־לֶחֶם רַע עָיִן וְאַל־תתאו תִּתְאָיו לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃ | 6 |
Eat not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, And long not for his dainties;
| 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, thou shalt vomit up; And thou wilt have thrown away 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 ancient landmark, And enter not into the fields of the fatherless!
| כִּֽי־גֹאֲלָם חָזָק הֽוּא־יָרִיב אֶת־רִיבָם אִתָּֽךְ׃ | 11 |
For their avenger is mighty; He will maintain their cause against thee.
| הָבִיאָה לַמּוּסָר לִבֶּךָ וְאָזְנֶךָ לְאִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת׃ | 12 |
Apply thy heart to instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
| אַל־תִּמְנַע מִנַּעַר מוּסָר כִּֽי־תַכֶּנּוּ בַשֵּׁבֶט לֹא יָמֽוּת׃ | 13 |
Withhold not correction from a child; If thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
| אַתָּה בַּשֵּׁבֶט תַּכֶּנּוּ וְנַפְשׁוֹ מִשְּׁאוֹל תַּצִּֽיל׃ (Sheol h7585) | 14 |
Beat him thyself with the rod, And thou shalt rescue him from the underworld. (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 |
Yea, my reins shall exult, When thy lips speak right things.
| אַל־יְקַנֵּא לִבְּךָ בַּֽחַטָּאִים כִּי אִם־בְּיִרְאַת־יְהוָה כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ | 17 |
Let not thy heart envy sinners, But continue thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long;
| כִּי אִם־יֵשׁ אַחֲרִית וְתִקְוָתְךָ לֹא תִכָּרֵֽת׃ | 18 |
For surely there shall be a reward, And thine expectation shall not be cut off.
| שְׁמַע־אַתָּה בְנִי וַחֲכָם וְאַשֵּׁר בַּדֶּרֶךְ לִבֶּֽךָ׃ | 19 |
Hear thou, my son, and be wise; And let thy heart go forward in the way!
| אַל־תְּהִי בְסֹֽבְאֵי־יָיִן בְּזֹלֲלֵי בָשָׂר לָֽמוֹ׃ | 20 |
Be not thou among winebibbers, And riotous eaters of flesh;
| כִּי־סֹבֵא וְזוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵשׁ וּקְרָעִים תַּלְבִּישׁ נוּמָֽה׃ | 21 |
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
| שְׁמַע לְאָבִיךָ זֶה יְלָדֶךָ וְאַל־תָּבוּז כִּֽי־זָקְנָה אִמֶּֽךָ׃ | 22 |
Hearken to thy father, who 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; Buy wisdom and instruction and understanding.
| גול גִּיל יגול יָגִיל אֲבִי צַדִּיק יולד וְיוֹלֵד חָכָם וישמח־יִשְׂמַח־בּֽוֹ׃ | 24 |
The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice; Yea, he who begetteth a wise child shall have joy in him.
| יִֽשְׂמַח־אָבִיךָ וְאִמֶּךָ וְתָגֵל יֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ׃ | 25 |
Let thy father and thy mother have joy; Yea, let her that bore thee rejoice!
| תְּנָֽה־בְנִי לִבְּךָ לִי וְעֵינֶיךָ דְּרָכַי תרצנה תִּצֹּֽרְנָה׃ | 26 |
My son, give me thy heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways!
| כִּֽי־שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה זוֹנָה וּבְאֵר צָרָה נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ | 27 |
For a harlot is a deep ditch; Yea, a strange woman is a narrow pit.
| אַף־הִיא כְּחֶתֶף תֶּֽאֱרֹב וּבוֹגְדִים בְּאָדָם תּוֹסִֽף׃ | 28 |
Like a robber she lieth in wait, And 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 contentions? Who anxiety? Who wounds without cause? Who dimness of eyes?
| לַֽמְאַחֲרִים עַל־הַיָּיִן לַבָּאִים לַחְקֹר מִמְסָֽךְ׃ | 30 |
They that tarry long at the wine; They that go in 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 sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly.
| 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 will look upon strange women, And thy heart will utter perverse things.
| וְהָיִיתָ כְּשֹׁכֵב בְּלֶב־יָם וּכְשֹׁכֵב בְּרֹאשׁ חִבֵּֽל׃ | 34 |
Yea, thou shalt be as one that lieth down in the midst of the sea, And as one that lieth down 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]], —I suffered no pain! They have beaten me, —I felt it not! When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
