מִשְׁלֵי 27
| אַֽל־תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּיוֹם מָחָר כִּי לֹא־תֵדַע מַה־יֵּלֶד יֽוֹם׃ | 1 |
Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
| יְהַלֶּלְךָ זָר וְלֹא־פִיךָ נָכְרִי וְאַל־שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃ | 2 |
Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
| כֹּֽבֶד־אֶבֶן וְנֵטֶל הַחוֹל וְכַעַס אֱוִיל כָּבֵד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ | 3 |
A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
| אַכְזְרִיּוּת חֵמָה וְשֶׁטֶף אָף וּמִי יַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי קִנְאָֽה׃ | 4 |
Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
| טוֹבָה תּוֹכַחַת מְגֻלָּה מֵֽאַהֲבָה מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃ | 5 |
Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
| נֶאֱמָנִים פִּצְעֵי אוֹהֵב וְנַעְתָּרוֹת נְשִׁיקוֹת שׂוֹנֵֽא׃ | 6 |
The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
| נֶפֶשׁ שְׂבֵעָה תָּבוּס נֹפֶת וְנֶפֶשׁ רְעֵבָה כָּל־מַר מָתֽוֹק׃ | 7 |
The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
| כְּצִפּוֹר נוֹדֶדֶת מִן־קִנָּהּ כֵּֽן־אִישׁ נוֹדֵד מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃ | 8 |
As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
| שֶׁמֶן וּקְטֹרֶת יְשַׂמַּֽח־לֵב וּמֶתֶק רֵעֵהוּ מֵֽעֲצַת־נָֽפֶשׁ׃ | 9 |
As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
| רֵֽעֲךָ ורעה וְרֵעַ אָבִיךָ אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹב וּבֵית אָחִיךָ אַל־תָּבוֹא בְּיוֹם אֵידֶךָ טוֹב שָׁכֵן קָרוֹב מֵאָח רָחֽוֹק׃ | 10 |
Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.
| חֲכַם בְּנִי וְשַׂמַּח לִבִּי וְאָשִׁיבָה חֹרְפִי דָבָֽר׃ | 11 |
My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
| עָרוּם רָאָה רָעָה נִסְתָּר פְּתָאיִם עָבְרוּ נֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃ | 12 |
A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
| קַח־בִּגְדוֹ כִּי־עָרַב זָר וּבְעַד נָכְרִיָּה חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃ | 13 |
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
| מְבָרֵךְ רֵעֵהוּ ׀ בְּקוֹל גָּדוֹל בַּבֹּקֶר הַשְׁכֵּים קְלָלָה תֵּחָשֶׁב לֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
| דֶּלֶף טוֹרֵד בְּיוֹם סַגְרִיר וְאֵשֶׁת מדונים מִדְיָנִים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃ | 15 |
A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.
| צֹפְנֶיהָ צָֽפַן־רוּחַ וְשֶׁמֶן יְמִינוֹ יִקְרָֽא׃ | 16 |
He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
| בַּרְזֶל בְּבַרְזֶל יָחַד וְאִישׁ יַחַד פְּנֵֽי־רֵעֵֽהוּ׃ | 17 |
Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
| נֹצֵר תְּאֵנָה יֹאכַל פִּרְיָהּ וְשֹׁמֵר אֲדֹנָיו יְכֻבָּֽד׃ | 18 |
He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.
| כַּמַּיִם הַפָּנִים לַפָּנִים כֵּן לֵֽב־הָאָדָם לָאָדָֽם׃ | 19 |
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
| שְׁאוֹל ואבדה וַאֲבַדּוֹ לֹא תִשְׂבַּעְנָה וְעֵינֵי הָאָדָם לֹא תִשְׂבַּֽעְנָה׃ (Sheol h7585) | 20 |
The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
| מַצְרֵף לַכֶּסֶף וְכוּר לַזָּהָב וְאִישׁ לְפִי מַהֲלָלֽוֹ׃ | 21 |
As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
| אִם תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־אֶת־הָאֱוִיל ׀ בַּֽמַּכְתֵּשׁ בְּתוֹךְ הָרִיפוֹת בַּֽעֱלִי לֹא־תָסוּר מֵעָלָיו אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃ | 22 |
Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.
| יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע פְּנֵי צֹאנֶךָ שִׁית לִבְּךָ לַעֲדָרִֽים׃ | 23 |
Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
| כִּי לֹא לְעוֹלָם חֹסֶן וְאִם־נֵזֶר לְדוֹר דור וָדֽוֹר׃ | 24 |
For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
| גָּלָה חָצִיר וְנִרְאָה־דֶשֶׁא וְנֶאֶסְפוּ עִשְּׂבוֹת הָרִֽים׃ | 25 |
The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
| כְּבָשִׂים לִלְבוּשֶׁךָ וּמְחִיר שָׂדֶה עַתּוּדִֽים׃ | 26 |
The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
| וְדֵי ׀ חֲלֵב עִזִּים לְֽלַחְמְךָ לְלֶחֶם בֵּיתֶךָ וְחַיִּים לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ | 27 |
And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.
