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שִׁמְעוּ בָנִים מוּסַר אָב וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לָדַעַת בִּינָֽה׃ | 1 |
Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.
כִּי לֶקַח טוֹב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם תּֽוֹרָתִי אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃ | 2 |
For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.
כִּי־בֵן הָיִיתִי לְאָבִי רַךְ וְיָחִיד לִפְנֵי אִמִּֽי׃ | 3 |
For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,
וַיֹּרֵנִי וַיֹּאמֶר לִי יִֽתְמָךְ־דְּבָרַי לִבֶּךָ שְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתַי וֽ͏ֶחְיֵֽה׃ | 4 |
When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.
קְנֵה חָכְמָה קְנֵה בִינָה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח וְאַל־תֵּט מֵֽאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ | 5 |
Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.
אַל־תַּעַזְבֶהָ וְתִשְׁמְרֶךָּ אֱהָבֶהָ וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃ | 6 |
Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.
רֵאשִׁית חָכְמָה קְנֵה חָכְמָה וּבְכָל־קִנְיָנְךָ קְנֵה בִינָֽה׃ | 7 |
Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.
סַלְסְלֶהָ וּֽתְרוֹמְמֶךָּ תְּכַבֵּדְךָ כִּי תְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה׃ | 8 |
Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.
תִּתֵּן לְרֹאשְׁךָ לִוְיַת־חֵן עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת תְּמַגְּנֶֽךָּ׃ | 9 |
She shall giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shall giue thee a crowne of glorie.
שְׁמַע בְּנִי וְקַח אֲמָרָי וְיִרְבּוּ לְךָ שְׁנוֹת חַיִּֽים׃ | 10 |
Heare, my sonne, and receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.
בְּדֶרֶךְ חָכְמָה הֹרֵתִיךָ הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ בְּמַעְגְּלֵי־יֹֽשֶׁר׃ | 11 |
I haue taught thee in ye way of wisedom, and led thee in the pathes of righteousnesse.
בְּֽלֶכְתְּךָ לֹא־יֵצַר צַעֲדֶךָ וְאִם־תָּרוּץ לֹא תִכָּשֵֽׁל׃ | 12 |
Whe thou goest, thy gate shall not be strait, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.
הַחֲזֵק בַּמּוּסָר אַל־תֶּרֶף נִצְּרֶהָ כִּי־הִיא חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ | 13 |
Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life.
בְּאֹרַח רְשָׁעִים אַל־תָּבֹא וְאַל־תְּאַשֵּׁר בְּדֶרֶךְ רָעִֽים׃ | 14 |
Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walke not in the way of euill men.
פְּרָעֵהוּ אַל־תַּעֲבָר־בּוֹ שְׂטֵה מֵעָלָיו וַעֲבֽוֹר׃ | 15 |
Auoide it, and goe not by it: turne from it, and passe by.
כִּי לֹא יִֽשְׁנוּ אִם־לֹא יָרֵעוּ וְֽנִגְזְלָה שְׁנָתָם אִם־לֹא יכשולו יַכְשִֽׁילוּ׃ | 16 |
For they can not sleepe, except they haue done euill, and their sleepe departeth except they cause some to fall.
כִּי לָחֲמוּ לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע וְיֵין חֲמָסִים יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃ | 17 |
For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.
וְאֹרַח צַדִּיקִים כְּאוֹר נֹגַהּ הוֹלֵךְ וָאוֹר עַד־נְכוֹן הַיּֽוֹם׃ | 18 |
But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day.
דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים כָּֽאֲפֵלָה לֹא יָדְעוּ בַּמֶּה יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃ | 19 |
The way of the wicked is as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein they shall fall.
בְּנִי לִדְבָרַי הַקְשִׁיבָה לַאֲמָרַי הַט־אָזְנֶֽךָ׃ | 20 |
My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.
אַל־יַלִּיזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ שָׁמְרֵם בְּתוֹךְ לְבָבֶֽךָ׃ | 21 |
Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart.
כִּֽי־חַיִּים הֵם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶם וּֽלְכָל־בְּשָׂרוֹ מַרְפֵּֽא׃ | 22 |
For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.
מִֽכָּל־מִשְׁמָר נְצֹר לִבֶּךָ כִּֽי־מִמֶּנּוּ תּוֹצְאוֹת חַיִּֽים׃ | 23 |
Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.
הָסֵר מִמְּךָ עִקְּשׁוּת פֶּה וּלְזוּת שְׂפָתַיִם הַרְחֵק מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ | 24 |
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.
עֵינֶיךָ לְנֹכַח יַבִּיטוּ וְעַפְעַפֶּיךָ יַיְשִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃ | 25 |
Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyelids direct thy way before thee.
פַּלֵּס מַעְגַּל רַגְלֶךָ וְֽכָל־דְּרָכֶיךָ יִכֹּֽנוּ׃ | 26 |
Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy waies be ordred aright.
אַֽל־תֵּט־יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול הָסֵר רַגְלְךָ מֵרָֽע׃ | 27 |
Turne not to the right hande, nor to the left, but remooue thy foote from euill.