מִשְׁלֵי 7
| בְּנִי שְׁמֹר אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ׃ | 1 |
My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.
| שְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתַי וֶחְיֵה וְתוֹרָתִי כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | 2 |
Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
| קָשְׁרֵם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ כָּתְבֵם עַל־לוּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ׃ | 3 |
Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
| אֱמֹר לַֽחָכְמָה אֲחֹתִי אָתְּ וּמֹדָע לַבִּינָה תִקְרָֽא׃ | 4 |
Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,
| לִשְׁמָרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנָּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ | 5 |
that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
| כִּי בְּחַלּוֹן בֵּיתִי בְּעַד אֶשְׁנַבִּי נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃ | 6 |
For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
| וָאֵרֶא בַפְּתָאיִם אָבִינָה בַבָּנִים נַעַר חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃ | 7 |
I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
| עֹבֵר בַּשּׁוּק אֵצֶל פִּנָּהּ וְדֶרֶךְ בֵּיתָהּ יִצְעָֽד׃ | 8 |
passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
| בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃ | 9 |
in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
| וְהִנֵּה אִשָּׁה לִקְרָאתוֹ שִׁית זוֹנָה וּנְצֻרַת לֵֽב׃ | 10 |
Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
| הֹמִיָּה הִיא וְסֹרָרֶת בְּבֵיתָהּ לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנוּ רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃ | 11 |
She is loud and defiant. Her feet do not stay in her house.
| פַּעַם ׀ בַּחוּץ פַּעַם בָּרְחֹבוֹת וְאֵצֶל כָּל־פִּנָּה תֶאֱרֹֽב׃ | 12 |
Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
| וְהֶחֱזִיקָה בּוֹ וְנָשְׁקָה־לּוֹ הֵעֵזָה פָנֶיהָ וַתֹּאמַר לֽוֹ׃ | 13 |
So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
| זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים עָלָי הַיּוֹם שִׁלַּמְתִּי נְדָרָֽי׃ | 14 |
“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows.
| עַל־כֵּן יָצָאתִי לִקְרָאתֶךָ לְשַׁחֵר פָּנֶיךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ׃ | 15 |
Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.
| מַרְבַדִּים רָבַדְתִּי עַרְשִׂי חֲטֻבוֹת אֵטוּן מִצְרָֽיִם׃ | 16 |
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
| נַפְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי מֹר אֲהָלִים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃ | 17 |
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
| לְכָה נִרְוֶה דֹדִים עַד־הַבֹּקֶר נִתְעַלְּסָה בָּאֳהָבִֽים׃ | 18 |
Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.
| כִּי אֵין הָאִישׁ בְּבֵיתוֹ הָלַךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ מֵרָחֽוֹק׃ | 19 |
For my husband is not at home. He has gone on a long journey.
| צְֽרוֹר־הַכֶּסֶף לָקַח בְּיָדוֹ לְיוֹם הַכֵּסֶא יָבֹא בֵיתֽוֹ׃ | 20 |
He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”
| הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃ | 21 |
With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
| הוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ פִּתְאֹם כְּשׁוֹר אֶל־טָבַח יָבוֹא וּכְעֶכֶס אֶל־מוּסַר אֱוֽ͏ִיל׃ | 22 |
He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.
| עַד יְפַלַּח חֵץ כְּֽבֵדוֹ כְּמַהֵר צִפּוֹר אֶל־פָּח וְלֹֽא־יָדַע כִּֽי־בְנַפְשׁוֹ הֽוּא׃ | 23 |
Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and does not know that it will cost his life.
| וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לְאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ | 24 |
Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
| אַל־יֵשְׂטְ אֶל־דְּרָכֶיהָ לִבֶּךָ אַל־תֵּתַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ | 25 |
Do not let your heart turn to her ways. Do not go astray in her paths,
| כִּֽי־רַבִּים חֲלָלִים הִפִּילָה וַעֲצֻמִים כָּל־הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ׃ | 26 |
for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.
