Proverbs 9

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	MODERN HEBREW BIBLE
1 Wisdom has built a house for herself. She has hewn seven columns.	1 חכמות בנתה ביתה חצבה עמודיה שבעה
2 She has immolated her victims. She has mixed her wine and set forth her table.	2 טבחה טבחה מסכה יינה אף ערכה שלחנה
3 She has sent her maids to call out to the tower and to the fortified walls of the city,	3 שלחה נערתיה תקרא על גפי מרמי קרת
4 “If anyone is little, let him come to me.” And to the unwise, she has said:	4 מי פתי יסר הנה חסר לב אמרה לו
5 “Approach. Eat my bread, and drink the wine that I have mixed for you.	5 לכו לחמו בלחמי ושתו ביין מסכתי
6 Leave behind childishness. And live and walk by the ways of prudence.”	6 עזבו פתאים וחיו ואשרו בדרך בינה
7 Whoever teaches a mocker causes injury to himself. And whoever argues with the impious produces a blemish on himself.	7 יסר לץ לקח לו קלון ומוכיח לרשע מומו
8 Do not be willing to argue with a mocker, lest he hate you. Dispute with the wise, and he will love you.	8 אל תוכח לץ פן ישנאך הוכח לחכם ויאהבך
9 Present an opportunity to the wise, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach the just, and he will hurry to receive it.	9 תן לחכם ויחכם עוד הודע לצדיק ויוסף לקח
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of holiness is prudence.	10 תחלת חכמה יראת יהוה ודעת קדשים בינה
11 For by me, your days will be multiplied and years of life will be added to you.	11 כי בי ירבו ימיך ויוסיפו לך שנות חיים
12 If you would be wise, you will be so for yourself. But if you would be one who ridicules, you alone shall carry the evil.	12 אם חכמת חכמת לך ולצת לבדך תשא
13 A foolish and loud woman, who is full of enticements and who knows nothing at all,	13 אשת כסילות המיה פתיות ובל ידעה מה
14 sat at the entrance of her house on a seat, in a high place of the city,	14 וישבה לפתח ביתה על כסא מרמי קרת
15 so as to call to those who were passing by the way and continuing on their journey:	15 לקרא לעברי דרך המישרים ארחותם
16 “Whoever is little, let him turn aside to me.” And to the frenzied, she said,	16 מי פתי יסר הנה וחסר לב ואמרה לו
17 “Stolen waters are more soothing, and secret bread is more pleasant.”	17 מים גנובים ימתקו ולחם סתרים ינעם
18 And he did not know that giants are there, and that her companions are in the depths of Hell.	18 ולא ידע כי רפאים שם בעמקי שאול קראיה