Yermĭyahu ( ירמיהו) - Geremia 22

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 נִבְחָר ם מֵעֹשֶׁר רָב מִכֶּסֶף וּמִזָּהָב חֵן טֹוב	1 A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold.
2 עָשִׁיר וָרָשׁ נִפְגָּשׁוּ עֹשֵׂה כֻלָּם יְהוָה	2 The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.
3 עָרוּם ׀ רָאָה רָעָה [וְיִסָּתֵר כ] (וְנִסְתָּר ק) וּפְתָיִים עָבְרוּ וְנֶעֱנָשׁוּ	3 The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss.
4 עֵקֶב עֲנָוָה יִרְאַת יְהוָה עֹשֶׁר וְכָבֹוד וְחַיִּים	4 The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.
5 צִנִּים פַּחִים בְּדֶרֶךְ עִקֵּשׁ שֹׁומֵר נַפְשֹׁו יִרְחַק מֵהֶם	5 Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them.
6 חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר עַל־פִּי דַרְכֹּו גַּם כִּי־יַזְקִין לֹא־יָסוּר מִמֶּנָּה	6 It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 עָשִׁיר בְּרָשִׁים יִמְשֹׁול וְעֶבֶד לֹוֶה לְאִישׁ מַלְוֶה	7 The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.
8 זֹורֵעַ עַוְלָה [יִקְצֹור־ כ] (יִקְצָר־אָוֶן ק) וְשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתֹו יִכְלֶה	8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.
9 טֹוב־עַיִן הוּא יְבֹרָךְ כִּי־נָתַן מִלַּחְמֹו לַדָּל	9 He that is inclined to mercy shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers.
10 גָּרֵשׁ לֵץ וְיֵצֵא מָדֹון וְיִשְׁבֹּת דִּין וְקָלֹון	10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease.
11 אֹהֵב [טְהֹור־ כ] (טְהָר־לֵב ק) חֵן פָתָיו רֵעֵהוּ מֶלֶךְ	11 He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend.
12 עֵינֵי יְהוָה נָצְרוּ דָעַת וַיְסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי בֹגֵד	12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown.
13 אָמַר עָצֵל אֲרִי בַחוּץ בְּתֹוךְ רְחֹבֹות אֵרָצֵחַ	13 The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.
14 שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה פִּי זָרֹות זְעוּם יְהוָה [יִפֹּול־ כ] (יִפָּל־שָׁם׃ ק)	14 The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.
15 אִוֶּלֶת קְשׁוּרָה בְלֶב־נָעַר שֵׁבֶט מוּסָר יַרְחִיקֶנָּה מִמֶּנּוּ	15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.
16 עֹשֵׁק דָּל לְהַרְבֹּות לֹו נֹתֵן לְעָשִׁיר אַךְ־לְמַחְסֹור	16 He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.
17 הַט אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמַע דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְלִבְּךָ תָּשִׁית לְדַעְתִּי	17 Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine :
18 כִּי־נָעִים כִּי־תִשְׁמְרֵם בְּבִטְנֶךָ יִכֹּנוּ יַחְדָּו עַל־שְׂפָתֶיךָ	18 Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:
19 לִהְיֹות בַּיהוָה מִבְטַחֶךָ הֹודַעְתִּיךָ הַיֹּום אַף־אָתָּה	19 That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day.
20 הֲלֹא כָתַבְתִּי לְךָ [שִׁלְשֹׁום כ] (שָׁלִישִׁים ק) בְּמֹועֵצֹת וָדָעַת	20 Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge :
21 לְהֹודִיעֲךָ קֹשְׁטְ אִמְרֵי אֱמֶת לְהָשִׁיב אֲמָרִים אֱמֶת לְשֹׁלְחֶיךָ׃ פ	21 That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee.
22 אַל־תִּגְזָל־דָּל כִּי דַל־הוּא וְאַל־תְּדַכֵּא עָנִי בַשָּׁעַר	22 Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:
23 כִּי־יְהוָה יָרִיב רִיבָם וְקָבַע אֶת־קֹבְעֵיהֶם נָפֶשׁ	23 Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.
24 אַל־תִּתְרַע אֶת־בַּעַל אָף וְאֶת־אִישׁ חֵמֹות לֹא תָבֹוא	24 Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:
25 פֶּן־תֶּאֱלַף [אָרְחָתֹו כ] (אֹרְחֹתָיו ק) וְלָקַחְתָּ מֹוקֵשׁ לְנַפְשֶׁךָ	25 Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.
26 אַל־תְּהִי בְתֹקְעֵי־כָף בַּעֹרְבִים מַשָּׁאֹות	26 Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
27 אִם־אֵין־לְךָ לְשַׁלֵּם לָמָּה יִקַּח מִשְׁכָּבְךָ מִתַּחְתֶּיךָ	27 For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed?
28 אַל־תַּסֵּג גְּבוּל עֹולָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֲבֹותֶיךָ	28 Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.
29 חָזִיתָ אִישׁ ׀ מָהִיר בִּמְלַאכְתֹּו לִפְנֵי־מְלָכִים יִתְיַצָּב בַּל־יִתְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵי חֲשֻׁכִּים׃ פ	29 Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.
30 כֹּה ׀ אָמַר יְהוָה כִּתְבוּ אֶת־הָאִישׁ הַזֶּה עֲרִירִי גֶּבֶר לֹא־יִצְלַח בְּיָמָיו כִּי לֹא יִצְלַח מִזַּרְעֹו אִישׁ יֹשֵׁב עַל־כִּסֵּא דָוִד וּמֹשֵׁל עֹוד בִּיהוּדָה