1 נִבְחָר ם מֵעֹשֶׁר רָב מִכֶּסֶף וּמִזָּהָב חֵן טֹוב | 1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. |
2 עָשִׁיר וָרָשׁ נִפְגָּשׁוּ עֹשֵׂה כֻלָּם יְהוָה | 2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. |
3 עָרוּם ׀ רָאָה רָעָה [וְיִסָּתֵר כ] (וְנִסְתָּר ק) וּפְתָיִים עָבְרוּ וְנֶעֱנָשׁוּ | 3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. |
4 עֵקֶב עֲנָוָה יִרְאַת יְהוָה עֹשֶׁר וְכָבֹוד וְחַיִּים | 4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. |
5 צִנִּים פַּחִים בְּדֶרֶךְ עִקֵּשׁ שֹׁומֵר נַפְשֹׁו יִרְחַק מֵהֶם | 5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. |
6 חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר עַל־פִּי דַרְכֹּו גַּם כִּי־יַזְקִין לֹא־יָסוּר מִמֶּנָּה | 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and 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 the lender. |
8 זֹורֵעַ עַוְלָה [יִקְצֹור־ כ] (יִקְצָר־אָוֶן ק) וְשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתֹו יִכְלֶה | 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. |
9 טֹוב־עַיִן הוּא יְבֹרָךְ כִּי־נָתַן מִלַּחְמֹו לַדָּל | 9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. |
10 גָּרֵשׁ לֵץ וְיֵצֵא מָדֹון וְיִשְׁבֹּת דִּין וְקָלֹון | 10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. |
11 אֹהֵב [טְהֹור־ כ] (טְהָר־לֵב ק) חֵן פָתָיו רֵעֵהוּ מֶלֶךְ | 11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. |
12 עֵינֵי יְהוָה נָצְרוּ דָעַת וַיְסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי בֹגֵד | 12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. |
13 אָמַר עָצֵל אֲרִי בַחוּץ בְּתֹוךְ רְחֹבֹות אֵרָצֵחַ | 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. |
14 שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה פִּי זָרֹות זְעוּם יְהוָה [יִפֹּול־ כ] (יִפָּל־שָׁם׃ ק) | 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. |
15 אִוֶּלֶת קְשׁוּרָה בְלֶב־נָעַר שֵׁבֶט מוּסָר יַרְחִיקֶנָּה מִמֶּנּוּ | 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. |
16 עֹשֵׁק דָּל לְהַרְבֹּות לֹו נֹתֵן לְעָשִׁיר אַךְ־לְמַחְסֹור | 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. |
17 הַט אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמַע דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְלִבְּךָ תָּשִׁית לְדַעְתִּי | 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. |
18 כִּי־נָעִים כִּי־תִשְׁמְרֵם בְּבִטְנֶךָ יִכֹּנוּ יַחְדָּו עַל־שְׂפָתֶיךָ | 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. |
19 לִהְיֹות בַּיהוָה מִבְטַחֶךָ הֹודַעְתִּיךָ הַיֹּום אַף־אָתָּה | 19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. |
20 הֲלֹא כָתַבְתִּי לְךָ [שִׁלְשֹׁום כ] (שָׁלִישִׁים ק) בְּמֹועֵצֹת וָדָעַת | 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, |
21 לְהֹודִיעֲךָ קֹשְׁטְ אִמְרֵי אֱמֶת לְהָשִׁיב אֲמָרִים אֱמֶת לְשֹׁלְחֶיךָ׃ פ | 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? |
22 אַל־תִּגְזָל־דָּל כִּי דַל־הוּא וְאַל־תְּדַכֵּא עָנִי בַשָּׁעַר | 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: |
23 כִּי־יְהוָה יָרִיב רִיבָם וְקָבַע אֶת־קֹבְעֵיהֶם נָפֶשׁ | 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. |
24 אַל־תִּתְרַע אֶת־בַּעַל אָף וְאֶת־אִישׁ חֵמֹות לֹא תָבֹוא | 24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: |
25 פֶּן־תֶּאֱלַף [אָרְחָתֹו כ] (אֹרְחֹתָיו ק) וְלָקַחְתָּ מֹוקֵשׁ לְנַפְשֶׁךָ | 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. |
26 אַל־תְּהִי בְתֹקְעֵי־כָף בַּעֹרְבִים מַשָּׁאֹות | 26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. |
27 אִם־אֵין־לְךָ לְשַׁלֵּם לָמָּה יִקַּח מִשְׁכָּבְךָ מִתַּחְתֶּיךָ | 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? |
28 אַל־תַּסֵּג גְּבוּל עֹולָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֲבֹותֶיךָ | 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. |
29 חָזִיתָ אִישׁ ׀ מָהִיר בִּמְלַאכְתֹּו לִפְנֵי־מְלָכִים יִתְיַצָּב בַּל־יִתְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵי חֲשֻׁכִּים׃ פ | 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. |
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 | |