| 1 The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. | 1 מִ שְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹה בֶן־דָּוִדמֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ |
| 2 To know wisdom, and instruction: | 2 לָדַעַת חׇכְמָה וּמוּסָרלְהָבִין אִמְרֵי בִינָֽה׃ |
| 3 To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity: | 3 לָקַחַת מוּסַר הַשְׂכֵּלצֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט וּמֵשָׁרִֽים׃ |
| 4 To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding. | 4 לָתֵת לִפְתָאיִם עׇרְמָהלְנַעַר דַּעַת וּמְזִמָּֽה׃ |
| 5 A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments. | 5 יִשְׁמַע חָכָם וְיוֹסֶף לֶקַחוְנָבוֹן תַּחְבֻּלוֹת יִקְנֶֽה׃ |
| 6 He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings. | 6 לְהָבִין מָשָׁל וּמְלִיצָהדִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְחִידֹתָֽם׃ |
| 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. | 7 יִרְאַת יְהֹוָה רֵאשִׁית דָּעַתחׇכְמָה וּמוּסָר אֱוִילִים בָּֽזוּ׃ |
| 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother : | 8 שְׁמַע בְּנִי מוּסַר אָבִיךָוְאַל־תִּטֹּשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּֽךָ׃ |
| 9 That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck. | 9 כִּי ׀ לִוְיַת חֵן הֵם לְרֹאשֶׁךָוַעֲנָקִים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ׃ |
| 10 My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them. | 10 בְּנִיאִם־יְפַתּוּךָ חַטָּאִים אַל־תֹּבֵֽא׃ |
| 11 If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause: | 11 אִם־יֹאמְרוּ לְכָה אִתָּנוּנֶאֶרְבָה לְדָםנִצְפְּנָה לְנָקִי חִנָּֽם׃ |
| 12 Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. | 12 נִבְלָעֵם כִּשְׁאוֹל חַיִּיםוּתְמִימִים כְּיוֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר׃ |
| 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils. | 13 כׇּל־הוֹן יָקָר נִמְצָאנְמַלֵּא בָתֵּינוּ שָׁלָֽל׃ |
| 14 Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse. | 14 גּוֹרָלְךָ תַּפִּיל בְּתוֹכֵנוּכִּיס אֶחָד יִהְיֶה לְכֻלָּֽנוּ׃ |
| 15 My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths. | 15 בְּנִי אַל־תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ אִתָּםמְנַע רַגְלְךָ מִנְּתִיבָתָֽם׃ |
| 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. | 16 כִּי רַגְלֵיהֶם לָרַע יָרוּצוּוִימַהֲרוּ לִשְׁפׇּךְ־דָּֽם׃ |
| 17 But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings. | 17 כִּֽי־חִנָּם מְזֹרָה הָרָשֶׁתבְּעֵינֵי כׇּל־בַּעַל כָּנָֽף׃ |
| 18 And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls. | 18 וְהֵם לְדָמָם יֶאֱרֹבוּיִצְפְּנוּ לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃ |
| 19 So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors. | 19 כֵּן אׇרְחוֹת כׇּל־בֹּצֵֽעַ בָּצַעאֶת־נֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלָיו יִקָּֽח׃ |
| 20 Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets: | 20 חׇכְמוֹת בַּחוּץ תָּרֹנָּהבָּרְחֹבוֹת תִּתֵּן קוֹלָֽהּ׃ |
| 21 At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying: | 21 בְּרֹאשׁ הֹמִיּוֹת תִּקְרָאבְּפִתְחֵי שְׁעָרִים בָּעִיראֲמָרֶיהָ תֹאמֵֽר׃ |
| 22 O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge? | 22 עַד־מָתַי ׀ פְּתָיִם תְּֽאֵהֲבוּ פֶתִיוְלֵצִים לָצוֹן חָמְדוּ לָהֶםוּכְסִילִים יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָֽעַת׃ |
| 23 Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words. | 23 תָּשׁוּבוּ לְֽתוֹכַחְתִּיהִנֵּה אַבִּיעָה לָכֶם רוּחִיאוֹדִיעָה דְבָרַי אֶתְכֶֽם׃ |
| 24 Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded. | 24 יַעַן קָרָאתִי וַתְּמָאֵנוּנָטִיתִי יָדִי וְאֵין מַקְשִֽׁיב׃ |
| 25 You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions. | 25 וַתִּפְרְעוּ כׇל־עֲצָתִיוְתוֹכַחְתִּי לֹא אֲבִיתֶֽם׃ |
| 26 I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared. | 26 גַּם־אֲנִי בְּאֵידְכֶם אֶשְׂחָקאֶלְעַג בְּבֹא פַחְדְּכֶֽם׃ |
| 27 When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you: | 27 בְּבֹא כשאוה כְשׁוֹאָה ׀ פַּחְדְּכֶםוְֽאֵידְכֶם כְּסוּפָה יֶאֱתֶהבְּבֹא עֲלֵיכֶם צָרָה וְצוּקָֽה׃ |
| 28 Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me: | 28 אָז יִקְרָאֻנְנִי וְלֹא אֶעֱנֶהיְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי וְלֹא יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃ |
| 29 Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord, | 29 תַּחַת כִּֽי־שָׂנְאוּ דָעַתוְיִרְאַת יְהֹוָה לֹא בָחָֽרוּ׃ |
| 30 Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof. | 30 לֹא־אָבוּ לַעֲצָתִינָאֲצוּ כׇּל־תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃ |
| 31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices. | 31 וְֽיֹאכְלוּ מִפְּרִי דַרְכָּםוּֽמִמֹּעֲצֹתֵיהֶם יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃ |
| 32 The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. | 32 כִּי מְשׁוּבַת פְּתָיִם תַּהַרְגֵםוְשַׁלְוַת כְּסִילִים תְּאַבְּדֵֽם׃ |
| 33 But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils. | 33 וְשֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי יִשְׁכׇּן־בֶּטַחוְשַׁאֲנַן מִפַּחַד רָעָֽה׃ |