1 תֶּאְשַׁם שֹׁמְרֹון כִּי מָרְתָה בֵּאלֹהֶיהָ בַּחֶרֶב יִפֹּלוּ עֹלְלֵיהֶם יְרֻטָּשׁוּ וְהָרִיֹּותָיו יְבֻקָּעוּ׃ פ | 1 Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin. |
2 וּבָה יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כִּי כָשַׁלְתָּ בַּעֲוֹנֶךָ | 2 Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope. |
3 קְחוּ עִמָּכֶם דְּבָרִים וְשׁוּבוּ אֶל־יְהוָה אִמְרוּ אֵלָיו כָּל־תִּשָּׂא עָוֹן וְקַח־טֹוב וּנְשַׁלְּמָה פָרִים שְׂפָתֵינוּ | 3 Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold? |
4 אַשּׁוּר ׀ לֹא יֹושִׁיעֵנוּ עַל־סוּס לֹא נִרְכָּב וְלֹא־נֹאמַר עֹוד אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֵינוּ אֲשֶׁר־בְּךָ יְרֻחַם יָתֹום | 4 He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting. |
5 אֶרְפָּא מְשׁוּבָתָם אֹהֲבֵם נְדָבָה כִּי שָׁב אַפִּי מִמֶּנּוּ | 5 He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods. |
6 אֶהְיֶה כַטַּל לְיִשְׂרָאֵל יִפְרַח כַּשֹּׁושַׁנָּה וְיַךְ שָׁרָשָׁיו כַּלְּבָנֹון | 6 There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness: |
7 יֵלְכוּ יֹנְקֹותָיו וִיהִי כַזַּיִת הֹודֹו וְרֵיחַ לֹו כַּלְּבָנֹון | 7 And if he do good, he doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wickedness. |
8 יָשֻׁבוּ יֹשְׁבֵי בְצִלֹּו יְחַיּוּ דָגָן וְיִפְרְחוּ כַגָּפֶן זִכְרֹו כְּיֵין לְבָנֹון׃ ס | 8 The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul. |
9 אֶפְרַיִם מַה־לִּי עֹוד לָעֲצַבִּים אֲנִי עָנִיתִי וַאֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ אֲנִי כִּבְרֹושׁ רַעֲנָן מִמֶּנִּי פֶּרְיְךָ נִמְצָא | 9 The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity: he will not be satisfied till he consume his own soul, drying it up. |
10 מִי חָכָם וְיָבֵן אֵלֶּה נָבֹון וְיֵדָעֵם כִּי־יְשָׁרִים דַּרְכֵי יְהוָה וְצַדִּקִים יֵלְכוּ בָם וּפֹשְׁעִים יִכָּשְׁלוּ בָם | 10 An evil eye is towards evil things: and he shall not have his fill of bread, but shall be needy and pensive at his own table. |
| 11 My son, if thou have any thing, do good to thyself, and offer to God worthy offerings. |
| 12 Remember that death is not slow, and that the covenant of hell hath been shewn to thee: for the covenant of this world shall surely die. |
| 13 Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor. |
| 14 Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee. |
| 15 Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours? |
| 16 Give and take, and justify thy soul. |
| 17 Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food. |
| 18 All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree. |
| 19 Some grow, and some fall off: so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born. |
| 20 Every work that is corruptible shall fail in the end: and the worker thereof shall go with it. |
| 21 And every excellent work shall be justified: and the worker thereof shall be honoured therein. |
| 22 Blessed is the man that shall continue in wisdom, and that shall meditate in his justice, and in his mind shall think of the all seeing eye of God. |
| 23 He that considereth her ways in his heart, and hath understanding in her secrets, who goeth after her as one that traceth, and stayeth in her ways: |
| 24 He who looketh in at her windows, and hearkeneth at her door: |
| 25 He that lodgeth near her house, and fastening a pin in her walls shall set up his tent nigh unto her, where good things shall rest in his lodging for ever. |
| 26 He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches: |
| 27 He shall be protected under her covering from the heat, and shall rest in her glory. |