| 1 בְּנִי לְחׇכְמָתִי הַקְשִׁיבָהלִתְבוּנָתִי הַט־אׇזְנֶֽךָ׃ | 1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my prudence, |
| 2 לִשְׁמֹר מְזִמּוֹתוְדַעַת שְׂפָתֶיךָ יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃ | 2 so that you may guard your thinking, and so that your lips may preserve discipline. Do not pay attention to the deceit of a woman. |
| 3 כִּי נֹפֶת תִּטֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵי זָרָהוְחָלָק מִשֶּׁמֶן חִכָּֽהּ׃ | 3 For the lips of a loose woman are like a dripping honeycomb, and her voice is smoother than oil. |
| 4 וְֽאַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָה כַֽלַּעֲנָהחַדָּה כְּחֶרֶב פִּיּֽוֹת׃ | 4 But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword. |
| 5 רַגְלֶיהָ יֹרְדוֹת מָוֶתשְׁאוֹל צְעָדֶיהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃ | 5 Her feet descend into death, and her steps reach even to Hell. |
| 6 אֹרַח חַיִּים פֶּן־תְּפַלֵּסנָעוּ מַעְגְּלֹתֶיהָ לֹא תֵדָֽע׃ | 6 They do not walk along the path of life; her steps are wandering and untraceable. |
| 7 וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִיוְאַל־תָּסוּרוּ מֵאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ | 7 Therefore, my son, listen to me now, and do not withdraw from the words of my mouth. |
| 8 הַרְחֵק מֵעָלֶיהָ דַרְכֶּךָוְאַל־תִּקְרַב אֶל־פֶּתַח בֵּיתָֽהּ׃ | 8 Make your way at a distance from her, and do not approach the doors of her house. |
| 9 פֶּן־תִּתֵּן לַאֲחֵרִים הוֹדֶךָוּשְׁנֹתֶיךָ לְאַכְזָרִֽי׃ | 9 Do not give your honor to foreigners, and your years to the cruel. |
| 10 פֶּֽן־יִשְׂבְּעוּ זָרִים כֹּחֶךָוַעֲצָבֶיךָ בְּבֵית נׇכְרִֽי׃ | 10 Otherwise, outsiders may be filled with your strength, and your labors may be in a foreign house, |
| 11 וְנָהַמְתָּ בְאַחֲרִיתֶךָבִּכְלוֹת בְּשָׂרְךָ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃ | 11 and you may mourn in the end, when you will have consumed your flesh and your body. And so you may say: |
| 12 וְֽאָמַרְתָּ אֵיךְ שָׂנֵאתִי מוּסָרוְתוֹכַחַת נָאַץ לִבִּֽי׃ | 12 “Why have I detested discipline, and why has my heart not been quieted by correction? |
| 13 וְֽלֹא־שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּקוֹל מוֹרָיוְלִֽמְלַמְּדַי לֹֽא־הִטִּיתִי אׇזְנִֽי׃ | 13 And why have I not listened to the voice of those who guided me? And why has my ear not inclined to my teachers? |
| 14 כִּמְעַט הָיִיתִי בְכׇל־רָעבְּתוֹךְ קָהָל וְעֵדָֽה׃ | 14 I have almost been with all evil in the midst of the church and of the assembly.” |
| 15 שְׁתֵה־מַיִם מִבּוֹרֶךָוְנֹזְלִים מִתּוֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃ | 15 Drink water from your own cistern and from the springs of your own well. |
| 16 יָפוּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ חוּצָהבָּרְחֹבוֹת פַּלְגֵי־מָֽיִם׃ | 16 Let your fountains be diverted far and wide, and divide your waters in the streets. |
| 17 יִֽהְיוּ־לְךָ לְבַדֶּךָוְאֵין לְזָרִים אִתָּֽךְ׃ | 17 Hold them for yourself alone, and do not let strangers be partakers with you. |
| 18 יְהִֽי־מְקוֹרְךָ בָרוּךְוּשְׂמַח מֵאֵשֶׁת נְעוּרֶֽךָ׃ | 18 Let your spring be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth: |
| 19 אַיֶּלֶת אֲהָבִים וְֽיַעֲלַת חֵןדַּדֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּךָ בְכׇל־עֵתבְּאַהֲבָתָהּ תִּשְׁגֶּה תָמִֽיד׃ | 19 a beloved doe and most pleasing fawn. Let her breasts inebriate you at all times. Be delighted continually by her love. |
| 20 וְלָמָּה תִשְׁגֶּה בְנִי בְזָרָהוּתְחַבֵּק חֵק נׇכְרִיָּֽה׃ | 20 Why are you seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and why are you kept warm by the bosom of another? |
| 21 כִּי נֹכַח ׀ עֵינֵי יְהֹוָה דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁוְֽכָל־מַעְגְּלֹתָיו מְפַלֵּֽס׃ | 21 The Lord beholds the ways of man, and he considers all his steps. |
| 22 עֲֽווֹנֹתָיו יִלְכְּדֻנוֹ אֶת־הָרָשָׁעוּבְחַבְלֵי חַטָּאתוֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ׃ | 22 His own iniquities take hold of the impious, and he is bound by the cords of his own sins. |
| 23 הוּא יָמוּת בְּאֵין מוּסָרוּבְרֹב אִוַּלְתּוֹ יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃ | 23 He shall die, for he has not held to discipline. And by the multitude of his foolishness, he shall be deceived. |
