1 מִשְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹה בֶן־דָּוִד מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל | 1 The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. |
2 לָדַעַת חָכְמָה וּמוּסָר לְהָבִין אִמְרֵי בִינָה | 2 To know wisdom, and instruction: |
3 לָקַחַת מוּסַר הַשְׂכֵּל צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט וּמֵישָׁרִים | 3 To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity: |
4 לָתֵת לִפְתָאיִם עָרְמָה לְנַעַר דַּעַת וּמְזִמָּה | 4 To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding. |
5 יִשְׁמַע חָכָם וְיֹוסֶף לֶקַח וְנָבֹון תַּחְבֻּלֹות יִקְנֶה | 5 A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments. |
6 לְהָבִין מָשָׁל וּמְלִיצָה דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְחִידֹתָם | 6 He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings. |
7 יִרְאַת יְהוָה רֵאשִׁית דָּעַת חָכְמָה וּמוּסָר אֱוִילִים בָּזוּ׃ פ | 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. |
8 שְׁמַע בְּנִי מוּסַר אָבִיךָ וְאַל־תִּטֹּשׁ תֹּורַת אִמֶּךָ | 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother : |
9 כִּי ׀ לִוְיַת חֵן הֵם לְרֹאשֶׁךָ וַעֲנָקִים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶיךָ | 9 That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck. |
10 בְּנִי אִם־יְפַתּוּךָ חַטָּאִים אַל־תֹּבֵא | 10 My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them. |
11 אִם־יֹאמְרוּ לְכָה אִתָּנוּ נֶאֶרְבָה לְדָם נִצְפְּנָה לְנָקִי חִנָּם | 11 If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause: |
12 נִבְלָעֵם כִּשְׁאֹול חַיִּים וּתְמִימִים כְּיֹורְדֵי בֹור | 12 Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. |
13 כָּל־הֹון יָקָר נִמְצָא נְמַלֵּא בָתֵּינוּ שָׁלָל | 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils. |
14 גֹּורָלְךָ תַּפִּיל בְּתֹוכֵנוּ כִּיס אֶחָד יִהְיֶה לְכֻלָּנוּ | 14 Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse. |
15 בְּנִי אַל־תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ אִתָּם מְנַע רַגְלְךָ מִנְּתִיבָתָם | 15 My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths. |
16 כִּי רַגְלֵיהֶם לָרַע יָרוּצוּ וִימַהֲרוּ לִשְׁפָּךְ־דָּם | 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. |
17 כִּי־חִנָּם מְזֹרָה הָרָשֶׁת בְּעֵינֵי כָל־בַּעַל כָּנָף | 17 But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings. |
18 וְהֵם לְדָמָם יֶאֱרֹבוּ יִצְפְּנוּ לְנַפְשֹׁתָם | 18 And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls. |
19 כֵּן אָרְחֹות כָּל־בֹּצֵעַ בָּצַע אֶת־נֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלָיו יִקָּח׃ פ | 19 So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors. |
20 חָכְמֹות בַּחוּץ תָּרֹנָּה בָּרְחֹבֹות תִּתֵּן קֹולָהּ | 20 Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets: |
21 בְּרֹאשׁ הֹמִיֹּות תִּקְרָא בְּפִתְחֵי שְׁעָרִים בָּעִיר אֲמָרֶיהָ תֹאמֵר | 21 At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying: |
22 עַד־מָתַי ׀ פְּתָיִם תְּאֵהֲבוּ פֶתִי וְלֵצִים לָצֹון חָמְדוּ לָהֶם וּכְסִילִים יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָעַת | 22 O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge? |
23 תָּשׁוּבוּ לְתֹוכַחְתִּי הִנֵּה אַבִּיעָה לָכֶם רוּחִי אֹודִיעָה דְבָרַי אֶתְכֶם | 23 Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words. |
24 יַעַן קָרָאתִי וַתְּמָאֵנוּ נָטִיתִי יָדִי וְאֵין מַקְשִׁיב | 24 Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded. |
25 וַתִּפְרְעוּ כָל־עֲצָתִי וְתֹוכַחְתִּי לֹא אֲבִיתֶם | 25 You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions. |
26 גַּם־אֲנִי בְּאֵידְכֶם אֶשְׂחָק אֶלְעַג בְּבֹא פַחְדְּכֶם | 26 I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared. |
27 בְּבֹא [כְשַׁאֲוָה כ] (כְשֹׁואָה ׀ ק) פַּחְדְּכֶם וְאֵידְכֶם כְּסוּפָה יֶאֱתֶה בְּבֹא עֲלֵיכֶם צָרָה וְצוּקָה | 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: |
28 אָז יִקְרָאֻנְנִי וְלֹא אֶעֱנֶה יְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי וְלֹא יִמְצָאֻנְנִי | 28 Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me: |
29 תַּחַת כִּי־שָׂנְאוּ דָעַת וְיִרְאַת יְהֹוָה לֹא בָחָרוּ | 29 Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord, |
30 לֹא־אָבוּ לַעֲצָתִי נָאֲצוּ כָּל־תֹּוכַחְתִּי | 30 Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof. |
31 וְיֹאכְלוּ מִפְּרִי דַרְכָּם וּמִמֹּעֲצֹתֵיהֶם יִשְׂבָּעוּ | 31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices. |
32 כִּי מְשׁוּבַת פְּתָיִם תַּהַרְגֵם וְשַׁלְוַת כְּסִילִים תְּאַבְּדֵם | 32 The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. |
33 וְשֹׁמֵעַ לִי יִשְׁכָּן־בֶּטַח וְשַׁאֲנַן מִפַּחַד רָעָה׃ פ | 33 But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils. |