Yermĭyahu ( ירמיהו) - Geremia 8

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 הֲלֹא־חָכְמָה תִקְרָא וּתְבוּנָה תִּתֵּן קֹולָהּ	1 Does not wisdom call out, and prudence bestow her voice?
2 בְּרֹאשׁ־מְרֹומִים עֲלֵי־דָרֶךְ בֵּית נְתִיבֹות נִצָּבָה	2 At the summits and the tops of exalted places, standing above the ways, in the midst of the paths,
3 לְיַד־שְׁעָרִים לְפִי־קָרֶת מְבֹוא פְתָחִים תָּרֹנָּה	3 beside the gates of the city, at the very doors, she speaks, saying:
4 אֲלֵיכֶם אִישִׁים אֶקְרָא וְקֹולִי אֶל־בְּנֵי אָדָם	4 “O men, to you I call out, and my voice is to the sons of men.
5 הָבִינוּ פְתָאיִם עָרְמָה וּכְסִילִים הָבִינוּ לֵב	5 O little ones, understand discernment. And you who are unwise, turn your souls.
6 מְעוּ כִּי־נְגִידִים אֲדַבֵּר וּמִפְתַּח פָתַי מֵישָׁרִים	6 Listen, for I will speak about great things, and my lips will be opened, so as to foretell what is right.
7 כִּי־אֱמֶת יֶהְגֶּה חִכִּי וְתֹועֲבַת שְׂפָתַי רֶשַׁע	7 My throat shall practice truth, and my lips shall detest the impious.
8 בְּצֶדֶק כָּל־אִמְרֵי־פִי אֵין בָּהֶם נִפְתָּל וְעִקֵּשׁ	8 All my words are just. There is no depravity in them, and no perversity.
9 כֻּלָּם נְכֹחִים לַמֵּבִין וִישָׁרִים לְמֹצְאֵי דָעַת	9 They are upright to those who understand, and equitable to those who discover knowledge.
10 קְחוּ־מוּסָרִי וְאַל־כָּסֶף וְדַעַת מֵחָרוּץ נִבְחָר	10 Accept my discipline, and not money. Choose the doctrine that is greater than gold.
11 כִּי־טֹובָה חָכְמָה מִפְּנִינִים וְכָל־חֲפָצִים לֹא יִשְׁווּ־בָהּ	11 For wisdom is better than all that is most precious, and everything that is desirable cannot compare to her.
12 אֲ‍נִי־חָכְמָה שָׁכַנְתִּי עָרְמָה וְדַעַת מְזִמֹּות אֶמְצָא	12 I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and I am inside learned thoughts.
13 יִרְאַת יְהוָה שְׂנֹאת רָע גֵּאָה וְגָאֹון ׀ וְדֶרֶךְ רָע וּפִי תַהְפֻּכֹות שָׂנֵאתִי	13 The fear of the Lord hates evil. I detest arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
14 לִי־עֵצָה וְתוּשִׁיָּה אֲנִי בִינָה לִי גְבוּרָה	14 Counsel is mine, and equity. Prudence is mine. Strength is mine.
15 בִּי מְלָכִים יִמְלֹכוּ וְרֹוזְנִים יְחֹקְקוּ צֶדֶק	15 Through me, kings reign and legislators decree just conditions.
16 בִּי שָׂרִים יָשֹׂרוּ וּנְדִיבִים כָּל־שֹׁפְטֵי צֶדֶק	16 Through me, princes rule and the powerful decree justice.
17 אֲנִי [אֹהֲבֶיהָ כ] (אֹהֲבַי ק) אֵהָב וּמְשַׁחֲרַי יִמְצָאֻנְנִי	17 I love those who love me. And those who stand watch for me until morning shall discover me.
18 עֹשֶׁר־וְכָבֹוד אִתִּי הֹון עָתֵק וּצְדָקָה	18 With me, are wealth and glory, superb riches and justice.
19 טֹוב פִּרְיִי מֵחָרוּץ וּמִפָּז וּתְבוּאָתִי מִכֶּסֶף נִבְחָר	19 For my fruit is better than gold and precious stones, and my progeny better than choice silver.
20 בְּאֹרַח־צְדָקָה אֲהַלֵּך בְּתֹוךְ נְתִיבֹות מִשְׁפָּט	20 I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
21 לְהַנְחִיל אֹהֲבַי ׀ יֵשׁ וְאֹצְרֹתֵיהֶם אֲמַלֵּא׃ פ	21 so that I may enrich those who love me, and thus complete their treasures.
22 יְהוָה קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכֹּו קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָז	22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning.
23 מֵעֹולָם נִסַּכְתִּי מֵרֹאשׁ מִקַּדְמֵי־אָרֶץ	23 I was ordained from eternity, and out of antiquity, before the earth was formed.
24 בְּאֵין־תְּהֹמֹות חֹולָלְתִּי בְּאֵין מַעְיָנֹות נִכְבַּדֵּי־מָיִם	24 The abyss did not yet exist, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains of waters yet erupted.
25 בְּטֶרֶם הָרִים הָטְבָּעוּ לִפְנֵי גְבָעֹות חֹולָלְתִּי	25 The mountains, with their great mass, had not yet been established. Before the hills, I was brought forth.
26 עַד־לֹא עָשָׂה אֶרֶץ וְחוּצֹות וְרֹאשׁ עָפְרֹות תֵּבֵל	26 Still he had not made the earth, and the rivers, and the poles of the globe of the earth.
27 בַּהֲכִינֹו מַיִם שָׁם אָנִי בְּחוּקֹו חוּג עַל־פְּנֵי תְהֹום	27 I was already present: when he prepared the heavens; when, with a certain law and a circuit, he fortified the abyss;
28 בְּאַמְּצֹו שְׁחָקִים מִמָּעַל בַּעֲזֹוז עִינֹות תְּהֹום	28 when he made firm the sky above, and set free the fountains of waters;
29 בְּשׂוּמֹו לַיָּם ׀ חֻקֹּו וּמַיִם לֹא יַעַבְרוּ־פִיו בְּחוּקֹו מֹוסְדֵי אָרֶץ	29 when he encompassed the sea within its limits, and laid down a law for the waters, lest they transgress their limits; when he weighed the foundations of the earth.
30 וָאֶהְיֶה אֶצְלֹו אָמֹון וָאֶהְיֶה עֲשֻׁעִים יֹום ׀ יֹום מְשַׂחֶקֶת לְפָנָיו בְּכָל־עֵת	30 I was with him in composing all things. And I was delighted, throughout every day, by playing in his sight at all times,
31 מְשַׂחֶקֶת בְּתֵבֵל אַרְצֹו וְשַׁעֲשֻׁעַי אֶת־בְּנֵי אָדָם׃ פ	31 playing in globe of the earth. And my delight was to be with the sons of men.
32 וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְאַשְׁרֵי דְּרָכַי יִשְׁמֹרוּ	32 Therefore, sons, hear me now. Blessed are those who preserve my ways.
33 שִׁמְעוּ מוּסָר וַחֲכָמוּ וְאַל־תִּפְרָעוּ	33 Listen to discipline, and become wise, and do not be willing to cast it aside.
34 אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם שֹׁמֵעַ לִי לִשְׁקֹד עַל־דַּלְתֹתַי יֹום ׀ יֹום לִשְׁמֹר מְזוּזֹת פְּתָחָי	34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, and who stands watch at my gates everyday, and who observes at the posts of my doors.
35 כִּי מֹצְאִי [מֹצְאֵי כ] (מָצָא ק) חַיִּים וַיָּפֶק רָצֹון מֵיְהוָה	35 He who finds me, finds life, and he will draw salvation from the Lord.
36 וְחֹטְאִי חֹמֵס נַפְשֹׁו כָּל־מְשַׂנְאַי אָהֲבוּ מָוֶת׃ פ	36 But he who sins against me will wound his own soul. All who hate me love death.”