משלי ב׳:ד׳-ה׳
Proverbs 2:4-5
Hebrew
בְּ֭נִי אִם־תִּקַּ֣ח אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃ לְהַקְשִׁ֣יב לַחׇכְמָ֣ה אׇזְנֶ֑ךָ תַּטֶּ֥ה לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃ כִּ֤י אִ֣ם לַבִּינָ֣ה תִקְרָ֑א לַ֝תְּבוּנָ֗ה תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלֶֽךָ׃ אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּה כַכָּ֑סֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִ֥ים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃ אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין יִרְאַ֣ת יְהֹוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת אֱלֹהִ֣ים תִּמְצָֽא׃ כִּֽי־יְ֭הֹוָה יִתֵּ֣ן חׇכְמָ֑ה מִ֝פִּ֗יו דַּ֣עַת וּתְבוּנָֽה׃ (וצפן) [יִצְפֹּ֣ן] לַ֭יְשָׁרִים תּוּשִׁיָּ֑ה מָ֝גֵ֗ן לְהֹ֣לְכֵי תֹֽם׃ לִ֭נְצֹר אׇרְח֣וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְדֶ֖רֶךְ חֲסִידָ֣ו יִשְׁמֹֽר׃ אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין צֶ֣דֶק וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝מֵישָׁרִ֗ים כׇּל־מַעְגַּל־טֽוֹב׃ כִּֽי־תָב֣וֹא חׇכְמָ֣ה בְלִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝דַ֗עַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥ יִנְעָֽם׃ מְ֭זִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר עָלֶ֗יךָ תְּבוּנָ֥ה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃ לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ רָ֑ע מֵ֝אִ֗ישׁ מְדַבֵּ֥ר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃ הַ֭עֹ֣זְבִים אׇרְח֣וֹת יֹ֑שֶׁר לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ הַ֭שְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת רָ֑ע יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ בְּֽתַהְפֻּכ֥וֹת רָֽע׃ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אׇרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם עִקְּשִׁ֑ים וּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗ים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃ לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝נׇּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ הַ֭עֹזֶבֶת אַלּ֣וּף נְעוּרֶ֑יהָ וְאֶת־בְּרִ֖ית אֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה׃ כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה אֶל־מָ֣וֶת בֵּיתָ֑הּ וְאֶל־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ כׇּל־בָּ֭אֶיהָ לֹ֣א יְשׁוּב֑וּן וְלֹֽא־יַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּ אׇרְח֥וֹת חַיִּֽים׃ לְמַ֗עַן תֵּ֭לֵךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ טוֹבִ֑ים וְאׇרְח֖וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ כִּֽי־יְשָׁרִ֥ים יִשְׁכְּנוּ־אָ֑רֶץ וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים יִוָּ֥תְרוּ בָֽהּ׃ וּ֭רְשָׁעִים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים יִסְּח֥וּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ {פ}
English Translation
My son, if you accept my words
And treasure up my commandments; If you make your ear attentive to wisdom
And your mind open to discernment; If you call to understanding
And cry aloud to discernment, If you seek it as you do silver
And search for it as for treasures, Then you will understand the fear of GOD
And attain knowledge of God. For GOD grants wisdom;
Knowledge and discernment are by God’s decree. Ability is reserved for the upright
And [God] is a shield for those who live blamelessly, Guarding the paths of justice,
Protecting the way of those who are loyal. You will then understand what is right, just,
And equitable—every good course. For wisdom will enter your mind
And knowledge will delight you. Foresight will protect you,
And discernment will guard you. It will save you from an evildoer’s ways,
From a man who speaks duplicity— Those who leave the paths of rectitude
To follow the ways of darkness, Who rejoice in doing evil
And exult in an evildoer’s duplicity, All whose paths are crooked
And who are devious in their course. It will save you from the forbiddenaforbidden Lit. “strange.” woman,
From the alien woman whose talk is smooth, Who forsakes the companion of her youth
And disregards the covenant of her God. Her house sinks down to Death,
And her course leads to the shades. All who go to her cannot return
And find again the paths of life. So follow the way of the good
And keep to the paths of the just. For the upright will inhabit the earth,
The blameless will remain in it. While the wicked will vanish from the land
And the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
And treasure up my commandments; If you make your ear attentive to wisdom
And your mind open to discernment; If you call to understanding
And cry aloud to discernment, If you seek it as you do silver
And search for it as for treasures, Then you will understand the fear of GOD
And attain knowledge of God. For GOD grants wisdom;
Knowledge and discernment are by God’s decree. Ability is reserved for the upright
And [God] is a shield for those who live blamelessly, Guarding the paths of justice,
Protecting the way of those who are loyal. You will then understand what is right, just,
And equitable—every good course. For wisdom will enter your mind
And knowledge will delight you. Foresight will protect you,
And discernment will guard you. It will save you from an evildoer’s ways,
From a man who speaks duplicity— Those who leave the paths of rectitude
To follow the ways of darkness, Who rejoice in doing evil
And exult in an evildoer’s duplicity, All whose paths are crooked
And who are devious in their course. It will save you from the forbiddenaforbidden Lit. “strange.” woman,
From the alien woman whose talk is smooth, Who forsakes the companion of her youth
And disregards the covenant of her God. Her house sinks down to Death,
And her course leads to the shades. All who go to her cannot return
And find again the paths of life. So follow the way of the good
And keep to the paths of the just. For the upright will inhabit the earth,
The blameless will remain in it. While the wicked will vanish from the land
And the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
About This Text
Source
Proverbs
Category
Tanach
Reference
Proverbs 2:4-5
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