Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars.
| חכמות בנתה ביתה חצבה עמודיה שבעה |
2 She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table.
| טבחה טבחה מסכה יינה אף ערכה שלחנה |
3 She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying,
| שלחה נערתיה תקרא-- על-גפי מרמי קרת |
4 Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that lack understanding she says,
| מי-פתי יסר הנה חסר-לב אמרה לו |
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink wine which I have mingled for you.
| לכו לחמו בלחמי ושתו ביין מסכתי |
6 Leave folly, that you may reign for ever; and seek wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge.
| עזבו פתאים וחיו ואשרו בדרך בינה |
7 He that reproves evil [men] shall get dishonor to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly [man] shall disgrace himself.
| יסר לץ--לקח לו קלון ומוכיח לרשע מומו |
8 Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love you.
| אל-תוכח לץ פן-ישנאך הוכח לחכם ויאהבך |
9 Give an opportunity to a wise [man], and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more [instruction].
| תן לחכם ויחכם-עוד הודע לצדיק ויוסף לקח |
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is [the character] of a sound mind.
| תחלת חכמה יראת יהוה ודעת קדשים בינה |
11 For in this way you shall live long, and years of your life shall be added to you.
| כי-בי ירבו ימיך ויוסיפו לך שנות חיים |
12 Son, if you be wise for yourself, you shall also be wise for your neighbors; and if you should prove wicked, you alone will bear the evil. He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; and he goes through a dry desert, and a [land] appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.
| אם-חכמת חכמת לך ולצת לבדך תשא |
13 A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to lack a morsel.
| אשת כסילות המיה פתיות ובל-ידעה מה |
14 She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets,
| וישבה לפתח ביתה-- על-כסא מרמי קרת |
15 calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;
| לקרא לעברי-דרך המישרים ארחותם |
16 [saying], Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that lack prudence, saying,
| מי-פתי יסר הנה וחסר-לב ואמרה לו |
17 Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.
| מים-גנובים ימתקו ולחם סתרים ינעם |
