משלי ז׳
Proverbs 7
Hebrew
בְּ֭נִי שְׁמֹ֣ר אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃ שְׁמֹ֣ר מִצְוֺתַ֣י וֶחְיֵ֑ה וְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗י כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ קׇשְׁרֵ֥ם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ כׇּ֝תְבֵ֗ם עַל־ל֥וּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ׃ אֱמֹ֣ר לַ֭חׇכְמָה אֲחֹ֣תִי אָ֑תְּ וּ֝מֹדָ֗ע לַבִּינָ֥ה תִקְרָֽא׃ לִ֭שְׁמׇרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝נׇּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ כִּ֭י בְּחַלּ֣וֹן בֵּיתִ֑י בְּעַ֖ד אֶשְׁנַבִּ֣י נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃ וָאֵ֤רֶא בַפְּתָאיִ֗ם אָ֘בִ֤ינָה בַבָּנִ֗ים נַ֣עַר חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃ עֹבֵ֣ר בַּ֭שּׁוּק אֵ֣צֶל פִּנָּ֑הּ וְדֶ֖רֶךְ בֵּיתָ֣הּ יִצְעָֽד׃ בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃ וְהִנֵּ֣ה אִ֭שָּׁה לִקְרָאת֑וֹ שִׁ֥ית ז֝וֹנָ֗ה וּנְצֻ֥רַת לֵֽב׃ הֹמִיָּ֣ה הִ֣יא וְסֹרָ֑רֶת בְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּ לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּ רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃ פַּ֤עַם ׀ בַּח֗וּץ פַּ֥עַם בָּרְחֹב֑וֹת וְאֵ֖צֶל כׇּל־פִּנָּ֣ה תֶאֱרֹֽב׃ וְהֶחֱזִ֣יקָה בּ֭וֹ וְנָ֣שְׁקָה לּ֑וֹ הֵעֵ֥זָה פָ֝נֶ֗יהָ וַתֹּ֣אמַר לֽוֹ׃ זִבְחֵ֣י שְׁלָמִ֣ים עָלָ֑י הַ֝יּ֗וֹם שִׁלַּ֥מְתִּי נְדָרָֽי׃ עַל־כֵּ֭ן יָצָ֣אתִי לִקְרָאתֶ֑ךָ לְשַׁחֵ֥ר פָּ֝נֶ֗יךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ׃ מַ֭רְבַדִּים רָבַ֣דְתִּי עַרְשִׂ֑י חֲ֝טֻב֗וֹת אֵט֥וּן מִצְרָֽיִם׃ נַ֥פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י מֹ֥ר אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃ לְכָ֤ה נִרְוֶ֣ה דֹ֭דִים עַד־הַבֹּ֑קֶר נִ֝תְעַלְּסָ֗ה בׇּאֳהָבִֽים׃ כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין הָאִ֣ישׁ בְּבֵית֑וֹ הָ֝לַ֗ךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ מֵרָחֽוֹק׃ צְֽרוֹר־הַ֭כֶּסֶף לָקַ֣ח בְּיָד֑וֹ לְי֥וֹם הַ֝כֵּ֗סֶא יָבֹ֥א בֵיתֽוֹ׃ הִ֭טַּתּוּ בְּרֹ֣ב לִקְחָ֑הּ בְּחֵ֥לֶק שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃ ה֤וֹלֵ֥ךְ אַחֲרֶ֗יהָ פִּ֫תְאֹ֥ם כְּ֭שׁוֹר אֶל־טֶ֣בַח יָבֹ֑א וּ֝כְעֶ֗כֶס אֶל־מוּסַ֥ר אֱוִֽיל׃ עַ֤ד יְפַלַּ֪ח חֵ֡ץ כְּֽבֵד֗וֹ כְּמַהֵ֣ר צִפּ֣וֹר אֶל־פָּ֑ח וְלֹא־יָ֝דַ֗ע כִּֽי־בְנַפְשׁ֥וֹ הֽוּא׃ וְעַתָּ֣ה בָ֭נִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִ֑י וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּ לְאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ אַל־יֵ֣שְׂטְ אֶל־דְּרָכֶ֣יהָ לִבֶּ֑ךָ אַל־תֵּ֝֗תַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ כִּֽי־רַבִּ֣ים חֲלָלִ֣ים הִפִּ֑ילָה וַ֝עֲצֻמִ֗ים כׇּל־הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ׃ דַּרְכֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתָ֑הּ יֹ֝רְד֗וֹת אֶל־חַדְרֵי־מָֽוֶת׃ {פ}
English Translation
My son, heed my words;
And store up my commandments with you. Keep my commandments and live,
My teaching, as the apple of your eye— Bind them on your fingers,
Write them on the tablet of your mind. Say to Wisdom, “You are my sister,”asister See note at 1.20.
And call Understanding a kinswoman. She will guard you from a forbiddenbforbidden Lit. “strange.” woman;
From an alien woman whose talk is smooth. From the window of my house,
Through my lattice, I looked out And saw among the simple,
Noticed among the youths,
A young man devoid of sense. He was crossing the street near her corner,
Walking toward her house In the dusk of evening,
In the dark hours of night. A woman comes toward him
Dressed like a streetwalker, with set purpose.cDressed like a streetwalker, with set purpose Meaning of Heb. uncertain. She is bustling and restive;
She is never at home. Now in the street, now in the square,
She lurks at every corner. She lays hold of him and kisses him.
Brazenly she says to him, “I had to make a sacrifice of well-being;
Today I fulfilled my vows. Therefore I have come out to you,
Seeking you, and have found you. I have decked my couch with covers
Of dyed Egyptian linen; I have sprinkled my bed
With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Let us drink our fill of love till morning;
Let us delight in amorous embrace. For the man of the house is away;dthe man of the house is away Or “that other guy is not home,” namely, the speaker’s husband.
He is off on a distant journey. He took his bag of money with him
And will return only at mid-month.” She sways him with her eloquence,
Turns him aside with her smooth talk. Thoughtlessly he follows her,
Like an ox going to the slaughter,
Like a fool to the stocks for punishmenteLike a fool to the stocks for punishment Meaning of Heb. uncertain.— Until the arrow pierces his liver.
He is like a bird rushing into a trap,
Not knowing his life is at stake. Now, sons, listen to me;
Pay attention to my words; Let your mind not wander down her ways;
Do not stray onto her paths. For many are those she has struck dead,
And numerous are her victims. Her house is a highway to Sheol
Leading down to Death’s inner chambers.
And store up my commandments with you. Keep my commandments and live,
My teaching, as the apple of your eye— Bind them on your fingers,
Write them on the tablet of your mind. Say to Wisdom, “You are my sister,”asister See note at 1.20.
And call Understanding a kinswoman. She will guard you from a forbiddenbforbidden Lit. “strange.” woman;
From an alien woman whose talk is smooth. From the window of my house,
Through my lattice, I looked out And saw among the simple,
Noticed among the youths,
A young man devoid of sense. He was crossing the street near her corner,
Walking toward her house In the dusk of evening,
In the dark hours of night. A woman comes toward him
Dressed like a streetwalker, with set purpose.cDressed like a streetwalker, with set purpose Meaning of Heb. uncertain. She is bustling and restive;
She is never at home. Now in the street, now in the square,
She lurks at every corner. She lays hold of him and kisses him.
Brazenly she says to him, “I had to make a sacrifice of well-being;
Today I fulfilled my vows. Therefore I have come out to you,
Seeking you, and have found you. I have decked my couch with covers
Of dyed Egyptian linen; I have sprinkled my bed
With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Let us drink our fill of love till morning;
Let us delight in amorous embrace. For the man of the house is away;dthe man of the house is away Or “that other guy is not home,” namely, the speaker’s husband.
He is off on a distant journey. He took his bag of money with him
And will return only at mid-month.” She sways him with her eloquence,
Turns him aside with her smooth talk. Thoughtlessly he follows her,
Like an ox going to the slaughter,
Like a fool to the stocks for punishmenteLike a fool to the stocks for punishment Meaning of Heb. uncertain.— Until the arrow pierces his liver.
He is like a bird rushing into a trap,
Not knowing his life is at stake. Now, sons, listen to me;
Pay attention to my words; Let your mind not wander down her ways;
Do not stray onto her paths. For many are those she has struck dead,
And numerous are her victims. Her house is a highway to Sheol
Leading down to Death’s inner chambers.
About This Text
Source
Proverbs
Category
Tanach
Reference
Proverbs 7
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