משלי ט׳:י׳
Proverbs 9:10
Hebrew
חׇ֭כְמוֹת בָּנְתָ֣ה בֵיתָ֑הּ חָצְבָ֖ה עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ שִׁבְעָֽה׃ טָבְחָ֣ה טִ֭בְחָהּ מָסְכָ֣ה יֵינָ֑הּ אַ֝֗ף עָרְכָ֥ה שֻׁלְחָנָֽהּ׃ שָׁלְחָ֣ה נַעֲרֹתֶ֣יהָ תִקְרָ֑א עַל־גַּ֝פֵּ֗י מְרֹ֣מֵי קָֽרֶת׃ מִֽי־פֶ֭תִי יָסֻ֣ר הֵ֑נָּה חֲסַר־לֵ֝֗ב אָ֣מְרָה לּֽוֹ׃ לְ֭כוּ לַחֲמ֣וּ בְֽלַחֲמִ֑י וּ֝שְׁת֗וּ בְּיַ֣יִן מָסָֽכְתִּי׃ עִזְב֣וּ פְתָאיִ֣ם וִֽחְי֑וּ וְ֝אִשְׁר֗וּ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ בִּינָֽה׃ יֹ֤סֵ֨ר ׀ לֵ֗ץ לֹקֵ֣חַֽ ל֣וֹ קָל֑וֹן וּמוֹכִ֖יחַ לְרָשָׁ֣ע מוּמֽוֹ׃ אַל־תּ֣וֹכַח לֵ֭ץ פֶּן־יִשְׂנָאֶ֑ךָּ הוֹכַ֥ח לְ֝חָכָ֗ם וְיֶאֱהָבֶֽךָּ׃ תֵּ֣ן לְ֭חָכָם וְיֶחְכַּם־ע֑וֹד הוֹדַ֥ע לְ֝צַדִּ֗יק וְי֣וֹסֶף לֶֽקַח׃ תְּחִלַּ֣ת חׇ֭כְמָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהֹוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת קְדֹשִׁ֣ים בִּינָֽה׃ כִּי־בִ֭י יִרְבּ֣וּ יָמֶ֑יךָ וְיוֹסִ֥יפוּ לְּ֝ךָ֗ שְׁנ֣וֹת חַיִּֽים׃ אִם־חָ֭כַמְתָּ חָכַ֣מְתָּ לָּ֑ךְ וְ֝לַ֗צְתָּ לְֽבַדְּךָ֥ תִשָּֽׂא׃ אֵ֣שֶׁת כְּ֭סִילוּת הֹמִיָּ֑ה פְּ֝תַיּ֗וּת וּבַל־יָ֥דְעָה מָּֽה׃ וְֽ֭יָשְׁבָה לְפֶ֣תַח בֵּיתָ֑הּ עַל־כִּ֝סֵּ֗א מְרֹ֣מֵי קָֽרֶת׃ לִקְרֹ֥א לְעֹֽבְרֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ הַֽ֝מְיַשְּׁרִ֗ים אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽם׃ מִֽי־פֶ֭תִי יָסֻ֣ר הֵ֑נָּה וַחֲסַר־לֵ֝֗ב וְאָ֣מְרָה לּֽוֹ׃ מַֽיִם־גְּנוּבִ֥ים יִמְתָּ֑קוּ וְלֶ֖חֶם סְתָרִ֣ים יִנְעָֽם׃ וְֽלֹא־יָ֭דַע כִּֽי־רְפָאִ֣ים שָׁ֑ם בְּעִמְקֵ֖י שְׁא֣וֹל קְרֻאֶֽיהָ׃ {פ}
English Translation
Wisdom has built her house,
She has hewn her seven pillars. She has prepared the feast,
Mixed the wine,
And also set the table. She has sent out her maids to announce
On the heights of the town, “Let the simple enter here.”
To those devoid of sense she says, “Come, eat my food
And drink the wine that I have mixed; Give up simpleness and live,
Walk in the way of understanding.” To correct a scoffer,
Or rebuke an evildoer regarding a blemish,
Is to call down abuse on oneself.aOr rebuke an evildoer regarding a blemish, / Is to call down abuse on oneself Clauses transposed for clarity. Do not rebuke scoffers, for they will hate you;
Reprove the wise, and they will love you. Instruct the wise, and they will grow wiser;
Teach the righteous, and they will gain in learning. The beginning of wisdom is fear of GOD,
And knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For through me your days will increase,
And years be added to your life. If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
If you are a scoffer, you bear it alone. The stupid woman bustles about;
She is simple and knows nothing. She sits in the doorway of her house,
Or on a chair at the heights of the town, Calling to all the wayfarers
Who go about their own affairs, “Let the simple enter here”;
And to those devoid of sense she says, “Stolen waters are sweet,
And bread eaten furtively is tasty.” He does not know that the shades are there,
That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
She has hewn her seven pillars. She has prepared the feast,
Mixed the wine,
And also set the table. She has sent out her maids to announce
On the heights of the town, “Let the simple enter here.”
To those devoid of sense she says, “Come, eat my food
And drink the wine that I have mixed; Give up simpleness and live,
Walk in the way of understanding.” To correct a scoffer,
Or rebuke an evildoer regarding a blemish,
Is to call down abuse on oneself.aOr rebuke an evildoer regarding a blemish, / Is to call down abuse on oneself Clauses transposed for clarity. Do not rebuke scoffers, for they will hate you;
Reprove the wise, and they will love you. Instruct the wise, and they will grow wiser;
Teach the righteous, and they will gain in learning. The beginning of wisdom is fear of GOD,
And knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For through me your days will increase,
And years be added to your life. If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
If you are a scoffer, you bear it alone. The stupid woman bustles about;
She is simple and knows nothing. She sits in the doorway of her house,
Or on a chair at the heights of the town, Calling to all the wayfarers
Who go about their own affairs, “Let the simple enter here”;
And to those devoid of sense she says, “Stolen waters are sweet,
And bread eaten furtively is tasty.” He does not know that the shades are there,
That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
About This Text
Source
Proverbs
Category
Tanach
Reference
Proverbs 9:10
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