Proverbs 1 — TOJB

1Verse 1Mishlei Sh'lomo Ben Dovid, Melech Yisroel;^{Verse 2}To have da'as of chochmah and musar (discipline);
to understand the words of binah;
^{Verse 3}To receive the musar of those with seichel,
tzedek and mishpat, and meisharim (equity, uprightness);
^{Verse 4}To give subtlety to the simple,
to the na'ar, da'as and discretion.
^{Verse 5}A chacham (wise person) will hear, and will increase learning,
and a man of understanding shall acquire wise counsel:
^{Verse 6}To understand a mashal (proverb), and the melitzah (enigma);
the divrei chachamim, and their chidot (riddles).^{Verse 7}The Yirat Hashem is the reshit da'as,
but fools despise chochmah and musar.^{Verse 8}Beni (my son), hear the musar Avicha,
and forsake not the Torat Immecha.
^{Verse 9}For they shall be a garland of chen unto thy rosh,
and a chain about thy neck.^{Verse 10}Beni (my son), if chatt'aim (sinners) entice thee,
consent thou not.
^{Verse 11}If they say, Come with us,
let us lie in wait for dahm,
let us lurk secretly for the naki (innocent, harmless) chinnom (without cause);
^{Verse 12}Let us swallow them up chayyim (alive) like She'ol;
and whole, as those that go down into the bor (pit);
^{Verse 13}We shall find all precious substance,
we shall fill bateinu (our houses) with plunder;
^{Verse 14}Throw in thy goral (lot) among us;
let all of us have kis echad (one pouch, purse).
^{Verse 15}Beni (my son), walk not thou in the derech with them;
refrain thy regel from their path;
^{Verse 16}For their raglayim run to rah,
and make haste for shefach dahm (shedding of blood).
^{Verse 17}Surely in vain the reshet (net) is spread
in the eyes of kol ba'al kanaf (all the birds);^{+
Verse 18}And they lie in wait for their own dahm;
they lurk secretly for their own nafshot.
^{Verse 19}So are the ways of every one that is greedy for betza (ill-gotten gain);
which taketh away the nefesh of the be'alim (owners) thereof.^{Verse 20}Chochmot crieth out in the street;
she lifts up her voice in the rechovot (city squares);
^{Verse 21}She crieth out in the chief place of concourse,
in the openings of the she'arim (gates);
in the Ir (city) she uttereth her words, saying,
^{Verse 22}Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons?
And the scoffers delight in their mockery,
and kesilim (fools) hate da'as?
^{Verse 23}Turn you at my tokhechah (reproof); hinei,
I will pour out my ruach unto you,
I will make known my devarim unto you.
^{Verse 24}Because I have called, and ye refused,
I have stretched out my yad, and no man regarded;
^{Verse 25}But ye have disdained all my etza (counsel),
and would have none of my tokhechah (reproof);
^{Verse 26}I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your pachad (terror) cometh;
^{Verse 27}When your pachad (terror) cometh like a storm,
and your calamity cometh like a whirlwind;
when tzarah (distress) and oppression cometh upon you.
^{Verse 28}Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;
they shall look for me diligently, but they shall not find me;
^{Verse 29}For that they hated da'as,
and did not choose the Yirat Hashem;
^{Verse 30}They would have none of my etza (counsel);
they despised all my tokhechah (reproof).
^{Verse 31}Therefore shall they eat of the p'ri (fruit) of their own derech,
and be filled with their own mo'atzot (schemes, devices).
^{Verse 32}For the waywardness of the simple shall slay them,
and the complacent contentment of kesilim (fools) shall destroy them.
^{Verse 33}But the one who payeth heed unto me⁺shall dwell safely,
and shall be secure from pachad ra'ah (terror of evil).