מִשְׁלֵי 22
Modern Hebrew BibleTranslation
Modern Hebrew Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1נבחר שם מעשר רב מכסף ומזהב חן טוב׃
1A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold.
2עשיר ורש נפגשו עשה כלם יהוה׃
2The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.
3ערום ראה רעה ויסתר ופתיים עברו ונענשו׃
3The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss.
4עקב ענוה יראת יהוה עשר וכבוד וחיים׃
4The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.
5צנים פחים בדרך עקש שומר נפשו ירחק מהם׃
5Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them.
6חנך לנער על פי דרכו גם כי יזקין לא יסור ממנה׃
6It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7עשיר ברשים ימשול ועבד לוה לאיש מלוה׃
7The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.
8זורע עולה יקצור און ושבט עברתו יכלה׃
8He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.
9טוב עין הוא יברך כי נתן מלחמו לדל׃
9He that is inclined to mercy shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers.
10גרש לץ ויצא מדון וישבת דין וקלון׃
10Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease.
11אהב טהור לב חן שפתיו רעהו מלך׃
11He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend.
12עיני יהוה נצרו דעת ויסלף דברי בגד׃
12The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown.
13אמר עצל ארי בחוץ בתוך רחבות ארצח׃
13The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.
14שוחה עמקה פי זרות זעום יהוה יפול שם׃
14The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.
15אולת קשורה בלב נער שבט מוסר ירחיקנה ממנו׃
15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.
16עשק דל להרבות לו נתן לעשיר אך למחסור׃
16He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.
17הט אזנך ושמע דברי חכמים ולבך תשית לדעתי׃
17Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine:
18כי נעים כי תשמרם בבטנך יכנו יחדו על שפתיך׃
18Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:
19להיות ביהוה מבטחך הודעתיך היום אף אתה׃
19That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day.
20הלא כתבתי לך שלשום במועצות ודעת׃
20Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:
21להודיעך קשט אמרי אמת להשיב אמרים אמת לשלחיך׃
21That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee.
22אל תגזל דל כי דל הוא ואל תדכא עני בשער׃
22Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:
23כי יהוה יריב ריבם וקבע את קבעיהם נפש׃
23Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.
24אל תתרע את בעל אף ואת איש חמות לא תבוא׃
24Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:
25פן תאלף ארחתו ולקחת מוקש לנפשך׃
25Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.
26אל תהי בתקעי כף בערבים משאות׃
26Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
27אם אין לך לשלם למה יקח משכבך מתחתיך׃
27For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed?
28אל תסג גבול עולם אשר עשו אבותיך׃
28Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.
29חזית איש מהיר במלאכתו לפני מלכים יתיצב בל יתיצב לפני חשכים׃
29Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.
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