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| [1]Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding |
[1]שִׁמְע֣וּ בָ֭נִים מ֣וּסַר אָ֑ב וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּ לָדַ֥עַת בִּינָֽה׃ |
| [2]For I haue geuen you a good doctrine, forsake not ye my lawe |
[2]כִּ֤י לֶ֣קַח טֹ֭וב נָתַ֣תִּי לָכֶ֑ם תֹּֽ֝ורָתִ֗י אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃ |
| [3]For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother |
[3]כִּי־בֵ֭ן הָיִ֣יתִי לְאָבִ֑י רַ֥ךְ וְ֝יָחִ֗יד לִפְנֵ֥י אִמִּֽי׃ |
| [4]He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue |
[4]וַיֹּרֵ֗נִי וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לִ֗י יִֽתְמָךְ־דְּבָרַ֥י לִבֶּ֑ךָ שְׁמֹ֖ר מִצְוֹתַ֣י וֶֽחְיֵֽה׃ |
| [5]Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them |
[5]קְנֵ֣ה חָ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה בִינָ֑ה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח וְאַל־תֵּ֝֗ט מֵֽאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ |
| [6]Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee |
[6]אַל־תַּעַזְבֶ֥הָ וְתִשְׁמְרֶ֑ךָּ אֱהָבֶ֥הָ וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃ |
| [7]The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding |
[7]רֵאשִׁ֣ית חָ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה חָכְמָ֑ה וּבְכָל־קִ֝נְיָנְךָ֗ קְנֵ֣ה בִינָֽה׃ |
| [8]Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour |
[8]סַלְסְלֶ֥הָ וּֽתְרֹומְמֶ֑ךָּ תְּ֝כַבֵּ֗דְךָ כִּ֣י תְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה׃ |
| [9]She shal beautifie thy head with manyfolde graces, and garnishe thee with a crowne of glory |
[9]תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭רֹאשְׁךָ לִוְיַת־חֵ֑ן עֲטֶ֖רֶת תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת תְּמַגְּנֶֽךָּ׃ |
| [10]Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, and the yeres of thy life shalbe many |
[10]שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ֭נִי וְקַ֣ח אֲמָרָ֑י וְיִרְבּ֥וּ לְ֝ךָ֗ שְׁנֹ֣ות חַיִּֽים׃ |
| [11]I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome, & led thee into the right pathes |
[11]בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ חָ֭כְמָה הֹרֵתִ֑יךָ הִ֝דְרַכְתִּ֗יךָ בְּמַעְגְּלֵי־יֹֽשֶׁר׃ |
| [12]So that if thou goest in them, there shall no straitnesse hinder thee: & when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall |
[12]בְּֽ֭לֶכְתְּךָ לֹא־יֵצַ֣ר צַעֲדֶ֑ךָ וְאִם־תָּ֝ר֗וּץ לֹ֣א תִכָּשֵֽׁל׃ |
| [13]Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life |
[13]הַחֲזֵ֣ק בַּמּוּסָ֣ר אַל־תֶּ֑רֶף נִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָ כִּי־הִ֥יא חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ |
| [14]Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye, and walke not in the way of the wicked |
[14]בְּאֹ֣רַח רְ֭שָׁעִים אַל־תָּבֹ֑א וְאַל־תְּ֝אַשֵּׁ֗ר בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ רָעִֽים׃ |
| [15]Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it |
[15]פְּרָעֵ֥הוּ אַל־תַּעֲבָר־בֹּ֑ו שְׂטֵ֖ה מֵעָלָ֣יו וַעֲבֹֽור׃ |
| [16]For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and sleepe is taken from them, vntyll they haue done harme |
[16]כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יִֽ֭שְׁנוּ אִם־לֹ֣א יָרֵ֑עוּ וְֽנִגְזְלָ֥ה נָתָ֗ם אִם־לֹ֥א [יִכְשֹׁולוּ כ] (יַכְשִֽׁילוּ׃ ק) |
| [17]For they eate the bread of wickednes, and drinke the wine of robberie |
[17]כִּ֣י לָ֭חֲמוּ לֶ֣חֶם רֶ֑שַׁע וְיֵ֖ין חֲמָסִ֣ים יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃ |
| [18]The path of the righteous shineth, as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day |
[18]וְאֹ֣רַח צַ֭דִּיקִים כְּאֹ֣ור נֹ֑גַהּ הֹולֵ֥ךְ וָ֝אֹ֗ור עַד־נְכֹ֥ון הַיֹּֽום׃ |
| [19]But the way of the vngodly is as the darkenesse, they knowe not where they fall |
[19]דֶּ֣רֶךְ רְ֭שָׁעִים כָּֽאֲפֵלָ֑ה לֹ֥א יָ֝דְע֗וּ בַּמֶּ֥ה יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃ |
| [20]My sonne marke my wordes, and encline thyne eare vnto my sayinges |
[20]בְּ֭נִי לִדְבָרַ֣י הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה לַ֝אֲמָרַ֗י הַט־אָזְנֶֽךָ׃ |
| [21]Let them not depart from thine eyes, but kepe them euen in the middest of thyne heart |
[21]אַל־יַלִּ֥יזוּ מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָ מְרֵ֗ם בְּתֹ֣וךְ לְבָבֶֽךָ׃ |
| [22]For they are life vnto those that finde them, and health vnto all their bodyes |
[22]כִּֽי־חַיִּ֣ים הֵ֭ם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶ֑ם וּֽלְכָל־בְּשָׂרֹ֥ו מַרְפֵּֽא׃ |
| [23]Kepe thyne heart with all diligence, for out of it issueth lyfe |
[23]מִֽכָּל־מִ֭שְׁמָר נְצֹ֣ר לִבֶּ֑ךָ כִּֽי־מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ תֹּוצְאֹ֥ות חַיִּֽים׃ |
| [24]Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee |
[24]הָסֵ֣ר מִ֭מְּךָ עִקְּשׁ֣וּת פֶּ֑ה וּלְז֥וּת פָתַ֗יִם הַרְחֵ֥ק מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ |
| [25]Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right, and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee |
[25]עֵ֭ינֶיךָ לְנֹ֣כַח יַבִּ֑יטוּ וְ֝עַפְעַפֶּ֗יךָ יַיְשִׁ֥רוּ נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃ |
| [26]Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy wayes be ordred aright |
[26]פַּ֭לֵּס מַעְגַּ֣ל רַגְלֶ֑ךָ וְֽכָל־דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ יִכֹּֽנוּ׃ |
| [27]Turne not aside, neither to the right hande nor to the left: but wihholde thy foote from euyll |
[27]אַֽל־תֵּט־יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול הָסֵ֖ר רַגְלְךָ֣ מֵרָֽע׃ |