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א
בְּנִי, שְׁמֹר אֲמָרָי; וּמִצְותַי, תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּךְ.
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My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
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ב
שְׁמֹר מִצְותַי וֶחְיֵה; וְתוֹרָתִי, כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינֶיךָ.
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2
Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye.
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ג
קָשְׁרֵם עַל-אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ; כָּתְבֵם, עַל-לוּחַ לִבֶּךָ.
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3
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
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ד
אֱמֹר לַחָכְמָה, אֲחֹתִי אָתְּ; וּמֹדָע, לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא.
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4
Say unto wisdom: 'Thou art my sister', and call understanding thy kinswoman;
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ה
לִשְׁמָרְךָ, מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה; מִנָּכְרִיָּה, אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִיקָה.
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That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.
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ו
כִּי, בְּחַלּוֹן בֵּיתִי-- בְּעַד אֶשְׁנַבִּי נִשְׁקָפְתִּי.
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For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
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ז
וָאֵרֶא בַפְּתָאיִם, אָבִינָה בַבָּנִים-- נַעַר חֲסַר-לֵב.
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And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
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ח
עֹבֵר בַּשּׁוּק, אֵצֶל פִּנָּהּ; וְדֶרֶךְ בֵּיתָהּ יִצְעָד.
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8
Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;
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ט
בְּנֶשֶׁף-בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם; בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה, וַאֲפֵלָה.
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In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
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י
וְהִנֵּה אִשָּׁה, לִקְרָאתוֹ; שִׁית זוֹנָה, וּנְצֻרַת לֵב.
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10
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
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יא
הֹמִיָּה הִיא וְסֹרָרֶת; בְּבֵיתָהּ, לֹא-יִשְׁכְּנוּ רַגְלֶיהָ.
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She is riotous and rebellious, her feet abide not in her house;
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יב
פַּעַם, בַּחוּץ--פַּעַם בָּרְחֹבוֹת; וְאֵצֶל כָּל-פִּנָּה תֶאֱרֹב.
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Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lieth in wait at every corner.
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יג
וְהֶחֱזִיקָה בּוֹ, וְנָשְׁקָה לּוֹ; הֵעֵזָה פָנֶיהָ, וַתֹּאמַר לוֹ.
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So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said unto him:
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יד
זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים עָלָי; הַיּוֹם, שִׁלַּמְתִּי נְדָרָי.
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'Sacrifices of peace-offerings were due from me; this day have I paid my vows.
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טו
עַל-כֵּן, יָצָאתִי לִקְרָאתֶךָ; לְשַׁחֵר פָּנֶיךָ, וָאֶמְצָאֶךָּ.
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Therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
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טז
מַרְבַדִּים, רָבַדְתִּי עַרְשִׂי; חֲטֻבוֹת, אֵטוּן מִצְרָיִם.
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I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
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יז
נַפְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי-- מֹר אֲהָלִים, וְקִנָּמוֹן.
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I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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יח
לְכָה נִרְוֶה דֹדִים, עַד-הַבֹּקֶר; נִתְעַלְּסָה, בָּאֳהָבִים.
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Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves.
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יט
כִּי אֵין הָאִישׁ בְּבֵיתוֹ; הָלַךְ, בְּדֶרֶךְ מֵרָחוֹק.
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For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
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כ
צְרוֹר-הַכֶּסֶף, לָקַח בְּיָדוֹ; לְיוֹם הַכֵּסֶא, יָבֹא בֵיתוֹ.
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He hath taken the bag of money with him; he will come home at the full moon.'
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כא
הִטַּתּוּ, בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ; בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ, תַּדִּיחֶנּוּ.
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With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.
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כב
הוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ, פִּתְאֹם: כְּשׁוֹר, אֶל-טֶבַח יָבֹא; וּכְעֶכֶס, אֶל-מוּסַר אֱוִיל.
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He goeth after her straightway, as an ox that goeth to the slaughter, or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
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כג
עַד יְפַלַּח חֵץ, כְּבֵדוֹ-- כְּמַהֵר צִפּוֹר אֶל-פָּח;
וְלֹא-יָדַע, כִּי-בְנַפְשׁוֹ הוּא.
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Till an arrow strike through his liver; as a bird hasteneth to the snare--
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and knoweth not that it is at the cost of his life.
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כד
וְעַתָּה בָנִים, שִׁמְעוּ-לִי; וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ, לְאִמְרֵי-פִי.
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Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
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כה
אַל-יֵשְׂטְ אֶל-דְּרָכֶיהָ לִבֶּךָ; אַל-תֵּתַע, בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ.
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Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
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כו
כִּי-רַבִּים חֲלָלִים הִפִּילָה; וַעֲצֻמִים, כָּל-הֲרֻגֶיהָ.
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For she hath cast down many wounded; yea, a mighty host are all her slain.
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כז
דַּרְכֵי שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתָהּ; יֹרְדוֹת, אֶל-חַדְרֵי-מָוֶת.
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Her house is the way to the nether-world, going down to the chambers of death.
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