1My sonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,pay attentionהַקְשִׁ֑יבָהhak.Shi.vahH7181to my wisdomלְחָכְמָתִ֣יle.cha.khe.ma.TiH2451;inclineהַט־hat-H5186your earאָזְנֶֽךָ׃'a.ze.Ne.khaH241to my insightלִ֝תְבוּנָתִ֗יlit.vu.na.TiH8394,
2that you may maintainלִשְׁמֹ֥רlish.MorH8104discretionמְזִמּ֑וֹתme.zi.MotH4209and your lipsשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָse.fa.Tei.khaH8193may preserveיִנְצֹֽרוּ׃yin.Tzo.ruH5341knowledgeוְ֝דַ֗עַתve.Da.'atH1847.
3Thoughכִּ֤יkiH3588the lipsשִׂפְתֵ֣יsif.TeiH8193of the forbidden womanזָרָ֑הza.RahH2114dripתִּ֭טֹּפְנָהTi.to.fe.nahH5197honeyנֹ֣פֶתNo.fetH5317and her speechחִכָּֽהּ׃chi.KahH2441issmootherוְחָלָ֖קve.cha.LakH2509than oilמִשֶּׁ֣מֶןmi.She.menH8081,
4in the endוְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּVe.'a.cha.ri.tahH319she is bitterמָרָ֣הma.RahH4751as wormwoodכַֽלַּעֲנָ֑הkha.la.'a.NahH3939,sharpחַ֝דָּ֗הcha.DahH2299as a double-edgedפִּיּֽוֹת׃pi.YotH6310swordכְּחֶ֣רֶבke.Che.revH2719.
6She does notפֶּן־pen-H6435considerתְּפַלֵּ֑סte.fa.LesH6424the pathאֹ֣רַח'O.rachH734of lifeחַ֭יִּיםChai.yimH2416;she does notלֹ֣אlo'H3808know thatתֵדָֽע׃ פte.Da'H3045her waysמַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָma'.ge.lo.Tei.haH4570are unstableנָע֥וּna.'UH5128.
7So nowוְעַתָּ֣הve.'a.TahH6258,my sonsבָ֭נִיםVa.nimH1121,listenשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085to me,and do notוְאַל־ve.'al-H408turn asideתָּ֝ס֗וּרוּta.Su.ruH5493from the wordsמֵאִמְרֵי־me.'im.rei-H561of my mouthפִֽי׃FiH6310.
8Keep your pathדַרְכֶּ֑ךָdar.Ke.khaH1870farהַרְחֵ֣קhar.ChekH7368from herמֵעָלֶ֣יהָme.'a.Lei.haH5921;do notוְאַל־ve.'al-H408go nearתִּ֝קְרַ֗ב אֶל־tik.Rav 'el-H7126H413the doorפֶּ֥תַחPe.tachH6607of her houseבֵּיתָֽהּ׃bei.TahH1004,
9lestפֶּן־pen-H6435you concedeתִּתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414your vigorהוֹדֶ֑ךָho.De.khaH1935to othersלַאֲחֵרִ֣יםla.'a.che.RimH312,and your yearsוּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָu.she.no.Tei.khaH8141to one who is cruelלְאַכְזָרִֽי׃le.'akh.za.RiH394;
10lestפֶּֽן־pen-H6435strangersזָרִ֣יםza.RimH2114feastיִשְׂבְּע֣וּyis.be.'UH7646on your wealthכֹּחֶ֑ךָko.Che.khaH3581,and your laborsוַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָva.'a.tza.Vei.khaH6089enrichthe houseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004of a foreignerנָכְרִֽי׃na.khe.RiH5237.
11At the end of your lifeבְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָve.'a.cha.ri.Te.khaH319you will groanוְנָהַמְתָּ֥ve.na.ham.TaH5098when your fleshבְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗be.sa.re.khaH1320and your bodyוּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃u.she.'e.Re.khaH7607are spentבִּכְל֥וֹתbikh.LotH3615,
12and you will sayוְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ve.'a.mar.TaH559, “Howאֵ֭יךְ'eikhH349I hatedשָׂנֵ֣אתִיsa.Ne.tiH8130disciplineמוּסָ֑רmu.SarH4148,and my heartלִבִּֽי׃li.BiH3820despisedנָאַ֥ץna.'AtzH5006reproofוְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַתve.to.Kha.chatH8433!
13I did notוְֽלֹא־ve.lo.Sha'-H3808listenשָׁ֭מַעְתִּיSha.ma'.tiH8085to the voiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of my teachersמוֹרָ֑יmo.RaiH4175orלֹא־lo'-H3808inclineהִטִּ֥יתִיhi.Ti.tiH5186my earאָזְנִֽי׃'a.ze.NiH241to my mentorsוְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗יve.lim.la.me.DaiH3925.
14I amהָיִ֣יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961on the brinkכִּ֭מְעַטKim.'atH4592of utterבְכָל־ve.khol-H3605ruinרָ֑עRa'H7451in the midstבְּת֖וֹךְbe.TokhH8432of the whole assemblyקָהָ֣ל וְעֵדָֽה׃ka.Hal ve.'e.DahH6951H5712.”
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