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,
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