1My sonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,payH7181attentionH7181to my wisdomלְחָכְמָתִ֣יle.cha.khe.ma.TiH2451,Inclineהַט־hat-H5186your earאָזְנֶֽךָ׃'a.ze.Ne.khaH241to my understandingלִ֝תְבוּנָתִ֗יlit.vu.na.TiH8394,
2So that you maymaintainלִשְׁמֹ֥רlish.MorH8104discretionמְזִמּ֑וֹתme.zi.MotH4209And yourlipsשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָse.fa.Tei.khaH8193may complyH5341withH5341knowledgeוְ֝דַ֗עַתve.Da.'atH1847.
3For the lipsשִׂפְתֵ֣יsif.TeiH8193of anadulteressזָרָ֑הza.RahH2114dripתִּ֭טֹּפְנָהTi.to.fe.nahH5197honeyנֹ֣פֶתNo.fetH5317, And herspeechחִכָּֽהּ׃chi.KahH2441issmootherוְחָלָ֖קve.cha.LakH2509thanH4480oilמִשֶּׁ֣מֶןmi.She.menH8081;
4But in the endוְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּVe.'a.cha.ri.tahH319she isbitterמָרָ֣הma.RahH4751as wormwoodכַֽלַּעֲנָ֑הkha.la.'a.NahH3939,Sharpחַ֝דָּ֗הcha.DahH2299as a two-edgedפִּיּֽוֹת׃pi.YotH6310swordכְּחֶ֣רֶבke.Che.revH2719.
6She does not ponderתְּפַלֵּ֑סte.fa.LesH6424thepathאֹ֣רַח'O.rachH734of lifeH2425;Her waysמַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָma'.ge.lo.Tei.haH4570areH5128unstableH5128, shedoes not knowתֵדָֽע׃ פte.Da'H3045it.
7Nowוְעַתָּ֣הve.'a.TahH6258then, mysonsבָ֭נִיםVa.nimH1121,listenשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085to me Anddo not turnH5493awayH5493from the wordsמֵאִמְרֵי־me.'im.rei-H561of my mouthפִֽי׃FiH6310.
8KeepH7368your wayדַרְכֶּ֑ךָdar.Ke.khaH1870farהַרְחֵ֣קhar.ChekH7368from her,And do not goH7126nearH7126thedoorפֶּ֥תַחPe.tachH6607of her houseבֵּיתָֽהּ׃bei.TahH1004,
9Otherwiseפֶּן־pen-H6435you will giveתִּתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414your vigorהוֹדֶ֑ךָho.De.khaH1935to othersלַאֲחֵרִ֣יםla.'a.che.RimH312,And your yearsוּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָu.she.no.Tei.khaH8141to the cruelלְאַכְזָרִֽי׃le.'akh.za.RiH394oneH394;
10And strangersזָרִ֣יםza.RimH2114will be filledיִשְׂבְּע֣וּyis.be.'UH7646with your strengthכֹּחֶ֑ךָko.Che.khaH3581,And your hard-earnedH6089possessionsH6089will goto the houseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004of a foreignerנָכְרִֽי׃na.khe.RiH5237;
11And you will groanוְנָהַמְתָּ֥ve.na.ham.TaH5098inthe endבְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָve.'a.cha.ri.Te.khaH319,When your fleshבְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗be.sa.re.khaH1320and your bodyוּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃u.she.'e.Re.khaH7607are consumedבִּכְל֥וֹתbikh.LotH3615;
12And you sayוְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ve.'a.mar.TaH559, “Howאֵ֭יךְ'eikhH349Ihatedשָׂנֵ֣אתִיsa.Ne.tiH8130instructionמוּסָ֑רmu.SarH4148!And my heartלִבִּֽי׃li.BiH3820disdainfullyH5006rejectedH5006rebukeוְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַתve.to.Kha.chatH8433!
13I did not listenשָׁ֭מַעְתִּיSha.ma'.tiH8085to the voiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of myteachersמוֹרָ֑יmo.RaiH4175,NorH3808inclineהִטִּ֥יתִיhi.Ti.tiH5186my earאָזְנִֽי׃'a.ze.NiH241to my instructorsוְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗יve.lim.la.me.DaiH3925!
14I was almostכִּ֭מְעַטKim.'atH4592in totalבְכָל־ve.khol-H3605ruinרָ֑עRa'H7451In the midstבְּת֖וֹךְbe.TokhH8432of the assemblyקָהָ֣לka.HalH6951and congregationוְעֵדָֽה׃ve.'e.DahH5712.”
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