Proverbs 8

halo-khokhmah tiqra utevunah titten qolah

It is Wisdom calling, Understanding raising her voice.

berosh-meromim ale-darekh bet netivot nitsavah

She takes her stand at the topmost heights, By the wayside, at the crossroads,

leyad-she'arim lefi-qaret mevo fetakhim taronnah

Near the gates at the city entrance; At the entryways, she shouts,

alekhem ishim eqra veqoli el-bene adam

“O human race, I call to you; My cry is to all mortals.

havinu fetayim ormah ukhesilim havinu lev

O simple ones, learn shrewdness; O dullards, instruct your minds.

shimu ki-negidim adabber umiftakh sefatay mesharim

Listen, for I speak noble things; Uprightness comes from my lips.

ki-emet yehgeh khikki veto'avat sefatay resha

My mouth utters truth; Wickedness is abhorrent to my lips.

betsedeq kol-imre-fi en bahem niftal ve'iqqesh

All my words are just, None of them perverse or crooked;

kullam nekhokhim lammevin visharim lemotse'e da'at

All are straightforward to anyone with intelligence, And right to those who have attained knowledge.

qekhu-musari ve'al-kasef veda'at mekharuts nivkhar

Accept my discipline rather than silver, Knowledge rather than choice gold.

ki-tovah khokhmah mippeninim vekhol-khafatsim lo yishvu-vah

For wisdom is better than rubies; No goods can equal her.

ani-khokhmah shakhanti ormah veda'at mezimmot emtsa

“I, Wisdom, live with Prudence; I attain knowledge and foresight.

yirat Adonai senot-ra ge'ah vega'on vederekh ra ufi tahpukhot saneti

To fear GOD is to hate evil; I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, And duplicity in speech.

li-etsah vetushiyyah ani vinah li gevurah

Mine are counsel and resourcefulness; I am understanding; courage is mine.

bi melakhim yimlokhu verozenim yekhoqequ tsedeq

Through me kings reign And rulers decree just laws;

bi sarim yasoru unedivim kol-shofete tsedeq

Through me princes rule, Great men and all the righteous judges.

ani (hvyh) [ohavay] ehav umeshakharay yimtsa'unni

Those who love me I love, And those who seek me will find me.

osher-vekhavod itti hon ateq utsedaqah

Riches and honor belong to me, Enduring wealth and success.

tov piryi mekharuts umippaz utevu'ati mikkesef nivkhar

My fruit is better than gold, fine gold, And my produce better than choice silver.

be'orakh-tsedaqah ahallekh betokh netivot mishpat

I walk on the way of righteousness, On the paths of justice.

lehankhil ohavay yesh ve'otserotehem amalle

I endow those who love me with substance; I will fill their treasuries.

Adonai qanani reshit darko qedem mifalayw me'az

“I was created at the beginning of GOD’s course As the first of the works of old.

me'olam nissakhti merosh miqqadme-arets

In the distant past I was fashioned, At the beginning, at the origin of earth.

be'en-tehomot kholaleti be'en mayanot nikhbadde-mayim

There was still no deep when I was brought forth, No springs rich in water;

beterem harim hotba'u lifne geva'ot kholaleti

Before [the foundations of] the mountains were sunk, Before the hills I was born.

ad-lo asah erets vekhutsot verosh afrot tevel

Earth and fields had not yet been made, Or the world’s first clumps of clay.

bahakhino shamayim sham ani bekhuqo khug al-pene tehom

I was there when the heavens were set into place; When the horizon was fixed upon the deep;

be'ammetso shekhaqim mimma'al ba'azoz inot tehom

When the heavens above were made firm, And the fountains of the deep gushed forth;

besumo layyam khuqqo umayim lo ya'avru-fiv bekhuqo mosede arets

When the sea was assigned its limits, So that its waters never transgress God’s command; When the foundations of the earth were fixed,

va'ehyeh etslo amon va'ehyeh sha'ashu'im yom yom mesakheqet lefanayw bekhol-et

I was with [God] as a confidant, A source of delight every day, Rejoicing before [God] at all times,

mesakheqet betevel artso vesha'ashu'ay et-bene adam

Rejoicing in God’s inhabited world, Finding delight with mortals.

ve'attah vanim shimu-li ve'ashre derakhay yishmoru

Now, children, listen to me; Happy are they who keep my ways.

shimu musar vakhakhamu ve'al-tifra'u

Heed discipline and become wise; Do not spurn it.

ashre-adam shomea li lishqod al-daltotay yom yom lishmor mezuzot petakhay

Happy is the one who listens to me, Coming early to my gates each day, Waiting outside my doors.

ki motse'i (mtsy) [matsa] khayyim vayyafeq ratson me-Adonai

For one who finds me finds life And obtains favor from GOD.

vekhote'i khomes nafsho kol-mesanay ahavu mavet

But one who misses me self-destructs; All who hate me love death.”