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Listen to a Father's Instruction
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
for I am giving you good guidance.
Don’t turn away from my instructions.
Don’t turn away from my instructions.
For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
For I, too, was once my father’s son,
tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.
tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.
And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
My father taught me,
“Take my words to heart.
Follow my commands, and you will live.
“Take my words to heart.
Follow my commands, and you will live.
Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Get wisdom; develop good judgment.
Don’t forget my words or turn away from them.
Don’t forget my words or turn away from them.
Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
Don’t turn your back on wisdom, for she will protect you.
Love her, and she will guard you.
Love her, and she will guard you.
The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.
Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do!
And whatever else you do, develop good judgment.
And whatever else you do, develop good judgment.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.
If you prize wisdom, she will make you great.
Embrace her, and she will honor you.
Embrace her, and she will honor you.
She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.
She will place a lovely wreath on your head;
she will present you with a beautiful crown.”
she will present you with a beautiful crown.”
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.
I will teach you wisdom’s ways
and lead you in straight paths.
and lead you in straight paths.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
When you walk, you won’t be held back;
when you run, you won’t stumble.
when you run, you won’t stumble.
Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
Take hold of my instructions; don’t let them go.
Guard them, for they are the key to life.
Guard them, for they are the key to life.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:
Don’t do as the wicked do,
and don’t follow the path of evildoers.
and don’t follow the path of evildoers.
avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
Don’t even think about it; don’t go that way.
Turn away and keep moving.
Turn away and keep moving.
For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.
For evil people can’t sleep until they’ve done their evil deed for the day.
They can’t rest until they’ve caused someone to stumble.
They can’t rest until they’ve caused someone to stumble.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
They eat the food of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence!
and drink the wine of violence!
But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn,
which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.
which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
But the way of the wicked is like total darkness.
They have no idea what they are stumbling over.
They have no idea what they are stumbling over.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
My child, pay attention to what I say.
Listen carefully to my words.
Listen carefully to my words.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
Don’t lose sight of them.
Let them penetrate deep into your heart,
Let them penetrate deep into your heart,
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
for they bring life to those who find them,
and healing to their whole body.
and healing to their whole body.
Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of your life.
for it determines the course of your life.
Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.
Avoid all perverse talk;
stay away from corrupt speech.
stay away from corrupt speech.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Look straight ahead,
and fix your eyes on what lies before you.
and fix your eyes on what lies before you.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.
Mark out a straight path for your feet;
stay on the safe path.
stay on the safe path.