Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
`Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And hearken unto Israel your father.
Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you.
For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,
A wise son -- the instruction of a father, And a scorner -- he hath not heard rebuke.
Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.
Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,
My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,
Say to wisdom, `My sister Thou `art'.' And cry to understanding, `Kinswoman!'
`And we hearken to the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, to all that he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters;
Because of this it behoveth `us' more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,