Know! there are many valuable things in the world. A wise man is very valuable; so is someone who is mighty, or rich, or a ruler—i.e., someone with authority.
Know, too, that through any of them a person can be rescued from his troubles. That is, if someone has a problem, God forbid, and he goes to one of them and tells him about it, such that he arouses the other’s sympathy, this can bring about his rescue.
דַּע כִּי יֵשׁ כַּמָּה דְּבָרִים יְקָרִים בָּעוֹלָם: הֶחָכָם הוּא יָקָר מְאֹד, וְכֵן גִּבּוֹר, וְכֵן עָשִׁיר וּמוֹשֵׁל, דְּהַיְנוּ מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ אֵיזֶה הִתְנַשְּׂאוּת.
Know! there are many valuable things in the world. A wise man is very valuable; so is someone who is mighty, or rich, or a ruler—i.e., someone with authority.
וְדַע, שֶׁאֵצֶל כָּל אֶחָד מֵהֶם, יְכוֹלִים לִפְעֹל וּלְהִוָּשַׁע מִצַּעֲרוֹ, שֶׁאִם יֵשׁ לוֹ אֵיזֶה צַעַר, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, וְיֵלֵךְ אֵצֶל אֶחָד מֵהֶם וִיסַפְּרוֹ לְפָנָיו עַד שֶׁיְּעוֹרֵר רַחֲמִים אֶצְלוֹ עָלָיו, מִזֶּה יוּכַל לְהִוָּשַׁע:
Know, too, that through any of them a person can be rescued from his troubles. That is, if someone has a problem, God forbid, and he goes to one of them and tells him about it, such that he arouses the other’s sympathy, this can bring about his rescue.