箴言 2
1 我兒，你若接受我的話，把我的誡命存在心中，
Oh, my son, that thou wouldst receive my words, And treasure up my precepts within thee;
2 側耳細聽智慧，專心尋求睿智；
That thou wouldst apply thine ear to wisdom, And incline thy heart to understanding!
3 你若呼求明哲，揚聲召尋睿智；
For if thou wilt call aloud to knowledge, And lift up thy voice to understanding, —
4 你若尋求她如尋求銀子，搜索她如搜索寶藏，
If thou wilt seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures,
5 你必能領悟什麼是敬畏上主，也能明白什麼是認識天主。
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.
6 因為，恩賜智慧的是上主，知識和睿智都出自他的口。
For the LORD giveth wisdom; From his mouth proceed knowledge and understanding:
7 他給正直人保留了救援，又是行止成全者的護盾。
He layeth up safety for the righteous; He is a shield to them that walk uprightly:
8 他護守正直人的行徑，他保衛虔誠者的道路；
He guardeth the paths of equity, And defendeth the way of his servants.
9 這樣，你必能明瞭仁義和公平，明瞭正直和一切向善的道路。
Then shalt thou understand righteousness and equity And uprightness, yea, every good path.
10 如果智慧進入了你的心，智識成了你的喜樂，
When wisdom entereth into thy heart, And knowledge is pleasant to thy soul,
11 慎思就必監護你，睿智也必防守你，
Discretion will guard thee, Understanding will preserve thee.
12 使你遠離邪道，遠離言詞荒謬的人：
It will deliver thee from the way of the wicked, From the men who speak perverse things;
13 即那些離棄正道，走上黑暗之途，
Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;
14 喜愛行惡，在邪惡中喜樂的人。
Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perverseness of the wicked;
15 他們的道路彎曲不直，他們的行徑邪僻不正。
Whose paths are crooked, And who are froward in their ways.
16 智慧將救你脫離淫婦，脫離甘言蜜語的娼妓。
It will deliver thee from the wife of another, From the stranger, who useth smooth words;
17 她離棄了少年時的良友，忘記了她的天主的盟約；
Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 為此，她的家屬趨向死亡，她的行徑通往黃泉；
For her house sinketh down to Death, And her paths to the shades of the dead:
19 凡行近她的人，沒有一個返回，再不會走上生路。
None that go to her return again; They will not attain the paths of life.
20 為此，你應走善人的道路，持守義人的行徑，
Therefore walk thou in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous:
21 因為只有正直的人纔能住在地上，只有成全的人方得在那裏居留。
For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the righteous shall remain in it;
22 但是，作惡的人必由地上剷除，違法的人必由其中拔除。
But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
