Mudre Izreke 9
1 Mudrost je sazidala sebi kuću, i otesala sedam stupova.
Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars.
2 Poklala je svoje klanice, pomiješala svoje vino i postavila svoj stol.
She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table.
3 Poslala je svoje djevojke da objave svrh gradskih visina:
She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying,
4 “Tko je neiskusan, neka se svrati ovamo!” A nerazumnima govori:
Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that want understanding she says,
5 “Hodite, jedite od mojega kruha i pijte vina koje sam pomiješala.
Come, eat of my bread, and drink wine which I have mingled for you.
6 Ostavite ludost, da biste živjeli, i hodite putem razboritosti.”
Leave folly, that ye may reign for ever; and seek wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge.
7 Tko poučava podrugljivca, prima pogrdu, i tko prekorava opakoga, prima ljagu.
He that reproves evil [men] shall get dishonour to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly [man] shall disgrace himself.
8 Ne kori podsmjevača, da te ne zamrzi; kori mudra, da te zavoli.
Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate thee: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love thee.
9 Pouči mudroga, i bit će još mudriji; uputi pravednoga, i uvećat će se njegovo znanje.
Give an opportunity to a wise [man], and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more [instruction].
10 Gospodnji strah početak je mudrosti, a razboritost je spoznaja Presvetog.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is [the character] of a sound mind.
11 “Po meni ti se umnožavaju dani i množe ti se godine života.
For in this way thou shalt live long, and years of thy life shall be added to thee.
12 Ako si mudar, sebi si mudar; budeš li podsmjevač, sam ćeš snositi.”
Son, if thou be wise for thyself, thou shalt also be wise for thy neighbours; and if thou shouldest prove wicked, thou alone wilt bear the evil. He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; and he goes through a dry desert, and a [land] appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.
13 Gospođa ludost puna je strasti, prosta je i ne zna ništa.
A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to want a morsel.
14 I sjedi na vratima svoje kuće na stolici, u gradskim visinama,
She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets,
15 te poziva one koji prolaze putem, koji ravno idu svojim stazama:
calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;
16 “Tko je neiskusan, neka se svrati ovamo!” I nerazumnomu govori:
[saying], Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that want prudence, saying,
17 “Kradena je voda slatka i ugodno je potajno jesti kruh.”
Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.
