Mudre Izreke 9
1 Mudrost je sazidala sebi kuću, i otesala sedam stupova.
Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars:
2 Poklala je svoje klanice, pomiješala svoje vino i postavila svoj stol.
She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table.
3 Poslala je svoje djevojke da objave svrh gradskih visina:
She has sent forth her maidens: she cries on the highest places of the city,
4 “Tko je neiskusan, neka se svrati ovamo!” A nerazumnima govori:
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
5 “Hodite, jedite od mojega kruha i pijte vina koje sam pomiješala.
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6 Ostavite ludost, da biste živjeli, i hodite putem razboritosti.”
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7 Tko poučava podrugljivca, prima pogrdu, i tko prekorava opakoga, prima ljagu.
He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.
8 Ne kori podsmjevača, da te ne zamrzi; kori mudra, da te zavoli.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Pouči mudroga, i bit će još mudriji; uputi pravednoga, i uvećat će se njegovo znanje.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10 Gospodnji strah početak je mudrosti, a razboritost je spoznaja Presvetog.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
11 “Po meni ti se umnožavaju dani i množe ti se godine života.
For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
12 Ako si mudar, sebi si mudar; budeš li podsmjevač, sam ćeš snositi.”
If you be wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.
13 Gospođa ludost puna je strasti, prosta je i ne zna ništa.
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing.
14 I sjedi na vratima svoje kuće na stolici, u gradskim visinama,
For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15 te poziva one koji prolaze putem, koji ravno idu svojim stazama:
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16 “Tko je neiskusan, neka se svrati ovamo!” I nerazumnomu govori:
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
17 “Kradena je voda slatka i ugodno je potajno jesti kruh.”
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
