Proverbs 8
1 You shall proclaim wisdom, that understanding may be obedient to you.
智慧不是在呼喚，明智不是在發出她的呼聲嗎﹖
2 For she is on lofty eminences, and stands in the midst of the ways.
她站在高崗上，站在通衢大道上，
3 For she sits by the gates of princes, and sings in the entrances, [saying],
她在城門口，在城入口處大聲喊說：
4 You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men.
人呀! 我在向你們呼喚，我在對人子發出呼聲：
5 O you simple, understand subtlety, and you that are untaught, imbibe knowledge.
幼稚的人，你們應學習機智；愚昧的人，你們應學習聰明。
6 Listen to me; for I will speak solemn [truths]; and will produce right [sayings] from my lips.
你們且聽，因為我要講論卓絕的事，開口述說正直的事。
7 For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.
的確，我的口只暢談真理，我厭惡虛詐的唇舌。
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse.
凡我口述的，無不正直，毫無歪曲或乖僻。
9 They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.
我的話為明白的人是誠實的，為有智識的人是正確的。
10 Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold.
你們應聽取我的教訓，而不要銀子；應汲取智識，而不取純金；
11 For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.
因為智慧勝過任何珍珠，任何可貪戀的事都不能與她倫比。
12 I wisdom have lived [with] counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding.
我──智慧──與機智同居，擁有知識和見識。
13 The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.
敬畏上主，就是憎恨邪惡傲慢驕橫，邪惡的行徑和欺詐的口舌，我都憎惡。
14 Counsel and safety are mine; prudence is mine, and strength is mine.
機謀才智，屬我所有；聰明勇敢，亦屬於我。
15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
藉著我，君王執政，元首秉公行義；
16 By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth.
藉著我，統治者統治，王侯治理邦土。
17 I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find [me].
我愛那愛我的人；凡尋求我的，必找著我。
18 Wealth and glory belong to me; yes, abundant possessions and righteousness.
富貴榮譽，恒產正義，都屬我有。
19 [It is] better to have my fruit than [to have] gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.
我的果實，勝過黃金純金；我的出產，比淨銀還要寶貴。
20 I walk in ways of righteousness, and [am] conversant with the paths of judgement;
我走在正義的路上，走在公平的路上，
21 that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things. If I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember [also] to recount the things of old.
使愛我者獲得產業，充滿他們的寶庫。
22 The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.
上主自始即拿我作他行動的起始，作他作為的開端：
23 He established me before time [was] in the beginning, before he made the earth:
大地還沒有形成以前，遠自太古，從無始我已被立；
24 even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth:
深淵還沒有存在，水泉還沒有湧出以前，我已受生；
25 before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.
山嶽還沒有奠定，丘陵還沒有存在以前，我已受生。
26 The Lord made countries and uninhabited [tracks], and the highest inhabited parts of the world.
那時，上主還沒有創造大地、原野、和世上土壤的原質；
27 When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds:
當他建立高天時，我已在場；當他在深淵之上劃出穹蒼時，
28 and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:
當他上使穹蒼穩立，下使淵源固定時，
29 decree. and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:
當他為滄海劃定界限，令水不要越境，給大地奠定基礎時，
30 I was by him, suiting [myself to him], I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.
我已在他身旁，充作技師。那時，我天天是他的喜悅，不斷在他前歡躍，
31 For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced amongst the children of men.
歡躍於塵寰之間，樂與世人共處。
32 Now then, [my] son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall listen to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;
那麼，我兒，你們且聽我：遵循我道路的人是有福的。
33 [Hear wisdom and be wise, and be not strangers to it. ]
你們該聽從教訓，做一智慧人，不要把她拋棄。
34 watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances.
凡聽從我言，天天在我門前守候，在我門框旁侍立的人，是有福的。
35 For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and [in them] is prepared favour from the Lord.
因為誰找到我，便是找到生命，他必由上主獲得恩寵。
36 But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.
但是那得罪我的，等於傷害自己；凡憎恨我的，是自找死亡。
