Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars.
Premudrost sazida sebi kuæu, i otesa sedam stupova;
2 She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table.
Pokla stoku svoju, rastvori vino svoje, i postavi sto svoj.
3 She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying,
Posla djevojke svoje, te zove svrh visina gradskih:
4 Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that lack understanding she says,
Ko je lud, neka se uvrati ovamo. I bezumnima veli:
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink wine which I have mingled for you.
Hodite, jedite hljeba mojega, i pijte vina koje sam rastvorila.
6 Leave folly, that you may reign for ever; and seek wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge.
Ostavite ludost i biæete živi, i idite putem razuma.
7 He that reproves evil [men] shall get dishonour to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly [man] shall disgrace himself.
Ko uèi potsmjevaèa, prima sramotu; i ko kori bezbožnika, prima rug.
8 Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love you.
Ne karaj potsmjevaèa da ne omrzne na te; karaj mudra, i ljubiæe te.
9 Give an opportunity to a wise [man], and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more [instruction].
Kaži mudrome, i biæe još mudriji; pouèi pravednoga, i znaæe više.
10 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.
Poèetak je mudrosti strah Gospodnji, i znanje je svetijeh stvari razum.
11 For in this way you shall live long, and years of your life shall be added to you.
Jer æe se mnom umnožiti dani tvoji i dodaæe ti se godine životu.
12 Son, if you be wise for yourself, you shall also be wise for your neighbours; and if you should prove wicked, you alone will 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.
Ako budeš mudar, sebi æeš biti mudar; ako li budeš potsmjevaè, sam æeš tegliti.
13 A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to lack a morsel.
Žena bezumna plaha je, luda i ništa ne zna;
14 She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets,
I sjedi na vratima od kuæe svoje na stolici, na visinama gradskim,
15 calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;
Te vièe one koji prolaze, koji idu pravo svojim putem:
16 [saying], Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that lack prudence, saying,
Ko je lud? neka se uvrati ovamo. I bezumnome govori:
17 Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.
Voda je kradena slatka, i hljeb je sakriven ugodan.
