Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.
智慧建造了房舍，雕琢了七根石柱，
2 She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.
宰殺了牲畜，配製了美酒，舖設了飯桌，
3 She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:
派出自己的使女，在城市高處吶喊：「
4 Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:
誰是無知的，請轉身到這裏來! 」她對愚鈍的人說：「
5 Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.
你們來，吃我的食糧，飲我配製的酒!
6 Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.
你們應放棄無知，好使你們得以生存，並在明智的道路上邁進。」
7 He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.
誰矯正輕狂的人，只有自招羞辱；誰責斥邪惡的人，只有自找凌辱。
8 Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
你不要責斥輕狂的人，免得他恨你；卻要責斥明智的人，他必會愛你。
9 Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
你若指教明智的人，他必更明智；你若教訓正義的人，他必更有見識。
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.
敬畏上主是智慧的肇基；認識至聖者就是睿智。
11 For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
藉著我，你的歲月纔可增多，你的壽命纔可延長。
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
你若有智慧，你必蒙受其惠；你若是輕狂也只有自食其果。
13 A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,
愚昧太太，浮燥愚蠢，一無所知。
14 Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,
她坐在自家門前，坐在城內高處的座位上，
15 To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:
向一往直前的路人喊說：「
16 He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:
誰是無知的，請轉身到這裏來! 」她向愚鈍的人說：
17 Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant.
「偷來的水，更香甜；背地吃的餅更有味。」
