Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
智慧建造了房舍，雕琢了七根石柱，
2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
宰殺了牲畜，配製了美酒，舖設了飯桌，
3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
派出自己的使女，在城市高處吶喊：「
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
誰是無知的，請轉身到這裏來! 」她對愚鈍的人說：「
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
你們來，吃我的食糧，飲我配製的酒!
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
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 reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: 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 Reprove 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 instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
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 YHWH is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
敬畏上主是智慧的肇基；認識至聖者就是睿智。
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
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 wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
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 is clamourous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
愚昧太太，浮燥愚蠢，一無所知。
14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
她坐在自家門前，坐在城內高處的座位上，
15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
向一往直前的路人喊說：「
16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
誰是無知的，請轉身到這裏來! 」她向愚鈍的人說：
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
「偷來的水，更香甜；背地吃的餅更有味。」
