< Proverbs 9 >
1 Wisdom she has built house her she has hewn pillars her seven.
Wisdom hath built her house; she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
2 She has slaughtered slaughtering her she has mixed wine her also she has arranged table her.
She hath killed her cattle; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also set in order her table.
3 She has sent out female servants her she calls out on [the] elevations of [the] heights of [the] town.
She hath sent forth her maidens: she inviteth [her guests] upon the top of the highest places of the town.
4 Who? [is] naive let him turn aside here [one] lacking of heart she says to him.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that is void of sense, she saith to him,
5 Come eat in food my and drink in [the] wine [which] I have mixed.
“Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6 Abandon foolish things and live and advance in [the] way of understanding.
Forsake simplicity, and live; and go onward on the way of understanding.
7 [one who] admonishes - A mocker [is] receiving for himself shame and [one who] reproves a wicked [person] defect his.
He that correcteth a scorner acquireth for himself abuse; and he that reproveth the wicked getteth himself a blemish.
8 May not you reprove a mocker lest he should hate you reprove a wise [person] and he will love you.
Do not correct a scorner, lest he hate thee: reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give to a wise [person] so he may be wise yet make known to a righteous [person] so may he increase insight.
Give to the wise [instruction], and he will become yet wiser: impart knowledge to the righteous, and he will increase his information.
10 [is the] beginning of Wisdom [the] fear of Yahweh and [the] knowledge of [the] holy [one] [is] understanding.
The commencement of wisdom is the fear of the Lord; and the knowledge of the Most Holy One is understanding.
11 For by me they will increase days your so they may add to you years of life.
For through me shall thy days be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased unto thee.
12 If you are wise you are wise for yourself and you mock to alone you you will bear [it].
If thou art become wise, thou art wise for thyself; but if thou art a scorner, thou alone wilt have to bear it.”
13 A woman of folly [is] boisterous naivete and not she knows whatever.
The woman of folly is noisy: she is simple, and knoweth not what [to do].
14 And she sits to [the] doorway of house her on a seat [the] heights of [the] town.
And she sitteth at the door of her house, upon a chair in the high places of the town.
15 To call out to [those who] pass by of [the] road those [who] make straight paths their.
To call the wayfarers who go straight forward on their paths.
16 Who? [is] naive let him turn aside here and [one] lacking of heart and she says to him.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; and as for him that is void of sense, she saith to him,
17 Waters stolen they are sweet and bread of secret places it is delightful.
“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is pleasant.”
18 And not he knows that [the] shades [are] there [are] in [the] depths of Sheol invited [ones] her. (Sheol )
But he knoweth not that the departed are there; that in the depths of the nether world are her guests. (Sheol )