Proverbs 9
1 [It is as though] wisdom [is a woman who] has built a [big] house for herself, and has set up seven columns [to support the roof],
智慧建造了房舍，雕琢了七根石柱，
2 and has slaughtered an animal [and cooked the meat], and has mixed [nice spices] in the wine, and has put [the food] on the table.
宰殺了牲畜，配製了美酒，舖設了飯桌，
3 [It is as though then] she sent out her servant women to call out from the highest place in the town,
派出自己的使女，在城市高處吶喊：「
4 “You people who need to understand more, come in!” And to those who are ignorant, [it is as though] she calls out,
誰是無知的，請轉身到這裏來! 」她對愚鈍的人說：「
5 “Come and eat the food that I [have prepared], and drink the [good] wine that I have mixed!
你們來，吃我的食糧，飲我配製的酒!
6 (Leave/Go away from) [other] foolish people, and [if you do that, you will continue to] live. Walk on the road that will enable you to (have knowledge/know what is true and what is not true).”
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 If you rebuke someone who will not allow others to correct him, he will insult you. If you reprove/scold an evil man, he will hurt you.
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 Do not rebuke someone who will not allow others to (correct him/tell him what he has done is wrong), because he will hate you for doing that. [But] if you rebuke a wise person, he will respect you.
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 If you give instruction to wise people, they will become wiser. And if you teach righteous people, they will learn more.
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 If you want to be wise, you must start by revering Yahweh, and if you know God, the Holy One, you will understand [which teachings are wise/true].
敬畏上主是智慧的肇基；認識至聖者就是睿智。
11 If you become wise, you will live many years [DOU].
藉著我，你的歲月纔可增多，你的壽命纔可延長。
12 If you are wise, you are the one who will benefit from it; if you ridicule [becoming wise], you are the one who will suffer.
你若有智慧，你必蒙受其惠；你若是輕狂也只有自食其果。
13 Foolish women talk loudly; they are ignorant and are never ashamed [of the wrong things that they do].
愚昧太太，浮燥愚蠢，一無所知。
14 They sit at the doors of their houses [or] they sit on the top [of the hills] in the town,
她坐在自家門前，坐在城內高處的座位上，
15 and they call out to the men who are passing by, who are trying to be concerned with their own affairs,
向一往直前的路人喊說：「
16 “You people who need to understand more, come into [my house]!” And to those who are ignorant, they call out,
誰是無知的，請轉身到這裏來! 」她向愚鈍的人說：
17 “[Just as] water which you have stolen tastes very good and food that you eat by yourself tastes the best, [if you have sex secretly with someone to whom you are not married, you will enjoy it very much].”
「偷來的水，更香甜；背地吃的餅更有味。」
