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],
知恵は自分の家を建て、その七つの柱を立て、
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.
獣をほふり、酒を混ぜ合わせて、ふるまいを備え、
3 [It is as though then] she sent out her servant women to call out from the highest place in the town,
はしためをつかわして、町の高い所で呼ばわり言わせた、
4 “You people who need to understand more, come in!” And to those who are ignorant, [it is as though] she calls out,
「思慮のない者よ、ここに来れ」と。また、知恵のない者に言う、
5 “Come and eat the food that I [have prepared], and drink the [good] wine that I have mixed!
「来て、わたしのパンを食べ、わたしの混ぜ合わせた酒をのみ、
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).”
思慮のないわざを捨てて命を得、悟りの道を歩め」と。
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.
あざける者を戒める者は、自ら恥を得、悪しき者を責める者は自ら傷を受ける。
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.
あざける者を責めるな、おそらく彼はあなたを憎むであろう。知恵ある者を責めよ、彼はあなたを愛する。
9 If you give instruction to wise people, they will become wiser. And if you teach righteous people, they will learn more.
知恵ある者に教訓を授けよ、彼はますます知恵を得る。正しい者を教えよ、彼は学に進む。
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].
主を恐れることは知恵のもとである、聖なる者を知ることは、悟りである。
11 If you become wise, you will live many years [DOU].
わたしによって、あなたの日は多くなり、あなたの命の年は増す。
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.
もしあなたに知恵があるならば、あなた自身のために知恵があるのである。もしあなたがあざけるならば、あなたひとりがその責めを負うことになる。
13 Foolish women talk loudly; they are ignorant and are never ashamed [of the wrong things that they do].
愚かな女は、騒がしく、みだらで、恥を知らない。
14 They sit at the doors of their houses [or] they sit on the top [of the hills] in the town,
彼女はその家の戸口に座し、町の高い所にある座にすわり、
15 and they call out to the men who are passing by, who are trying to be concerned with their own affairs,
道を急ぐ行き来の人を招いて言う、
16 “You people who need to understand more, come into [my house]!” And to those who are ignorant, they call out,
「思慮のない者よ、ここに来れ」と。また知恵のない人に向かってこれに言う、
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].”
「盗んだ水は甘く、ひそかに食べるパンはうまい」と。
