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],
| حکمت کاخی بنا کرده است که هفت ستون دارد. |
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.
| او مهمانی بزرگی ترتیب داده و انواع شرابها و خوراکها را آماده کرده است |
3 [It is as though then] she sent out her servant women to call out from the highest place in the town,
| و کنیزان خود را فرستاده، تا بر بلندترین مکان شهر بایستند و ندا سر دهند: |
4 “You people who need to understand more, come in!” And to those who are ignorant, [it is as though] she calls out,
| «ای ساده‌لوحان، پیش من بیایید!» و به کم عقلان می‌گوید: |
5 “Come and eat the food that I [have prepared], and drink the [good] wine that I have mixed!
| «از خوراک و شرابی که آماده کرده‌ام بخورید. |
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).”
| راه جهالت را ترک گفته، زنده بمانید. راه دانا شدن را پیش بگیرید.» |
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.
| اگر آدم بدکاری را که همیشه دیگران را مسخره می‌کند تأدیب نمایی، جز اینکه مورد اهانت او واقع شوی نتیجهٔ دیگری نخواهد داشت. |
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.
| پس او را به حال خود واگذار چون اگر بخواهی به او کمک کنی از تو متنفر می‌شود؛ اما اگر شخص دانا را تأدیب کنی تو را دوست خواهد داشت. |
9 If you give instruction to wise people, they will become wiser. And if you teach righteous people, they will learn more.
| اگر آدم دانا را نصیحت کنی داناتر می‌شود و اگر به آدم درستکار تعلیم بدهی علمش بیشتر می‌گردد. |
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].
| ترس خداوند سرآغاز حکمت است. شناخت خدای مقدّس انسان را دانا می‌سازد. |
11 If you become wise, you will live many years [DOU].
| حکمت سالهای عمرت را زیاد می‌کند. |
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.
| اگر حکمت داشته باشی سودش به خودت می‌رسد و اگر حکمت را ناچیز بشماری به خودت زیان می‌رسانی. |
13 Foolish women talk loudly; they are ignorant and are never ashamed [of the wrong things that they do].
| حماقت مانند زنی وراج و گستاخ و ابله می‌باشد. |
14 They sit at the doors of their houses [or] they sit on the top [of the hills] in the town,
| او دم در خانه‌اش که بر تپه‌ای مشرف به شهر قرار دارد، می‌نشیند |
15 and they call out to the men who are passing by, who are trying to be concerned with their own affairs,
| و رهگذرانی را که مستقیم به راه خود می‌روند صدا می‌زند: |
16 “You people who need to understand more, come into [my house]!” And to those who are ignorant, they call out,
| «ای ساده‌لوحان، پیش من بیایید!» و به کم عقلان می‌گوید: |
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].”
| «آب دزدی شیرین است و نانی که پنهانی خورده می‌شود، لذیذ است!» |
