Amsal 9
1 Sang Hikmat sudah membangun rumahnya dengan kokoh, ditopang tujuh tiang yang kuat.
Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars.
2 Dia sudah menyediakan pesta makan yang mewah dengan daging yang paling lezat dan campuran air anggur paling istimewa. Semua sudah disajikan dengan indah di mejanya.
She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table.
3 Dia sudah menyuruh para pelayan perempuan untuk mengumumkan undangannya. Sementara itu, Sang Hikmat sendiri berseru-seru dari tempat tertinggi di kota,
She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying,
4 “Hai orang yang belum berpengalaman, datanglah ke rumahku.” Dan kepada yang tak berakal budi dia berkata,
Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that lack understanding she says,
5 “Mari! Makanlah roti dan minumlah anggur yang sudah aku siapkan.
Come, eat of my bread, and drink wine which I have mingled for you.
6 Tinggalkanlah pikiran sempitmu agar engkau hidup bahagia dan majulah terus dalam pemahaman.”
Leave folly, that you may reign for ever; and seek wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge.
7 “Aku— Sang Hikmat— mengajar: Bila engkau menegur orang yang suka menghina, dia hanya akan menghinamu. Dan bila engkau berusaha meluruskan orang jahat, dia hanya akan menyakitimu.
He that reproves evil [men] shall get dishonor to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly [man] shall disgrace himself.
8 Tak usah menegur orang yang suka menghina karena dia hanya akan membencimu. Tegurlah orang bijak, maka dia akan mengasihimu.
Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love you.
9 Ajarilah orang bijak, maka dia akan semakin bijak. Ajarilah orang yang berkelakuan benar, maka dia akan semakin berpengertian.
Give an opportunity to a wise [man], and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more [instruction].
10 “Sikap hormat dan takut akan TUHAN adalah cara yang pertama dan terutama untuk menjadi bijak. Mengenal Sang Mahakudus adalah jalan untuk memiliki pengertian.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is [the character] of a sound mind.
11 Hiduplah menurut ajaranku, maka engkau akan berumur panjang.
For in this way you shall live long, and years of your life shall be added to you.
12 Bila engkau bijaksana, engkau sendiri yang akan menikmati hasilnya. Bila engkau suka menghina, engkau sendiri yang akan menanggung akibatnya.”
Son, if you be wise for yourself, you shall also be wise for your neighbors; and if you should prove wicked, you alone will bear the evil. He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; and he goes through a dry desert, and a [land] appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.
13 Kebebalan bagaikan seorang perempuan yang berkepala kosong, bodoh, dan suka keributan.
A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to lack a morsel.
14 Rumahnya terletak di tempat yang tinggi dan ramai di kota, dan dia suka duduk di depan pintu rumahnya.
She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets,
15 Dia menggoda para lelaki yang lewat, dan kepada siapa saja yang belum berpengalaman dia membujuk, “Mari masuk ke rumahku.” Kepada yang tak berakal budi, dia merayu,
calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;
[saying], Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that lack prudence, saying,
17 “Kenikmatan yang tidak halal lebih enak rasanya, apalagi saat dinikmati sembunyi-sembunyi.”
Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.
