Proverbs

智慧建造房屋，鑿成七根柱子，

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

宰殺牲畜，調和旨酒，設擺筵席；

She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

打發使女出去，在城中最高處呼叫，說：

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

「凡愚蒙人可以轉到這裡來！」又對那無知的人說：

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

「你們來，吃我的餅，喝我所調和的酒。

Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

你們愚蒙人，要捨棄愚蒙就得存活，並要走光明的道。」

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

指正褻慢人的，必受辱罵；責備惡人的，必被虧損。

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

不要責備褻慢人，恐怕他恨你；要責備智慧人，他必愛你。

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

教導智慧人，他就更有智慧；指示義人，他就增長學問。

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端；認識至聖者，便是聰明。

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

因為藉著我，你的日子必多，你的年歲也必加增。

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

你若有智慧，是與自己有益；你若褻慢，就必獨自擔當。

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

愚昧的婦人喧嚷，她是無知，什麼都不曉得；

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

她坐在自己的門口，坐在城中高處的座位上，

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

呼叫過路的人，就是那直行其道的人，說：

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

「凡愚蒙人可以轉到這裡來！」又對那無知的人說：

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

「偷來的水是甜的，暗吃的餅是好的。」

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

人卻不知在那裡有陰魂；她的客在陰間的深處。

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.