Proverbs 9

1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.

1 智慧建造房屋， 凿成七根柱子，

2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

2 宰杀牲畜， 调和旨酒， 设摆筵席；

3 She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.

3 打发使女出去， 自己在城中至高处呼叫，

4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

4 说：谁是愚蒙人，可以转到这里来！ 又对那无知的人说：

5 “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.

5 你们来，吃我的饼， 喝我调和的酒。

6 Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

6 你们愚蒙人，要舍弃愚蒙， 就得存活，并要走光明的道。

7 He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

7 指斥亵慢人的，必受辱骂； 责备恶人的，必被玷污。

8 Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

8 不要责备亵慢人，恐怕他恨你； 要责备智慧人，他必爱你。

9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

9 教导智慧人，他就越发有智慧； 指示义人，他就增长学问。

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

10 敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端； 认识至圣者便是聪明。

11 For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

11 你借着我，日子必增多， 年岁也必加添。

12 If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

12 你若有智慧，是与自己有益； 你若亵慢，就必独自担当。

13 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

13 愚昧的妇人喧嚷； 她是愚蒙，一无所知。

14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,

14 她坐在自己的家门口， 坐在城中高处的座位上，

15 calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.

15 呼叫过路的， 就是直行其道的人，

16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

16 说：谁是愚蒙人，可以转到这里来！ 又对那无知的人说：

17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

17 偷来的水是甜的， 暗吃的饼是好的。

18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

18 人却不知有阴魂在她那里； 她的客在阴间的深处。