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9:1
智慧建造房屋, 凿成七根柱子,
Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars.
9:2
宰杀牲畜, 调和旨酒, 设摆筵席;
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
9:3
打发使女出去, 自己在城中至高处呼叫,
She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city.
9:4
说:谁是愚蒙人,可以转到这里来! 又对那无知的人说:
Let all who are simple come in here! she says to those who lack judgment.
9:5
你们来,吃我的饼, 喝我调和的酒。
Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
9:6
你们愚蒙人,要舍弃愚蒙, 就得存活,并要走光明的道。
Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.
9:7
指斥亵慢人的,必受辱骂; 责备恶人的,必被玷污。
Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
9:8
不要责备亵慢人,恐怕他恨你; 要责备智慧人,他必爱你。
Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
9:9
教导智慧人,他就越发有智慧; 指示义人,他就增长学问。
Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
9:10
敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端; 认识至圣者便是聪明。
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
9:11
你借着我,日子必增多, 年岁也必加添。
For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
9:12
你若有智慧,是与自己有益; 你若亵慢,就必独自担当。
If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."
9:13
愚昧的妇人喧嚷; 她是愚蒙,一无所知。
The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge.
9:14
她坐在自己的家门口, 坐在城中高处的座位上,
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
9:15
呼叫过路的, 就是直行其道的人,
calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way.
9:16
说:谁是愚蒙人,可以转到这里来! 又对那无知的人说:
Let all who are simple come in here! she says to those who lack judgment.
9:17
偷来的水是甜的, 暗吃的饼是好的。
Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!
9:18
人却不知有阴魂在她那里; 她的客在阴间的深处。
But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
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