1Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;
1智慧建造房屋，鑿成七根柱子，
2She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine; She has also set her table;
2宰殺牲畜，調和旨酒，設擺筵席；
3She has sent out her maidens, she calls From the tops of the heights of the city:
3打發使女出去，自己在城中至高處呼叫，
4'Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!' To him who lacks understanding she says,
4說：誰是愚蒙人，可以轉到這裡來！又對那無知的人說：
5'Come, eat of my food And drink of the wine I have mixed.
5你們來，吃我的餅，喝我調和的酒。
6'Forsake [your] folly and live, And proceed in the way of understanding.'
6你們愚蒙人，要捨棄愚蒙，就得存活，並要走光明的道。
7He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself, And he who reproves a wicked man [gets] insults for himself.
7指斥褻慢人的，必受辱罵；責備惡人的，必被玷污。
8Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you, Reprove a wise man and he will love you.
8不要責備褻慢人，恐怕他恨你；要責備智慧人，他必愛你。
9Give [instruction] to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man and he will increase [his] learning.
9教導智慧人，他就越發有智慧；指示義人，他就增長學問。
10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
10敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端；認識至聖者便是聰明。
11For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.
11你藉著我，日子必增多，年歲也必加添。
12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
12你若有智慧，是與自己有益；你若褻慢，就必獨自擔當。
13The woman of folly is boisterous, [She is] naive and knows nothing.
13愚昧的婦人喧嚷；他是愚蒙，一無所知。
14She sits at the doorway of her house, On a seat by the high places of the city,
14他坐在自己的家門口，坐在城中高處的座位上，
15Calling to those who pass by, Who are making their paths straight:
15呼叫過路的，就是直行其道的人，
16'Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,' And to him who lacks understanding she says,
16說：誰是愚蒙人，可以轉到這裡來！又對那無知的人說：
17'Stolen water is sweet; And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.'
17偷來的水是甜的，暗吃的餅是好的。
18But he does not know that the dead are there, [That] her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
18人卻不知有陰魂在他那裡；他的客在陰間的深處。