2:1 我儿，你若领受我的言语，存记我得命令，

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

2:2 侧耳听智慧，专心求聪明。

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

2:3 呼求明哲，扬声求聪明，

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

2:4 寻梢他如寻梢银子，搜求他如搜求隐藏的珍宝，

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

2:5 你就明白敬畏耶和华，得以认识神。

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

2:6 因为耶和华赐人智慧。知识和聪明，都由他口而出。

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

2:7 他给正直人存留真智慧，给行为纯正的人作盾牌。

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

2:8 为要保守公平人的路，护庇虔敬人的道。

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

2:9 你也必明白仁义，公平，正直，一切的善道。

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

2:10 智慧必入你心。你的灵要以知识为美。

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

2:11 谋略必护卫你。聪明必保守你。

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

2:12 要救你脱离恶道，（恶道或作恶人的道）脱离说乖谬话的人。

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

2:13 那等人舍弃正直的路，行走黑暗的道，

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

2:14 喜欢作恶，喜爱恶人的乖僻。

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

2:15 在他们的道中弯曲，在他们的路上偏僻。

Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

2:16 智慧要救你拖离淫妇，就是那油嘴滑舌的外女。

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

2:17 他离弃幼年的配偶，忘了神的盟约。

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

2:18 他的家陷入死地，他的路偏向阴间。

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

2:19 凡到他那里去的不得转回，也得不着生命的路。

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

2:20 智慧必使你行善人的道，守义人的路。

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

2:21 正直人必在世上居住。完全人必在地上存留。

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

2:22 惟有恶人必然剪除。奸诈的必然拔出。

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.