9:1 智慧建造房屋，凿成七根柱子，

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

 

9:2 宰杀牲畜，调和旨酒，设摆筵席。

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

 

9:3 打发使女出去，自己在城中至高处呼叫，

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

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

 

9:5 你们来，吃我的饼，喝我调和的酒。

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

 

9:6 你们愚蒙人，要舍弃愚蒙，就得存活。并要走光明的道。

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go 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。

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

 

9:8 不要责备亵慢人，恐怕他恨你。要责备智慧人，他必爱你。

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

 

9:9 教导智慧人，他就越发有智慧。指示义人，他就增长学问。

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in 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 the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

 

9:11 你藉着我，日子必增多，年岁也必加添。

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

 

9:12 你若有智慧，是与自己有益。你若亵慢，就必独自担当。

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

 

9:13 愚昧的妇人喧囔。他是愚蒙，一无所知。

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

 

9:14 他坐在自己的家门口，坐在城中高处的座位上，

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

 

9:15 呼叫过路的，就是直行其道的人，

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

 

9:16 说，谁是愚蒙人，可以转到这里来。又对那无知的人说，

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

 

9:17 偷来的水是甜的，暗吃的饼是好的。

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

 

9:18 人却不知有阴魂在他那里。他的客在阴间的深处。

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