Wisdom has built her house; / She has hewn out her seven pillars;
智慧建造房屋，凿出七根柱子；

She has slaughtered her beasts; / She has mingled her wine; / She has also set her table;
她宰牲调酒，设摆筵席；

She has sent forth her maidens; / She calls from the highest places of the city:
打发使女出去，自己在城中至高处呼叫，说，

Whoever is simple, let him turn in here; / As for him who lacks sense, she says to him,
谁是愚蒙人，可以转到这里来。又对那无知的人说，

Come, eat of my bread, / And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
你们来，吃我的饼，喝我调和的酒；

Forsake foolishness, and live, / And walk in the way of understanding.
你们要舍弃愚蒙，就得存活，并要走聪明的道路。

He who corrects a scorner gets dishonor for himself, / And he who reproves a wicked man blemishes himself.
指正亵慢人的，必受羞辱；责备恶人的，必遭玷污。

Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you; / Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
不要责备亵慢人，免得他恨你；要责备智慧人，他必爱你。

Impart something to a wise man, and he will become wiser still; / Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
指教智慧人，他就越发有智慧；指示义人，他就增长学识。

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom, / And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端，认识至圣者便是聪明。

For by me your days will be multiplied, / And the years of your life will be increased.
你借着我，日子必增多，一生的年岁也必加添。

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; / And if you are scornful, you alone will bear it.
你若有智慧，是与自己有益；你若亵慢，就必独自担当后果。

The woman Foolishness is rowdy; / She is simple and knows nothing.
愚昧妇人喧嚷；她是愚蒙，一无所知。

And she sits at the door of her house, / On a seat in the heights of the city,
她坐在自己的家门口，坐在城中高处的座位上，

To call to those who pass by, / Who go straight on their ways:
呼叫过路的，就是直行其道的人，说，

Whoever is simple, let him turn in here; / And as for him who lacks sense, she says to him,
谁是愚蒙人，可以转到这里来。又对那无知的人说，

Stolen waters are sweet, / And bread gotten in secret is pleasant.
偷来的水是甜的，暗得的饼是好的。

But he does not know that the dead are there, / That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
人却不知有阴魂在她那里，她的客人在阴间的深处。