智慧建造房屋，鑿成七根柱子，
Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.
智慧建造房屋，鑿成七根柱子，
Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.
宰殺牲畜，調和旨酒，設擺筵席；
She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
打發使女出去，自己在城中至高處呼叫，
She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town,
說：誰是愚蒙人，可以轉到這裏來！又對那無知的人說：
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks sense she says,
你們來，吃我的餅，喝我調和的酒。
“Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
你們愚蒙人，要捨棄愚蒙，就得存活，並要走光明的道。
Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.”
指斥褻慢人的，必受辱罵；責備惡人的，必被玷污。
Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
不要責備褻慢人，恐怕他恨你；要責備智慧人，他必愛你。
Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
教導智慧人，他就越發有智慧；指示義人，他就增長學問。
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端；認識至聖者便是聰明。
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
你藉著我，日子必增多，年歲也必加添。
For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
你若有智慧，是與自己有益；你若褻慢，就必獨自擔當。
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
愚昧的婦人喧嚷；她是愚蒙，一無所知。
The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing.
她坐在自己的家門口，坐在城中高處的座位上，
She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
呼叫過路的，就是直行其道的人，
calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
說：誰是愚蒙人，可以轉到這裏來！又對那無知的人說：
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who lacks sense she says,
偷來的水是甜的，暗吃的餅是好的。
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
人卻不知有陰魂在她那裏；她的客在陰間的深處。
But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.