¹愚蒙人當轉向智慧智慧建造自己的房屋，鑿成七根柱子。

¹Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.

²它宰殺牲口，調配美酒，擺設筵席。

²She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.

³它差派幾個使女出去，自己又在城裡的高處呼喊：

³She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:

⁴“誰是愚蒙人，可以到這裡來！”又對無知的人說：

⁴“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

⁵“你們都來，吃我的餅，喝我調配的酒。

⁵“Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!

⁶愚蒙人哪！你們要丟棄愚蒙，就可以存活，並且要走在智慧的道路上。”

⁶Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

⁷糾正好譏笑人的，必自招恥辱；責備惡人的，必遭受羞辱。

⁷He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

⁸你不要責備好譏笑人的，免得他恨你；要責備智慧人，他必愛你。

⁸Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

⁹教導智慧人，他就越有智慧；指教義人，他就增加學問。

⁹Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

¹⁰敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端，認識至聖者就是聰明。

¹⁰The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

¹¹因為藉著我，你的日子就必增多，你一生的年歲也必加添。

¹¹For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

¹²如果你有智慧，你的智慧必使你得益；如果你譏笑人，你就必獨自擔當一切後果。

¹²If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

¹³愚昧的婦人喧嘩不停，她是愚蒙，一無所知。

¹³The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.

¹⁴她坐在自己的家門口，坐在城中高處的座位上，

¹⁴She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

¹⁵向過路的人呼叫，就是向往前直行的人呼叫：

¹⁵To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,

¹⁶“誰是愚蒙人，可以到這裡來！”又對無知的人說：

¹⁶“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

¹⁷“偷來的水是甜的，在暗中吃的餅是美味的。”

¹⁷“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”

¹⁸人卻不知道她那裡充滿陰魂，她的客人是在陰間的深處。

¹⁸But he doesn’t know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .