¹智慧使人认识　神

¹My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

²留心听智慧，致力求聪明；

²To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

³如果你为求哲理而呼喊，为求聪明而扬声；

³For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

⁴如果你寻找它如同寻找银子，搜寻它好像搜寻宝藏；

⁴If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

⁵你就明白怎样敬畏耶和华，并且获得对　神的认识。

⁵Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.

⁶因为耶和华赐人智慧，知识和聪明都出自他的口。

⁶For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

⁷他为正直人珍藏大智慧，给行为完全的人作盾牌；

⁷Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.

⁸为要看顾正直人的路径，护卫虔诚人的道路。

⁸To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.

⁹这样，你就明白公义、公正、正直，以及一切善道。

⁹Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness — every good path.

¹⁰智慧使人行走义路智慧必进入你的心，知识必使你欢悦。

¹⁰For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,

¹¹明辨的能力必护卫你，聪明必看顾你；

¹¹Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

¹²要救你脱离邪恶的道路，脱离说话乖谬的人。

¹²To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

¹³那些人离弃正道，走上黑暗的道路。

¹³Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

¹⁴他们喜欢行恶，喜悦恶人的乖谬。

¹⁴Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

¹⁵他们的道路弯曲，他们的行径偏离正道。

¹⁵Whose paths [are] crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.

¹⁶智慧要救你脱离淫乱的妇人，脱离说谄媚话的妓女（“妓女”原文作“外国女子”）。

¹⁶To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

¹⁷她离弃年轻的配偶，忘记了　神的约；

¹⁷Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

¹⁸她的家陷入死地，她的路径下落阴间。

¹⁸For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

¹⁹凡是进到她那里去的，都不能转回，必得不着生路。

¹⁹None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

²⁰因此，智慧必使你走在良善人的道上，持守义人的路。

²⁰That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

²¹因为正直人必在地上安居，完全人必在世上存留；

²¹For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,

²²但恶人必从地上除灭，行事奸诈的必从世上拔除。

²²And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!