¹Mudre izreke Salomona, sina Davidova, kralja izraelskog:

¹Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

²da se spozna mudrost i pouka, da se shvate razumne riječi;

²to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

³da se primi umna pouka, pravda i pravica i nepristranost;

³to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;

⁴da se dade pamet neiskusnima, mladiću znanje i umijeće;

⁴to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

⁵kad mudar čuje, da umnoži znanje, a razuman steče mudrije misli;

⁵He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:

⁶da razumije izreke i prispodobe, riječi mudraca i njihove zagonetke.

⁶to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.

⁷Strah je Gospodnji početak spoznaje, ali ludi preziru mudrost i pouku.

⁷The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.

⁸Poslušaj, sine moj, pouku oca svoga i ne odbacuj naputka svoje majke!

⁸Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

⁹Jer će ti biti ljupki vijenac na glavi i ogrlica oko tvoga vrata.

⁹for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

¹⁰Sine moj, ako te grešnici mame, ne pristaj;

¹⁰My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.

¹¹ako bi rekli: "Hodi s nama, da vrebamo krv, čekamo u zasjedi nevina ni za što;

¹¹If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

¹²da ih progutamo žive kao carstvo smrti i cijele kao one koji silaze u grob;

¹²let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;

¹³naplijenit ćemo svakojaka blaga, napuniti svoje kuće plijenom;

¹³we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

¹⁴bacat ćeš s nama svoj ždrijeb, svi ćemo zajedno imati jednu kesu."

¹⁴cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:

¹⁵Sine moj, ne idi s njima na put, makni nogu od njihove staze.

¹⁵-- my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;

¹⁶Jer na zlo trče svojim nogama i hite prolijevati krv.

¹⁶for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

¹⁷Jer uzalud je razapinjati mrežu pred očima svima pticama.

¹⁷For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

¹⁸A oni vrebaju vlastitu krv, postavljaju zasjedu svojemu životu.

¹⁸And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

¹⁹Takva je sudba svih lakomih na ružan dobitak: on ih života stane.

¹⁹So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

²⁰Mudrost glasno uzvikuje na ulici, na trgovima diže svoj glas;

²⁰Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;

²¹propovijeda po bučnim uglovima, na otvorenim gradskim vratima govori svoje riječi:

²¹she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:

²²"Dokle ćete, vi glupi, ljubiti glupost i dokle će podsmjevačima biti milo podsmijevanje, i dokle će bezumnici mrziti znanje?

²²How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?

²³Poslušajte moju opomenu! Gle, svoj duh pred vas izlijevam, hoću vas poučiti svojim riječima.

²³Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.

²⁴Koliko sam vas zvala, a vi ste odbijali; pružala sam ruku, ali je nitko ne opazi.

²⁴Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

²⁵Nego ste odbacili svaki moj savjet i niste poslušali moje opomene;

²⁵and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

²⁶zato ću se i ja smijati vašoj propasti, rugat ću se kad vas obuzme tjeskoba:

²⁶I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;

²⁷kad navali na vas strah kao nevrijeme i zgrabi vas propast kao vihor, kad navali na vas nevolja i muka.

²⁷when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:

²⁸Tada će me zvati, ali se ja neću odazvati; tražit će me, ali me neće naći.

²⁸-- then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.

²⁹Jer su mrzili spoznaju i nisu izabrali Gospodnjeg straha

²⁹Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

³⁰niti su poslušali moj savjet, nego su prezreli svaku moju opomenu.

³⁰they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:

³¹Zato će jesti plod svojeg vladanja i nasititi se vlastitih savjeta.

³¹therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.

³²Jer glupe će ubiti njihovo odbijanje, a nemar će upropastiti bezumne.

³²For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.

³³A tko sluša mene, bezbrižan ostaje i spokojno živi bez straha od zla."

³³But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil.