¹Sine moj, ako primiš moje riječi i pohraniš u sebi moje zapovijedi,

¹My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,

²i uhom svojim osluhneš mudrost i obratiš svoje srce razboru;

²so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;

³jest, ako prizoveš razum i zavapiš za razborom;

³yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;

⁴ako ga potražiš kao srebro i tragaš za njim kao za skrivenim blagom -

⁴if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:

⁵tada ćeš shvatiti strah Gospodnji i naći ćeš Božje znanje.

⁵then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.

⁶Jer Jahve daje mudrost, iz njegovih usta dolazi znanje i razboritost.

⁶For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

⁷On pravednicima pruža svoju pomoć, štit je onih koji hode u bezazlenosti.

⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [he] is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

⁸Jer on štiti staze pravde i čuva pute svojih pobožnika.

⁸guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones.

⁹Tada ćeš shvatiti pravdu, pravicu, pravednost i sve staze dobra,

⁹Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path.

¹⁰jer će mudrost ući u tvoje srce i spoznaja će obradovati tvoju dušu.

¹⁰When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,

¹¹Oprez će paziti na te i razboritost će te čuvati:

¹¹discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

¹²da te izbavi od zla puta, od varava čovjeka,

¹²To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;

¹³od onih koji ostavljaju staze poštenja te idu mračnim putovima;

¹³[from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴koji se vesele čineći zlo i likuju u opačinama zloće;

¹⁴who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil;

¹⁵kojih su staze krive i koji su opaki na svojim putovima;

¹⁵whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:

¹⁶da te izbavi od preljubnice i od tuđinke koja laska riječima;

¹⁶To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;

¹⁷koja ostavlja prijatelja svoje mladosti i zaboravlja zavjet svoga Boga

¹⁷who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;

¹⁸jer joj kuća tone u smrt i njezini putovi vode mrtvima.

¹⁸-- for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;

¹⁹Tko god zalazi k njoj ne vraća se nikad i ne nalazi više putove života.

¹⁹none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

²⁰Zato idi putem čestitih i drži se staza pravedničkih!

²⁰-- that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.

²¹Jer samo će pravedni nastavati zemlju i bezazleni će ostati na njoj.

²¹For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;

²²A opake će zbrisati sa zemlje i bogohulnike iščupati iz nje.

²²but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it.