¹Mudrost je sazidala sebi kuću, i otesala sedam stupova.

¹Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;

²Poklala je svoje klanice, pomiješala svoje vino i postavila svoj stol.

²she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table;

³Poslala je svoje djevojke da objave svrh gradskih visina:

³she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,

⁴"Tko je neiskusan, neka se svrati ovamo!" A nerazumnima govori:

⁴Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,

⁵"Hodite, jedite od mojega kruha i pijte vina koje sam pomiješala.

⁵Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.

⁶Ostavite ludost, da biste živjeli, i hodite putem razboritosti."

⁶Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.

⁷Tko poučava podrugljivca, prima pogrdu, i tko prekorava opakoga, prima ljagu.

⁷He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.

⁸Ne kori podsmjevača, da te ne zamrzi; kori mudra, da te zavoli.

⁸Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.

⁹Pouči mudroga, i bit će još mudriji; uputi pravednoga, i uvećat će se njegovo znanje.

⁹Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.

¹⁰Gospodnji strah početak je mudrosti, a razboritost je spoznaja Presvetog.

¹⁰The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.

¹¹"Po meni ti se umnožavaju dani i množe ti se godine života.

¹¹For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

¹²Ako si mudar, sebi si mudar; budeš li podsmjevač, sam ćeš snositi."

¹²If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

¹³Gospođa ludost puna je strasti, prosta je i ne zna ništa.

¹³The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.

¹⁴I sjedi na vratima svoje kuće na stolici, u gradskim visinama,

¹⁴And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

¹⁵te poziva one koji prolaze putem, koji ravno idu svojim stazama:

¹⁵to call passers-by who go right on their ways:

¹⁶"Tko je neiskusan, neka se svrati ovamo!" I nerazumnomu govori:

¹⁶Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,

¹⁷"Kradena je voda slatka i ugodno je potajno jesti kruh."

¹⁷Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.

¹⁸A on ne zna da su Sjene ondje, da uzvanici njezini počivaju u Podzemlju.

¹⁸But he knoweth not that the dead are there; [that] her guests are in the depths of Sheol.