¹Sin moj, ako sprejmeš besede moje in pri sebi shraniš zapovedi moje,

¹My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you;

²tako da nagneš uho svoje k modrosti in srce obrneš k razumnosti;

²So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

³če zakličeš previdnost in do umnosti zaženeš svoj glas,

³Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

⁴če je iščeš kakor srebra in jo zasleduješ kakor skrite zaklade:

⁴If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

⁵tedaj boš razumel strah GOSPODOV in dosežeš spoznanje Božje.

⁵then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” .

⁶Kajti GOSPOD daje modrost, iz njegovih ust prihaja spoznanje in razumnost.

⁶For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

⁷On je zavaroval uspeh poštenim, ščit je njim, ki žive brezmadežno,

⁷He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;

⁸da bi vztrajali na potih pravice; on čuva hojo svetnikov svojih.

⁸that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

⁹Tedaj boš razumel pravičnost in pravo sodbo in karkoli je pošteno, sleherno dobro stezo.

⁹Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

¹⁰Kajti modrost pride v srce tvoje in znanje bode prijetno duši tvoji,

¹⁰For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

¹¹razsodnost bo pazila nate, umnost te bo stražila,

¹¹Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

¹²da te otme slabega pota, mož, ki spačenosti govoré,

¹²to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

¹³ki zapuščajo pota poštenja, da bi hodili po stezah teme,

¹³who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ki jim je veselje delati zlo, radujejo se v spačenostih najhujših,

¹⁴who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;

¹⁵katerih pota so kriva, trdovratni so na stezah svojih!

¹⁵who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:

¹⁶da te otme žene tuje, tujke, ki se dobrika z besedami gladkimi,

¹⁶To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

¹⁷ki zapušča mladosti svoje vodnika in zabi Boga svojega zavezo.

¹⁷who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:

¹⁸Kajti v smrt se nagiblje hiša njena in v smrtne sence njene steze:

¹⁸for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead.

¹⁹katerikoli zahajajo k njej, ne povrnejo se in ne dosežejo življenja potov.

¹⁹None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

²⁰Zato hódi po potu dobrih in vztrajaj na stezah pravičnikov!

²⁰that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

²¹Zakaj pošteni bodo prebivali v deželi in brezmadežni ostanejo v njej.Brezbožne pa bodo iztrebili iz dežele in nezveste izpulili iz nje.

²¹For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

²²Brezbožne pa bodo iztrebili iz dežele in nezveste izpulili iz nje.

²²But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.