¹Modrost je sezidala hišo svojo, izsekala je sedem stebrov svojih;

¹Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.

²zaklala je živali svoje, zmešala vino svoje, tudi mizo svojo je pripravila;

²She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.

³poslala je dekle svoje vabit po najvišjih krajih v mestu:

³She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:

⁴„Kdorkoli je preprost, naj se obrne sem!“ In kdor je brezumen, njemu reče:

⁴“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

⁵„Pridite, jejte kruh moj in pijte vino, ki sem ga zmešala!

⁵“Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!

⁶Zapustite abotnost in živíte in ravno stopajte po poti razumnosti!“

⁶Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

⁷Kdor poučuje zasmehovalca, nakopava si sramoto; in kdor kara brezbožnika, pridobi si madež.

⁷He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

⁸Ne karaj zasmehovalca, da te ne sovraži; karaj modrega, in ljubil te bo.

⁸Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

⁹Nakloni pouk modremu, in bode še bolj moder, pouči pravičnega, in napredoval bo v znanju.

⁹Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

¹⁰Strah GOSPODOV je začetek modrosti, in spoznanje Najsvetejšega je razumnost.

¹⁰The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

¹¹Kajti po meni se bodo pomnožili dnevi tvoji in pridejala se ti bodo življenja leta.

¹¹For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

¹²Ako si moder, sebi si moder, ako pa si zasmehovalec, sam boš trpel.

¹²If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

¹³Gospa neumščina veliko ropoče, abotna je in ničesar ne ve.

¹³The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.

¹⁴In sedeva pri durih hiše svoje, na stolu, na mestnih višinah,

¹⁴She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

¹⁵da kliče mimohodeče, ki ravno stopajo po potih svojih:

¹⁵To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,

¹⁶„Kdorkoli je preprost, naj se obrne sem!“ In kdor je brezumen, njemu reče:

¹⁶“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

¹⁷„Vode ukradene so sladke in kruh, ki se skrivaj jé, prijeten.“Ali on ne ve, da so mrtvi tam, v globočinah smrtnega kraja povabljenci njeni.

¹⁷“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”

¹⁸Ali on ne ve, da so mrtvi tam, v globočinah smrtnega kraja povabljenci njeni.

¹⁸But he doesn’t know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .