¹Don’t be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

¹Ne zavidi opakim ljudima niti želi da budeš s njima.

²for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

²Jer im srce smišlja nasilje i usne govore o nedjelu.

³Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

³Mudrošću se zida kuća i razborom utvrđuje,

⁴by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.

⁴i po znanju se pune klijeti svakim blagom dragocjenim i ljupkim.

⁵A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;

⁵Bolji je mudar od jakoga i čovjek razuman od silne ljudine.

⁶for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.

⁶Jer s promišljanjem se ide u boj i pobjeda je u mnoštvu savjetnika.

⁷Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.

⁷Previsoka je bezumnomu mudrost: zato na sudu ne otvara usta svojih!

⁸One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

⁸Tko smišlja zlo zove se učitelj podmukli.

⁹The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.

⁹Ludost samo grijeh snuje, i podrugljivac je mrzak ljudima.

¹⁰If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.

¹⁰Kloneš li u dan bijede, bijedna je tvoja snaga.

¹¹Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!

¹¹Izbavi one koje vode u smrt; i spasavaj one koji posrćući idu na stratište.

¹²If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this”; doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

¹²Ako kažeš: "Nismo za to znali", ne razumije li onaj koji ispituje srca? I ne znade li onaj koji ti čuva dušu? I ne plaća li on svakomu po njegovim djelima?

¹³My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:

¹³Jedi med, sine moj, jer je dobar, i saće je slatko nepcu tvome.

¹⁴so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.

¹⁴Takva je, znaj, i mudrost tvojoj duši: ako je nađeš, našao si budućnost i nada tvoja neće propasti.

¹⁵Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place:

¹⁵Ne postavljaj, opaki, zasjede stanu pravednikovu, ne čini nasilja boravištu njegovu;

¹⁶for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

¹⁶jer padne li pravednik i sedam puta, on ustaje, a opaki propadaju u nesreći.

¹⁷Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

¹⁷Ne veseli se kad padne neprijatelj tvoj i ne kliči srcem kada on posrće,

¹⁸lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

¹⁸da ne bi vidio Jahve i za zlo uzeo i obratio srdžbu svoju od njega.

¹⁹Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:

¹⁹Nemoj se srditi zbog zločinaca, nemoj zavidjeti opakima,

²⁰for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

²⁰jer zao čovjek nema budućnosti, svjetiljka opakih gasi se.

²¹My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious:

²¹Boj se Jahve, sine moj, i kralja: i ne buni se ni protiv jednoga ni protiv drugoga.

²²for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from them both—who knows?

²²Jer iznenada provaljuje nesreća njihova i tko zna kad će doći propast njihova.

²³These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

²³I ovo je od mudraca: Ne valja biti pristran na sudu.

²⁴He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous”; peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him—

²⁴Tko opakomu veli: "Pravedan si", proklinju ga narodi i kunu puci;

²⁵but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

²⁵a oni koji ga ukore nalaze zadovoljstvo, i na njih dolazi blagoslov sreće.

²⁶An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

²⁶U usta ljubi tko odgovara pošteno.

²⁷Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

²⁷Svrši svoj posao vani i uredi svoje polje, potom i kuću svoju zidaj.

²⁸Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

²⁸Ne svjedoči lažno na bližnjega svoga: zar ćeš varati usnama svojim?

²⁹Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”

²⁹Ne reci: "Kako je on meni učinio, tako ću i ja njemu; platit ću tom čovjeku po djelu njegovu!"

³⁰I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³⁰Prolazio sam mimo polje nekog lijenčine i mimo vinograd nekog luđaka,

³¹Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

³¹i gle, sve bijaše zaraslo u koprive, i sve pokrio čkalj, i kamena ograda porušena.

³²Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

³²Vidjeh to i pohranih u srcu, promotrih i uzeh pouku:

³³a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

³³"Još malo odspavaj, još malo odrijemaj, još malo podvij ruke za počinak,

³⁴so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

³⁴i doći će tvoje siromaštvo kao skitač i oskudica kao oružanik!"