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

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

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

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

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

³Poslala je svoje djevojke da objave svrh gradskih visina:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. .

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