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智慧頌

智慧豈不呼喚?
聰明豈不揚聲?
她站立在十字路口,
在道路旁高處的頂上,
在城門旁,城門口,
入口處,她呼喊:
「人哪,我呼喚你們,
我向世人揚聲。
愚蒙人哪,你們要學習靈巧,
愚昧人哪,你們的心要明辨。
你們當聽,因我要說尊貴的事,
我要張開嘴唇講正直的事。
我的口要發出真理,
我的嘴唇憎惡邪惡。
我口中的言語都是公義,
並無奸詐和歪曲。
聰明人看為正確,
有知識的,都以為正直。
10 你們當領受我的訓誨,勝過領受銀子,
寧得知識,強如得上選的金子。

11 「因為智慧比寶石更美,
一切可喜愛的都不足與其比較。
12 我—智慧以靈巧為居所,
又尋得知識和智謀。
13 敬畏耶和華就是恨惡邪惡;
我恨惡驕傲、狂妄、惡道,和乖謬的口。
14 我有策略和健全的知識,
我聰明,又有能力。
15 君王藉我治國,
王子藉我定公平,
16 王公貴族,所有公義的審判官,
都藉我掌權。[a]
17 愛我的,我也愛他,
懇切尋求我的,必尋見。
18 財富和尊榮在我,
恆久的財寶和繁榮[b]也在我。
19 我的果實勝過金子,強如純金,
我的出產超乎上選的銀子。
20 我在公義的道上走,
在公平的路中行,
21 使愛我的承受財產,
充滿他們的庫房。

22 「耶和華在造化的起頭,
在太初創造萬物之先,就有[c]了我。
23 從亙古,從太初,
未有大地以前,我已被立。
24 沒有深淵,
沒有大水的泉源,我已出生。
25 大山未曾奠定,
小山未有之先,我已出生。
26 那時,他還沒有創造大地和田野,
並世上頭一撮塵土。
27 他立高天,我在那裏,
他在淵面的周圍劃出圓圈,
28 上使穹蒼堅硬,
下使淵源穩固,
29 為滄海定出範圍,使水不越過界限,
奠定大地的根基。
30 那時,我在他旁邊為工程師,
天天充滿喜樂,時時在他面前歡笑,
31 在他的全地歡笑,
喜愛住在人世間。

32 「孩子們,現在要聽從我,
謹守我道的有福了。
33 要聽訓誨,得智慧,
不可棄絕。
34 聽從我,天天在我門口守望,
在我門框旁等候的,那人有福了。
35 因為尋得我的,就尋得生命,
他必蒙耶和華的恩惠。
36 得罪我的,害了自己的生命,
凡恨惡我的,喜愛死亡。」

Footnotes

  1. 8.16 本節七十士譯本是「貴族因我而尊大,君王藉着我統治土地」。
  2. 8.18 「繁榮」或譯「公義」。
  3. 8.22 「有」或譯「造」。

Wisdom’s Call

Does not wisdom call out?(A)
    Does not understanding raise her voice?
At the highest point along the way,
    where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
beside the gate leading into the city,
    at the entrance, she cries aloud:(B)
“To you, O people, I call out;(C)
    I raise my voice to all mankind.
You who are simple,(D) gain prudence;(E)
    you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.[a]
Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say;
    I open my lips to speak what is right.
My mouth speaks what is true,(F)
    for my lips detest wickedness.
All the words of my mouth are just;
    none of them is crooked or perverse.
To the discerning all of them are right;
    they are upright to those who have found knowledge.
10 Choose my instruction instead of silver,
    knowledge rather than choice gold,(G)
11 for wisdom is more precious(H) than rubies,
    and nothing you desire can compare with her.(I)

12 “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;
    I possess knowledge and discretion.(J)
13 To fear the Lord(K) is to hate evil;(L)
    I hate(M) pride and arrogance,
    evil behavior and perverse speech.
14 Counsel and sound judgment are mine;
    I have insight, I have power.(N)
15 By me kings reign
    and rulers(O) issue decrees that are just;
16 by me princes govern,(P)
    and nobles—all who rule on earth.[b]
17 I love those who love me,(Q)
    and those who seek me find me.(R)
18 With me are riches and honor,(S)
    enduring wealth and prosperity.(T)
19 My fruit is better than fine gold;(U)
    what I yield surpasses choice silver.(V)
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,(W)
    along the paths of justice,
21 bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me
    and making their treasuries full.(X)

22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,[c][d]
    before his deeds of old;
23 I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
24 When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,
    when there were no springs overflowing with water;(Y)
25 before the mountains were settled in place,(Z)
    before the hills, I was given birth,(AA)
26 before he made the world or its fields
    or any of the dust of the earth.(AB)
27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,(AC)
    when he marked out the horizon(AD) on the face of the deep,
28 when he established the clouds above(AE)
    and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,(AF)
29 when he gave the sea its boundary(AG)
    so the waters would not overstep his command,(AH)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.(AI)
30     Then I was constantly[e] at his side.(AJ)
I was filled with delight day after day,
    rejoicing always in his presence,
31 rejoicing in his whole world
    and delighting in mankind.(AK)

32 “Now then, my children, listen(AL) to me;
    blessed are(AM) those who keep my ways.(AN)
33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;
    do not disregard it.
34 Blessed are those who listen(AO) to me,
    watching daily at my doors,
    waiting at my doorway.
35 For those who find me(AP) find life(AQ)
    and receive favor from the Lord.(AR)
36 But those who fail to find me harm themselves;(AS)
    all who hate me love death.”(AT)

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:5 Septuagint; Hebrew foolish, instruct your minds
  2. Proverbs 8:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; other Hebrew manuscripts all righteous rulers
  3. Proverbs 8:22 Or way; or dominion
  4. Proverbs 8:22 Or The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work; or The Lord brought me forth at the beginning of his work
  5. Proverbs 8:30 Or was the artisan; or was a little child