箴言 9
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
愚蒙人當轉向智慧
9 智慧建造自己的房屋，
鑿成七根柱子。
2 它宰殺牲口，調配美酒，
擺設筵席。
3 它差派幾個使女出去，
自己又在城裡的高處呼喊：
4 “誰是愚蒙人，
可以到這裡來！”
又對無知的人說：
5 “你們都來，吃我的餅，
喝我調配的酒。
6 愚蒙人哪！你們要丟棄愚蒙，就可以存活，
並且要走在智慧的道路上。”
7 糾正好譏笑人的，必自招恥辱；
責備惡人的，必遭受羞辱。
8 你不要責備好譏笑人的，
免得他恨你；
要責備智慧人，他必愛你。
9 教導智慧人，他就越有智慧；
指教義人，他就增加學問。
10 敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端，
認識至聖者就是聰明。
11 因為藉著我，你的日子就必增多，
你一生的年歲也必加添。
12 如果你有智慧，你的智慧必使你得益；
如果你譏笑人，你就必獨自擔當一切後果。
13 愚昧的婦人喧嘩不停，
她是愚蒙，一無所知。
14 她坐在自己的家門口，
坐在城中高處的座位上，
15 向過路的人呼叫，
就是向往前直行的人呼叫：
16 “誰是愚蒙人，可以到這裡來！”
又對無知的人說：
17 “偷來的水是甜的，
在暗中吃的餅是美味的。”
18 人卻不知道她那裡有陰魂，
她的客人是在陰間的深處。
Proverbs 9
New King James Version
The Way of Wisdom
9 Wisdom has (A)built her house,
She has hewn out her seven pillars;
2 (B)She has slaughtered her meat,
(C)She has mixed her wine,
She has also [a]furnished her table.
3 She has sent out her maidens,
She cries out from the highest places of the city,
4 “Whoever(D) is simple, let him turn in here!”
As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
5 “Come,(E) eat of my bread
And drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 Forsake foolishness and live,
And go in the way of understanding.
7 “He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself,
And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
8 (F)Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;
(G)Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
Teach a just man, (H)and he will increase in learning.
10 “The(I) fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 (J)For by me your days will be multiplied,
And years of life will be added to you.
12 (K)If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.”
The Way of Folly
13 (L)A foolish woman is [b]clamorous;
She is simple, and knows nothing.
14 For she sits at the door of her house,
On a seat (M)by the highest places of the city,
15 To call to those who pass by,
Who go straight on their way:
16 “Whoever(N) is [c]simple, let him turn in here”;
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
17 “Stolen(O) water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know that (P)the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of [d]hell.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:2 arranged
- Proverbs 9:13 boisterous
- Proverbs 9:16 naive
- Proverbs 9:18 Or Sheol
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
