Proverbs 8
Lexham English Bible
Wisdom Calls
8 Does not wisdom call,
and understanding raise its voice?
2 Atop the heights[a] beside the road,
at the crossroads she stands.
3 Beside gates, before towns,
at the entrance of doors, she cries out:
4 “To you, O people,[b] I call,
and my cry is to the children of humankind.
5 Learn prudence, O simple ones;
fools, learn intelligence.[c]
6 Listen! For noble things I will speak,
and upright things from the opening of my lips.
7 My mouth will utter truth,
and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 All sayings of my mouth are in righteousness;
none of them are twisted and crooked.
9 All of them are straight to him who understands,
and upright to those who find knowledge.
10 Take my teaching and not silver;
may you choose knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 For wisdom is better than jewels,
and all desires shall not compare with her.
12 I, wisdom, live with prudence,
and I find knowledge and discretion.
13 The fear of Yahweh is hatred of evil,
pride, and arrogance and an evil way.
And I hate a mouth of perversity.
14 Advice and sound judgment[d] are mine;
I am understanding, strength is mine.[e]
15 By me kings reign,
and rulers decree righteousness.
16 By me rulers rule,
and nobles—all judges of righteousness.
17 I love those who love me,[f]
and those who seek me diligently shall find me.
18 Fortune and glory are with me,
enduring wealth and righteousness.
19 My fruit is better than gold,[g] even refined gold,
and my yield than choice silver.
20 In the way of righteousness I walk,
in the midst of paths of justice,
21 in order to endow those who love me with wealth,
and I will fill their treasuries.
Wisdom at Creation
22 “Yahweh possessed[h] me, the first of his ways,
before his acts of old.[i]
23 From eternity, I was set up from the first,
from the beginning[j] of the earth.
24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth,
when there were no springs of abounding[k] water.
25 Before mountains had been shaped,
before hills, I was brought forth.
26 When he had not yet made earth and fields,
or the first dust of the world,
27 when he established[l] the heavens, there I was,
when he drew[m] a circle upon the face of the deep,
28 when he made[n] skies from above,
when he founded fountains of the deep,
29 when he assigned[o] his limits to the sea,
that waters shall not transgress his command,[p]
when he marked[q] the foundations of the earth,
30 I was beside[r] him, a master workman,
and I was delighting day by day,
rejoicing before him always,[s]
31 rejoicing in the world of his earth,
and my delight was with the children of humankind.
Benefits of Following Wisdom
32 “And now, children, listen to me;
happy are those who will keep my ways.
33 Hear teaching and be wise;
do not neglect it.
34 Happy is the person who listens to me,
in order to keep watch at my doors day by day,
in order to guard the frames of my entrances.
35 For he who finds me is he who finds[t] life,
and he obtains favor from Yahweh.
36 But he who misses me injures himself.[u]
All those who hate me love death.”
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:2 Literally “At a head of the heights”
- Proverbs 8:4 Literally “men”
- Proverbs 8:5 Literally “heart”
- Proverbs 8:14 Literally “To/for me are advice and sound judgment”
- Proverbs 8:14 Literally “to/for me is strength”
- Proverbs 8:17 Literally “her lovers”
- Proverbs 8:19 Literally “fine gold”
- Proverbs 8:22 Or “gained,” or “acquired”
- Proverbs 8:22 Literally “from before” or “from then”
- Proverbs 8:23 Hebrew “beginnings”
- Proverbs 8:24 Literally “made heavy”
- Proverbs 8:27 Literally “in his establishing”
- Proverbs 8:27 Literally “in his drawing”
- Proverbs 8:28 Literally “in his making”
- Proverbs 8:29 Literally “in his assigning”
- Proverbs 8:29 Literally “mouth”
- Proverbs 8:29 Literally “in his marking”
- Proverbs 8:30 Literally “at the place of”
- Proverbs 8:30 Literally “in all of time”
- Proverbs 8:35 Hebrew “those who find”
- Proverbs 8:36 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
箴言 8
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
当受智慧的教训
8 智慧不是在呼唤，
聪明不是在发声吗？
2 它在路旁高处的最高点，
在十字路口站着；
3 在城门旁，在城门口，
在进城门的空地上大声呼喊：
4 “众人哪！我向你们呼唤，
对世人发声。
5 愚蒙人哪！你们要学习精明；
愚昧人哪！你们心里要明白事理。
6 你们听着，因为我要讲论极美的事，
我要开口说正直的事；
7 我的口要论述真理，
我的嘴唇厌恶邪恶。
8 我口里的一切话都是公义的，
毫无弯曲欺诈。
9 我的话对明理的人，都是对的；
对得着知识的人，都是正直的。
10 你们要接受我的教训，不要银子；
宁愿得着知识，胜过精金；
11 因为智慧比红宝石更好，
你一切所喜爱的都不能和智慧比较。
尊荣公义出于智慧
12 我─智慧─和精明同住，
我又获得知识和谋略。
13 敬畏耶和华就是恨恶邪恶；
骄傲、狂妄、邪恶的行为、
乖谬的口，我都恨恶。
14 我有才智和大智慧，
我有聪明，我有能力。
15 君王藉我掌权，
统治者藉我制定法纪。
16 领袖、贵族和所有公义的审判官，
都藉我治国。
17 爱我的，我必爱他；
殷切寻找我的，必定寻见。
18 财富和尊荣是我的，
恒久的财产和公义也是我的。
19 我的果实胜过黄金，胜过精金，
我的出产胜过纯银。
20 我走在公义的道上，
行在公正的路上，
21 使爱我的承受财产，
使他们的府库满溢。
创世以前已有智慧
22 在耶和华创造的开始，
在太初创造一切以先，就有了我。
23 在亘古、在太初，
在未有大地之前，我已经被立；
24 没有深渊，没有大水的泉源以先，
我已经出生。
25 大山未曾奠定，
小山未有以先，我已经出生。
26 那时，耶和华还没有造大地和田野，
也没有造地上的泥土。
27 他立定诸天的时候，我在那里；
他在渊面上界划地平线的时候，我在那里；
28 他上使穹苍坚固，
下使深渊的水泉稳定；
29 他为海洋定出界限，
海水不能越过他的命令，
他又划定大地的根基；
30 那时，我在他身边作工匠，
每天都充满喜乐，
时常在他面前欢笑，
31 在他的大地上欢笑，
和世人一同喜乐。
听从智慧就为有福
32 孩子们，现在你们要听从我；
持守我道路的，是有福的。
33 你们要听从教训，要作智慧人，
不可离弃教训。
34 听从我，
天天在我门口警醒仰望，
在我门框旁边守候的人，是有福的。
35 因为找到我的，就找到生命，
他也必得着耶和华的恩惠。
36 得罪我的，是伤害自己；
凡是恨恶我的，就是喜爱死亡。”
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