Proverbs 9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Wisdom versus Foolishness
9 Wisdom has built her house;(A)
she has carved out her seven pillars.
2 She has prepared her meat;(B) she has mixed her wine;(C)
she has also set her table.(D)
3 She has sent out her female servants;(E)
she calls out from the highest points of the city:(F)
4 “Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”
To the one who lacks sense,(G) she says,
5 “Come, eat my bread,(H)
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave inexperience behind, and you will live;
pursue the way of understanding.
7 The one who corrects a mocker
will bring dishonor on himself;
the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt.[a]
8 Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;(I)
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.(J)
9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.(K)
10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,(L)
and the knowledge of the Holy One(M) is understanding.
11 For by Wisdom your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life.
12 If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;(N)
if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”
13 The woman Folly is rowdy;(O)
she is gullible and knows nothing.(P)
14 She sits by the doorway of her house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15 calling to those who pass by,
who go straight ahead on their paths:(Q)
16 “Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”
To the one who lacks sense, she says,
17 “Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten secretly is tasty!”(R)
18 But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there,(S)
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.(T)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:7 Lit man his blemish
箴言 9
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
智慧和愚昧
9 智慧建造她的房屋，
鑿出七根柱子。
2 她宰了牲口，
調了美酒，
設了宴席，
3 派婢女出去邀請賓客，
自己在城中高處呼喊：
4 「愚昧人啊，到這裡來吧！」
她又對無知者說：
5 「來吃我做的飯，
嚐嚐我調的酒吧！
6 你們要拋棄愚昧，就能存活，
要轉向悟性之道。」
7 糾正嘲諷者，必自招羞辱；
責備惡人，必自招傷害。
8 不要責備嘲諷者，免得他恨你；
要責備智者，他必愛你。
9 教導智者，他就更有智慧；
指教義人，他就更有見識。
10 智慧始於敬畏耶和華，
認識至聖者便是明智。
11 智慧可增添你的年日，
加添你的壽數。
12 人有智慧，自得益處；
人好嘲諷，自食惡果。
13 愚昧的女人喧嚷，蒙昧，無知。
14 她坐在自己的家門口，
坐在城中高處的座位上，
15 招呼著行色匆匆的過客：
16 「愚昧人啊，到這裡來吧！」
她又對無知者說：
17 「偷喝的水甜，偷吃的餅香。」
18 他們卻不知她那裡鬼影幢幢，
她的客人已落在陰間的深處。
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