Proverbs 8
Expanded Bible
Listen to Wisdom
8 ·Wisdom calls to you like someone shouting [L Does not Wisdom call out?];
·understanding raises [Does not Understanding raise…?] her voice.
2 On the ·hilltops [L top of the high places] along the road
and at the crossroads, she ·stands calling [takes her stand].
3 Beside the city gates,
at the entrances into the city, she calls out:
4 “Listen, ·everyone [men], I’m calling out to you;
·I am shouting [my voice goes out] to all ·people [L the sons of humanity].
5 You who are ·uneducated [simpleminded; immature; naive], ·seek wisdom [understand prudence].
You who are foolish, ·get understanding [L take this to heart].
6 Listen, because I have ·important [noble] things to say,
and what I tell you is ·right [virtuous].
7 ·What I say is true [L My mouth utters the truth],
·I refuse to speak evil [L my lips despise wickedness].
8 ·Everything I say is honest [L All the speeches of my mouth are righteous];
nothing I say is ·crooked [twisted] or ·false [perverse].
9 People ·with good sense [who understand] know what I say is ·true [straightforward];
and those ·with [L who seek] knowledge know my words are ·right [virtuous].
10 ·Choose [Take] my ·teachings [instructions; discipline] instead of silver,
and knowledge rather than ·the finest [choice] gold.
11 Wisdom is more precious than ·rubies [or pearls].
Nothing ·you could want is equal to [is more delightful than] it.
12 “I am Wisdom, and I ·have good judgment [dwell with prudence].
I also have knowledge and ·good sense [discretion].
13 ·If you respect the Lord, you will also [L Those who fear/have awe for the Lord] hate evil.
I hate pride and ·bragging [arrogance],
·evil ways [L the path of evil] and ·lies [L a perverse mouth].
14 I have advice and ·good sense [resourcefulness; ability],
and I have understanding and ·power [strength].
15 ·I help kings to govern [L By me kings reign]
and ·rulers [princes] ·to make fair laws [issue just decrees].
16 ·Princes use me to lead [L By me rulers rule],
and ·so do all important people who [nobles] judge fairly [Deut. 34:9; 1 Kin. 3:1–15; Ezra 7:25; Col. 1:16].
17 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me find me.
18 Riches and honor are mine to give.
So are lasting wealth and ·success [or righteousness].
19 What I give is better than gold, even the finest gold,
my ·results [yield] better than the purest silver.
20 I ·do what is right [L walk on the way of righteousness]
·and follow [L in the midst of] the path of justice.
21 I ·give wealth to those who love me [L cause those who love me to inherit substance],
filling their houses with treasures.
22 “The Lord ·begot [or acquired; possessed] me ·when he began his work [L at the beginning of his path],
long before he made anything else.
23 I was ·created [formed; woven; or appointed] in the very beginning,
even before the world began.
24 I was ·born [brought forth] ·before there were oceans [L when there were no deeps],
or springs ·overflowing [heavy] with water,
25 before the hills were ·there [L settled],
before the mountains I was ·born [brought forth].
26 God had not made the earth or ·fields [open country],
not even the first ·dust [mud clods; soil] of the earth.
27 I was there when God ·put the skies in place [established the heavens],
when he ·stretched [decreed] the horizon over the ·oceans [deep],
28 when he ·made [thickened; strengthened] the clouds above
and put the deep underground springs in place.
29 I was there when he ·ordered [decreed] the sea
not to go beyond the borders he had set.
I was there when he ·laid [decreed] the earth’s foundation.
30 I was like a ·child [nursling; or craftsman; architect] by his side.
I was ·delighted [playing] every day,
·enjoying [laughing in] his presence all the time,
31 ·enjoying [laughing with the inhabitants of] the whole world,
and ·delighted [playing] with all its people [John 1:1–3; Col. 1:15; C Jesus is associated with personified Wisdom in that both were present with God during creation].
32 “Now, my ·children [L sons], listen to me,
because those who ·follow my ways [guard my path] are happy.
33 Listen to my ·teaching [instruction], and you will be wise;
do not ·ignore [avoid] it.
34 Happy are those who listen to me,
watching at my door every day,
·waiting at my open doorway [L guarding my doorposts].
35 Those who find me find life,
and ·the Lord will be pleased with them [they gain favor from the Lord].
36 Those who ·do not find [miss; or offend] me hurt themselves.
Those who hate me love death.”
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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