Proverbs 9
New Living Translation
9 Wisdom has built her house;
she has carved its seven columns.
2 She has prepared a great banquet,
mixed the wines, and set the table.
3 She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come.
She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.
4 “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,
5 “Come, eat my food,
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;
learn to use good judgment.”
7 Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.
Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.
8 So don’t bother correcting mockers;
they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
and they will love you.
9 Instruct the wise,
and they will be even wiser.
Teach the righteous,
and they will learn even more.
10 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom.
Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.
11 Wisdom will multiply your days
and add years to your life.
12 If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit.
If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
Folly Calls for a Hearing
13 The woman named Folly is brash.
She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.
14 She sits in her doorway
on the heights overlooking the city.
15 She calls out to men going by
who are minding their own business.
16 “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,
17 “Stolen water is refreshing;
food eaten in secret tastes the best!”
18 But little do they know that the dead are there.
Her guests are in the depths of the grave.[a]
Footnotes
- 9:18 Hebrew in Sheol.
箴言 9
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
智慧和愚昧
9 智慧建造她的房屋，
凿出七根柱子。
2 她宰了牲口，
调了美酒，
设了宴席，
3 派婢女出去邀请宾客，
自己在城中高处呼喊：
4 “愚昧人啊，到这里来吧！”
她又对无知者说：
5 “来吃我做的饭，
尝尝我调的酒吧！
6 你们要抛弃愚昧，就能存活，
要转向悟性之道。”
7 纠正嘲讽者，必自招羞辱；
责备恶人，必自招伤害。
8 不要责备嘲讽者，免得他恨你；
要责备智者，他必爱你。
9 教导智者，他就更有智慧；
指教义人，他就更有见识。
10 智慧始于敬畏耶和华，
认识至圣者便是明智。
11 智慧可增添你的年日，
加添你的寿数。
12 人有智慧，自得益处；
人好嘲讽，自食恶果。
13 愚昧的女人喧嚷，蒙昧，无知。
14 她坐在自己的家门口，
坐在城中高处的座位上，
15 招呼着行色匆匆的过客：
16 “愚昧人啊，到这里来吧！”
她又对无知者说：
17 “偷喝的水甜，偷吃的饼香。”
18 他们却不知她那里鬼影憧憧，
她的客人已落在阴间的深处。
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