箴9:1 智慧建造房屋，凿成七根柱子，
箴9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
箴9:2 宰杀牲畜，调和旨酒，设摆筵席。
箴9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
箴9:3 打发使女出去，自己在城中至高处呼叫，
箴9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
箴9:4 说：“谁是愚蒙人，可以转到这里来！”又对那无知的人说：
箴9:4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
箴9:5 “你们来，吃我的饼，喝我调和的酒。
箴9:5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
箴9:6 你们愚蒙人，要舍弃愚蒙，就得存活，并要走光明的道。
箴9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
箴9:7 指斥亵慢人的必受辱骂；责备恶人的必被玷污。
箴9:7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
箴9:8 不要责备亵慢人，恐怕他恨你；要责备智慧人，他必爱你。
箴9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
箴9:9 教导智慧人，他就越发有智慧；指示义人，他就增长学问。
箴9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
箴9:10 敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端，认识至圣者便是聪明！
箴9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
箴9:11 你借着我，日子必增多，年岁也必加添。
箴9:11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
箴9:12 你若有智慧，是与自己有益；你若亵慢，就必独自担当。”
箴9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
箴9:13 愚昧的妇人喧嚷，她是愚蒙，一无所知。
箴9:13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
箴9:14 她坐在自己的家门口，坐在城中高处的座位上，
箴9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
箴9:15 呼叫过路的，就是直行其道的人，
箴9:15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
箴9:16 说：“谁是愚蒙人，可以转到这里来！”又对那无知的人说：
箴9:16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
箴9:17 “偷来的水是甜的，暗吃的饼是好的。”
箴9:17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
箴9:18 人却不知有阴魂在她那里，她的客在阴间的深处。
箴9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.