Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom has built her own house; she has carved seven pillars out of rocks.
Wisdom, hath builded her house, hath hewn out her seven pillars;
2 She has slaughtered her animals; she has mixed her wine; and she has set her table.
hath slaughtered her beasts, hath mingled her wine, hath even set in order her table;
3 She has sent out her maids; she calls out from the highest points of the city,
hath sent forth her maidens, She crieth aloud, upon the tops of the heights of the city:
4 “Who is naive? Let him turn aside here!” To the one lacking good sense she speaks.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither, as for him that lacketh sense, she saith to him—
5 “Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.
Come, feed on my food, and drink of the wine I have mingled;
6 Leave your naive actions and live; walk in the path of understanding.
Forsake the simple ones, and live, and advance in the way of understanding.
7 Whoever disciplines a mocker receives abuse, and whoever rebukes a wicked person receives insults.
He that rebuketh a scoffer, getteth to himself contempt, and, he that reproveth a lawless man, [getteth to himself] his shame.
8 Do not reprove a mocker, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate thee, Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give to a wise person, and he will become even wiser; teach a righteous person, and he will add to his learning.
Give to a wise man, and he will be wiser still, Inform a righteous man, and he will increase learning.
10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
The beginning of wisdom, is the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of the Holy, is understanding;
11 For through me your days will be multiplied, and years of life will be added to you.
For, by me, shall be multiplied—thy days, and there be added to thee—the years of life.
12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, and if you mock, you will carry it by yourself.”
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself, but, if thou scoff, alone, shalt thou bear it.
13 The woman of foolishness is ignorant; she is untaught and knows nothing.
The woman Stupidity, is boisterous, so simple that she knoweth not what she would do;
14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the highest places of the town.
So she sitteth at the entrance of her house, upon a seat, in the heights of the city;
15 She is calling out to those who pass by in the streets, to people walking straight on their way.
To invite them who pass by the way, who are going straight on in their paths:
16 “Let anyone who is naive turn aside here,” she says to those who have no sense.
Whoso is simple, let him turn aside hither, and, as for him that lacketh sense, she saith to him:
17 “Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is delicious.”
Stolen waters, will be sweet, —and a secret meal, will be pleasant;
