Proverbs 9
1 wisdom to build house: home her to hew pillar her seven
Wisdom has built her house; she has prepared its seven pillars.
2 to slaughter slaughter her to mix wine her also to arrange table her
She has slaughtered her animals for meat; she has mixed her wine; and she has set her table.
3 to send: depart maiden her to call: call out upon single/height height town
She has sent out her servant girls with invitations. She calls out from the highest places of the town,
4 who? simple to turn aside: depart here/thus lacking heart to say to/for him
“Everybody who needs to learn, come and see me!” To people who don't have any sense she says,
5 to go: come! to feed on in/on/with food: bread my and to drink in/on/with wine to mix
“Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 to leave: forsake simple and to live and to bless in/on/with way: conduct understanding
Leave your foolish ways and you will live; follow the path that makes sense.”
7 to discipline to mock to take: recieve to/for him dishonor and to rebuke to/for wicked blemish his
If you correct a mocker all you get are insults; if you argue with the wicked all you get is abuse.
8 not to rebuke to mock lest to hate you to rebuke to/for wise and to love: lover you
So don't argue with mockers or they'll only hate you; argue with the wise and they'll love you.
9 to give: give to/for wise and be wise still to know to/for righteous and to add teaching
Educate the wise and they'll become even wiser; teach those who live right and they will increase their learning.
10 beginning wisdom fear LORD and knowledge holy understanding
Honoring the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; knowledge of the Holy One brings insight.
11 for in/on/with me to multiply day your and to add to/for you year life
Through wisdom you'll have many more days, increasing the years of your life.
12 if be wise be wise to/for you and to mock to/for alone you to lift: bear
If you are wise, you are the one to profit from it; if you scoff, you alone will have to suffer the consequences.
13 woman stupidity to roar naivite and not to know what?
Stupidity is like a loud, ignorant woman who doesn't know anything.
14 and to dwell to/for entrance house: home her upon throne: seat height town
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the town,
15 to/for to call: call to to/for to pass way: journey [the] to smooth way their
calling out to those passing by, going about their business,
16 who? simple to turn aside: depart here/thus and lacking heart and to say to/for him
“Everybody who needs to learn, come and see me!” To people who don't have any sense she says,
17 water to steal be sweet and food: bread secrecy be pleasant
“Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret tastes good!”
