Proverbs 9
1 [It is as though] wisdom [is a woman who] has built a [big] house for herself, and has set up seven columns [to support the roof],
Mudrost je sazidala sebi kuću, i otesala sedam stupova.
2 and has slaughtered an animal [and cooked the meat], and has mixed [nice spices] in the wine, and has put [the food] on the table.
Poklala je svoje klanice, pomiješala svoje vino i postavila svoj stol.
3 [It is as though then] she sent out her servant women to call out from the highest place in the town,
Poslala je svoje djevojke da objave svrh gradskih visina:
4 “You people who need to understand more, come in!” And to those who are ignorant, [it is as though] she calls out,
“Tko je neiskusan, neka se svrati ovamo!” A nerazumnima govori:
5 “Come and eat the food that I [have prepared], and drink the [good] wine that I have mixed!
“Hodite, jedite od mojega kruha i pijte vina koje sam pomiješala.
6 (Leave/Go away from) [other] foolish people, and [if you do that, you will continue to] live. Walk on the road that will enable you to (have knowledge/know what is true and what is not true).”
Ostavite ludost, da biste živjeli, i hodite putem razboritosti.”
7 If you rebuke someone who will not allow others to correct him, he will insult you. If you reprove/scold an evil man, he will hurt you.
Tko poučava podrugljivca, prima pogrdu, i tko prekorava opakoga, prima ljagu.
8 Do not rebuke someone who will not allow others to (correct him/tell him what he has done is wrong), because he will hate you for doing that. [But] if you rebuke a wise person, he will respect you.
Ne kori podsmjevača, da te ne zamrzi; kori mudra, da te zavoli.
9 If you give instruction to wise people, they will become wiser. And if you teach righteous people, they will learn more.
Pouči mudroga, i bit će još mudriji; uputi pravednoga, i uvećat će se njegovo znanje.
10 If you want to be wise, you must start by revering Yahweh, and if you know God, the Holy One, you will understand [which teachings are wise/true].
Gospodnji strah početak je mudrosti, a razboritost je spoznaja Presvetog.
11 If you become wise, you will live many years [DOU].
“Po meni ti se umnožavaju dani i množe ti se godine života.
12 If you are wise, you are the one who will benefit from it; if you ridicule [becoming wise], you are the one who will suffer.
Ako si mudar, sebi si mudar; budeš li podsmjevač, sam ćeš snositi.”
13 Foolish women talk loudly; they are ignorant and are never ashamed [of the wrong things that they do].
Gospođa ludost puna je strasti, prosta je i ne zna ništa.
14 They sit at the doors of their houses [or] they sit on the top [of the hills] in the town,
I sjedi na vratima svoje kuće na stolici, u gradskim visinama,
15 and they call out to the men who are passing by, who are trying to be concerned with their own affairs,
te poziva one koji prolaze putem, koji ravno idu svojim stazama:
16 “You people who need to understand more, come into [my house]!” And to those who are ignorant, they call out,
“Tko je neiskusan, neka se svrati ovamo!” I nerazumnomu govori:
17 “[Just as] water which you have stolen tastes very good and food that you eat by yourself tastes the best, [if you have sex secretly with someone to whom you are not married, you will enjoy it very much].”
“Kradena je voda slatka i ugodno je potajno jesti kruh.”
