旧约 -- 箴言(Proverbs) -- 第 9 章 ( 本篇共有 31 章 ) 　7上一章　下一章8　目录
9:1	智慧建造房屋，凿成七根柱子， Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
9:2	宰杀牲畜，调和旨酒，设摆筵席。 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
9:3	打发使女出去，自己在城中至高处呼叫， She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
9:4	说，谁是愚蒙人，可以转到这里来。又对那无知的人说， Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
9:5	你们来，吃我的饼，喝我调和的酒。 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
9:6	你们愚蒙人，要舍弃愚蒙，就得存活。并要走光明的道。 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
9:7	指斥亵慢人的，必受辱骂。责备恶人的，必被玷污。 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
9:8	不要责备亵慢人，恐怕他恨你。要责备智慧人，他必爱你。 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9:9	教导智慧人，他就越发有智慧。指示义人，他就增长学问。 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
9:10	敬畏耶和华，是智慧的开端。认识至圣者，便是聪明。 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
9:11	你藉着我，日子必增多，年岁也必加添。 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
9:12	你若有智慧，是与自己有益。你若亵慢，就必独自担当。 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
9:13	愚昧的妇人喧囔。他是愚蒙，一无所知。 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
9:14	他坐在自己的家门口，坐在城中高处的座位上， For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
9:15	呼叫过路的，就是直行其道的人， To call passengers who go right on their ways:
9:16	说，谁是愚蒙人，可以转到这里来。又对那无知的人说， Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
9:17	偷来的水是甜的，暗吃的饼是好的。 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
9:18	人却不知有阴魂在他那里。他的客在阴间的深处。 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.