| 1. | Qhdk; jd; tPl;ilf;fl;b> jd; VO J}z;fisAk; rpj;jpue;jPh;j;J> |
| | WISDOM HAS built her house; she has hewn out and set up her seven [perfect number of] pillars. |
| 2. | jd; nfhOj;j [e;Jf;fis mbj;J> jpuhl;rurj;ij thh;j;Jitj;J> jd; Ngh[dge;jpia Maj;jg;gLj;jp> |
| | She has killed her beasts, she has mixed her [spiritual] wine; she has also set her table. |
| 3. | jd; gzptpilf;fhhpfis mDg;gp> gl;lzj;jpd; cah;e;j Nkilfspd;Nky; epd;W $g;gpl;L> |
| | She has sent out her maids to cry from the highest places of the town: |
| 4. | Gj;jpaPdid Nehf;fp: vtd; NgijNah mtd; ,t;tplj;jpy; tuf;fltd;. |
| | Whoever is simple (easily led astray and wavering), let him turn in here! As for him who lacks understanding, [God's] Wisdom says to him, |
| 5. | ePq;fs; te;J vd; mg;gj;ijg; Grpj;J> ehd; thh;j;j jpuhl;rurj;ijg; ghdk;gz;Zq;fs;;. |
| | Come, eat of my bread and drink of the [spiritual] wine which I have mixed. |
| 6. | Ngijikia tpl;L tpyFq;fs;> mg;nghOJ gpioj;jpUg;gPh;fs;@ Gj;jpapd; topapNy elTq;fs; vd;W tpsk;GfpwJ. |
| | Leave off, simple ones [forsake the foolish and simpleminded] and live! And walk in the way of insight and understanding. |
| 7. | ghpahrf;fhuidf; fz;bf;fpwtd; ,yr;irailfpwhd;@ Jd;khh;f;fidf; fz;bf;fpwtd; jd;idf; fiwg;gLj;jpf; nfhs;Sfpwhd;. |
| | He who rebukes a scorner heaps upon himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man gets for himself bruises. |
| 8. | ghpahrf;fhuidf; fbe;Jnfhs;shNj> mtd; cd;idg; gifg;ghd;@ QhdKs;stidf; fbe;Jnfhs;> mtd; cd;id Nerpg;ghd;. |
| | Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. |
| 9. | QhdKs;stDf;Fg; Nghjfk; gz;Z> mtd; Qhdj;jpy; NjWthd;@ ePjpkhDf;F cgNjrk;gz;Z> mtd; mwptpy; tpUj;jpailthd;. |
| | Give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man (one upright and in right standing with God) and he will increase in learning. |
| 10. | fh;j;jUf;Fg; gag;gLjNy Qhdj;jpy; Muk;gk;@ ghpRj;jhpd; mwpNt mwpT. |
| | The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning (the chief and choice part) of Wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight and understanding. |
| 11. | vd;dhNy cd; ehl;fs; ngUFk;@ cd; MArpd; tU\q;fs; tpUj;jpahFk;. |
| | For by me [Wisdom from God] your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased. |
| 12. | eP Qhdpahdhy; cdf;nfd;W Qhdpahtha;@ eP ghpahrf;fhudhdhy; ePNa mjd; gaid mEgtpg;gha; vd;W nrhy;YfpwJ. |
| | If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scorn, you alone will bear it and pay the penalty. |
| 13. | kjpaw;w ];jphP thahbAk;> xd;Wkwpahj eph;%lKkhapUf;fpwhs;. |
| | The foolish woman is noisy; she is simple and open to all forms of evil, she [willfully and recklessly] knows nothing whatever [of eternal value]. |
| 14. | mts; jd; tPl;Lthrw;gbapYk; gl;lzj;jpd; NkilfspYk; Mrdk; Nghl;L cl;fhh;e;J> |
| | For she sits at the door of her house or on a seat in the conspicuous places of the town, |
| 15. | jq;fs; topfis Nehf;fp NeNu NghFk; topg;Nghf;fiug; ghh;j;J: |
| | Calling to those who pass by, who go uprightly on their way: |
| 16. | vtd; NgijNah mtd; ,t;tplj;jpy; tuf;fltd; vd;Wk;> |
| | Whoever is simple (wavering and easily led astray), let him turn in here! And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, |
| 17. | kjpaPdid Nehf;fp: jpUl;Lj;jz;zPh; jpj;jpf;Fk;> me;juq;fj;jpy; Grpf;Fk; mg;gk; ,d;gkhapUf;Fk; vd;Wk; nrhy;ypf; $g;gpLfpwhs;. |
| | Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden]; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. |
| 18. | MapDk; khpj;jth;fs; mt;tplj;jpy; cz;nld;Wk;> mtSila tpUe;jhspfs; eufghjhsq;fspy; fplf;fpwhh;fnsd;Wk; mtd; mwpahd;. |
| | But he knows not that the shades of the dead are there [specters haunting the scene of past transgressions], and that her invited guests are [already sunk] in the depths of Sheol (the lower world, Hades, the place of the dead). |