The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, the king of Israel:
大卫的儿子以色列王所罗门的箴言：

For knowing wisdom and instruction; / For discerning words of understanding;
要使人晓得智慧和训诲，辨识通达的言语；

For receiving instruction in wise conduct, / Righteousness, justice, and equity;
使人领受训诲，处事明智，有公义、公平和公正；

For giving prudence to the simple, / Knowledge and discretion to the young man;
使愚蒙人灵明，使少年人有知识和谋略；

That the wise man may hear and increase in learning, / And he who has understanding may acquire sound counsel;
使智慧人听见，增长学识，使聪明人得着智谋；

For understanding proverb and figure, / The words of the wise and their difficult sayings.
使人明白箴言和譬喻，懂得智慧人的言辞和隐语。

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; / Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
敬畏耶和华是知识的开端；愚妄人藐视智慧和训诲。

Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, / And do not reject the teaching of your mother;
我儿，要听你父亲的训诲，不可离弃你母亲的指教；

For they will be a wreath of grace for your head / And ornaments for your neck.
因为这要作你头上的华冠，你项上的金链。

My son, if sinners entice you, / Do not consent.
我儿，恶人若引诱你，你不可随从。

If they say, Come with us; let us lie in wait for blood; / Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
他们若说，你与我们同去，我们要埋伏流人的血，要无故蹲伏害无辜的人；

Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, / And whole, like those who go down into the pit.
我们要像阴间把他们活活吞下，把他们如同下坑的人囫囵吞了。

We will find all manner of precious goods; / We will fill our houses with booty;
我们必得各样宝物，将所掳来的，装满我们的房屋；

Throw in your lot with us; / We will all have one purse —
你与我们一同有分，大家共用一个囊袋。

My son, do not walk with them on this way; / Keep your foot from their path.
我儿，不要与他们同行这道路；禁止你的脚走他们的途径。

For their feet run toward evil, / And they hasten to shed blood.
因为他们的脚向恶奔跑；他们急速流人的血。

For in vain is the net spread / In the eyes of any bird;
好像飞鸟，虽有网罗张设在眼前，仍视而不见；

Yet they lie in wait for their own blood; / They ambush their own lives!
这些人埋伏，是为自流己血；蹲伏，是为自害己命。

Such are the ways of everyone greedy for gain; / It takes away the life of its owners.
凡贪恋财利的，所行之路都是如此；这会夺去得财者的命。

Wisdom cries out in the street; / She utters her voice in the open squares.
智慧在街市上呼喊，在广场上发声。

At the head of the tumultuous street she cries; / At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:
在热闹街头喊叫，在城门口，在城里发出言语，说，

How long, O simple ones, will you love simpleness, / And will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, / And will fools hate knowledge?
你们愚蒙人喜爱愚昧，亵慢人喜欢亵慢，愚顽人恨恶知识，要到几时呢？

Turn yourselves at my reproof — / Immediately I will pour out my spirit on you; / I will make my words known to you.
你们当因我的责备回转；看哪，我要将我的灵浇灌你们，将我的话指示你们。

Because I called and you refused; / I stretched out my hand and no one heeded,
我呼唤，你们拒绝；我伸手，无人理会，

And you neglected all my counsel / And would have none of my reproof;
反倒轻弃我一切的劝戒，不肯受我的责备。

I also will laugh at your calamity; / I will mock when what you dread comes,
你们遭灾难，我也必发笑；惊恐临到你们，我必嗤笑。

When what you dread comes like a storm, / And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, / When distress and anguish come upon you.
惊恐临到你们，好像狂风；灾难来到，如同旋风；急难困苦临到你们身上。

Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; / They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
那时，他们必呼求我，我却不答应；恳切地寻找我，却寻不见。

Because they hated knowledge / And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,
因为他们恨恶知识，不选择敬畏耶和华，

And would have none of my counsel / And despised all my reproof;
不肯受我的劝戒，藐视我一切的责备，

They shall eat of the fruit of their own way / And be filled with their own devices.
所以他们必吃自己行径的果子，饱尝自设的计谋。

For the turning away of the simple will kill them, / And the prosperity of the foolish will cause them to perish;
愚蒙人背道，必杀己身；愚顽人安逸，必灭己命。

But he who listens to me will dwell securely / And will live at ease, without the dread of evil.
惟有听从我的，必安然居住，得享安宁，免受灾祸的惊恐。