Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, / And be attentive, that you may gain understanding;
众子啊，要听父亲的训诲，要留心听，好得聪明。

For I give you good teaching; / Do not forsake my instruction.
因我授与你们的是美好的学识；不可离弃我的指教。

For I was a son to my father, / Tender and the only beloved in the sight of my mother.
我在父亲面前为孝子，在母亲眼中为独一的娇儿。

And he taught me and said to me, / Let your heart hold fast to my words; / Keep my commandments and live;
父亲教训我说，你心要谨记我的言语；遵守我的命令，便得存活。

Get wisdom; get understanding; / Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
要得智慧，得聪明；不可忘记，也不可偏离我口中的言语。

Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; / Love her, and she will guard you.
不可离弃智慧，智慧就保守你；要爱她，她就护卫你。

The beginning of wisdom is this: / Get wisdom; and in all your getting, get understanding.
智慧的开端就是，你要取得智慧；在你一切所得之中，要取得聪明。

Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; / She will honor you if you embrace her.
珍重智慧，她就使你高升；怀抱智慧，她就使你尊荣。

She will give a garland of grace for your head; / A crown of beauty will she bestow on you.
她必将华冠加在你头上，把荣冕交给你。

Hear, my son, and receive my words, / And the years of your life will be many.
我儿，你要听，要接受我的言语，你一生的年日就必增多。

I have taught you in the way of wisdom; / I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
我已指教你走智慧的道路，引导你行正直的途径。

When you walk, your steps will not be hindered; / And when you run, you will not stumble.
你行走，脚步必不受阻碍；你奔跑，也不至跌倒。

Take hold of instruction; do not let go; / Guard her, for she is your life.
要持定训诲，不可放松；当护卫她，因为她是你的生命。

Do not enter the path of the wicked, / And do not walk in the way of the evil.
不可进恶人的途径；不要行坏人的道路。

Avoid it; do not pass by it; / Turn away from it and pass on by.
要躲避，不可经过；要转身而去。

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; / And they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.
这等人若不行恶，就睡不着觉；不使人跌倒，就不得安眠；

For they eat the bread of wickedness / And drink the wine of violence.
因为他们吃的是奸恶饼，喝的是强暴酒。

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, / Which shines brighter and brighter until the full day.
但义人的途径好像黎明的光，越照越明，直到日午。

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; / They do not know what they stumble over.
恶人的道路好像幽暗；自己不知因什么绊跌。

My son, be attentive to my words; / Incline your ear to my sayings.
我儿，要留心听我的言语，侧耳听我的讲论。

Do not let them depart from your sight; / Keep them in the midst of your heart.
都不可使这些离你的眼目；要持守在你心中。

For they are life to those who find them, / And healing to all their flesh.
因为对寻得的人，这些乃是生命，又是全身的医治。

Keep your heart with all vigilance, / For from it are the issues of life.
你要切切保守你心，因为生命的果效发之于心。

Put away from you crooked speech, / And put perverse talk far from you.
你要除掉邪僻的言辞，远离乖谬的谈论。

Let your eyes look directly ahead, / And let your gaze be straight in front of you.
你的眼目要向前正看，你的眼睛当向前直观。

Make straight the path of your feet, / And all your ways will be established.
要修直你脚下的途径，坚定你一切的道路。

Do not turn to the right or to the left; / Turn your foot away from evil.
不可偏向左右；要使你的脚离开邪恶。