Does not wisdom call, / And understanding lift up her voice?
智慧岂不呼叫？聪明岂不扬声？

On the top of the heights, by the way, / Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
她在路旁高处的顶上，在十字路口站立；

Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, / At the entrance of the doors, she cries aloud:
在城门旁，在城门口，在城门的出入处大声呼喊：

To you, O men, I call; / And my voice is to the sons of men.
众人哪，我呼叫你们，我向世人发声，说，

O simple ones, understand prudence; / And, O fools, be of an understanding heart.
愚蒙人哪，你们要会悟灵明；愚昧人哪，你们当心里明白。

Hear, for I will speak noble things; / And the opening of my lips will yield right things.
你们当听，因我要说尊高的事；我张嘴要论正直的事。

For my mouth will utter truth, / And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
我的口要发出真理，我的嘴憎恶邪恶。

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; / There is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
我口中的言语都是公义，其中并无弯曲乖僻。

They are all straight to him who understands, / And right to those who find knowledge.
这些言语对明达的人，是正直的；对有知识的人，是正确的。

Receive my instruction, and not silver; / And knowledge rather than choice gold.
你们当受我的训诲，不受银子；宁得知识，胜得精金。

For wisdom is better than corals, / And nothing that you desire compares with her.
因为智慧比珊瑚更美，一切可喜爱的都不足与比较。

I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, / And I find knowledge and discretion.
我智慧与灵明同居，又寻得知识和谋略。

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; / Pride and arrogance and the evil way / And the perverse mouth, I hate.
敬畏耶和华就要恨恶邪恶；骄傲、狂妄、恶道以及乖谬的口，都为我所恨恶。

Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; / I am understanding; I have might.
我有计谋和真智慧；我乃聪明，我有能力。

By me kings reign, / And rulers decree justice.
帝王借我掌权，君王借我定公平。

By me princes rule, / And nobles — all who judge righteously.
首领和贵胄──世上一切公正的审判官，都是借我掌权。

I love those who love me, / And those who seek me diligently will find me.
爱我的，我也爱他；殷切寻求我的，就必寻见。

Riches and honor are with me, / Enduring wealth and righteousness.
丰富和尊荣在我，恒久的资财和公义也在我。

My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold; / And my yield than choice silver.
我的果实胜过金子，强如精金；我的出产超乎精选的银子。

I walk in the way of righteousness, / In the midst of the paths of justice,
我走在公义的道路上，行在公平的途径中，

That I may cause those who love me to inherit substance / And that I may fill their treasuries.
使爱我的承受资产，并充满他们的府库。

Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of His way, / Before His works of old.
耶和华在祂造化的起头，在太初造作万物之先，就有了我。

I was set up from eternity, / From the beginning, before the earth was.
从亘古，从太初，未有大地以前，我已被立。

When there were no depths, I was brought forth, / When there were no fountains abounding with water.
未有深渊，未有满溢的水泉以先，我已生出。

Before the mountains were settled, / Before the hills, I was brought forth;
大山未曾奠定，小山未有以先，我已生出；

When He had not yet made the earth and the fields, / Nor the first dust of the world.
那时耶和华还没有造出大地和田野，并世上最初的尘土。

When He established the heavens, I was there; / When He inscribed a circle upon the surface of the deep,
祂立诸天，我在那里；祂在渊面周围，划出圆圈，

When He made firm the skies above, / When the fountains of the deep became strong,
上使穹苍坚硬，下使渊源稳固，

When He set for the sea its boundary, / That the waters should not transgress His commandment, / When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
为沧海定出界限，使水不越过祂的命令，划定大地的根基；

Then I was by Him, as a master workman; / And I was daily His delight, / Rejoicing always before Him,
那时我在祂旁边为工师，日日为祂所喜爱，常常在祂面前欢跃，

Rejoicing in His habitable earth; / And my delight was in the sons of men.
欢跃于祂所预备居人之地；并且世人是我所喜爱的。

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me; / For blessed are they who keep my ways.
众子啊，现在要听从我；因为谨守我道路的，便为有福。

Hear instruction, and be wise; / And do not neglect it.
要听训诲，要有智慧，不可轻忽。

Blessed is the man who listens to me, / Watching daily at my doors, / Waiting at my doorposts.
听从我，日日在我门口儆醒，在我门框旁边守候的，那人便为有福。

For whoever finds me finds life, / And will obtain favor from Jehovah.
因为寻得我的，就寻得生命，也必从耶和华得恩惠。

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; / All who hate me love death.
但得罪我的，却害自己的性命；恨恶我的，都喜爱死亡。