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Ìpè ti ọgbọ́n àti àìgbọ́n

Ọgbọ́n ti kọ́ ilé rẹ̀,
    ó ti gbẹ́ òpó o rẹ̀ méjèèjì,
ó ti fi ilé pọn tí, ó ti fọ̀nà rokà.
    Ó sì ti ṣètò o tábìlì oúnjẹ rẹ̀
ó ti rán àwọn ìránṣẹ́bìnrin rẹ̀ jáde, ó sì ń pè,
    láti ibi tí ó ga jù láàrín ìlú.
“Jẹ́ kí gbogbo àwọn aláìgbọ́n wọ ibí wá!”
    Ó ń wí fún àwọn tí kò lọ́gbọ́n pé
“Wá, ẹ wá fẹ́ oúnjẹ mi
    sì mu wáìnì tí mo ti pò.
Fi ìwà àìmọ̀kan rẹ sílẹ̀ ìwọ yóò sì yè;
    rìn ní ọ̀nà òye.

“Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá bá ẹlẹ́gàn wí, kọ lẹ́tà sí àbùkù
    ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá bá ẹni búburú wí kọ lẹ́tà sí èébú.
Má ṣe bá ẹlẹ́gàn wí, àìṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ yóò kórìíra rẹ.
    Bá ọlọ́gbọ́n wí yóò sì fẹ́ràn rẹ;
kọ́ ọlọ́gbọ́n ènìyàn lẹ́kọ̀ọ́, yóò sì gbọ́n sí i
    kọ́ olódodo ènìyàn lẹ́kọ̀ọ́, yóò sì fi kún ìmọ̀ rẹ̀.

10 “Ìbẹ̀rù Olúwa ni ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ọgbọ́n,
    ìmọ̀ nípa Ẹni mímọ́ ni òye.
11 Nítorí nípasẹ̀ mi ọjọ́ rẹ yóò gùn
    ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọdún yóò sì kún ọjọ́ ayé rẹ.
12 Bí ìwọ bá gbọ́n, ọgbọ́n rẹ yóò fún ọ ní èrè:
    bí ìwọ bá jẹ́ ẹlẹ́gàn, ìwọ nìkan ni yóò jìyà.”

13 Òmùgọ̀ obìnrin jẹ́ aláriwo;
    ó jẹ́ aláìlẹ́kọ̀ọ́ àti aláìní ìmọ̀.
14 Ó jókòó ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà ilé rẹ̀
    lórí ìjókòó níbi tí ó ga jù láàrín ìlú,
15 ó ń pe àwọn tí ó ń kọjá lọ,
    tí wọn ń lọ tààrà ní ọ̀nà wọn.
16 “Jẹ́ kí gbogbo ẹni tí ó jẹ́ aláìlóye súnmọ́ bí!”
    Ni ó wí fún ẹni tí òye kù díẹ̀ ká à tó fún.
17 “Omi tí a jí mu dùn
    oúnjẹ tí a jẹ ní ìkọ̀kọ̀ a máa ládùn!”
18 Ṣùgbọ́n wọn ò funra pé àwọn òkú wà níbẹ̀,
    pé àwọn àlejò rẹ̀ wà ní ìsàlẹ̀ ilẹ̀ isà òkú.

Invitations of Wisdom and Folly

Wisdom has built(A) her house;
    she has set up[a] its seven pillars.
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;(B)
    she has also set her table.(C)
She has sent out her servants, and she calls(D)
    from the highest point of the city,(E)
    “Let all who are simple(F) come to my house!”
To those who have no sense(G) she says,
    “Come,(H) eat my food
    and drink the wine I have mixed.(I)
Leave your simple ways and you will live;(J)
    walk in the way of insight.”(K)

Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
    whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.(L)
Do not rebuke mockers(M) or they will hate you;
    rebuke the wise and they will love you.(N)
Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
    teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.(O)

10 The fear of the Lord(P) is the beginning of wisdom,
    and knowledge of the Holy One(Q) is understanding.(R)
11 For through wisdom[b] your days will be many,
    and years will be added to your life.(S)
12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
    if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.

13 Folly is an unruly woman;(T)
    she is simple and knows nothing.(U)
14 She sits at the door of her house,
    on a seat at the highest point of the city,(V)
15 calling out(W) to those who pass by,
    who go straight on their way,
16     “Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense(X) she says,
17     “Stolen water is sweet;
    food eaten in secret is delicious!(Y)
18 But little do they know that the dead are there,
    that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.(Z)

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 9:1 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew has hewn out
  2. Proverbs 9:11 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew me

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:

16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.