| | 1 | 智慧岂不呼叫，聪明岂不发声。
Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? | |
| | 2 | 他在道旁高处的顶上，在十字路口站立。
On the heights along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand; | |
| | 3 | 在城门旁，在城门口，在城门洞，大声说，
beside the gates leading into the city, at the entrances, she cries aloud: | |
| | 4 | 众人哪，我呼叫你们。我向世人发声，
"To you, O men, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind. | |
| | 5 | 说，愚蒙人哪，你们要会悟灵明。愚昧人哪，你们当心里明白。
You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, gain understanding. | |
| | 6 | 你们当听，因我要说极美的话。我张嘴要论正直的事。
Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right. | |
| | 7 | 我的口要发出真理。我的嘴憎恶邪恶。
My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness. | |
| | 8 | 我口中的言语，都是公义，并无弯曲乖僻。
All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse. | |
| | 9 | 有聪明的以为明显，得知识的以为正直。
To the discerning all of them are right; they are faultless to those who have knowledge. | |
| | 10 | 你们当受我的教训，不受白银。宁得知识，胜过黄金。
Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold, | |
| | 11 | 因为智慧比珍珠（或作红宝石）更美。一切可喜爱的，都不足与比较。
for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her. | |
| | 12 | 我智慧以灵明为居所，又寻得知识和谋略。
"I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion. | |
| | 13 | 敬畏耶和华，在乎恨恶邪恶。那骄傲，狂妄，并恶道，以及乖谬的口，都为我所恨恶。
To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. | |
| | 14 | 我有谋略，和真知识。我乃聪明。我有能力。
Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have understanding and power. | |
| | 15 | 帝王借我坐国位。君王借我定公平。
By me kings reign and rulers make laws that are just; | |
| | 16 | 王子和首领，世上一切的审判官，都是借我掌权。
by me princes govern, and all nobles who rule on earth. | |
| | 17 | 爱我的，我也爱他。恳切寻求我的，必寻得见。
I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. | |
| | 18 | 丰富尊荣在我。恒久的财并公义也在我。
With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity. | |
| | 19 | 我的果实胜过黄金。强如精金，我的出产超乎高银。
My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver. | |
| | 20 | 我在公义的道上走，在公平的路中行。
I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, | |
| | 21 | 使爱我的承受货财，并充满他们的府库。
bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full. | |
| | 22 | 在耶和华造化的起头，在太初创造万物之先，就有了我。
"The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old; | |
| | 23 | 从亘古，从太初，未有世界以前，我已被立。
I was appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began. | |
| | 24 | 没有深渊，没有大水的泉源，我已生出。
When there were no oceans, I was given birth, when there were no springs abounding with water; | |
| | 25 | 大山未曾奠定，小山未有之先，我已生出。
before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth, | |
| | 26 | 耶和华还没有创造大地，和田野，并世上的土质，我已生出。
before he made the earth or its fields or any of the dust of the world. | |
| | 27 | 他立高天，我在那里。他在渊面的周围，划出圆圈，
I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, | |
| | 28 | 上使穹苍坚硬，下使渊源稳固，
when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep, | |
| | 29 | 为沧海定出界限，使水不越过他的命令，立定大地的根基。
when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth. | |
| | 30 | 那时，我在他那里为工师，日日为他所喜爱，常常在他面前踊跃，
Then I was the craftsman at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence, | |
| | 31 | 踊跃在他为人预备可住之地，也喜悦住在世人之间。
rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind. | |
| | 32 | 众子阿，现在要听从我。因为谨守我道的，便为有福。
"Now then, my sons, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways. | |
| | 33 | 要听教训，就得智慧，不可弃绝。
Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not ignore it. | |
| | 34 | 听从我，日日在我门口仰望，在我门框旁边等候的，那人便为有福。
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway. | |
| | 35 | 因为寻得我的，就寻得生命，也必蒙耶和华的恩惠。
For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD. | |
| | 36 | 得罪我的，却害了自己的性命。恨恶我的，都喜爱死亡。
But whoever fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death." | |
