Invitations of Wisdom and Folly
1Wisdom has built her house;
she has set up9:1 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew has hewn out its seven pillars.
2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.
3She has sent out her servants, and she calls
from the highest point of the city,
4“Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense she says,
5“Come, eat my food
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6Leave your simple ways and you will live;
walk in the way of insight.”
7Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
8Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;
rebuke the wise and they will love you.
9Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11For through wisdom9:11 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew me your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life.
12If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
13Folly is an unruly woman;
she is simple and knows nothing.
14She sits at the door of her house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15calling out 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 she says,
17“Stolen water is sweet;
food eaten in secret is delicious!”
18But little do they know that the dead are there,
that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
Makaribisho Ya Hekima Na Ya Upumbavu
19:1 Efe 2:20-22; 1Tim 3:15; 1Pet 3:5Hekima amejenga nyumba yake;
amechonga nguzo zake saba.
29:2 Lk 14:16-23; Isa 25:6; 62:8Ameandaa nyama na kuchanganya divai yake;
pia ameandaa meza yake.
39:3 Mit 1:20; 8:1-3; Mt 22:3, 4, 9; Lk 14:17; Rum 10:15Amewatuma watumishi wake wa kike, naye huita
kutoka mahali pa juu sana pa mji.
49:4 Mit 1:22; 6:32; Mt 11:25Anawaambia wale wasio na akili,
“Wote ambao ni wajinga na waje hapa!
59:5 Za 42:2; Isa 44:3; Mt 26:26-28Njooni, mle chakula changu
na mnywe divai niliyoichanganya.
69:6 Mit 8:35; 3:1-2Acheni njia zenu za ujinga nanyi mtaishi;
tembeeni katika njia ya ufahamu.
79:7 Mit 23:9; Mt 7:6“Yeyote anayemkosoa mwenye mzaha
hukaribisha matukano;
yeyote anayekemea mtu mwovu
hupatwa na matusi.
8Usimkemee mwenye mzaha la sivyo atakuchukia;
mkemee mwenye hekima naye atakupenda.
99:9 Mit 15:31; 19:25; Mt 13:12Mfundishe mtu mwenye hekima
naye atakuwa na hekima zaidi;
mfundishe mtu mwadilifu
naye atazidi kufundishika.
109:10 Ay 28:28“Kumcha Bwana ndicho chanzo cha hekima,
na kumjua Aliye Mtakatifu ni ufahamu.
119:11 Mwa 15:15; Kum 11:21; Mit 10:27Kwa maana kwa msaada wangu
siku zako zitakuwa nyingi,
na miaka itaongezwa katika maisha yako.
129:12 Ay 35:6, 7Kama wewe una hekima, hekima yako itakupa tuzo;
kama wewe ni mtu wa mzaha,
wewe mwenyewe ndiwe utateseka.”
139:13 Mit 7:11; 5:6Mwanamke aitwaye Mpumbavu ana kelele;
hana adabu na hana maarifa.
149:14 Eze 16:25Huketi kwenye mlango wa nyumba yake,
juu ya kiti katika mahali pa juu sana pa mji,
159:15 Mit 1:20akiita wale wapitao karibu,
waendao moja kwa moja kwenye njia yao.
169:16 Mit 1:22Anawaambia wale wasio na akili,
“Wote ambao ni wajinga na waje hapa ndani!”
179:17 Mit 20:17“Maji yaliyoibiwa ni matamu;
chakula kinacholiwa sirini ni kitamu!”
189:18 Mit 2:18; 7:26-27Lakini hawajui hata kidogo kuwa wafu wako humo,
kwamba wageni wake huyo mwanamke
wako katika vilindi vya kuzimu.
