9:1 Wisdom has built her house;
she has carved out its seven pillars.
9:2 She has prepared her meat,
she also has arranged her table.
9:3 She has sent out her female servants;
she calls out on the highest places
9:4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,”
she says
9:5 “Come, eat
and drink some of the wine I have mixed.
9:6 Abandon your foolish ways
and proceed
9:7 Whoever corrects
whoever reproves a wicked person receives
9:8 Do not reprove
reprove a wise person and he will love you.
9:9 Give instruction
teach
9:10 The beginning
and acknowledging
9:11 For because
and years will be added
9:12 If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage,
but if you are a mocker,
9:13 The woman called Folly
she is naive
9:14 So she sits at the door of her house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,
9:15 calling out
who go straight
9:16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here,”
she says to those who lack understanding.