- 8:1 Does not wisdom call, And understanding lift up her voice?
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智慧岂不呼叫？聪明岂不扬声？
- 8:2 On the top of the heights, by the way, Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
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她在路旁高处的顶上，在十字路口站立；
- 8:3 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors, she cries aloud:
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在城门旁，在城门口，在城门的出入处大声呼喊：
- 8:4 To you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.
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众人哪，我呼叫你们，我向世人发声，说，
- 8:5 O simple ones, understand prudence; And, O fools, be of an understanding heart.
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愚蒙人哪，你们要会悟灵明；愚昧人哪，你们当心里明白。
- 8:6 Hear, for I will speak noble things; And the opening of my lips will yield right things.
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你们当听，因我要说尊高的事；我张嘴要论正直的事。
- 8:7 For my mouth will utter truth, And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
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我的口要发出真理，我的嘴憎恶邪恶。
- 8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
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我口中的言语都是公义，其中并无弯曲乖僻。
- 8:9 They are all straight to him who understands, And right to those who find knowledge.
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这些言语对明达的人，是正直的；对有知识的人，是正确的。
- 8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.
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你们当受我的训诲，不受银子；宁得知识，胜得精金。
- 8:11 For wisdom is better than corals, And nothing that you desire compares with her.
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因为智慧比珊瑚更美，一切可喜爱的都不足与比较。
- 8:12 I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find knowledge and discretion.
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我智慧与灵明同居，又寻得知识和谋略。
- 8:13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth, I hate.
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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。
- 8:14 Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding; I have might.
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我有计谋和真智慧；我乃聪明，我有能力。
- 8:15 By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice.
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帝王藉我掌权，君王藉我定公平。
- 8:16 By me princes rule, And nobles-all who judge righteously.
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首领和贵胄－世上一切公正的审判官，都是藉我掌权。
- 8:17 I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.
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爱我的，我也爱他；殷切寻求我的，就必寻见。
- 8:18 Riches and honor are with me, Enduring wealth and righteousness.
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丰富和尊荣在我，恒久的赀财和公义也在我。
- 8:19 My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold; And my yield than choice silver.
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我的果实胜过金子，强如精金；我的出产超乎精选的银子。
- 8:20 I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,
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我走在公义的道路上，行在公平的途径中，
- 8:21 That I may cause those who love me to inherit substance And that I may fill their treasuries.
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使爱我的承受资产，并充满他们的府库。
- 8:22 Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.
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耶和华在祂造化的起头，在太初造作万物之先，就有了我。
- 8:23 I was set up from eternity, From the beginning, before the earth was.
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从亘古，从太初，未有大地以前，我已被立。
- 8:24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.
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未有深渊，未有满溢的水泉以先，我已生出。
- 8:25 Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth;
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大山未曾奠定，小山未有以先，我已生出；
- 8:26 When He had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust of the world.
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那时耶和华还没有造出大地和田野，并世上最初的尘土。
- 8:27 When He established the heavens, I was there; When He inscribed a circle upon the surface of the deep,
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祂立诸天，我在那里；祂在渊面周围，画出圆圈，
- 8:28 When He made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,
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上使穹苍坚硬，下使渊源稳固，
- 8:29 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;
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为沧海定出界限，使水不越过祂的命令，画定大地的根基；
- 8:30 Then I was by Him, as a master workman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him,
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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，
- 8:31 Rejoicing in His habitable earth; And my delight was in the sons of men.
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欢跃于祂所预备居人之地；并且世人是我所喜爱的。
- 8:32 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me; For blessed are they who keep my ways.
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众子阿，现在要听从我；因为谨守我道路的，便为有福。
- 8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise; And do not neglect it.
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要听训诲，要有智慧，不可轻忽。
- 8:34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my doors, Waiting at my doorposts.
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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。
- 8:35 For whoever finds me finds life, And will obtain favor from Jehovah.
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因为寻得我的，就寻得生命，也必从耶和华得恩惠。
- 8:36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; All who hate me love death.
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但得罪我的，却害自己的性命；恨恶我的，都喜爱死亡。