Proverbs 9

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Wisdom has built herself a house, she has hewn her seven pil ars,	1 Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.
2 she has slaughtered her beasts, drawn her wine, she has laid her table.	2 She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.
3 She has despatched her maidservants and proclaimed from the heights above the city,	3 She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:
4 'Who is simple? Let him come this way.' To the fool she says,	4 Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:
5 'Come and eat my bread, drink the wine which I have drawn!	5 Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.
6 Leave foolishness behind and you wil live, go forwards in the ways of perception.'	6 Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.
7 Reprove a mocker and you attract contempt, rebuke the wicked and you attract dishonour.	7 He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.
8 Do not rebuke the mocker, he wil hate you. Rebuke the wise and he wil love you for it.	8 Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Be open with the wise, he grows wiser stil , teach the upright, he wil gain yet more.	9 Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
10 The first principle of wisdom is the fear of Yahweh, What God's holy ones know -- this isunderstanding.	10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.
11 For by me your days wil be multiplied, and your years of life increased.	11 For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
12 Are you wise? You are wise to your own good. A mocker? The burden is yours alone.	12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
13 A silly woman acts on impulse, is foolish and knows nothing.	13 A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,
14 She sits at the door of her house, on a throne high up in the city,	14 Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,
15 cal ing to the passers-by, who are walking straight past on their way,	15 To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:
16 'Who is simple? Turn aside, come over here.' To the fool she says,	16 He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:
17 'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread tastes better when eaten in secret.'	17 Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant.
18 But the fool does not know that this is where the Shades are and that her guests are already in thevales of Sheol.	18 And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell. The Parables of Solomon