Moreover, when nations consenting together in wickedness had been confounded, Wisdom knew the righteous man, and preserved him blameless to God, And kept him strong when his heart yearned toward his child.
To whose wickedness a smoking waste still witnesseth, And plants bearing fair fruit that comes not to ripeness; Yes and a disbelieving soul has a memorial there, a pillar of salt still standing.
For having passed wisdom by, Not only were they disabled from recognising the things which are good, But they also left behind them for human life a monument of their folly; To the end that where they went astray they might fail even to be unseen:
But wisdom delivered out of troubles those that waited on her.
但智慧救那些事奉她的人脫離患難。
10:10
ጥበብሰ፡ ባልሐት፡ እለ፡ ይትለአክዋ፡ እምፃማ፡ ወሕማም።
When a righteous man was a fugitive from a brother’s wrath, wisdom guided him in straight paths; She showed him God’s kingdom, and gave him knowledge of holy things; She prospered him in his toils, and multiplied the fruits of his labor;
When in their covetousness men dealt hardly with him, She stood by him and made him rich;
當有人貪婪欺壓他時,智慧站在他旁邊,使他富足;
10:12
ወእምእለ፡ የኃይድዎ፡ ወይትኄየልዎ፡ ቆመት፡ ሎቱ።
She guarded him from enemies, And from those that lay in wait she kept him safe, And over his sore conflict she watched as judge, That he might know that godliness is more powerful than all.
And in bonds she left him not, Till she brought him the sceptre of a kingdom, And authority over those that dealt tyrannously with him; She showed them also to be false that had mockingly accused him, And gave him eternal glory.
She rendered to holy men a reward of their toils; She guided them along a marvelous way, And became to them a covering in the day-time, And a flame of stars through the night.
But their enemies she drowned, And out of the bottom of the deep she cast them up.
卻把他們的仇敵淹沒,從深淵的底處將他們翻湧上來。
10:20
ወአዕደወቶሙ፡ ባሕረ፡ መፍርሀ፡ ወአኀለፈቶሙ፡ እምተ፡ ማእከለ፡ ማይ፡ ብዙኅ።
Therefore the righteous plundered the ungodly; And they sang praise to your holy name, O Lord, And extolled with one accord your hand that fought for them:
因此義人擄掠了不敬虔的人,又歌頌禰的聖名,主啊,並同心讚美禰那為他們爭戰的手。
10:21
ወፀሮሙሰ፡ አስጠመት፡ ወአዕረገቶሙ፡ እማዕምቀ፡ ቀላይ።
Because wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, And made the tongues of babes to speak clearly.