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.
10:8
ወነፍስ፡ እንተ፡ ኢአምነት፡ ዝክረ፡ ቆመት፡ ሐውልተ፡ ፄው፡ ዘያስተርኢ።
因為他們既離棄智慧,不但失去了認識美善的能力,又給世人留下愚妄的記號,使他們所跌倒之處不能隱藏。
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:
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;
10:12
ወእምእለ፡ የኃይድዎ፡ ወይትኄየልዎ፡ ቆመት፡ ሎቱ።
她保守他脫離仇敵,又使他脫離埋伏的人,並在他劇烈的爭戰中作他的審判者,使他知道敬虔比萬事更有能力。
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.
10:20
ወአዕደወቶሙ፡ ባሕረ፡ መፍርሀ፡ ወአኀለፈቶሙ፡ እምተ፡ ማእከለ፡ ማይ፡ ብዙኅ።
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。
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:
10:21
ወፀሮሙሰ፡ አስጠመት፡ ወአዕረገቶሙ፡ እማዕምቀ፡ ቀላይ።
因為智慧開了啞巴的口,使嬰孩的舌頭說話清楚。
Because wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, And made the tongues of babes to speak clearly.