4 “Let all who are simple come to my house!”

To those who have no sense she says,

5 “Come, eat my food

and drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave your simple ways and you will live;

walk in the way of insight.”

4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”

To him who lacks sense she says,

5 “Come, eat of my bread

and drink of the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave your simple ways, and live,

and walk in the way of insight.”

4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:

As for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

5 Come, eat of my bread,

And drink of the wine which I have mingled.

6 Forsake the foolish, and live;

And go in the way of understanding.

4 “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.

To those who lack good judgment, she says,

5 “Come, eat my food,

and drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;

learn to use good judgment.”

4 She says to those who are uneducated,

“Come in here, you foolish people!

5 Come and eat my food

and drink the wine I have prepared.

6 Stop your foolish ways, and you will live;

take the road of understanding.

4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:

As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

5 Come, eat ye of my bread,

And drink of the wine which I have mingled.

6 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live;

And walk in the way of understanding.

4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith, 5 Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled. 6 Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.

4 “Whoever is gullible turn in here!” 

She says to a person without sense, 

5 “Come, eat my bread, 

and drink the wine I have mixed. 

6 Stop being gullible and live. 

Start traveling the road to understanding.” 

4 “Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”

To the one who lacks sense, she says,

5 “Come, eat my bread,

and drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave inexperience behind, and you will live;

pursue the way of understanding.

4 “You that are simple, turn in here!”

To those without sense she says,

5 “Come, eat of my bread

and drink of the wine I have mixed.

6 Lay aside immaturity, and live,

and walk in the way of insight.”

4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn here.”

As for the one who lacks sense, she says to him,

5 “Come, eat with my bread;

drink with the wine I have mixed.

6 Lay aside simplicity and live;

walk in the way of understanding.”

4 She says, “Let all who are childish come in here!”

She speaks to those who have no sense.

5 “Come and eat my food.

Drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave your childish ways and you will live.

Walk in the way that leads to understanding.

4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!”

To him who lacks understanding she says,

5 “Come, eat of my food

And drink of the wine I have mixed.

6 “Forsake your folly and live,

And proceed in the way of understanding.”