1:1 统治世界的人，你们应爱正义，对上主应有正确的观念，应以诚朴的心寻求上主，
Love justice, you who judge the earth; think of the LORD in goodness, and seek him in integrity of heart; 1:2 因为，凡不试探上主的，都可以寻到上主；对上主不失信的，上主必向他显示自己。
Because he is found by those who test him not, and he manifests himself to those who do not disbelieve him. 1:3 邪曲的思想，使人离开天主；愚人试探全能者，只有使自己蒙羞，
For perverse counsels separate a man from God, and his power, put to the proof, rebukes the foolhardy; 1:4 因为，智慧不进入存心不良的灵魂里，也不住在一个屈服于罪恶的身体内。
Because into a soul that plots evil wisdom enters not, nor dwells she in a body under debt of sin. 1:5 实在，施训的圣神，远避欺诈，远离无知的思念；不义一到，即刻退去。
For the holy spirit of discipline flees deceit and withdraws from senseless counsels; and when injustice occurs it is rebuked. 1:6 智慧是爱人的神，口出咒语的人，她必惩罚；因为天主洞悉他的内心，确切监视他的心灵，听闻他的言语；
For wisdom is a kindly spirit, yet she acquits not the blasphemer of his guilty lips; Because God is the witness of his inmost self and the sure observer of his heart and the listener to his tongue. 1:7 实在，上主的神充满了世界，包罗万象，通晓一切语言。
For the spirit of the LORD fills the world, is all-embracing, and knows what man says. 1:8 为此，谈论不义之事的，无不终被识破；执行报复的正义，也决不会将他放过。
Therefore no one who utters wicked things can go unnoticed, 1 nor will chastising condemnation pass him by. 1:9 因为恶人的思念，必将受审讯；上主听到他的言语，必惩罚他的罪行。
For the devices of the wicked man shall be scrutinized, and the sound of his words shall reach the LORD, for the chastisement of his transgressions; 1:10 原来天主嫉恶的耳朵，能听万事；连低声的怨言，也隐藏不住。
Because a jealous ear hearkens to everything, and discordant grumblings are no secret. 1:11 所以，你们要谨防无益的怨言，禁止口舌，别说毁谤的话；因为暗中的言语，决不会空空过去；说谎的口舌，必杀害灵魂。
Therefore guard against profitless grumbling, and from calumny withhold your tongues; For a stealthy utterance does not go unpunished, and a lying mouth slays the soul. 1:12 不要因生活堕落而自招丧亡，也不要因你们双手的作为而自取灭亡，
Court not death by your erring way of life, nor draw to yourselves destruction by the works of your hands. 1:13 因为天主并未造死亡，也不乐意生灵灭亡。
Because God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living. 1:14 他造了万物，为叫它们生存；世上的生物都有生命力，本身都没有致命的毒素，阴府在地上也没有权势；
For he fashioned all things that they might have being; and the creatures of the world are wholesome, And there is not a destructive drug among them nor any domain of the nether world on earth, 1:15 因为正义是不死不灭的。
For justice is undying. 1:16 但是，不义的人，因自己的言行自招死亡，与死亡相爱相恋，结立盟约，实堪作死亡的伴侣。
It was the wicked who with hands and words invited death, considered it a friend, and pined for it, and made a covenant with it, Because they deserve to be in its possession,