Payheed,you senselessamong the people;And whenwill you understand,stupidones?
For he sees[that even] wisemendie;The stupidand the senselessalikeperishAnd leavetheir wealthto others.
Then I was senselessand ignorant;I was [like] a beastbeforeYou.
A senselessmanhasnoknowledge,Nordoes a stupidmanunderstandthis:
"Howlong,O naiveones,will you lovebeing simple-minded?And scoffersdelightthemselves in scoffingAnd foolshateknowledge?
Whoever lovesdisciplinelovesknowledge,But he who hatesreproofis stupid.
"O naiveones,understandprudence;And, O fools,understandwisdom.
When its limbsare dry,they are brokenoff; Womencome[and] makea firewith them, For they are not a peopleof discernment,Thereforetheir Makerwill not havecompassionon them. And their Creatorwill not be graciousto them.
But they are altogetherstupidand foolish[In their] disciplineof delusion--their idol is wood!
THERE IS NONEWHO UNDERSTANDS,THERE IS NONEWHO SEEKSFOR GOD;
"Wouldthat they were wise,that they understoodthis,That they would discerntheir future!
For we alsooncewere foolishourselves,disobedient,deceived,enslavedto variouslustsand pleasures,spending our lifein maliceand envy,hateful,hatingone another.
