1:20 Wisdom 1 calls out 2 in the street,
she shouts loudly 3 in the plazas; 4
1:21 at the head of the noisy 5 streets she calls,
in the entrances of the gates in the city 6 she utters her words: 7
1:22 “How long will you simpletons 8 love naiveté? 9
How long 10 will mockers 11 delight 12 in mockery 13
and fools 14 hate knowledge?
1:23 If only 15 you will respond 16 to my rebuke, 17
then 18 I will pour 19 out my thoughts 20 to you
and 21 I will make 22 my words known to you.
1:24 However, 23 because 24 I called but you refused to listen, 25
because 26 I stretched out my hand 27 but no one paid attention,
1:25 because 28 you neglected 29 all my advice,
and did not comply 30 with my rebuke,