## And now ## This is to focus the attention of the students to the conclusion of this lesson. ## my sons ## AT: "my children" or "my students" ## listen to me ## This is still wisdom talking about herself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]]) ## those who keep my ways ## AT: "those who do what I teach" or "the people who follow my example" ## neglect ## "disregard" AT: "pay no attention to" or "do not follow" ## The one who ## "The person who" or "He who" ## watching every day at my gates; waiting for me beside the doors of my home ## These two phrases basically mean the same thing. Wisdom is described as having a home; possible meanings of "watching" are 1) a wise person waits for wisdom to come home to learn more 2) a wise person is at wisdom's house to be close to her and learn all the time. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])