| 箴言 | Proverbs |
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| 1几时你与首长坐席，应记着，在你面前的是谁。 | 1If you sit at a table with a great man, beware of what is in front of you; |
| 2你若过于贪食，应在咽喉上，放上一把刀。 | 2if your appetite is too great, put a knife to your throat. |
| 3休要羨慕他的珍馐，因那是骗人的食品。 | 3Do not greedily desire his fine food for it is deceptive nourishment. |
| 4不要辛苦企求致富，反应放弃这种企图。 | 4Do not wear yourself out trying to be rich, do not dwell on it. |
| 5你向之一注目，即不再存在了：它会生出翅膀，如鹰向天飞去。 | 5Set your eyes on wealth and it no longer exists; it sprouts wings and flies into the sky like an eagle. |
| 6不要与虎视眈眈的人进食，也不要羨慕他的山珍海味， | 6Do not eat with the wicked man or be greedy for his choice food. |
| 7因为他原是只顾自己的人，他口头虽对你说「请吃请喝！」但他的心中并不与你友善； | 7All is appearance, for he plots in his heart. "Eat and drink," he says but he is not to be trusted. |
| 8你吃下的那口食物，还得吐出；你婉转悦耳的言辞，尽属枉费。 | 8You will spit it out as soon as it is tasted and your words of praise will be wasted. |
| 9不要与愚人交耳接谈，因他必轻视你的高见。 | 9Do not speak with a fool; he will not be able to appreciate your remarks. |
| 10不要移动孀妇的地界，不要侵占孤儿的田地； | 10Do not move the ancient boundaries or take possession of the orphan's land because his Avenger is powerful; |
| 11因为他们的辩护者是大能的，他必为他们的案件与你争辩。 | 11he will take sides against you. |
| 12你应专心接受教训，倾耳细听益智之言。 | 12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of wisdom. |
| 13对孩童不可忽略惩戒；用棍打他，他不致死去。 | 13Do not hold back from correcting a youth; the rod will not kill him. |
| 14你用棍杖打他，是救他的灵魂免下阴府。 | 14With several strokes, you save him from death. |
| 15我儿，你若心怀智慧，我也诚心喜乐； | 15My son, if your heart is wise, then my own heart is glad, |
| 16你的唇舌若谈吐正义的事，我的五衷也必会踊跃欢欣。 | 16and my whole being will rejoice when you speak the truth. |
| 17心里不要羨慕罪人，欲要日日敬畏上主； | 17Do not envy sinners but, each day, fear Yahweh; then you will have a future and |
| 18这样，你的将来必然顺利，你的希望绝不落空。 | 18your hope will not be in vain. |
| 19我儿，你要听话，作个明智人；且要引领你的心走上正道。 | 19Listen, my son, and you will be wise and you will make your heart go straight on its way. |
| 20贪嗜酒肉的人，不可与之来往； | 20Do not be one of those who get drunk with wine or who stuff themselves with meat, |
| 21因为嗜酒贪食的人，必陷于穷困；贪懒好睡的人，必衣着褴褛。 | 21since the drunkard and the glutton impoverish themselves and the sleepyhead is clothed in rags. |
| 22对生养你的父亲，应当听从；对你年迈的母亲，不可轻视。 | 22Listen to your father who begot you; do not despise your mother in her old age. |
| 23应获取真理，不可出卖，还有智慧、训诲和见识。 | 23Acquire truth and never sell it; gain wisdom, discipline and discernment. |
| 24义人的父亲，必欣然喜乐；生育慧子的，必为此欢腾。 | 24Happy the father of a virtuous man! How he will rejoice, |
| 25应使你的父亲因你而喜悦，应使你的生母因你而快乐。 | 25he who fathers a wise man! May your father and mother rejoice and may she who bore you be glad. |
| 26我儿，将你的心交给我，注目于我的道路： | 26My son, give me your heart, that your eyes may delight in my ways. |
| 27妓女是一个深坑，淫妇是一个陷阱； | 27You should know that the prostitute is a deep abyss and the unknown woman a narrow well. |
| 28她潜伏著，实如强盗，使人世间，增添奸夫。 | 28Like a thief she lies in wait and she increases the sinners among men. |
| 29是谁将哀鸣，是谁将悲叹？是谁将争吵，是谁将抱怨？是谁将无故受伤，是谁将赤红？ | 29For whom are the cries and laments? For whom the complaints and sighs? For whom the blows without reason? For whom the eyes which see double? |
| 30是那流连于醉乡，去搜求醇酒的人。 | 30For those who abandon themselves to wine and go in search of the well-blended wine. |
| 31你不要注视酒色怎样红，在杯中怎样闪耀，饮下去怎样痛快！ | 31Do not consider the wine: how red it is and how sparkling the glass! How smoothly it flows! |
| 32终究它要咬人如蛇，刺人如虺。 | 32In the end, it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. |
| 33那时，你的眼要见到奇景，你的心要吐出狂语。 | 33Your eyes will see strange things and you will end up speaking nonsense. |
| 34你宛如躺在海中心，睡在桅杆顶。 | 34You will be like a man asleep on the high seas or at the rudder: "They hit me but I am not hurt. |
| 35「人打我，我不痛，人捶我，我不觉；我何时苏醒，好再去寻醉！」 | 35They beat me but I feel nothing. When will I wake up? I will go in search of more." |
