Proverbs

1夏天落雪，收割時下雨，都不相宜； 愚昧人得尊榮也是如此。

2麻雀往來，燕子翻飛； 這樣，無故的咒詛也必不臨到。

3鞭子是為打馬，轡頭是為勒驢； 刑杖是為打愚昧人的背。

4不要照愚昧人的愚妄話回答他， 恐怕你與他一樣。

5要照愚昧人的愚妄話回答他， 免得他自以為有智慧。

6藉愚昧人手寄信的， 是砍斷自己的腳，自受損害。

7瘸子的腳空存無用； 箴言在愚昧人的口中也是如此。

8將尊榮給愚昧人的， 好像人把石子包在機弦裏。

9箴言在愚昧人的口中， 好像荊棘刺入醉漢的手。

10雇愚昧人的，與雇過路人的， 就像射傷眾人的弓箭手。

11愚昧人行愚妄事，行了又行， 就如狗轉過來吃牠所吐的。

12你見自以為有智慧的人嗎？ 愚昧人比他更有指望。

13懶惰人說：道上有猛獅， 街上有壯獅。

14門在樞紐轉動， 懶惰人在床上也是如此。

15懶惰人放手在盤子裏， 就是向口撤回也以為勞乏。

16懶惰人看自己比七個善於應對的人更有智慧。

17過路被事激動，管理不干己的爭競， 好像人揪住狗耳。

18人欺凌鄰舍，卻說： 我豈不是戲耍嗎？ 他就像瘋狂的人拋擲火把、利箭， 與殺人的兵器。

19Questa traduzione non include questo passaggio.

20火缺了柴就必熄滅； 無人傳舌，爭競便止息。

21好爭競的人煽惑爭端， 就如餘火加炭，火上加柴一樣。

22傳舌人的言語，如同美食， 深入人的心腹。

23火熱的嘴，奸惡的心， 好像銀渣包的瓦器。

24怨恨人的，用嘴粉飾， 心裏卻藏着詭詐；

25他用甜言蜜語，你不可信他， 因為他心中有七樣可憎惡的。

26他雖用詭詐遮掩自己的怨恨， 他的邪惡必在會中顯露。

27挖陷坑的，自己必掉在其中； 滾石頭的，石頭必反滾在他身上。

28虛謊的舌恨他所壓傷的人； 諂媚的口敗壞人的事。

1Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,so honor is not fitting for a fool.

2Like a fluttering sparrow,like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.

3A whip is for the horse,a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

4Don’t answer a fool according to his folly,lest you also be like him.

5Answer a fool according to his folly,lest he be wise in his own eyes.

6One who sends a message by the hand of a foolis cutting off feet and drinking violence.

7Like the legs of the lame that hang loose,so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

8As one who binds a stone in a sling,so is he who gives honor to a fool.

9Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard,so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

10As an archer who wounds all,so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.

11As a dog that returns to his vomit,so is a fool who repeats his folly.

12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!A fierce lion roams the streets!”

14As the door turns on its hinges,so does the sluggard on his bed.

15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish.He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyesthan seven men who answer with discretion.

17Like one who grabs a dog’s earsis one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”

20For lack of wood a fire goes out.Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

21As coals are to hot embers,and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,they go down into the innermost parts.

23Like silver dross on an earthen vesselare the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips,but he harbors evil in his heart.

25When his speech is charming, don’t believe him,for there are seven abominations in his heart.

26His malice may be concealed by deception,but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it.Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

28A lying tongue hates those it hurts;and a flattering mouth works ruin.