Proverbs

亚古珥语录

1雅基的儿子亚古珥的言语就是真言。 这人对以铁和乌甲说：

2我比众人更蠢笨， 也没有人的聪明。

3我没有学好智慧， 也不认识至圣者。

4谁升天又降下来？ 谁聚风在掌握中？ 谁包水在衣服里？ 谁立定地的四极？ 他名叫什么？ 他儿子名叫什么？ 你知道吗？

5神的言语句句都是炼净的； 投靠他的，他便作他们的盾牌。

6他的言语，你不可加添， 恐怕他责备你，你就显为说谎言的。

其他箴言

7我求你两件事， 在我未死之先，不要不赐给我：

8求你使虚假和谎言远离我； 使我也不贫穷也不富足； 赐给我需用的饮食，

9恐怕我饱足不认你，说： 耶和华是谁呢？ 又恐怕我贫穷就偷窃， 以致亵渎我 神的名。

10你不要向主人谗谤仆人， 恐怕他咒诅你，你便算为有罪。

11有一宗人，咒诅父亲， 不给母亲祝福。

12有一宗人，自以为清洁， 却没有洗去自己的污秽。

13有一宗人，眼目何其高傲， 眼皮也是高举。

14有一宗人，牙如剑，齿如刀， 要吞灭地上的困苦人和世间的穷乏人。

15蚂蟥有两个女儿， 常说：给呀，给呀！ 有三样不知足的， 连不说「够的」共有四样：

16就是阴间和石胎， 浸水不足的地，并火。

17戏笑父亲、藐视而不听从母亲的， 他的眼睛必为谷中的乌鸦啄出来，为鹰雏所吃。

18我所测不透的奇妙有三样， 连我所不知道的共有四样：

19就是鹰在空中飞的道； 蛇在磐石上爬的道； 船在海中行的道； 男与女交合的道。

20淫妇的道也是这样： 她吃了，把嘴一擦就说： 我没有行恶。

21使地震动的有三样， 连地担不起的共有四样：

22就是仆人作王； 愚顽人吃饱；

23丑恶的女子出嫁； 婢女接续主母。

24地上有四样小物，却甚聪明：

25蚂蚁是无力之类， 却在夏天预备粮食。

26沙番是软弱之类， 却在磐石中造房。

27蝗虫没有君王， 却分队而出。

28守宫用爪抓墙， 却住在王宫。

29步行威武的有三样， 连行走威武的共有四样：

30就是狮子—乃百兽中最为猛烈、无所躲避的，

31猎狗，公山羊，和无人能敌的君王。

32你若行事愚顽，自高自傲， 或是怀了恶念，就当用手捂口。

33摇牛奶必成奶油； 扭鼻子必出血。 照样，激动怒气必起争端。

The Words of Agur

1These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh—the burden that this man declared to Ithiel: “I am weary, O God,and worn out.

2Surely I am the most ignorant of men,and I lack the understanding of a man.

3I have not learned wisdom,and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

4Who has ascended to heaven and come down?Who has gathered the wind in His hands?Who has bound up the waters in His cloak?Who has established all the ends of the earth?What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!

5Every word of God is flawless;He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

6Do not add to His words,lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.

7Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die:

8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

9Otherwise, I may have too muchand deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’Or I may become poor and steal,profaning the name of my God.

10Do not slander a servant to his master,or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.

11There is a generation of those who curse their fathersand do not bless their mothers.

12There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyesand yet unwashed of their filth.

13There is a generation—how haughty are their eyesand pretentious are their glances—

14there is a generation whose teeth are swordsand whose jaws are knives,devouring the oppressed from the earthand the needy from among men.

15The leech has two daughters:Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

16Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’

17As for the eye that mocks a fatherand scorns obedience to a mother,may the ravens of the valley pluck it outand young vultures devour it.

18There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:

19the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.

20This is the way of an adulteress:She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

21Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

22a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

24Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:

25The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;

26the rock badgersare creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;

27the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;

28and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.

29There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:

30a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;

31a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.

32If you have foolishly exalted yourselfor if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

33For as the churning of milk yields butter,and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”