Proverbs

1When you sit to eat with a ruler,consider diligently what is before you;

2put a knife to your throatif you are a man given to appetite.

3Don’t be desirous of his dainties,since they are deceitful food.

4Don’t weary yourself to be rich.In your wisdom, show restraint.

5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

6Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,and don’t crave his delicacies,

7for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

8You will vomit up the morsel which you have eatenand waste your pleasant words.

9Don’t speak in the ears of a fool,for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

10Don’t move the ancient boundary stone.Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

11for their Defender is strong.He will plead their case against you.

12Apply your heart to instruction,and your ears to the words of knowledge.

13Don’t withhold correction from a child.If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

14Punish him with the rod,and save his soul from Sheol.

15My son, if your heart is wise,then my heart will be glad, even mine.

16Yes, my heart will rejoicewhen your lips speak what is right.

17Don’t let your heart envy sinners,but rather fear the LORD all day long.

18Indeed surely there is a future hope,and your hope will not be cut off.

19Listen, my son, and be wise,and keep your heart on the right path!

20Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine,or those who gorge themselves on meat;

21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor;and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

22Listen to your father who gave you life,and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

23Buy the truth, and don’t sell it.Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

24The father of the righteous has great joy.Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

25Let your father and your mother be glad!Let her who bore you rejoice!

26My son, give me your heart;and let your eyes keep in my ways.

27For a prostitute is a deep pit;and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

28Yes, she lies in wait like a robber,and increases the unfaithful among men.

29Who has woe?Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

30Those who stay long at the wine;those who go to seek out mixed wine.

31Don’t look at the wine when it is red,when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

32In the end, it bites like a snake,and poisons like a viper.

33Your eyes will see strange things,and your mind will imagine confusing things.

34Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea,or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

35“They hit me, and I was not hurt!They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I will look for more.”

1你若与官长坐席， 要留意在你面前的是谁。

2你若是贪食的， 就当拿刀放在喉咙上。

3不可贪恋他的美食， 因为是哄人的食物。

4不要劳碌求富， 休仗自己的聪明。

5你岂要定睛在虚无的钱财上吗？ 因钱财必长翅膀，如鹰向天飞去。

6不要吃恶眼人的饭， 也不要贪他的美味；

7因为他心怎样思量， 他为人就是怎样。 他虽对你说，请吃，请喝， 他的心却与你相背。

8你所吃的那点食物必吐出来； 你所说的甘美言语也必落空。

9你不要说话给愚昧人听， 因他必藐视你智慧的言语。

10不可挪移古时的地界， 也不可侵入孤儿的田地；

11因他们的救赎主大有能力， 他必向你为他们辨屈。

12你要留心领受训诲， 侧耳听从知识的言语。

13不可不管教孩童； 你用杖打他，他必不至于死。

14你要用杖打他， 就可以救他的灵魂免下阴间。

15我儿，你心若存智慧， 我的心也甚欢喜。

16你的嘴若说正直话， 我的心肠也必快乐。

17你心中不要嫉妒罪人， 只要终日敬畏耶和华；

18因为至终必有善报， 你的指望也不致断绝。

19我儿，你当听，当存智慧， 好在正道上引导你的心。

20好饮酒的，好吃肉的， 不要与他们来往；

21因为好酒贪食的，必致贫穷； 好睡觉的，必穿破烂衣服。

22你要听从生你的父亲； 你母亲老了，也不可藐视她。

23你当买真理； 就是智慧、训诲，和聪明也都不可卖。

24义人的父亲必大得快乐； 人生智慧的儿子，必因他欢喜。

25你要使父母欢喜， 使生你的快乐。

26我儿，要将你的心归我； 你的眼目也要喜悦我的道路。

27妓女是深坑； 外女是窄阱。

28她埋伏好像强盗； 她使人中多有奸诈的。

29谁有祸患？谁有忧愁？ 谁有争斗？谁有哀叹？ 谁无故受伤？谁眼目红赤？

30就是那流连饮酒、 常去寻找调和酒的人。

31酒发红，在杯中闪烁， 你不可观看， 虽然下咽舒畅， 终久是咬你如蛇，刺你如毒蛇。

32本翻譯不包含這段文字。

33你眼必看见异怪的事； 你心必发出乖谬的话。

34你必像躺在海中， 或像卧在桅杆上。

35你必说：人打我，我却未受伤； 人鞭打我，我竟不觉得。 我几时清醒，我仍去寻酒。