箴言 20
1 酒能使人褻慢，濃酒使人喧嚷； 凡因酒錯誤的，就無智慧。
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
2 王的威嚇如同獅子吼叫； 惹動他怒的，是自害己命。
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life.
3 遠離紛爭是人的尊榮； 愚妄人都愛爭鬧。
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
4 懶惰人因冬寒不肯耕種， 到收割的時候，他必討飯而無所得。
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5 人心懷藏謀略，好像深水， 惟明哲人才能汲引出來。
Counsel in the heart of man is [like] deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 人多述說自己的仁慈， 但忠信人誰能遇着呢？
Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?
7 行為純正的義人， 他的子孫是有福的！
A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.
8 王坐在審判的位上， 以眼目驅散諸惡。
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
9 誰能說，我潔淨了我的心， 我脫淨了我的罪？
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10 兩樣的法碼，兩樣的升斗， 都為耶和華所憎惡。
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
11 孩童的動作是清潔，是正直， 都顯明他的本性。
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
12 能聽的耳，能看的眼， 都是耶和華所造的。
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
13 不要貪睡，免致貧窮； 眼要睜開，你就吃飽。
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14 買物的說：不好，不好； 及至買去，他便自誇。
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
15 有金子和許多珍珠， 惟有知識的嘴乃為貴重的珍寶。
There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 誰為生人作保，就拿誰的衣服； 誰為外人作保，誰就要承當。
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.
17 以虛謊而得的食物，人覺甘甜； 但後來，他的口必充滿塵沙。
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18 計謀都憑籌算立定； 打仗要憑智謀。
Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.
19 往來傳舌的，洩漏密事； 大張嘴的，不可與他結交。
He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.
20 咒罵父母的，他的燈必滅， 變為漆黑的黑暗。
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
21 起初速得的產業， 終久卻不為福。
An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22 你不要說，我要以惡報惡； 要等候耶和華，他必拯救你。
Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.
23 兩樣的法碼為耶和華所憎惡； 詭詐的天平也為不善。
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
24 人的腳步為耶和華所定； 人豈能明白自己的路呢？
A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?
25 人冒失說，這是聖物， 許願之後才查問，就是自陷網羅。
It is a snare to a man rashly to say, [It is] holy, And after vows to make inquiry.
26 智慧的王簸散惡人， 用碌碡滾軋他們。
A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the [threshing]-wheel over them.
27 人的靈是耶和華的燈， 鑒察人的心腹。
The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts.
28 王因仁慈和誠實得以保全他的國位， 也因仁慈立穩。
Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness.
29 強壯乃少年人的榮耀； 白髮為老年人的尊榮。
The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
30 鞭傷除淨人的罪惡； 責打能入人的心腹。
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes [reach] the innermost parts.
